Bless Your Heart

Do you know how hard it is to type with no space bar? And could it have been at a worse time?? Shannon’s in China- emailing with her had to be limited to just a few words cause of the space bar situation. Ugh. I can’t wait to meet Miss Em when they come home!

So…what’s been going on with me? Busy week. Last Saturday Nanny & the Irish descended upon North Carolina. They ended up staying 3 nights with us. It was a lot of fun. The first night we went to Sara’s for dinner. Joey was a little crabby. After dinner we brought Nanny & The Irish back here to get them settled into their rooms. The Irish are Maureen & Billy. Maureen is the daughter of Nanny’s best girlfriend growing up. She was named after Nanny. Billy is her husband. They come to visit Nanny for about 3 weeks just about every year. They live in the same little neighborhood my Nanny grew up in in Ireland. My Dad drove them all up here from Florida for a mini trip within a trip. He stayed at Sara’s. I drove Nanny’s car over here and Jon drove back in the truck. Well, Billy jumped in the truck with him.
(later)
How was the truck ride home?
Yeah, thanks for that.
Did y’all talk.
He did.
What did y’all talk about?
I don’t know. I couldn’t understand a word he said! I know it’s English, but it’s like another language!
So what did you say?
A lot of “yes, uh huhs, and that’s great!”
Poor CSP.

So then Sunday morning we woke up and had breakfast then I took the Irish to the mall. Apparently clothing and shoes are super expensive in Ireland, and with the exchange rate and the dollar being so weak, they were able to get great deals. So they just wanted to be dropped off for the day.

As we came over a hill on the way to the mall Billy said “What’s that city over there?”

That’s the mall. Collective oohs and ahhs. They had a great time and bought tons of shoes and clothes for their grandkids.

They loved the pugs and had a great time playing with them. The pugs thought we’d imported new treat machines for them! More about their visit later…