Lull

I have been bidding on eBay for a camera to replace my whitened Coolpix and not getting anywhere yet. Just trying to see if I get lucky. I am getting point and shoot withdrawal symptoms. It is this darn blog and picassa. Feel like I must upload something now and then. And the idiotic photo shop where I took my Coolpix to get a repair estimate has very poor customer service. Promises to call back with an estimate are not kept so I am still waiting, one week after I sent the thing in.

Doris is here to stay with us. We like. When family comes, it seems more complete. Went up to Santa Rosa yesterday tp pick her up and we were a full hour later than anticipated because traffic was just so bad at many stretches on the 90 miles or so from here to there. Friday traffic is always bad on the highways. It was so slow moving at some points that I was seriously getting drowsy and had to shake myself once in a while or rolled down the windows, anything, to keep the brain working. I had set Nuvi to take the fastest route and of course, since we do not have the traffic functionalities on the poor guy, it continues to think that the highways should be the fastest. I should have trusted my instincts and reset to shortest routes. Then Nuvi would have taken us on the nice scenic but oh so many traffic stops way we traversed last week. Lesson learned. Over the years, I have found that oftentimes when I mistrust my instincts, there is a price to pay.

I wonder what we shall do today. The man has just left us all behind while he goes to the driving range.

The weather has turned very hot. Last few days have been a sizzling 90+ fahrenheit and the days are fabulously long. The sky is still light past 8:30 pm. Yum. Must enjoy while it lasts.

School's over for the girl and boy so I am a little fearful the house will be more messy than usual. Hope they know how to pick up after themselves on a daily basis. That's all for now.