Random musings

* Sudoku - heard of it? I lose Tim whenever he comes near one of those puzzles. He gets in a zone and becomes really focused. He's working on a "diabolic" one right now and probably won't go to sleep til he completes it. Oh, to have a logical mind like that!

* We went for a drive to find a grocery store since breakfast at 7 am didn't sound too appealing. Houghton is really just one street and this big Wesleyan college down one side. We didn't see one new house in sight - everything is at least 50 years old and each house has a lovely porch. A few miles down in another "blink and you'll miss it" town was a Dollar Store. For $16, we bought a jug of apple juice, a jug of milk, a ball to kick around on the lawn tomorrow, a frisbee, a box of cereal, five bowls for the cereal, a shower curtain (see below), Fritos (Tim's favourite) and some other snack food. Then we went next door to the grocery store and bought bananas, six cinnamon buns and a box of plastic cutlery for $5. Amazing, eh? Or should I say huh?

* OK, here's something to ponder. The list of things to bring did not include a shower curtain but there wasn't one in our bathroom so we bought one at the Dollar Store. I mentioned to the kids tonight that I might take a long, hot bath. Kaleb said I couldn't since there was no plug to be found in the bathroom. If no shower curtain is supplied, one would assume you were supposed to take a bath. If no plug is supplied either, we could all be smelly by the end of this thing or the bathroom floors would all be wet. I don't get it......

* We stopped today in at my friend's house to deliver the rocking chair. Right now as I type this, I wish I had taken a picture of her house. I couldn't believe it!! Huge 12' (or maybe even 14') double doors at the front of this gorgeous two storey yellow brick house on a quaint and quiet street in St Thomas. And inside - WOW!! What a house - it just kept going and going and going! So many huge rooms with hardwood floors, thick baseboards and crown mouldings. I love old homes - they feel so alive and lived in and loved. The previous family lived there for 51 years before my friends bought it. I hope Cheryl and Jonathan have just as many wonderful and memorable years with their family in that spectacular home.