This past week has been very busy, but I guess no more than usual. Twice a week after school all three girls accompany me to my physical therapy appointments. They love it. We go in the late afternoon when there are only one or two other patients. The PTs love the girls, or so they claim. They told me it was no problem to bring them. So as we pull in Sadie starts screaming "Oh my goodness, Gumballs!" Yep, the first thing we do is head for the gumball machine where you get two for a quarter. Each of the two oldest gets their little bribery for the session. Then Jane begins her session at the gym. They have taught her how to use all the machines and she gets a timer and starts her work out. Sadie climbs the stairs in the corner or gets a pillow and lays down or gets out the marbles and transfers them from one container to the other, or grabs one of the stretchy bands attached to the pole and stretches it as far as she can and then lets it drag her full speed back to the pole. That is when she is not busy talking to someone about her curls or her big blue eyes. As we walked in Wednesday one of the patients said "There's our girls, I was hoping they would be here." That made me feel better because I always worry that I'm bugging someone. But...the girls really do behave and it is so much easier than trying to find a babysitter everytime. Ellyn just crawls all over me and adds resistance to my exersizes. Usually on Wednesdays we go straight from there to Sam's Club for free samples and pizza and lemonade and then over to the church for Young Women's and Activity Days. If I don't have a Presidency meeting before YW then I get to bring some of the girls home to dad-who is now home! This week I had lunch with a bunch of friends and we spent the whole time wondering where the Army is going to send us. A topic that never loses its ability to captivate the minds of women who are trying to plan their lives and the lives of their children. All of the Stinchfield girls have some variation of a cold this week. Jane has a nasty cough that starts up when she goes to bed or when she's playing soccer. Soccer started on Tuesday and of course this week it has been in the upper 40s and low 50s and drizzling. I just received a phone call last night telling me that our renters have orders to Ft. Polk and so they will be leaving before the end of their contract. So I am a little stressed about that. I've been told that they kept it in really good condition so hopefully there will be minimal turn around time and no expenses. I'm praying. We have had repairs every month for the past 6 months. My plan is to sell it while Mike is gone and we have the extra income to handle it being empty for a while. I guess I'm glad we learned our lesson on a $50,000 dollar home instead of a much more expensive one. I will NEVER do this again. But enough of that. Buffy, I'm with you. I will be sticking with capris. Knee length shorts have never been my favorite. In style or not. Okay, now that I have covered several random topics I will sign off. Kim, August 6th is great.

Brooke