It's very dark this morning. The clouds are thick, blocking out the sun completely. Despite this, construction on the convention center next door (outside my window) continues. I think the goal is to get that building enclosed before snow flies. It's already the last of August.... Fall has just about come and gone... I don't know how successful they'll be! And I don't envy them their jobs either!

Did I mention that we have new cell phones? We finally broke down and got Cellular One phones. So if you have our old cell numbers, they'll be non-functional as of Sept 2nd. We got 4 phones for the family. The kids were getting stranded at the school and in Eagle River too often, so we got them phones to avoid having them borrow someone else's. We were meaning to do this all along. So once Stephen gained employment, we went for it. The kids were psyched. They're cool flip phones with cameras. We've allotted them 200 minutes each per month plus their free nights and weekends. So we'll see how that works out. Of course any calls to us and other Cellular One users are free minutes as well. [If they go over, we'll limit their friends to those kids who either have Cellular One phones or are mute... :o) ]

PS Happy Birthday Mom!