Date Night

We got an email message from our friends Gary and Judy today. It was a real bombshell--they've traded in their truck and 2011 New Horizons Majestic on a 2012 Itasca Ellipse 42QD motor home! Judy just didn't want to keep driving the chase car instead of being with Gary on the road. That's something we can understand--we wouldn't want to do that either. But it's still a shock to have our chief New Horizons mentors go over to "the dark side," as Judy quipped. We hope it works well for them.

Ed and Julie went out for a date tonight, giving us another chance to bond with the grandkids.We played outside for a while.

We fixed grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for supper. Then we played outside some more.

It was Sam's turn to pick out a game tonight. We played Chicken Cha Cha Cha. As expected, Cate won two games in a row. She has a great memory.

For a snack, we baked chocolate chip cookies in the toaster oven. Good thing they have a toaster oven, since the glass oven door on the wall oven broke last night!

When Ed and Julie came home, they reported on their adventures. They went to dinner at an all vegan restaurant called the Loving Hut. Then they went to the Arlington Music Hall to see the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band:

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, often cited as a catalyst for an entire movement in Country Rock and American Roots Music, continues to add to their legendary status. Multi-platinum and gold records, strings of top ten hits include "Fishin' In The Dark", "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and "Mr. Bojangles.

 When they walked up to the theater, Julie said it was familiar for some reason. She asked if it used to be something else. It turned out to be the Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall where she was baptized years ago!


We got all our laundry done tonight. Unfortunately, our cream colored towels now have a gray cast after being washed with Ken's new black jeans!