Hi! I've had the invite on my email list for a few days, but just finally got a chance to sit down and read it! I've been doing all sorts of fun (and some not-so-fun-but necessary) things.

Norman and I just got back from a 20th anniversary trip to Maine. It was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, Brandon had our camera in Belize, so we don't have any really good pictures. Norman took a few with his video camera, but they aren't really great. I'll see if he even has one that you will be able to see from a monitor screen. --but the memories were fantastic. Dad, you really DO need to get out to Maine, you'll love it! If you go to Bar Harbor, you might look at some of the B&B's that say they're on "the quiet side of the island." I wasn't sure what was what, so when I was looking, I looked specifically for addresses in Bar Harbor. That was nice, but I think I would like it a little bit further away next time (and the price is cheaper, too!) And, they have this nice free bus system to get around if you don't want to drive. It was just a wonderful blend of nature (Acadia National Park), and tourist area (lots of neat shops and restaurants in Bar Harbor proper, with a good hard-working seaside port or two thrown in. While I was on vacation, I finished the knitting portion of that blue/purple top that I was working on at Liz's graduation. I got some interesting yarn at a little yarn shop in Bar Harbor and started knitting a little bag, as well as started (several times, as a matter of fact) working on Norman's hockey socks. I finally got those working, and am about 5 inches along on the first one. But I had to invest in some expensive addi turbo knitting needles to be able to work the yarn without killing my hands. Brandon came back from Belize the day before Norman and I got back, and he was working hard to help put together a vespers program for this Saturday night (which I missed because I was working). I'll have to get him to get on this site and post some of the stuff he did. He had a blast! I called him on Sunday evening (we were in Massachussetts for Sarah's wedding) and he was still in the car on the way home from the airport. Just about the first thing he said was, I think they're going to Guatemala next year, can I go? Huh, huh? Please can I go?!! The other funny thing is that, in the past he's always complained bitterly because I would not let him turn the air conditioners down past 72. Well, even worse, this year I've been making them keep it at 75 (electricity is expensive!) and he thought I was (literally) getting him ready to live in hell...or maybe he'd already arrived! Well, now (with the A/C still at 75) he sits around the living room in the eveining wrapped in a blanket (QUILT!) while watching TV! I told him he was now ready for Grandma's next visit (Mom's always cold and the kids are still too hot!) well, this is getting long...love to you all! Terrie