March 18

On Sunday, as some of you are no doubt aware, NASA sent up the Space Shuttle to rendevous with the Space Station for expansion of the solar array. As soon CNN announced take off we all went out to the front of the villa - and - yes - we could see the shuttle on it's way into space. Awesome! This is a shot, but it was even better in real life!

Monday we had an easy day. The boys went golfing so Granny & I went to the grocery store. I guess we were longer than we anticipated because when we got home the boys were just getting out of the pool. That didn't seem fair so Granny & I went for a dip as well. I must say the water was lovely!

Granny, Gramps, Poppa & I all went to the English Pub for fish and chips on St. Patrick's Day. Poppa had green beer, but unfortunately I left the camera here at the villa and couldn't get a picture. The fish and chips were really good and we enjoyed ourselves. We had spent the day shopping - well Granny shopped, the boys read, and I strolled around and only bought a couple of things - nothing for Christopher, but maybe a couple of small things for Munchkin - Hee.

Speaking of Munchkin, Mama and I got our MSN Messenger working and discovered that we can not only see each other but we can also talk. Now that was too fun. We got to see Munchkin too. Mama was telling me that yesterday she and Munchie went to the grocery store and it was quite bright outside - a lovely sunny day with mild temperatures. I hope it stays mild until we get back in about three weeks!

She sent this picture of Munchkin this morning and I stared in awe at how grown up he looks. Thank goodness I saw him on the webcam this morning and I could tell he was still five months old. If someone else had shown me this picture, Iwould have thought he was much more than that.

Haven't got much knitting done the last couple of days - we've been too busy roaming around showing Granny and Gramps the territory so they could re-familiarize themselves in time to show Aunt Trish around when she gets here with Uncle Andrew, Scott and Ian. So, I'm still working on the socks with the cuff, and it appears that Auntie Colleen has once again claimed first dibs on them. She really seems to like the socks - I'm so glad! I did get a couple of colours that Granny liked also, so as soon as I finish these I will start on a pair for her. It is ridiculously fun making socks - especially when someone wants them!

Today Gramps & Poppa went golfing earlier than usual, so Granny & I went over to Wal-Mart. It's fun having two vehicles here, so we can get around when the men go golfing! Of course neither of us bought very much stuff today since we'd just been shopping yesterday.....but I think it might be a good idea if we stayed home tomorrow! Oh no - we are going to the dollar store to get a few envelopes - I remember now! We might have parcels to mail on Tuesday next week!

At the end of the day Taffy was ready for bed and laid down to wait for us. Squeegie couldn't figure out why she was tired and kept trying to talk her into watching TV.