Melissa & Carrie

Yesterday we picked up Melissa at the airport in Saint John. She will be here for 3 months, and then at the end of January, Carrie will be going to live with her for 3 months. After chores last night, we enjoyed a bonfire.
A few more stories about our Quebec trip. When driving north from New Brunswick, I am always excited to see the St. Lawrence River after we pass Riviere de Loup. This time it was quite foggy, so it didn't make the same impression. But Sarah was still excited when she pointed out to Carrie and Beth..."Look at the snow on the mountain!!" I must have had the air conditioner on too cold, as it was 27 C outside, or she was missing her glasses...
We won't even mention how excited she got when she saw a milk truck...
But I might let on how embarrassed we all got when she ordered milk from the french waitress...she started milking a cow and yelling MOO!!!...yikes


But the best...
We were driving along Rte 185 in some road construction area, the traffic was at a crawl, cars bumper to bumper and workmen all around. So in an effort to embarrass Carrie, I put all the windows down, opened the sunroof, and cranked up the Bluegrass on the satellite radio. She hid under her pillow until we cleared the construction, and then all of a sudden we were going quite fast again. Now. how was I to know that she had a box of pads and panty liners with her in the back seat. As we reached highway speed again, the cover of the box flew off and out the window, there was a whirlwind of pads and panty liners in the car, and then they followed the cover of the box out the window. All I remember, before I couldn't see a thing due to tears of laughter , was the fellow behind me with his windshield wipers on...We found one panty liner...

Anyways, Good Luck to Melissa tomorrow at school, she has already fit in well here.
And Congratulations to Jesse, he ran the 5 miler in Hampton today(ya, go figure), and finished ahead of both Sheila and Grandma. His goal was to beat his 81 year old grandmother, but he was really impressed(and still bewildered) that he beat Sheila.
Oh, so much to post...I mustn't forget that Sarah and her sister BaBa are at Tanya's, looking after the little darlings, while Tanya travels to Manitoba for the week, to examine the McCain plant in Portage la Praire, with the thermal imaging camera. I think she might need that camera to check out her own place when she gets back...