At Christmas, Eric, our son-in-law from Califoria, was busy in Paul's garage completing (unbeknownst to us) our Christmas gifts - two wooden laptop lap desks - for us to use in front of our tv or wherever.
Well, I'm using it now on our bed - as a "desk" because our computer room is a guest room for Dorothy and Jeff. It's working great. As a matter of fact, Jeff had said that because laptops give off a lot of heat underneath, it should not be put on bedding because it could overheat. This is just like a wooden desktop so . . . good!
We had a very small family picnic yesterday. Only 10 people! Paul used his Cornell recipe to barbeque chicken. It took much longer than we expected - two and a half hours to cook. But we weren't keeping track. The siblings and us were outside, under the trees, where there was a cool breeze. That's something you wouldn't want to do in Florida in July. Everyone was content, doing their own thing.
The 3 teenagers are spending a good deal of time upstairs - using the library or the Kids Kamp as their hangout. That's okay, too. Ipods, smart phones, other things. . . . They're also down here doing card games, playing badminton, using the hottub. When the other grandchildren were here, it had crossed my mind that they were too old for hide-and-seek. But, no.
Lue's daughter, Gail, is here from Boston for the weekend, and they both came up for coffee and dessert last night. It's always good to see Gail and Gail hadn't seen her cousins in a while, so that worked out well.
Emma was busy knitting a scarf for college. Noi helped her finish it. Emma begins her new life at Humboldt College, CA. on August 20th. She's all packed and ready to go when she, Eric and Brenda return from their Germany trip. They fly out of JFK on Tuesday evening. She'll celebrate her 18th birthday in Germany.
Brenda's also busy. She's looking at educational catalogs for her brand new school, new grade going from first to third grade when she returns from Germany.
She's so lucky. Her new principal is giving her couple of days off, after the first day of school, to help Emma get situated at school. Now - that's a really nice, understanding boss. Sometimes they're hard to find.
Greg is ensconced at the dining room table doing work on his laptop. He is just so busy - he has to work even during vacation time. The table has been expanded, as always, to accomodate us all.
Today is the day everyone is leaving. Jeff and Dorothy for home, and Brenda, Emma, Greg and family for Middletown and cousin Sue's house. Eric is flying to NYC from CA tonight. He'll take the train and meet Brenda and Emma there. The plans are for them all to go to NYC for a couple of days and sight-see. Then, they fly to Germany from JFK, and Greg and family will return here on Wednesday, stay til next weekend, and then head home to Fla..
Gracie is beginning to trust Gus and let him play with her. She's teaching him to back off, if he, and his twenty pounds, gets too rambunctious . . .but sometimes he forgets. Well, we'll give him the benefit of doubt because he's young.
Paul, plus Greg and Brenda, have gone up to Sharon's place twice to feed the chickens, collect eggs, feed the cats, water the plants. Sharon's family's due home the day after tomorrow.
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