Dick pulled the boat into the driveway, and he ran the gas out of the motor by running the motor in a big blue bin full of water. It worked like a charm. Cleaned out the barn and winterized the boat. He worked hard all day long.
Tom called, and we hooked up the iSight camera on the Apple laptop and we had a visual and audio talk with Tom and Conni. They both look happy and healthy and bursting with love.
Tom told us about an interesting play they went to - A Scottish Play - based on MacBeth. It took place in the U.P. of Michigan and had references to Sudbury so he felt right at home watching it. It wasn't that the play was actually good, but it was enjoyable from the Michigan connection.
He also told us about Jeff Daniels' appearance on the new Colbert Report. They were talking about Chelsea - locating it on the Michigan "mitten" and all other kinds of cute Chelsea references. We want to look for that one.
He finally has his new washer and dryer hooked up, so they were busy doing 2 weeks worth of laundry. Because of the iSight, he was able to show us his roadburns on torso and legs from his most recent fall off the bike. (!)
Barb called to tell us that Jim's brother Mike has died. He has had heart problems in the past, but recently found out that he also had lung cancer, and it all happened relatively quickly. She wanted us to know before we read it in the paper. It was a very thoughtful thing to do. We have such sympathy for Evie and the whole Hardy family.
