Oct 12 2006

......My friend Jo, came down from Canada last week. She came to have a lunch with some friends from the internet. Her trip down was not a good one. She missed the turn for Edmonds and the ferry and had to go through Tacoma in rush hour.... she called me and said she was at Fred Meyers, I was going to tell her to wait and I would come get her until I discovered she was at FM in Tacoma. So I gave her directions to get back on the freeway and just follow it and then to call me when she was at our local store and I would go get her. She finally made it and we had a great visit that night. The next day she went off to lunch and came back to say that the fella she was meeting was a toad. So we called Eileen and she came out for dinner and we had Pizza and killed a bottle of wine. We had agreat visit and then the next day I took her to look at the new waterfront businesses here. When she was ready to leave, we put Nick in the car and drove up to Kingston, to the ferry and had her follow us. She said it was a much easier trip home. And Nick had a outing. While we were waiting to make sure Jo got on the ferry, I saw a lady carrying a dog that looked very much like Cleo, except no black on the face. It seems Nick saw it too, cause Roy said that he whined and yipped, I guess he thought his Cleo was coming home.
........Sunday, I had Michelle and Aundrea meet me at the fabric store to look at patterns for a dress for Aundrea for the Major Motion dinner auction. We finally found a pattern that we all agreed on and then we found some material. While we were in line to have it cut, we found some we liked better and it was cheaper. So now we have pattern, material, zipper, thread.... last night Aundrea asked me if I had worked on her dress yet. No I have had other things to do. "Well what is more important than my dress?"..... Well mayby the top I want to make to wear to Yakima next week. ;-)
...........Tuesday, Michelle called me about 10 minutes after school had let out and told me no one had gone to pick up Aundrea and could I go. She would be right over to pick her up at our place. OK, so I sent Grandpa and called the school to let them know because I figured she was in the office by now. The lady answered and I told her who I was and what I wanted and she said she was not there but she would look outside. Ok... so I am placed on hold. FOREVER. Finally she came back and picked up the phone and said."this is Terry, how can I help you"? I said I was still looking for Aundrea. OH, Aundrea. Well she would call her teacher because she was sure she must have gotten on a bus. NO. she doesn't ride the bus, we always pick her up in front of the school. Well maybe she walked up to the road. So now I am again on hold.... finally I hear the truck coming back and I look out and still on hold, mind you, see that the kid is with Grandpa. They are in the house and I am still on hold. Finally she comes back to tell me there just are no children at the school. I said never mind her Grandpa has her, he picked her up in front of the school while she was out side trying to locate her!!!