off we go!

 Where did Mary land?  What did Della wear?  Ocean City, here we come.  I've never been there, our place looks right out at the water, at least on the listings, ha.  There's a book, "Arthur's Vacation", they get to their hotel and it's in a parking lot with a teeny tiny pool...then there's a Berenstain Bears book where they go to a cabin and it's a mess and is on a mucky little pond...

Then there's the weather forecast...sunny and seventies here, fifties and cloudy there.  Tomorrow:  high in the fifties and possible rain.  harrumph!  But you KNOW we won't just sit around and mope about it.  You can still walk on the beach in the rain, and there is such a thing as cozy.  

Today is Miss Sonja Kathleen's 22nd birthday.  I am so stinking proud of Ginge, Ginger, Sonja K., we all are.  She's such a cute little nurse.  She's funny and not so easily intimidated, but also not intimidating.  The kids love her.  (She's doing a pediatric oncology rotation now, and it's sobering.)

Anyway, it's her birthday and we're going to honor her all day long.  We'll go out to dinner either tonight or tomorrow night, and celebrate.  We'll get the grocery store cake...the kids have this thing with sad birthdays.  I can't explain it.  

(Sonja, Emily, cousin Janet, me)

Camille, Sonja, Amanda, Char

Yesterday, wowza...Miss Cam and I returned the cans and bottles, can you guess how many?  1,710.  It was $86. 50...that's a lot of cans and bottles...then we went in for our eye appointments, and everything was done on several machines then a virtual visit with two providers, the one who asks the questions is the first one clearer, or the second..?, then the optometrist.  It took forever and a day, then we had to pick out glasses.  I'm usually a grab the first pair, to save myself the agony of a decision, but Camille...oh she struggled.  She kept going back to one pair, which is the exact pair that Evelyn just got, then one of the ladies who worked there helped her, and she made a decision.  She's so cute, everything looked nice on her, in my humble opinion.  

We were supposed to go to motor vehicles, but there simply wasn't time.  We stopped at Aldi for hamburger buns and some berries, quickest Aldi trip ever...then Starbucks for buy one get one frees, then home...Grace was there with Grant, Ruth, and Maeve, Kathryn was there with Achilles, Rhys, and Jamison.  The weather was absolutely brilliantly gorgeous, the blue umbrella sky, and so nice and warm.  The kids were playing out in the yard and on the deck, and it was lovely.  Jonathan came home from work, Sam came for dinner after work,  then three of his European friends who just got into town came for dinner.  I grilled burgers, hot dogs, coneys, and put out chips, strawberries, and raspberries...I cut up some tomatoes and red onions, and got out the pickles, ect.  Not tons of work, but busy.  I was glad I made all those cookies for dessert!

Grant!  He's all snuggly on the dog bed, and he covered up Sunny...

My sister Cheryl, and her husband Bill, in Australia!  They've had a good visit, and are heading home now, three weeks has gone by fast, but I have missed her.  If you are inclined to pray, please think of her on the trip home, that she is as blessed as she was on the way there.  It's a rough trip for anyone, but when you have just a wee bit of cancer here and there throughout your body, well, the chemo makes you very tired. God is good and merciful though, and her faith in Him is absolutely encouraging.  

We're leaving here in half an hour.  I have to remember my jacket and phone charger, I've walked out without both those things before.  I ground up a whole bag of coffee beans, and packed the pour over and some filters, and plan to grab a small cooler and bring the heavy cream.  I have microwave popcorn, Norwegian chocolate, and some cookies packed.  I brought some peanuts for me, and an Atkins bar, ha.  

Anyway, I'm super excited to be going away with my girls...this date seemed like so far away when Emily invited me, but zoom!  time flew, and here we are!  Have a good weekend, everyone...