Tuesday, March 13th - a sad grandma this morning

Well, everyone is on their way home, despite several last minute requests of "please mommy, can't we stay just one more day?"  Yesterday was another beautiful day with the temperature reaching a sunny 7'.  I left home at 7:00 and everyone was still fast asleep, including the dog. I called home around 9:00 and they had just gotten up around 8:30. I think their weekend has finally caught up with them.

It was a fairly quiet day, just hanging around. Tristen and his mom baked some cookies so he could bring them to work but Jamie wasn't there. He'll have to get his this morning. But everyone else who was there really enjoyed them. Before they came to get  me they went to the pool for a final swim. They love the slide there.

We had decided to go to see The Lomax which didn't start until 6:40. The timing was perfect. We had time to go downtown and have something to eat at the Old Triangle. Then it was off to the movies. James questioned how they could make a two hour movie out of a 10 minute book, but apparently it's possible. It was a cute movie and everyone enjoyed it.

On the way home we stopped in at Brenda and Bernie's to deliver a thank you card the kids had made for them. We had a quick cup of tea and then we were off. A quick tour through the house to pack up everything and then it was off to bed for some sleep before our 4:00 am wake up call.

We got up this morning to a pleasant -1' so going outside wasn't too bad a shock to the system. Of course today they are predicting up to 10 cm of snow by tomorrow morning. Just what we could have used when they were here.

We got everything loaded into the trunk and off we headed. I got a call from Patti shortly before 6:00 advising that they had indeed gotten on the flight, so they are bound for Montreal as I write this. James of course, looked ever so dapper in his suit and tie.

ZZ Top had it right - every girl's crazy for a sharp dressed man!!