On Saturday, October 19th, Tammy and I flew to Chicago for a week long visit with the IL grandparents. Chad picked us up at 8:30am at Midway airport. We then traversed the city of Chicago visiting some of the many places on the Chicago Open House list (churches, Pullman, Avondale bowling alley, George Schurz High School, Two Door Theater, Boxville, and ComEd Visitor Center). Breakfast was at the Plein Air Cafe next door to Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie house on Woodlawn Ave. Dinner was at Hopleaf with Tammy eating a hamburger with German potato salad and me a brisket Reuben with a boatload of fries.
Sunday we went to Harvest New Beginnings Church and heard one of the best sermons I have heard on politics/voting. After church, Chad, Tammy and I drove to Ottawa, IL for a Radium Girls tour. We had a pistachio pizza as well as a sausage pizza an Iniga Pizzeria Napoletana. Some of the calories from our desserts of a s'mores calzone and deconstructed lemon cake were worked off on our walk around Ottawa looking at the town's murals and visit to the park where Lincoln and Douglas held an election debate.
Monday we drove to the IL grandparent's new home with a trunk full of kitchen ware. We cleaned the kitchen cabinets, put away the the ware, and vacuumed bedrooms. Dinner was enchiladas at home.
Tuesday we brought more kitchen ware to the new house and cleaned the master bedroom cabinets. We also put up the guest bathroom shower rod. I placed an unwanted, old utility sink from the new house on FaceBook Marketplace and sold it for 15 dollars. Dinner was half price pizza at Mike and Denise's.
Wednesday morning Tammy and I drove to a large Mexican grocery store purchasing a horchata mix, a hot chocolate mix, as well as a package of Gansitos and a large flan. Tammy and her mom spent time talking and FaceTiming Jaclyn. I made a sale of a small, unneeded bathroom cabinet from the Kelly's old house for 20 dollars on FaceBook Marketplace. I set up a Google Assistant at the IL grandparent's house and watched a lot of Chicago history documentaries. Dinner was leftovers.
Thursday we emptied some closets at the Kelly's old house and transferred the contents to the new house making two trips. Dinner was at the Vault. Tammy had a prime rib sandwich, and I had a pot roast sandwich with a huge, heaping helping of grilled brussel sprouts. That evening I set up Life360 on both of the IL grandparent's cell phones. Also fixed Grandma Kelly's Amazon Friend Lists.
Friday afternoon, Chad drove us to North Utica to visit a museum that had a Radium Girl display. There was also a display about the Westclox Company of Peru, IL that I found interesting. We all then drove to Starved Rock and dinner at Longhorne Steak House.
Saturday afternoon we boarded the plane for our trip home.
