Company

Well, just had a great 4-day visit from #4 sister and dear nephew! Was very nice to spend some good times with them! Would've loved to have the b-i-l here, too, but he had to stay behind and make a living! Like hubby says "somebody's gotta do it!" I actually took 3 vacation days while they were here so that we could hang out the whole time, rather than just a couple of hours in the evenings, and it sure made a good difference. Not to mention that I got the GREAT PLEASURE of sleeping in every day (except Easter Sunday, of course) and that is HUGE to me! And naturally, stayed up 'til "all hours" because of getting to sleep late so my regular sleep/wake schedule was really thrown out of whack! But, hey, that's okay, because my 'regular' sleep/wake schedule that I have to keep because of work hours is NOT my BODY'S regular sleep/wake schedule, no sir, much, much different!

We went bowling yesterday and had quite a fun time doing that! And yes, nephew whooped up on us old folks! But not surprised, as he is somewhat of a "pro" anyway! Carries THREE of his own special bowling balls with him! Obviously not his first time in an alley! G'd went with us and enjoyed watching! I'm sure it was amusing from his perspective! It was a beautiful day outside (but very windy!) so a nice day for him to get out and see some sunshine. After taking him back to his home and getting him settled at dinner, we went to the gun range and did a little shooting. That was fun, too, and something I had not done in many years. Can be quite an expensive past time if you're not careful! Gotta be sure and buy the ammunition BEFORE you get to the range, so you can get the 'cheap stuff' to practice with. Loud does not begin to describe the noise level inside that range! My goodness, if I ever had to use that weapon inside my house, I would surely go deaf, as I don't think I would have ample time to don my ear protection!!! It was very loud even WITH ear protection, and I mean DOUBLE ear protection - foam inserts in ears and also muffling headphone-type ear covers! I'll be needing to get a smaller gun; the beast I have is too big to carry comfortably. I'll put that on my Christmas wish list! :)

We, or should I say "the fellas", spent countless hours watching college basketball this past weekend; I swear, it was never-ending!!!! I think they were having a b-ball marathon! Oh, no, wait, I think they call it a TOURNAMENT! They sure enjoyed it - I guess it's a 'guy thing' because we women-folk quickly tired of it. But glad they could be so easily entertained for so long!

Well, it's back to the daily grind this morning so must get back at it. Will drop in here another day and write a little more.