Visit to Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg, GA, where Chris and Traci live, is about 35 miles south of Atlanta in a semi-rural/semi-suburban area near the elite Peachtree City area. How absoloutely wonderful to be greeted with such hugs and smiles as we received! And, they immediately discovered something new... that my Little People necklace has been rearranged! We had the clasp of the chain replaced in Kerrville, getting the necklace back right before we left, so I really hadn't checked it. Well, when they put the charms back on, they did not put them back in the same order! Brittani spotted it right away!

Tyler has grown so much, and Brittani is now

a gorgeous teen-aged brainy beauty, as you

can easily see from the pictures. Tyler is one active 7-year old, and immediately wanted to play with all of the things in the treat bag we brought. Thus, Grandad was put to the task of checker-playing (according to Tyler's rules), followed by putting a dinosaur together. He also LOVED playing on our laptop, from computer games to various card games on our Hoyle disk (which ought to sound familiar to many grandkids!) to taking care of the life-sustaining activities for his new Web-kin, a new creature for us to see. All we could remember was the Furby which Kaitie used to have which we wanted to drown in the toilet, but this creature is much friendlier.

Brittani is a delight, and we always find so

much to talk about, from her love of old-time

Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows, to books, foods, clothes, French and English (which she loves, and we do, too) to how to pass her driver's ed qualifying quiz. She played the guitar and sang for us, including a song she wrote, which we tremendously enjoyed. We look forward to seeing her on American Idol before too long!

Traci has been busy focusing on her hospital surgical nursing, as well as her new career as a legal consultant on medical and nursing issues. She explained the recent cases she has been working on with lawyers, both malpractice suits, and we found them fascinating. It sounds as though she has a very promising future in that area.

Chris had just returned from a trip and was recovering from food poisoning and a cold, but he remained in good spirits, even fixing my bike's flat tire (those doggoned Texas goatheads, NOT my crash...I only hurt ME in the crash!) and preparing some delicious meals. It turns out he is a Paula Deen fan and did eat at her restaurant in Savannah, but he and Traci did find it to be a bit pricey and over- rated. However, he redeemed himself by praising Emeril and Giada and by giving us good food!

In short, we had a lovely visit and enjoyed it all tremendously. So now, it's heading back "home," to Kerrville, where we need to wash clothes, resume our exercise program, eat sensible foods, and, most importantly, get me to my favorite hair stylist Justin! I called him yesterday with a plea of HELP and to set up an appointment for next week. That should cause some smiles amongst some of you, as it did for 1HW! Gray is NOT MY favorite color!!!!!