A quiet week

Of course, the big news this week was the killing of
Osama bin Laden. I have to wish he'd been captured
alive and given the chance to say he was sorry. Even
if that is very unlikely. I even more fervently hope
we, very soon, will withdraw all of our troops from
Afghanistan. The people there want us gone, too.
In addition, let us stop bombing raids in Pakistan.

On the personal front it has been a quiet week for us.

Robert did go to Longmont on Tuesday and drive antique
cars. This time it was antique trucks. He had a good
time. Later this month all 380 vehicles are to be moved
from Longmont to Lafayette. What a mass driving week
that will be. I have offered to ferry people from
Lafayette back to Longmont to pick up another car.
We'll see if that happens.

We are still waiting on the county, working with our Fire
Chief, to finish the creek clean up. I was told by the
Fire Chief when I inquired if there was a time line for
the final pick-up, that "patience is a virtue." Ah,
well...so much for a definitive answer. We'll wait.

Yesterday Robert and I met Susan Wayland in Louisville
where we had lunch at the Santa Fe Grill. It was a
fun time. Lots of conversation and laughing. We
spent more than 2 hours at the restaurant; it's good
they weren't very crowded.

The First of May

There's an old saying, "Hurray, hurray it's the first of May.
Outdoor love-making starts today."
I substituted two words for the one that fits better, but
don't want to shock my grandchildren.

We continue to wait for rain. On Friday I was walking
up the road and it started to rain. I was well below
the junction and assumed I would get wet. I was not
sad about that. The soil is very, very dry and the
danger of fire is certainly real. The trees are gone,
but now the earth under the burned trees is covered
with dry straw! In any case it continued to rain as
I walked home, but when I arrived home, took off
my coat and hat and found they were dry. So much
for that rain.

Last night Robert and I watched "The King's Speech."
It is a winner. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and gave
it a 5 out of 5 in our rating system. I recommend it. I
think we were both surprised, especially Robert. He
was watching reluctantly and admitted he was amazed.
It had garnered so much hype he figured it would just
be another piece of Hollywood trash.

Wednesday was Vernon's birthday; he is 59 and holding.
Viki, Keegan and Vernon came for dinner to celebrate.
We had a quiet celebration, but it was nice to get
together. We missed Liza who had other plans. I
didn't decide to do the dinner until Tuesday.

The cleaning ladies came on Friday. They are so good,
so fast and so thorough! I love it!