This week has been so great. I have actually been able to do just what I wanted and when. Oh, I did the mundane things like pay bills, wash clothes, and dishes. But no workshops and Trey and Amanda are settled into Bancker.
Monday, Trey and Amanda came over and ate with us and visited. Wednesday, Halie and I went to the movies.
Thursday, I went to Sedina’s.
Tomorrow, Halie will come and spend the night. I even got to fight with “city hall” a few times this week. Did I win’ Of course not!
It is so great that Trey and Amanda are comfortable with the house. I was worried especially about Amanda. But I think the quietness is giving them a little peace for right now. Just hope they don’t get bored. Now if it will just back off on the raining.
Last Thursday, I did get to take a special day also. I took a young girl (Junior in High School) to the movies. Her name is Challi. She was in the first class that I taught here at Henry. She is one of those students that you never let go of and that you want to keep in touch with forever. We went to see “Harry Potter”. Since David has Mary, I lost my companion for the “Harry Potter” movies. I hope Challi will fill that void.

Halie and I had a wonderful day together on Wednesday. I picked her up at 11:00. Then we ate at Burger King. While we were eating she asked if she could call Aunt Olga and visit her. I called and she was happy to see us. So we left to go to the movie first. It was “Garfield”. We enjoyed it. (David could not believe that we went.) But it was good for children. At 3:30 we went to Aunt Olga and visited. We had a great visit and I know she loved it.

Today, I went to Sedina to work on David’s books. I am putting the finishing touches on the books. I plan to begin Trey’s week from Saturday at the special creative memory workshop.

Tomorrow at around 1:00, I will pick up Halie then we will come back here. I have several things planned. Steve will not be here, because of a special golf tournament. So I hope that we can do all kind of fun things. I got some ideas from Sedina. My boys do not have to worry about giving me grandchildren. I have one already in Halie.

Last night, we watched the movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” It is a movie that everyone should watch. But it was a hard movie to watch. It brought back too many bad memories of my young adult years. I do not understand how anyone could have gone through the Vietnam Era and still believe war is the answer for our problems. The big controversy over Michael Moore is stupid when you watch the movie. Even his making fun of the president was not where you should focus. Watch the soldiers, the Iraqi people, the parents and think. This is what is wrong with war. There may be a time and place where there is no other choice. But you must try every available avenue first before you travel down the road to war. Of course, this will not be an quickly won war. It should never have started without more time devoted to thinking about it along with diplomacy. The war in Afghanistan should have been completed first!