Good morning! Another beautiful day in paradise. I can live with that!!!
Dave - I was questioning that Burning Man Festival last night. Sounds like a latter day Woodstock, but with people showing up with supplies - campers, tents, food, water, etc. Lots of music and then burning the statue of a man an the end. Apparently, they have been doing this for years already, but the heavy rain and their inability to get out of the area right now has brought it to everyone's attention.
That's a decent age range of the clan. They should get paired up with oldest taking care of the youngest, then 2nd oldest taking care of 2nd youngest, and so on. We had neighbors in NJ with 8 kids and that's how they did things and it worked really well.
Lee - Sorry it's so yucky hot and humid up your way. I think we're topping out today at about 91, but not very humid for a change. That makes it a nice day to be outside to me. Keep cool whatever you end up doing today.
Yeah, first day of school for those up north. Love seeing the first day of school pictures that people all take these days. Down here, those pictures got taken almost a month ago already!
Nancy - Good luck with the burning today. Excellent idea to get car insurance while in Maui. That road to Hana is wicked scary. Can't imagine the people who are driven up to the top and then ride bikes on the way down. Saw a couple of groups doing that. No thank you!!
Kathie - That was a nice haul of potatoes you got. Good for you guys! So how'd the chocolate chip cookies turn out? I found a recipe yesterday for chocolate chip snickerdoodle cookies that I might have to try one of these days. They looked so good. I see you just popped in. Sorry you aren't getting to use your Starbuck's points today. We just got a Starbuck's right outside our subdivision. So far they haven't gotten a dine from us! Just not that much of a fan of coffee.
Bill - It's always nice to find a new local restaurant that you like. Wish we could find one. Newest restaurant near us is a Mexican place. I'm not an overly big fan of Mexican, so we won't be giving them a try. Good luck on your shopping trip to LL Bean. Hope you find something you can use on the Greenland cruise. I think many authors end up following a certain pattern that becomes predictable. Even Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series is easy to figure out these days.
Karen - So what's on tap for you today? Which of your sisters are you doing something for?
Not a lot planned around here today. I think we are making a run to Sam's for a few things, including some new seasonings that I'm running out of. Speaking of seasonings, apparently McCormick is discontinuing their seasonings and other products. I use a lot of cracker meal and now it has become impossible to get everywhere except Amazon, of course. I think they are also going to eliminate their Zatarain line of Cajun products. So I intend to stock up on that stuff while I can whenever I can find anything.
Now, speaking of coffee, I need a cup!