no politics monday

We had a nice weekend. I actually ran on both Saturday and Sunday. Cyndi got bike rides both days. It was very warm. The boys played outside on their scooters, and we went swimming twice. Cyndi got another swim lesson on Sunday. We got some DVDs and books from the library on Ry's card and picked up a Dion's pizza and turkey salad. After my run on Saturday we went to the dollar store and got out under $5. Then a late lunch of whole pinto beans, chicken tacos, breakfast burrito, huevos rancheros, sopapillas and honey, and red chile. We added the old speakers and mouse to the laptop in the boys' room where Jack sets up his "office." Someday, he'll get a real student desk. And someday later, some bunkbeds. After church, where the boys kept losing their bakugan toys (little plastic balls that open up into transformers) as they rolled among the pews, we had coffee and donuts with Janey, who was visiting her daughters in town. Birthday cake for Dorie Sunday night.

I talked with Ariel. She'll be coming September 16. She sold her car and they were putting a few things in storage. She thinks she'll be in Albuquerque at least until Christmas. She'd like to find a publishing internship or work a little, travel a little and write. There are plans for graduate programs next fall back east. And she'll be visitig Emily in Hawaii in December and they'll do the Honolulu Marathon together.

I need to train for something. In April there's Big Sur, and Nashville has a country music marathon around the same time that could be fun.

Nashville's not far from Sarah, who's including posts in her blog about her first Ole Miss football game. I got a good email from Dad, detailing the wedding and promising pics. Cyndi spoke to David for his birthday and he said the wedding was great. I heard from Sandra, too, about the wedding, and she sent me some information to update the family history. I need to get back to that. Lisa sent me a comment which is under the cspan post.

Fall's coming. State Fair is here. Dixon apples will be harvested in just a few weeks. And we'd love to get a camping trip in this month. Did I mention we drove up to Santa Fe on Saturday? It rained most of the day. Had a late breakfast at Pasquale's (the boys and I ran from the car with our umbrellas), strolled the plaza (an arts-and-crafts show, where we found a small santuario or retablo of St. Pasquale, the patron saint of cooks), stopped at J.Crew and Toyopolis, and ran to the St. Francis in the pouring rain so I could get the car. On our way back, drove through La Cienega, got lost when we didn't take the turn off to Los Golondrinas, and circled back to stop at Sunrise Springs to have a glass of wine, an appetizer, some rolls, and a very expensive macaroni and cheese for the boys. The restuarant was very quiet and so were the grounds as we walked around the pond afterwards and strolled about. A strangily damp day.