Archive for March, 2010

Hot chocolate

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010


Here’s LRN4 enjoying her morning cup of hot chocolate in the cruise ship’s main dining room. Note the things on the ceiling that look like fried eggs. Also all the golden balls. Amazing design.

More extreme short shrift. Went to the gym tonight instead of blogging. Tough choice, but I have those cruise pounds to shed. Plus all the ones I’ve added during the last thirty-plus years. Getting fat is hard work. So is getting thin. They tell me.
So I’ll have to tell all about the cruise tomorrow. Or the next day. Or really probably Friday, when I’ll be home all day. Might be able to find time then. Of course, there’s plenty to do on Friday. I need to fix my towel rack (and one or two others too), work with LRN2 on finishing his water rocket for Saturday’s Science Olympiad, clean the pond’s filter (weather permitting), diagnose some strange behavior in LRN4’s car, and a gazillion other things that don’t occur to me right now. Including some heavy duty Young Men work. So it ought to be a busy weekend. Which is good.
Great news from LRN1; he’s in Guatemala! He traveled today. Got to speak with LRN4 for a little while from Dallas, which was nice for both of them. He’s doing great, having a wonderful time, and excited to be in country. We’re excited to hear from him and find out how it is. Need to write a note on dealelder.com tonight.
Also need to get to bed. One little tidbit about the cruise – we went to WalMart. In Puerto Vallarta. We were just curious to see how it is. Answer: it’s pretty much the same.
I’ll leave you with this shocking food violence news: worcestershire sauce attack!
See you tomorrow.

Splendor

Monday, March 1st, 2010


Here’s our cruise ship – the Carnival Splendor. The picture’s not crooked – the ocean was actually slanted just a bit uphill that day. Great Art taken from the shore at Cabo San Lucas and part of my famous Machinery series.

The blog is back! Our cruise was a lot of fun and very relaxing. It’s a bit hard getting back into the swing of things, but the fun had to end sometime. LRN2 did great by himself here in Lardville, the house was in great shape, everybody’s healthy and happy, and all’s right with the world.

We got great news the other day – LRN1 is heading for Guatemala tomorrow! He’ll be at the MTC there for six weeks and then start serving in the field. I’ll get his address updated over there on the right Real Soon Now. I finally got around to creating the mailing list for LRN4 to use to forward his emails to friends and family this evening, so everybody will know what’s going on with him now.

Otherwise Extreme Short Shrift this evening. It’s extremely late and I just got a haircut, which requires a shower before I retire for the evening. Cruise details tomorrow.

I’ll leave you with this shocking food violence news: hot dog injury! How un-American can you get?

See you tomorrow.