Flat Sierra Arrived Home Today

Today, Flat Sierra came home from Uncle Donald and Aunt Judy's house. Her journal page is below. After reading all that Flat Sierra did at Aunt Judy's, I think Sierra was jealous. She said that after she goes to church camp this Summer, she should go visit Aunt Judy and Uncle Donald.

Flat Sierra's Journal Page
On January 17, 2008, Flat Sierra visited her uncle and aunt.

The people she visited were named Donald and Judy and their two poodles, Ruby and TJ.

These wonderful people live in NC.

These are the things Flat Sierra did while she visited:
Uncle Donald and I were delighted at 11 a.m. on the 17th of January, Flat Sierra arrived at our house as for a long time we have wanted her to visit us. Donald was running one of the machines making parts for a biomedical research company. I was at my desk doing end of the year bookwork for our small company. Flat Sierra was fascinated with the things Uncle Donald could do on the machines in the shop as he could take a piece of plastic, do a lot of cutting and turning on the plastic and come out with a part which looked just like the drawing on the blueprint the company had given him. She helped me do some filing in the office and I showed her how to run invoices on the computer. After we finished the filing and invoices, we had to clean the bathroom and vacuum the office floor. Before we went to lunch we helped Donald sweep up all the chips on the shop floor. I told Flat Sierra that we would have to make a trip to the nail place to get our nails done since cleaning and sweeping made such a mess of a manicure!

We walked over to the house and fixed our lunch. Donald and the poodles came in shortly and after our lunch we all took a 30 minute nap. Donald went back to work but Flat Sierra and I had to take packages to UPS for shipping and I had an appointment to get my hair cut. Flat Sierra did not want her hair to be cut but she got her hair styled with her hair pulled up and some soft curls falling down. I had my hair cut short; Flat Sierra liked my new hairdo and said it made me look younger. Flat Sierra was stunning with her hair pulled up and it made her look older.

We stopped at the grocery store and got chicken shish kabob for dinner. By the time we got back to the shop it was late so Donald started the charcoal to cook the chicken. Flat Sierra fixed us a nice big salad to go with our shish kabobs and I sautéed fresh asparagus.

The next day Flat Sierra and I went to the nail salon and had our nails done. Flat Sierra got a manicure and a very nice pearl pink polish which blended well with her skin tones and was not too flashy. We decided to splurge and have pedicures! Flat Sierra had the same polish put on her toenails as she had on her fingernails. I think she loved the leg massage most of all! When we finished at the nail salon we went to see Amy, Bryan, Kaylin and Alana. Kaylin and Alana were so happy to see Flat Sierra and she had to explain to them why she was flat. This was difficult for four year old Kaylin to understand but two year old Alana just did not care and only wanted Flat Sierra to come outside and push her high in the swing. On the way back home, we stopped at Starbucks and had a nice latte which was a nice pick-me-up after such a busy day of pampering ourselves and playing with the children.

When we got home Donald was in his old Jeep driving up the driveway. He stopped and asked Flat Sierra to go for a ride with him around the property. Now Flat Sierra thought that was a splendid idea because she knew Uncle Donald would let her drive the old Jeep with no windshield and no doors! What fun she had and could not wait to tell me all about driving around the fields! He told Flat Sierra that Amy and Matt learned to change gears in straight drive vehicles by driving those old Jeeps.

Before Flat Sierra had to leave for home, we went to Ulta and Flat Sierra had a makeup session with one of the consultants. They told her she did not really need a foundation makeup as her face was so clear. They put a hint of color on her long eyelashes and used some blush and lip gloss. Flat Sierra is fortunate in having such dark eyelashes and eyebrows. She certainly did not need much “fixing up”.


Today is Monday, the 21st of January, and Flat Sierra is going home. Donald and I are going to miss having Flat Sierra here as she is a lot of fun. I know she will have many more adventures and needs to be on her way. We will all look forward to reading how much she has learned during her worldly travels.