Sarah & Amanda are here!

I drove down to Salem today to meet Anita, Jerry and the girls. Anita and Jerry are attending the annual country music festival in Brownsville this weekend. They have been regularly attending for a number of years. It seems that Tim McGraw is headlining this year and even I've heard of him.

When possible, Sarah and Amanda come up here and spend the weekend with us, even though I think Sarah would rather be at the concerts. This provides a great opportunity for Grandma to take them back-to school shopping. It's a highlight for everyone's summer with the possible exception of Grandpa. His idea of fun shopping does not include thousands of pieces of girls clothes. However he gets plenty of Starbucks coffee and time to wander aimlessly about the mall. Tomorrow's the big shopping day and I'm searching for excuses already. It's to bad there's no computer stores close by. How many women's clothing stores can they cram into one mall anyhow? All in all everyone that counts will be happy and I'll be wired with caffeine. Hopefully I'll get a good lunch out of it. I'll let you know.