Desktop

The old computer is up and running again. And not a moment too soon as the laptop just ate the post I had been working on for the past few days. Not that it was anything stupendous, but it was long. Quantity not quality, you know

It was a detailed account of the rest of Ben and Sonja's visit, which I will now sum up in, surprise! a bulleted list.

• Rainy miserable weather on Wednesday
• Lunch and shopping at the Kilkenny design center
• Jerky, child hating tour guide at Kilkenny castle
• Doctor visit for me for a badly infected blister on my little toe
• Losing to Orrin and Sonja at Cranium- how humiliating!
• Winning a fierce battle of Settlers of Catan
• Walking to the bird sanctuary and feeding the ducks and swans stale bread
• Visiting St. Patricks well, the obligatory site we take all our visitors to
• Walking around downtown to photograph the doors of Clonmel
• Sitting on the pedestrian street watching Ian and Silas scramble over the brick pavers
• Talking Ben and Sonja into Irish set dancing at a friends house
• Watching them wow everyone as they picked it up like they'd been doing it their whole life, making me think we should try this again in Dowagiac at Christmas
• Driving in the rain to Killarney
• Shopping for sweaters and other Christmas gifts/souvenirs
• Touring Muckross House and gardens
• Dinner and pub in Kenmare
• The B&B owner trying to give me an anxiety attack by repeatedly telling us she had never made it to the airport in under 2 3/4 hours and that we would never get Ben and Sonja to the airport on time.
• Orrin made it in 2 hours flat with out even speeding. They even had time to buy an infant ticket for Ian.

Since they departed Orrin and I have kept busy

• Washing and vacuuming the car
• Doing all the laundry
• Cutting Silas's hair
• Going to a car boot sale (basically a flea market)
• Watching Curious George
• Fixing the hard drive on the desktop
• Making a failed attempt at Halloween cookies
• Sleeping as much as possible
• Grocery shopping
• Making reservations for Venice this weekend
• Finishing Silas's Halloween costume (stay tuned for pictures)