I didn't go by any gas stations today so not sure of the price. I had heard yesterday, at the bank no lesss, that the T-Bird Station on Clinton Street would be raising the gas to four to $5 a gallon. So, I don't know if they did or not. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Hope you have a full tank Karen...Good luck and happy thoughts!

Lori, enjoy your family! Embrace the moments....I came across a picture of my brother Kevin, taken 4 years ago before our mother died, we were all raking the leaves and cleaning up her yard...and he threw me in the leaves..so there is this picture of him laughing covering me in the leaves. And that is how I like to remember him... Nothing can take those memories away...so enjoy and smile!
We hope for the best on the gulf coast...and that everyone stays safe.
Have a great weekend and enjoy our sunshine! Happy Thoughts...

Hi everyone. I arrived safely! Went on the bike trail in Stowe today with my sister and her husband. It was beautiful. We're going over to my brother's house soon for supper. Avi will arrive here next Thursday. In the meantime I'm having fun with my family!

Boy Kathi, you're right, most of New England used to seem all land locked to me and I wanted to be nearer the water. Not so much with global warming wrecking havoc on our oceans.

Travel safely Lori, an uneventful ride is my wish for you tonight. We're still enjoying a beautiful fall day and chilly evening temps. Sounds like VT will be the same for you when you get there.

Jane and Nancy live in the Plano, TX area which is near Dallas. I'm not sure who else may be living in TX and I don't know of anyone along the coast. I'm hoping for the best but it doesn't look good.

Maybe it was better when we were all innocent and the news didn't report things live....Lori, I hope your flight is smooth and uneventful. Luckily, there aren't that many incidents like that! Think of all the times we have all flown without problems. Another beautiful day here. Last day of summer....I always think its sad! The season seems so short. Hard to realize its almost the end of September. I pray that Rita isn't as severe as they fear. Vermont seems like the place to be right now! Please keep safe....happy thoughts.

Did you all see (on TV) the emergency landing that Jet Blue plane made at LAX yesterday? Hope I get the same pilot cuz that's the airline I'm taking in 2 hours! Can't wait to get to Vermont!

Lori you set it up and I'm good to go. Seriously, for many years this is something I've longed to do.

We're hoping Karen, that no one wigs out on us and so far so good. However, we've found out after the fact that some of our students have "control issues". It's a little unnerving when you have a temper encounter with someone and find out later you were lucky they didn't blow up on you. A little info ahead of time would be nice. You know?????

Hope there will be nice weather in Vermont when I'm there! And beautiful leaves.

Patti, you'd love Jerusalem! So when are we going?!

Beautiful fall day here today, too! Never enough of them...rain coming in tomorrow. Lawn is mowed so that's good news...maybe it won't need doing again until the leaves fall off and we can mulch them. You can tell its full moon time with kids at school....hyper! Maybe I'm just getting too old for Kindergarten! My grandson, Caleb, will be 3 years old tomorrow. How time does fly! Makes you want to capture all those precious moments and hold them close to your heart. Hope everyone is well. Happy Thoughts!

Putting those tools to use will be a lot of fun I think. Today the table saw was demonstrated but not by me. Other than a lathe there's nothing else they'll need to know aout this year. I need to decide what I want to build. I was thinking of starting with a cribbage board but that's just a lot of drilling. Maybe a coffee table or a book case.

It's a perfect fall day again. Now that the potato harvest has officially begun we need loads of days just like this one. The rain this past weekend was nasty. It's past now though.

Lori I want you to take me to Jerusalem. what do you think of that?