Another Month!
It's not that I've been lazy...just on the go with not much computer access. But we've had lots of fun and good times. Started out in Illinois on July 21st when we gave my Mom an early 90th birthday gift from the family....a Macbook. She was totally surprised and really loves it.
She is emailing, surfing the web, bookmarking important pages and Skyping. That may be the best part, connecting visually with the family. Our upgraded Verizon connection to the Internet is just fast enough to allow us to send/receive the Skype video so we can now connect with everyone too, although it is not the sharpest picture.
I left for my girls trip on July 22 and went with six long-time girlfriends to Egg Harbor in Door County Wisconsin. We had a great time on this, our 18th vacation together. One of the gals owns a condo in a lovely complex overlooking the waters of Greenbay. We have lazy breakfasts and conversation then usually do something special each day. Some of us move at a little slower pace than we did a few years ago but we manage to help each other out and have a great time.
One bit of excitement was having the fire alarm go off about 10;30 one evening when we were all in our jammies. We evacuated with all the other guests only to find that someone had burnt toast, setting off the alarm. Went back in, got settled and off went the alarm again. This time we went to the center foyer where the firemen told us it was a faulty alarm. Would you believe that the next day Lynn, who had stayed home alone for a bit, got caught in the shower by another false alarm. Boy, did we get a lot of laughs out of that one :)
We saw two plays at Peninsula Players, celebrating their 75th year. We were not too impressed with either of the offerings. They were good, but not spectacular, except for the ending song in "A Little Night Music"....Send in the Clowns. It was very moving and special to hear the song in the context of the story.
I'll write more about our vacation and trip in the next few days. We are doing well and enjoying some lovely weather here in Hemet.