I HAVE MAGICAL SYBLINGS

I am not sure if I mentioned that I signed up for a trip the end of May.  Its an escorted tour, with a guide.  The tour is through a local travel company.  It is a "Mystery Tour".  Nine days.  Thats all we know.  They did give us seven clues and we do know that we don't need our passports.  I think I have figured out a couple of the clues but none of my fellow travellers want to know!

 Kathy and Kerry and a couple of their friends are going and they asked if I would like to go to.  Which of course I leapt at the chance.  I put a small deposit on it and the balance, which is pretty considerable given I am going as a single, was due this week.

Yesterday I got a message from my amazing sister that she and Kerry and my brother and his wife paid for my trip.  I immediately burst into tears and sat in my chair and could not believe it!!!  What a generous amazing gift.  They wanted to thank me for the use of the Maui condo...as if they needed to do that!!!!  I was just so happy for them to use it.  I didn't need a thank you!  What a generous awesome thing to do.  And right now, due to investments etc... I am totally short on cash flow so this couldn't have happened at a better time.  Such a huge relief...they will never know just how much.  I'm still in shock!

Yesterday was a lot of fun.  I picked up Kathy and we headed down to the Kiwanis meeting.  As it turned out, a really good one.  It feels good to be with a group of awesome people whose only purpose is to make money to help kids, one way or the other.  It isn't easy.  It takes a lot of dedication and planning, but in the end there are so many things out there that depend on public money.

After the meeting we went to a drugstore and bought anti wrinkle cream.  She doesn't need it.  She hasn't got even one wrinkle on her face.  And as April so eloquently put it when I told her, "Mom, its way too late for you!"  Hahaha!!!  Then we hit Save-on.  Love that store!!  Wish I was eating more.  I always have such a good time with Kathy.  She is a lot of fun.  We were in there forever!  At least three quarters of the time I was walking around, pushing the buggy with my elbow, whilst I was on the phone with April!  

Well I still haven't got my papers done.  They are still sitting in the dining room in a giant rubber maid.  Sigh.  Not my fave job.  But I am going to solicit Monte's help.  I will sort and he can file.  (shovel list shovel list shovel list)

We did a fun thing last night.  I had Monte buy some green coffee beans from his friend down at Zacks.  Monte used to roast coffee in Port Alberni when he lived there.  So he hauled out the box that held everything.  He uses a pop corn popper and he's really good at getting it exactly roasted to the perfect roast.  So he did exactly that.  He roasted up some beans then ground them up.  I can honestly tell you that those coffee grounds were the best smelling coffee grounds I have ever smelled!!!  He also has one of those Italian coffee pots you use on the stove.  He made me the best tasting espresso I have ever had!  We will sure be doing that over and over!!!  It was so fast and easy and delicious!!!!

He just came upstairs and caught me listening to a Bjork song.  He loves Bjork (B Jerk I call her).  I hate her.  But I really like this one song she does.  I didn't want him to know actually.  No encouraging the B Jerk in this house.  He was off to have a quick (ya right) coffee with his friend and then he is coming home to help with the paper work.  TTYL

THE ROASTING

THE GREEN BEANS

I WISH I HAD SMELLOPICTURES!

MAKING IT.  NOTE THE DIRTY FILTHY STOVE...IT WON'T COME CLEAN...I HATE THIS STOVE

THE WEENIE DRANK HIS WITH CREAM AND SPLENDA...I TOOK MINE STRAIGHT UP