well it is 12:30 p.m. and i am just now getting around to posting.....this mornng Aidan, 6, did not have his backpasck when it was time to get on the school bus, and he refused to get out of the van and get on the bus, so i was privileged to drive him back home to get it.....,then we arrived at school at 8:30 and i walked him inside and signed him in and watched him walk down the hall to his teacher.....he was afraid he was going to get in real trouble with his teacher if he came in without a backpack and now, i believe, he knows he would not be in "bad" trouble with his teacher or anyone else, for that matter and he understands the need to have the backack in the car the night before we are leaving and i reminded myself to remind the boys about things like backpacks when we leave for school......anyway, aidan and i had a good time in the van on our round trip....boy do i love those boys.....this morning all i have done is laundry, which, by the way, seems to never end, but i have always loved doing the laundry, so i am in a type of "heaven" sort of........the dogs remain in a boarding place so a smile is still on my face....they are due home on saturday morning.....alas......the weather up here remains great with cool mornings and nights and upper 70's or low 80's during the day...now it is slightly overcast....life is good.....Michael returned safe;y from florida last night.....my goal is now to be able to take pictures and to post them on this blog.......i guess, i will ask ramona how to do it when she, matthew, and karsen return from their trip to clovis this week.....i love you people, although you may be few in number, who are reading my blog qand commenting....love jk.