Yesterday was the spelling bee and we did pretty well, in spite of not getting into the finals. Our team, two and a half geezers, was in the fourth and final round. So was last year's champs, the Hot Spells. We did not raise enough money to have a free miss. We were in the top four fundraisers on Saturday, but some of the other teams must have increased their donations. If you are willing to spend the money, there is nothing to stop you from writing a check 30 minutes before to bring up your total. All of which is good, because it goes to the athens Literacy Council. We did spell 14 progressively-harder words, though, before misspelling triquetous (I think that's it, I never heard of it before). Some of the hard words we spelled right include vacillate and vicissitude, as well as prespecience. Our team worked well for the most part and it was great fun. I bid on a lot of silent auction items, but came away with only one thing--a gift certificate for Agora. Janna came a little later than I did and won lots of things.

We also sang in choir yesterday and for the first time managed to carpool with two women from this side of town--yay! We stayed for lunch--I had made an apple crisp that was outstanding, if I do say so myself. Ray peeled and cored 10 apples. That's the hard part. When I was in line for lunch, Cathi said to me, "No one was in charge...the minister told me you were in charge. It's okay, we took care of it." I had no recollection of agreeing to do anything to organize the lunch, but it's certainly possible. 

Other than those two big events, we watched hurricane coverage, read some, wpent a little time outside, and took a 15-minute walk.  The mosquitoes were too plentiful for me to stay out. I am afraid of West Nile virus. Ray has mowed some of the lawn and the chickens enjoy being out. In fact, they squawk at in the morning, hoping I will let them out. I have a complicated plan to replace the garden fence and incorporate a chicken run. This will keep the bugs and grass down and make it harder for deer and others to get in.

Saturday we went to pilates and the farmers' market and spent the rest of the time at home. We ate shrimp for supper.