I have been working for the past several days on a stained glass rendition of a scene from Tuscany, Italy. This proved to be quite challenging, and I learned several new techniques in the process. I hope to get a picture of this work onto my blog soon.
Saturday evening we had a birthday party for our son-in-law who was about to be 42 years old. We had his whole family and two sets of mutual friends. Conversation never lagged, and the food was excellent. HW2 had made Mexican food, and this was complemented by salad, fresh tomatoes, wine, and birthday cake provided by others. Everyone seemed to get enough to eat, even if they had to make several trips to fill their plates. For me, 42 seems quite young, and I can almost remember being that age.
Today we went downtown to a courtroom to observe a sentencing of a man who broke a window of our car, stole HW2's pocketbook, hidden under the front seat and within thirty minutes of the crime had charged over $600 and was attempting to charge $400 at another place when the credit card company put a hold on all charges with the card, since we reported it as soon as we learned of the crime. Getting reimbursed for the charges was time-consuming, but getting another driver's license took nearly a month. It turns out that the man had been stealing credit cards for almost 30 years and had been incarcerated several times. Now he will be returned to jail for another period of time. One can only hope that this time he will see the error of his ways and upon being returned to society will turn over a new leaf. The whole experience turned out to be a learning situation for us, and now we do not leave pocketbooks in a car to tempt someone else. The worst thing though was that they also got HW2's favorite lipstick. That was bad. REPENT! REPENT! REPENT! (Please see HW2's comments!)
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From HW2: AND, also a brand new Liz Claiborne purse (purchased on sale plus senior discount, of course!). The man's record was AMAZING and made us wonder why he hadn't been locked up years ago. He had apparently served several jail sentences but had been released on parole each time. Well, this time he will be put away for a while! On the way downtown, wondering if we would be called to testify, we decided we really only wanted repentence. However, after hearing the whole background, we decided we wanted something more meaningful! As I had already filled out and sent in a Pre-Sentence Investigation Report to the Parole Office, the judge had our comments and recommendations in a letter, and even referred to them in the sentencing decision. All the work we had put into locating and capturing said criminal, along with the sentencing, made our citizen duty and morning in court worthwhile. Now, as for his accomplice.... We'll let you know!
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