The middle of August.....how could that be??

Yes, it is already past the middle of August. Early August brought my only niece (aged 11) to visit. My older meaner sister flew with my niece into Seattle (long story - but it involves a "free ticket" - you know....the kind that ends up costing 3 times the face value and a whole lot of complications) I drove down to meet them and we had a day to visit the city. It was my niece's first solo trip to Vancouver - we all thought it was important for her to spend some time with my mother. It was a hoot seeing my mother (stubborn) and my niece (stubborn) face off against each other.

My niece has now gone home and my older meaner sister is here with us for a few weeks. We do have a road trip planned for September - more on that later. I can tell you that it involves visiting new (to us) States, a visit to see the Chicago Cubs (and Miguel's brother and grandson), and visiting friends. There may even be a "road trip within a road trip" with my friend Wendy..... life is good....

Before the road trip though, a new laptop was mandated. My desktop is the slowest piece of crap on earth and I couldn't leave on a trip without a laptop.....so....thanks to Dell I now have a new toy. A black laptop - no fancy colours for me. But now I can blog, play online bridge and catch up on the news... Miguel can keep up with the Cubs....life is grand, ain't it.....

Did I mention that I enjoyed Julie and Julia last week? Meryl Streep was great - and I found the story of Julia Child and her life very interesting. I enjoyed learning about her great married love and the eight years of dedication it took for her to finish her first cookbook. I was never a serious cook, so I never used her cookbook - but I did enjoy watching her shows on television and I certainly have perused her books many times. I liked the movie very much - go and see it.....