I think I am attempting to take up the slack while Martha Stewart serves her time in jail. I've been so domestic I can hardly stand it. I have all the ironing caught up, and some of it has probably been waiting in the linen closet for a year, and that includes all the tablecloths and napkins I am apt to use between now and the first of the year. And Ken keeps bringing peppers and apples from the garden so that calls for kitchen duty!! And Martha would be proud to see me cruise through the house, removing and rearranging and going from a summer to a fall look!

We just made our reservation for the month of January at Cocopah Resort in Yuma. We are scheduled from January 7 to February 7 so let's hope we can get out of Dodge and down through the Siskiyous in a timely manner. I have been reading some on-line journals from folks who have spent time in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, which is where we plan to spend the month of March, and it all sounds quite appealing. I am amazed that these folks freely go out for margaritas. What happened to the concern about ice in Mexico? I would be a happy camper if the water and ice are not a problem!!

Gary & Carolyn Ousey will be arriving in our area on the 29th of December, so they will join us for our annual New Years Eve/New Years Day festivities with the Schulers. News Years Eve amounts to a good dinner followed by a valiant effort to stay awake until midnight and New Years Day is a full day of football for the guys and a full day of Boggle for the girls.

Keith made his usual Sunday evening phone call last night. Since I had just spoken to Janet and Rachel earlier in the week, and Sarah was at work, Keith was the only conversationalist. They have been in a holding pattern to close on their lake property in Montana, and I think the next day or two will be the day. All the paperwork is signed so it is just a matter of waiting for it to record. Hmm, perhaps Mom and Dad should wander on over just to be sure the lake is still there. Nothing like having a free parking spot! Well, sort of. I'm not sure there is a place for the motor home as it is now, but with a few modifications, it should fit just fine!

This was a beautiful fall day with lots of warm sunshine, but we couldn't see the Sound until the fog lifted about 10:00 a.m. Fall is in the air. Keep on blogging!