techie tots

Today while I was at beading group, my phone tweeted and I looked at it and found that my grandsons were using their Ipod touch and had sent me a note on the messenger for Face time.  The first message was with their two faces with the caption  "I love you grandma!  When are you going to come?"
My reply, "I  cannot travel in a plane till after April.  That is about 12 weeks time.  I love you very very much"  They wrote, "I love you to"  (exact spelling).  Me,:Are you two home alone?  I am not at home and cannot do face time".  they wrote  "Mom and dad are not home yet"  I suspect that it was Ethan who was writing the notes because I do not think that Oliver can read or write to this extent of exchange.  It was thrilling to hear from my grandchildren.
I was contacted by my Aussie friend Jan today.  She moved from Lincoln, Nebraska, where I first met her to Salt Lake City, where we caught up with her when we went to the MTC.  Now she lives in Gilbert, Az. and was asking me if I wanted to go down there and spend Australia Day with her.  I told her that we were holding an Australia Day Party up here and invited her to attend and to stay over with us and go to church with us on Sunday.  She is coming and it will be fun.
The upshot of this was that I had to ask my friends at beading if they had a JoAnns coupon they were not going to use so that I could go and get another set of pie tins by Wilton from JoAnns at 40% off.  These 40% off coupons are prized.  They even have an application on my cell phone that will allow me to access an extra 40% off coupon that their  cash register can read...............woohoo!  let's hear it for technology!!! 
Some 'thinking' person at Wilton seems to have instituted a policy of selling these 4inch pie tins in a pack of 3.  What an odd number to sell in a package.  Most items come in two's or four's or 6
sixes.  What were they 'thinking' by putting these little tins in a pack of three?  With Jan coming I needed one more tin so that each of us could have our own pie at the same time rather than cooking three at a time?  Who has the time to muck around with three little pies when you have 7 hungry people wanting to have their pie in short order.  On the other hand it could be viewed as a smart marketing move - people need four tins so they now have to buy two packs!
I went to water aerobic class this morning and now two of my quilting friends are there with me.  One has lost 35 pounds due to attending swim class three times per week.  Works for me too!