It's Friday already! Soul has been here since late Tuesday and the time has flown by. She has to leave in the morning...and of course, there is a (hopefully) minor ice storm predicted for today..Poor Brenda, she couldn't get in and out of Iowa without a typical Midwest weather issue.
We really have been surprisingly quiet and low key. We are old, after all. There has been alot of talking...ummm, my voice just might quit - I don't remember the last time it was used this much. We did get out on Wednesday and go to a movie...you all don't know this but I hadn't been inside a theatre since 1995..when she found that out, she was insistent that I go and see the inside of one again. We saw 7 pounds, it was worth the time. :) Then, once we got home and out of the million miles an hour wind and snow...we discovered that we were minus one cell phone, and after a few calls, had to go back out and retrieve it at the theatre. We were very lucky that it was found, can you imagine being this far away from home, with several hundred miles to travel and no phone?
We had most of the kiddos over for dinner last evening...they feel like Brenda is part of the family, (I'm sorry Brenda...teehee, but when you are part of THIS family, that means getting in on all the crap that goes on, too). But anyway, they had never met her before, but it feels like she is just part of the clan. Brenda literally saved the day with an idea from her experience for my daughter. Had she not been here, I don't know how things might have turned out. Isn't it funny how some people are just meant to be together? I exploded a cake, after telling Brenda that it was impossible to mess this recipe up, ummm yea...operator error on the oven. I mean, I have only lived in this apartment for six months now...and still can't work the appliances. It was a HUGE mess and took me awhile to recover. She thought it was pretty hilarious, and I can't wait to read about it on her page. Ugh...
Today, we are supposed to drive south to my old town...it depends on how serious the weather folks are. I don't think terrorizing her on her last day here is the way to send her off.
It was a nice surprise to hear from Mary on soul's phone last night. She called, I had never talked to her...oh my, what a BEAUTIFUL southern voice, beautiful lady, inside and out.
I will let you all know what we end up doing today..I know we are going to go out and look for some trouble somewhere...and maybe look is too strong a word, it seems to find us no matter where we go. Later, taters..
We really have been surprisingly quiet and low key. We are old, after all. There has been alot of talking...ummm, my voice just might quit - I don't remember the last time it was used this much. We did get out on Wednesday and go to a movie...you all don't know this but I hadn't been inside a theatre since 1995..when she found that out, she was insistent that I go and see the inside of one again. We saw 7 pounds, it was worth the time. :) Then, once we got home and out of the million miles an hour wind and snow...we discovered that we were minus one cell phone, and after a few calls, had to go back out and retrieve it at the theatre. We were very lucky that it was found, can you imagine being this far away from home, with several hundred miles to travel and no phone?
We had most of the kiddos over for dinner last evening...they feel like Brenda is part of the family, (I'm sorry Brenda...teehee, but when you are part of THIS family, that means getting in on all the crap that goes on, too). But anyway, they had never met her before, but it feels like she is just part of the clan. Brenda literally saved the day with an idea from her experience for my daughter. Had she not been here, I don't know how things might have turned out. Isn't it funny how some people are just meant to be together? I exploded a cake, after telling Brenda that it was impossible to mess this recipe up, ummm yea...operator error on the oven. I mean, I have only lived in this apartment for six months now...and still can't work the appliances. It was a HUGE mess and took me awhile to recover. She thought it was pretty hilarious, and I can't wait to read about it on her page. Ugh...
Today, we are supposed to drive south to my old town...it depends on how serious the weather folks are. I don't think terrorizing her on her last day here is the way to send her off.
It was a nice surprise to hear from Mary on soul's phone last night. She called, I had never talked to her...oh my, what a BEAUTIFUL southern voice, beautiful lady, inside and out.
I will let you all know what we end up doing today..I know we are going to go out and look for some trouble somewhere...and maybe look is too strong a word, it seems to find us no matter where we go. Later, taters..
