I received a call yesterday. My youngest niece was on the line, and she wanted me to guess her good news. I guessed badly, and she finally had to tell me that she had won a GOLD at solo contest! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some of you have asked me about my mother’s trip. She left last Wednesday. I had to be away from the house when the limo came, so we said our goodbyes earlier.
My stepson was in Bangkok at the time of the tsunami, and didn’t leave an itinerary. We didn’t know if he and his wife were safe. There was a great deal of discussion on the subject of leaving an itinerary with a family member when you travel. Despite that, Elegant Mother blithely went off without leaving an itinerary. Since she was traveling with my brother and his wife, I assume that I could track them through his company. It wasn’t until she was gone, that it occurred to me it would have been nice if they’d left the information.
She is having such a great time that she has not called. I’m sure we will hear all about the trip when she returns Tuesday night. I’d say she lucked out. Their plane left just ahead of a small snow storm, and they will be coming back to relatively nice weather for February in Chicago. While it won’t be as warm as Key West, it should be warm enough to melt off more snow.
I guess I’ll just have to pass on the stories later in the week.
Oh…she’s already announced that she WILL NOT be going to exercise on Wednesday morning. Anyone want to take any bets about Friday??

I want to thank my personal IT support (read: stepsons) for getting our network up and running! It is so nice to have access to printers from both computers. Sharing files will make it so much easier to do back ups and keep track of my herb information.
I’m really excited that everything is good to go. The next time I’m at the computer, no matter which room I’m in, all our data will be at my fingertips.
Thanks, guys!

Well, if you count today, two. Mother has been away, in Key West, since last Wednesday. It took me several days to adjust to the quiet, and to the idea that I could keep to my own schedule.. Friends have asked what Dear Husband and I did while Mother was away, expecting great things. Actually, other than eating out, life continued along the same basic lines.
We ate out one night with one of my stepsons and his girlfriend. The kids went on to a movie, but we headed home. Dear Husband had to work the next day, and he gets up at 4:30 in the morning on work days.
We also had lunch out one day, and brunch on Sunday morning. I enjoyed not having to shop, to prepare food, or to have to clean up in the kitchen. I used my extra time to cut pieces for a new quilt and to listen to a book on tape.
Tonight will be a bit disrupted. My stepdaughter has just purchased a used dryer for a condo that she and her husband are selling. DH has a truck big enough to carry it, so they’ve asked him for some help. I’m going to prepare a pot of chili early today so that he can eat, and then go out. I plan to do a little more work on the quilt pieces.
So, tomorrow will be my last day of sorta-solitude (“sorta” because the cat and my stepson have been here, quiet though they be). I have office work to do, and Christmas stuff to reorganize in the basement. My niece and her boys are coming to dinner. It’s all pretty normal activity for us. No, Diane, DH and I have NOT run naked through out the house. Even if there was a fire I’d stop to put on clothes! *G*
I have to go….the office calls. If you were looking for excitement, this wasn’t the right stop.