Summer is Waning

I have been trying to get warm all day! But fall is beautiful in Washington so I am looking forward to the next two months.

We have been staying close to home and mostly puttering. There is a state-wide Winnebago rally in Lynden the middle of this month, and we plan to attend. We have never participated in any of the local or state activities before.

This coming weekend is girls' weekend in Seattle. Cassie, Greta, and I are going to Colleen's for Friday and Saturday night to include some Thai food and on Saturday - pedicures all round. Colleen now has a woman living in her apartment, but Colleen gave her fair warning that this little activity was in the works.

Please keep my brother, Mike, in your thoughts. He was just diagnosed with a malignant growth on his kidney. The prognosis at this time is very positive with no plans for any treatment beyond the removal of the kidney. He is scheduled for surgery on 9/21. We will make ourselves available if he or his family needs us for anything.

Rachel is now a full-fledged college student. She moved into the dorms at University of Maryland Baltimore Campus on Friday, and I presume classes started today. Sarah is living at home and is taking some specific classes nearby to get ready to enroll at Towson for her RN.

My fresh roasted beets are beckoning me to finish dinner. Ciao.