Arrrgh!!!

Hi, everybody!

I just wanted to check in and let you know wazzup here. Yesterday I drove to Indiana to meet my sister and pick up her two daughters, aged 12 & 13. They are visiting with us for about ten days. It's possible that I may be a bit scarce here while we try to provide them a memorable visit.

We plan to make a trip to Chicago to have dinner, walk Navy Pier and watch fireworks. The trip to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater has been nixed as being too juvenile. I thought it might be. It was a live stage show of "The Littlest Mermaid." I have to check to see if the girls are old enough to play laser tag. We'll play miniature golf, and I hope to arrange a swim day with their cousins. I've been talked into taking them to the movies. I'm not sure if we are seeing THE HULK....or Bruce Almighty. Gawd.....I can't believe I'm going to do that! We may even do a little mall time. I'm tired just thinking about it.

Our house is normally very quiet. We have four adults who live here, and two of them are usually at work during the day. Hearing girls chatter is really something. At times I wonder if they are talking another language, and my most frequent response is "WHAT???"

If you have any suggestions for things we might do to fill up the rare moment left unscheduled, please let me know. I'll check in when they let me sit down for a moment.

I hope you all have a wonderful start to summer!