Isn't she Sweet?

Shadow is such a pretty cat.  If she wasn't constantly begging for food she'd be almost perfect.

Mom came up yesterday and spent the night at the cabin.  The winds have been pretty strong from the south but the cabin has been nice and sheltered.  We grilled last night and commented on the lack of mosquitos until the sun set, then we ate our words and slathered on the repellant.  We also finished off the last of the Dairy Queen ice cream cake.  Dan and Mom both protested that their piece was too big but managed to eat it anyway!  I knew they could, so did I!!  Today, Mom and I did a little thrift store and book shopping in Fergus.  We ate at the Don Pablo's downtown that is NOT a part of the chain.  Shari and the girls ate there with me last week and we loved it.  The book store I mentioned sells books by the pound, isn't that funny?  They also give you a credit of 99cents per book if you bring some in.  I had 3 and applied it towards the purchase of a Williams & Sonoma cookie/biscotti cookbook for 2.99.    Kris joined us for coffee this afternoon and it was nice to see her as it seems like it's been ages!  We have plans for apple pie baking and concrete bird baths at her house so that will be fun.  

This weekend is "Guys Weekend" at the cabin and Dan is very excited about that.  His friend Todd is going to look at the cabin for sale further down the point and it would be awesome to have them down there but we're not gettting our hopes up.

Andrew  is heading off to college at SCSU this Saturday.  Hard to believe, like Ann said in an email it seems like he was just born and now he's off to college.  He's excited to start on his new path in life and we wish him the best of luck.  Matthew is soon off to UMD and I'm sure Shelly has similar feelings!  Shari, did I tell you that Matthew plans to be in the band so that he can play for the hockey games?!  You will have to keep an eye out for him when you go to the games.  Maybe we will have to come up for one one of these winters.  Is it hard to get extra tickets?

Okay, that's enough rambling for now.  Have a good weekend everyone!  ~Laurie