Well, the country mice went to the “city” this past weekend.  Tom and I went to Long Island for our Granddaughter’s Christening at St. Agnes Cathedral.  We left early Saturday morning to be on time for the event at 12:30pm.  We made it with plenty of time to spare.  Thankfully the traffic was relatively mild.  We’re getting more comfortable with the drive - but didn’t escape a little mishap on the way down.

Nothing serious really - just inconvenient.  Here’s a little history.  I drive a Jeep Liberty and have had 4 cracked windshield events in 3 years.  I’m not sure if it’s the slant of the windshield or maybe we’re just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  My most recent event happened around Christmas and the windshield was just replaced on January 6th.  So it was with some ?!*@?!… swearing that we found ourselves getting hit - yet again - with a rock or perhaps the stud from someone’s car tire.  Believe it or not, I didn’t realize such things can be “repaired” instead of just waiting for the thing to splinter into a more serious and not so easily ignored crack.  We got it repaired on Tuesday and it seems ok.

Anyway… back to the event.  It was really great.  Mike & Kathy pulled out all the stops and put on a wonderful celebration for Grace’s official joining into God’s family.  The company, setting, meal and conversation were most enjoyable.  Tom & I stayed at the Holiday Inn at Rockville Centre.  I can safely recommend that hotel if you’re looking for accommodations in that area.

We made it back home early Sunday evening.  While we were away from home, our front bird feeder was broken and on the ground.  I suspect this little guy might be the reason.  They get hungry too so Tom repaired the feeder and it’s full again and ready for whoever stops in to feed.