Ipad

So Doug had rolling pin envy. I have Ipad envy. Doug has a new Ipad. I have wanted one for awhile, but after Dave retired it wasn't really a likely purchase. So I am getting all the ins and outs from Doug on how it works. Just makes me want one more. Sigh. Maybe since I sent Doug a rolling pin, he should send me an Ipad. Yeah like that is ever going to happen. :P

Faux Full Moon

Sheesh. If I didn't know that the full moon was next week I would have sworn it was today. I had two cars pull out in front of me. One when I was going 50 miles an hour. The other was just in BG and it stopped to let us keep moving. Wow.

Nice Quote

"There are a thousand paths you can take in life. But there is only one right one...when you're on the right path, you'll know it." Carl Gorman, Navajo artist and code talker.
I think there is a lot of truth in that.

Rose Festival 2011

Betty gave me pins to get into Rose Festival. The tentative plan from last weekend was for Tanya and the girls to go with because last weekend Elizabeth wasn't available. I guess Tanya forgot and made other plans or got a better offer.

So Dave, Audrie and I ventured on over to the waterfront in Portland this afternoon. We rode Max and Audrie liked the swaying of the train. Once there she was fascinated with the rides. It was like she just discovered there is a whole world above her head. She looked up a lot. There was an animal display and she liked the turtle. I liked the tiger. He was beautiful. We had lunch. Audrie helped Papa eat his steak sandwich. She wasn't too interested in my noodles. She got to climb in a police car. We also walked along the waterfront and she liked a couple of big dogs. Perused through Saturday Market on our way back to the Max, but it was crowded.

It was a gorgeous day and I'm not surprised at the crowds. We had a really good time and Audrie fell asleep on the way home. Thank you Betty for a great time.

Disengaging, Unplugging

So I actually managed to disable my facebook account for two whole days. Then the photographer came and took pics of Audrie. She wanted to post some of the pictures to her facebook account. That meant if I wanted to see them I had to go back. Wonderful pictures. Now I am trying to decide which one I like best. I think it is this one of her in her chair.

Anyway sometimes on facebook there gets to be drama. And recently it was pointed out to me that I am not always kind. I was aware a bit and had been working hard on keeping my snide comments to myself. Rude comments on the other hand are permitted. :P Not really. So I figured the best thing to do was to unplug for awhile. I had already partially done so, but Dave likes to tell me all the things I missed. Not helpful in the least.

So I am keeping my facebook account, but disengaging from it a bit. I am going to leave my opinions in my head and allow my children to not benefit from my wisdom, lest someone think I am being belittling. And maybe, just maybe they will learn for themselves to spot things that are not to their benefit. Guess that means I won't be helping support much either like reminding Tanya that she is the parent. She really should know that by now anyway.

It is just a reminder that my relationships are not always what I think they are either.

Texting

Dave gave me his old cell phone, so I am no longer one of the few without one. Hahahah. That is until it doesn't work anymore. So I forayed into the texting world just enough to know that it is not for me. Takes too long to type stuff out on the little keypad. And I have nails so it just doesn't work for me.
And I find most cell phone/texting use to be rude. It seems that the device takes priority over the real person with you. Nothing like dining with someone and having them do more texting than conversing with you. So when Dave said oh I was joining the rest of the people...I changed my mind. I don't want to be like that. The person I am with is the most important person and I refuse to treat them like a second class citizen. And that is what I feel like a lot when I am around cell phones. So there.

Rain

We walked down to the garden to see how it was doing and it started raining on us. We mosied on back to the garage, but Audrie was not done playing in the rain. She got pretty soaked.