We had one of those weeks that was very busy, but later you wonder what you were so busy doing? I think that once we retire we seem to learn more and more ways to be very busy, even when doing nothing!

We actually had some excuse as last weekend our kids from Dallas were up and we spent several days with them, visited some local attractions and took in the Four Winds Faire, a local Renaissance Fair. Should you ever be in the Tyler area when it is going on, I would have to say that it seems to be one that is in decline. The facilities are larger than needed today and are showing need of maintenance. The booths are not all filled and the attractions are a bit second rate. Crowds are down and it is debatable if today's show is worth the cost. We had a good time, but were a bit disappointed with it as it was not up to what we really expected. Our grandchildren had fun so that was the main thing.

Sunday the kids returned home, but our grandchildren stayed to spend some time with us. With Andrew 6 and Harmony nearly 5, they do manage to keep grandparents busy. We had a lot of fun, but by Thursday when it was time to take them home, we were ready for a break. What is most amazing, we returned home to discover that peace and quite do still exist at our house, they had just been in hiding for several days!

I did manage to get one or two things completed this week with the main one having been completion of the mounting of our TV antenna. It is nice to have as we now get the major stations from Dallas and also from Tyler. I believe that the count is 35 stations, although some of those are of no interest to us. Since we dropped our satellite TV service a couple of years ago, it is nice to have a wider selection of stations once more. We had the antenna in service, but it was not high enough to get many stations.

Now I can get my news fix and Pam has her favorite shows. I still miss the history channel from the dish, but not a lot else. With the prices that they charge now days, I'm not so sure that we will ever go back to one of those. It does take a special antenna to get the new digital signals, as they just do not travel as well nor as far. The one that we have uses a signal amplifier, just as those in our RVs do, but seems to have a much better signal collecting ability, even when not as high as it is now.