I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Hehehehehe....I was just joking.  I took my daughter and a friend of hers on a trip to the Olympic Peninsula a few years back.  While tromping through the woods, I recited my "leaves of three, touch and see" mantra but none of them would buy it.  Kids are just too smart these days. 

Where are you, Jancie?

Was he the one on TV promoting Grape Nuts while eating a pine tree?

No snakes in NZ - that's why I want to move back there

3montsmama - Itinerary is 4 nights London, 2 weeks on golf tour in Ireland and Scotland, 7 nights tour of Scotland by ourselves, 4 nights in Paris, 4 nights in Wales then back to London for 3 nights and then home. I couldn't go to the UK and not go to Paris - interests me much more then London.

Apparently our son is upset we aren't spending more time with him in London - well tough. He's been perfectly horrid to us for a couple of years now since he got hooked up with a crazy woman. They didn't even invite us to their wedding because she was upset with us. We're only going to see them for the baby's sake - he is our grandson. It's going to be an interesting visit. We have professional advice to treat her like a 5 year old. I've not even met her yet!!!!

Sue

I told DH I want to go to Niagara on the Lake too and he suggested I fly over from the UK - silly boy. It was one of my most favourite places in Canada - apart from Vancouver Island and Vancouver and....

Jancie, I KWYM.  At least parts of Utah are beautiful.   Hope you're in a good part!

Hey Barbara!  Yes, looking forward to seeing you again!

Susieq - why not?  It's only an 8-hr flight or something like that.  :-)

We'll be exploring London and visiting with the baby, so sorry, can't do it. Maybe next year:)

I will plan on staying an extra day to hang with my gal pals. Usually I swoop in the night before, work all day then swoop out at night. Will stay for a day or two next time. October (early looks like) may be when. Still too early to plan.

I had a heaping plate of vegetables for dinner - and nothing else (Fine print: dessert was fruit crumble with whipped cream). 

I have to confess that I have never made roasted veggies, but did last night after reading about all the lovely and easy recipes you guys were exchanging. I didn't care for the broccoli, but I mixed up so many veggies, it took two turns in the oven to get all them them cooked. Leftovers for lunch today were even better.

On another note... my 5-year-old son has surgery early tomorrow morning. They are going to stick a scope in his bellybutton to see if they can find his undescended testicle (or as he likes to call it, his "nuts"). I'm so worried about him having to go through general anesthesia, and I hope they don't find anything twisted up inside, as that means the missing nut must have dissolved long ago. Then it's just a cosmetic issue, and not a potential cancer issue later on. Really, one nut is plenty, don't you think?

((Joan)) poor baby.

Joan .. I'll be thinking of your little guy tomorrow and hoping all goes well.

hugs,

Bren

Thanks for the wishes, lovely ladies. Like most little kids, he's nutty enough to make up for missing one, and so handsome I doubt any girls (or boys - he really likes pink lol) would even notice!