Saturday, April 26, 2008

Travel and Tapas

My big event this week was a trip to Chantilly, VA. The weather was perfect, and the flowers and blooming trees were beautiful. Still, as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz said, "there's no place like home". It was a short trip, but I don't travel well and I'm still recovering from lack of sleep. It's good to be back home.

We're planning a "Tapas Pot-luck" party for next weekend. Tapas is the latest rage in this area - sort of a Spanish appetizer. We invited about 40 of our friends and neighbors to come over on Saturday and bring a 'tapas' dish. We are hoping that a lot of them cancel - our house isn't really big enough to hold 40 guests. Still, we'd have a lot of fun if they all came. And if the weather stays nice, they can spill out into the yard.

Spring has finally arrived. The daffodils are up, and tulips are beginning to bloom. The flowering trees and shrubs are looking really good. It seems that winter is finally over. This weekend the weather is nearly perfect - about 65 degrees in the daytime, and 40 at night. Couldn't ask for better.

Guess I'll try to catch up on a little more sleep - I get really grumpy when I'm tired.

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