Tuesday, July 04, 2006

A Day to Savor

It was another beautiful morning and I really needed some exercise!, so after Susie and Carl left for Mellen, Mom and I walked down to look at the pond and the new spillway. When we got back, we drove in to Ashland to see Charley Lauren in the parade. At home again, I had a chance to talk with Charles for awhile and then showered up before Carey came over and she, Sarah and I went to the Visitor's Center (http://www.northerngreatlakescenter.org/). Mom met us there and I drove home with her, stopping at Kentucky Fried Chicken on the way where we were surprised and happy to run into Robert and Gina and the boys, who agreed to come out to the house when they were done there.

When we got back I dug up some tiger lilies from by the greenhouse and Charles, who had just come back out with Charley Lauren, and I drove them down to the pond in the four wheeler and wagon and replanted some in four different clumps. We'll see if they take hold and spread, because Mom would really love for the pond to be ringed by them. When we returned, Sarah and Carey were back and Robert and Gina had also arrived, so we all had dinner of the potato salad Tommy had made earlier, hot dogs he grilled, Kentucky Fried and cole slaw and then several of us took a trip to the DQ.

After our trip, Charles and C.L. left to go home, Sarah, Carey and Mom went to the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, and so I and Tommy got a chance to talk with Robert and Gina. They seem to be doing remarkably well, given Carol Lynn's death so recently, and that was good to see. In the middle of it all, Lorraine returned the call I had made to her earlier and said she was going to come down to visit tomorrow and would spend the night. That was so exciting! She hasn't been down to visit since a few years before she built and opened her shop. She said she was just going to close up for a couple of days, take a vacation. So, we will see her tomorrow, too.

Robert and Gina eventually left, after saying they would be happy to take the couch Mom wanted to get rid of off her hands next week, and that they would see us again before they and we left. They are looking to move back here from Florida and anxious to reconnect to family. The little boys, Robbie and Walter, are as sweet as can be.

So, Tommy went out to water his garden, I called Jim - I wish he were here! - and now the house is quiet again....a lovely day. A day to savor.

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