Sat. night

Surprise!  I found a bookmark tool on the new version of AOL so I can blog now!  YES!  It will be so nice to be back; I've missed you all a lot!

Mary~~congrats for your sil!  That's awesome and, yes, that's a prestigious organization.  You must be so proud of him.

Cady~~You missed probably the BEST season of DWTS ever!  It was so good this time that you couldn't afford to blink.  I kind of wanted William to win, mainly for Cuba.  I agree that he lost based on his mediocre free-style; Cheryl really should have known better.

Donna~~I've been to the Grand Canyon three times and photos don't do it justice; I liked your first one best.  It should be on everyone's bucket list; you know that you're really only a speck of dust in this wide, wide world when you see the grandeur of the Grand Canyon.  I'll go back in a heartbeat!

Now for the continuing saga of my a/c:  On Friday morning, I discovered that the coil had iced up so bad that the filter had frozen  to it and couldn't be peeled off until the whole thing melted!  Well, I called and they came out, checked everything out but couldn't find any evidence of the dye they had put in.  Good news?  No, it means that the leak is definitely in the chase line and is under the concrete slab. He put in 2 lbs of freon, went through that much in 2 1/2 weeks.  Now I have to wait for the owner to come out and give me an estimate and tell me how they are going to fix it.  Yes, it's about as bad as it could be............

As for my sons, one said that I was absolutely correct about the cards.  My younger son had a different view, especially after his wife got through with me, although it never got really nasty.

My youngest grandson will be 5 on June 14.  Some time ago I found out that he likes Mini Coopers; his parents are going to give him a cake shaped like a Mini Cooper and maybe rent one for a day.  My neighbor has a friend who has one and I asked her if I could get my pic taken with it; she said that why didn't I go to the BMW dealership instead?  So, being the former teacher that I am, I went there this week and asked them if I could have my pic taken with 10 of them so I could make a photo calendar (already got 2 taken elsewhere).  They were so nice!  I had different hats for each months and a Christmas sweatshirt (that was fun in 90 degree heat).  They gave all kinds of books, stickers, and stuff for him too.  I can hardly wait to see the calendar.  To top it off, this week, my grandson told his mother, when asked what he wanted for his birthday, that he wanted "great, big boobies!"  He'll be getting them too!  My dil is worried b/c I told her that Dawson is getting everything he wanted for his b-day!  All he has to do is to look at the photos of his grandma!  LOL!  I only saw him once when he was 4 1/2 mos. old so he doesn't know who I am but after next year, he will surely will now.

I'm reading Monica McCarty's Highland Guard's The Saint right now.  It's the fifth book in the series.  You all know how I like my Scottish historical romances and hers are among the best.  This is about Robert the Bruce's legendary Highland Guard and historically accurate and full of detail.  I did read both of Brenda Jackson's books that Tell Harlequin sent me; they were well-written but not really my cup of tea.

Yesterday, it was 97 here; today it was 95.  We won't get TS Beryl but will get some of the much needed rain from the outer bands on Monday.  And hurricane season hasn't even started yet!  Have a great holiday those of you who won't be affected by Beryl.

Trudy