This morning when we went on our walk, poor Chelsea had her little feet get sore. When it is cold and there is ice in the slush, that happens sometimes. SO. We hurried home as soon as she started limping. I find if I pick her up until her feet get a chance to warm a bit she can usually walk some more.

Dick had his ECHO this morning at 9:00AM, then we took the key pad from the electric garage door to a door company. He checked it out, reset it and said that it should be OK so I brought it home and did what he said but it still doesn't work. He will call to make an appointment to come out to see if he can figure it out.

The rest of the day we spent at home. I really got a lot done. I am making headway on finding out how to mount grab bars in the shower stalls. Tomorrow I will call someone who may be able to give an estimate. We racked some wine. I caught up on e-mails and got the farewell card for Fr. Gene Neuman finished.

I received a call from Shirley Verhage this morning. Beth Hoegger, the choir director at Blessed Trinity had been trying to reach her to see if she would read my poem at Fr. Gene's farewell Mass. She called to let me know that she would be glad to and that she liked my poem. After Sunday I will put that on the blog.

SO we, Beth, Shirley, Jim Wilsing and I will meet tomorrow morning at 10:00AM to practice. I can't be at the Mass because Dick and I won't be back from Door county. So I am glad that I have been able to do something.

It was entertainment night at the Senior Center

Claude the hypnotist exclaimed: "I'm here to put
you into a trance;
I I intend to hypnotize each and
every member of the audience."

The excitement was almost electric as Claude
withdrew a beautiful antique pocket watch from
his coat "I want you each to keep your eye on
this antique watch. It's a very special watch.
It's been in my family for six generations"

He began to swing the watch gently back and forth
while quietly chanting, "Watch the watch, watch
the watch, and watch the watch.."

The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed
back and forth, light gleaming off its polished
surface. Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed the
swaying watch, until, suddenly, it slipped from
the hypnotist's fingers and fell to the floor,
shattering into a hundred pieces. . .

"S***" said the Hypnotist.

It took three days to clean up the Senior Center

Got this from my friend Janet today. She often sends some REALLY good ones. Janet is a dear friend from back in California. She is the one who looked at my Bret when he was a baby and said "Oh You put rubber bands around your baby's wrists and ankles too." Chubby babies were what we had. She had five children and said that mine were the best kind because she could give them back when she was tired of them. We had tons of fun together. I am so glad we have reconnected.


Love

Mary