Not much has been happening lately but I thought I better write something. I have not taken a picture of the driveway since the big snow storm last winter. Doesn't it look beautiful with the green grass and the Scotchbroom and whatever the shrub is behind the Scotchbroom? Also the Cottonwood trees are blowing all the white stuff around. That is the only thing that bothers me. It makes my eyes water and makes me cough. I should stay inside and away from them, but who can stay inside during this beautiful weather.

Friday the high was 83 degrees. I finally used my air conditioner for the first time this year. I love this kind of weather but it is sure nice to have air conditioning in my room.

Richard came over to visit this morning. He had just come back from the gym. He goes to the gym almost everyday. He taped the panel for my air conditioner for me.

It is very quiet here today. Just Kent and I are here. Debbie is in Salt Lake and Erik is on a camping trip. Erik will be back today and Debbie will be back tomorrow. I don't watch a lot of TV but today I watched a Disney movie that was on the Hallmark channel called "Ironwill" about a dog sledding race. It was so good.

Donna called while Richard was here. She is feeling better. I noticed she is still coughing quite a bit. She got a chance to talk to Richard. Also I read her the letter I got from my sister. She seems to be doing really good at the Assisted Living Center in Lake Stevens. She goes shopping on their bus and takes some of the day trips. She is making hundreds of finger puppets and slippers for children. That kind of living is great for her because she never learned to drive and now she has lots of friends.

Donna and I are looking forward to our trip. Donna has a red letter day marked on her calendar--the 17th of June, which is the last day of school in Sequim. She will be over on the 22nd so we can look over the route she has planned for our trip to the Midwest. Debbie gave her a real good suggestion about looking up hotels because we aren't making reservations ahead as we really don't know what town we will be in for the night. Debbie told her to use Google Earth to find hotels. We will probably spend the first night not too far from Minneapolis and Debbie said we can just look up hotels for the next place we spend the night. Donna will have her laptop and she is going to bring "Miss Garmen" too.

I looked up Modale, Iowa on Google Earth. The town is small and surrounded by farms. Google Earth says the population is 303 people. I just love this new world I live in. Our cell phones and all our computer toys. It is getting harder and harder to remember when I didn't have any of this.