Down Home in West Virginia

We arrived effortless early last night in Martinsburg. As suburban sprawl continues, it is hard to believe that Martinsburg is now identified as a suburb of DC even though it is an hour and fifteen minutes away. Tim & Kathy's new home is beautiful and Kara is absolutely adorable. Kara has been a little fussy with gas, but then again so has Tim. What's new?

Anne flew in on Thursday and is staying till Tuesday. Seeing that she lives on the west coast, it is always nice to get an extra chance to see her.

We fired up Tim's Vermont Casting grill and Dad prepared Margarita Chicken Breasts. I grilled some peppers and worked on drinking beer. Everyone was left to the task they excelled at. And yes Tim, I like your grill!

Samantha lured me downstairs to play a little Dance Dance Revolution. That was something that I did not excel at. Yes, I like rhythm. However, getting that rhythm to my feet is an entirely different matter. I caught Zoe surreptitiously filming me at one point. If that were ever to get out, I would have to move to a deserted island out of shame.

Today has been nice and easy. We went for an early morning run to check out the area. There is so much rock and red clay here, they have to blast in order to excavate basements.

Zoe is working on pavlova for dessert and we picked up a Tenderloin I plan on cutting into fillet's for dinner. It should be good eats.