You know you're tired (and perhaps a little loopy?) when you take out a white cord to plug in your camera to download your pictures.  After looking at it absently for a few seconds, you realize that it is not the camera cord, but the iPod cord.  Then you get out the camera cord and it takes a while to figure out which end to plug into the computer...

Needless to say, I hope that having another cold is a good enough excuse for the absent mindedness I just displayed.

I've had two people contacting me today to find out why I haven't blogged recently (one of them is my beloved sister, who is wondering why I haven't yet said anything about the wedding--I was waiting to look at my photos).

Anyway do I start now and work backwards or start backwards, and work up to now?  I didn't blog last week because we were away...at my sister's wedding.  That was the first time my entire family has been together in four years--and that was a wedding too!  For those of you who don't know, my sister was widowed over five years ago now.  Last year she met a really nice man her age, a widower.  They got married last Saturday.  It was a very nice wedding--with hers and his children as attendants, as well as some friends.  I am very very happy for her, and very glad for the occasion to get together with our whole family. 


I'm breaking one of my usual rules, and posting this photo partly because we are all so far away you can hardly see us anyway.  If you can find me, the lady at my left is my Aunt, my Mom's sister.  She came all the way from Oregon with my Uncle.  It was lovely to see them!

Our immediate family took our time both coming and going, and we spent a night in a border town.  We enjoyed a walk along the river under the bridge at the border crossing.  Can you guess where we were?


My favorite part about the walk was watching the sailboats.




When we got home, it was time to prepare for the Fall Fair.  I was disappointed that I didn't have time this year to complete a cross-stitch project to enter, but I baked bread again, and made a pineapple upside-down cake.  If they win, I don't get them back.  I'm in the mood for pineapple upside down cake, so if it does win, I'll have to make another one.

Belle entered a doll quilt she had made, and Boo entered a Lego tractor-trailer (semi).  My Dear Husband baked tea biscuits and cheese scones, and we entered an assortment of tomatoes from our garden.  I'm always pleased if I win enough to pay for next year's ticket.  Tomorrow will tell.

Tonight I bemoan the state of my nose.  I feel pretty wiped out--no pun was intended, but I guess it is there anyway.  I hope this one only lasts a week.  I am hoping I have the energy to tidy the house tomorrow--I sure don't have it tonight. 

It rained today--feels like Fall.