Splendid!..

It was a lovely Saturday. 22 members of my family came for the BBQ. We had perfect weather and spent most of the day outside. As predicted, there was plenty of food and good conversation. Everyone left earlier than I had hoped but, with just my sister's family and our parents left, we BBQed a salmon with lemon and bell pepper and baked some potatoes for dinner. Yum!

Before everyone arrived, I managed to get all the weeding done except for the ornamental grass in the front corner that looks so messy. I hate it and it will come out, but it's going to be a battle for a while because of the runner roots. I think the house looked as good as it possibly could. I was happy to show people around.

I got to show my sister the album of her family that I've been working on for years and encouraged her to send some pictures. I've been asking for a couple of years but now she understands why. Maybe she'll get a "round-toit". We also took the eyes, ears, fingers, and toes pictures for the album- comparisons we made the first time I went to visit after we met. A few years have passed since then and we have a few more wrinkles but the idea is what counts.

My niece stayed the night with me, although she went directly to bed. My sister has managed to raise children who are afraid of nudity so the fact that I was going to sit in the hot tub sans suit was more than her modesty could take, which is why she went directly to bed. Oh we'll, not my children, not my parental issue. It was nice to be able to have her here all the same.

Unfortunately, I woke at 5:00 am on Sunday with a raging headache no OC medicines would tame. I suffered through the day but went to bed early with half a hydrocodone and half a flexeril in my system. It seemed to work because I slept well and didn't have a headache when I woke up.

Tonight I am going to do the same because the tension in my neck is building to headache level again and I want to nip it in the bud. That being said, good night, all!