What a day. It was well up into the 50s. The snow is melting like crazy and we have at least two more days so most of it will be gone.

Had to get up at 5AM of course. This morning's intravenous went just fine. Then the rest of the day for me was run run run.

First I went to Fleet to pick up my turkey license. I got a free compass for buying the license there. Big WOO but I took it anyway.

Then on the Bible Study. There were 5 of us. Almost everybody else is on vacation somewhere exotic like Florida. The study went well. It was all about reconciliation. Actually the Gospel was the Prodigal Son. It is easy to understand the feelings of the son who stayed home and kept on a truckin. But God expects more of us. I am minded of a poster that my friend Pam Mc Carthy had on her wall above her desk. Iggy is standing on a mountain looking up at the heavens with his arms outstretched in a big pleading prayer and he is saying."You expect TOO much!" Sometimes it is really hard to hang on the the promise that He won't give us more than we can handle.

Stopped at Mother's next and brought her the prescription, and her papers and a cheese shaped like a shamrock from the Mars Cheese place. She really liked that.

Leaving there, I stopped off at Mark Miller my accountant friend and dropped off the K1s that have arrived. We figured out what still should be coming in so I know what to look for.

Then I swung by the Superior Aurora and picked up Dick's compression stockings and on the Jumes where I at an egg salad on rye for lunch.

Lastly was the Sheboygan County Writer's club meeting. I gave the 107 poems for the Write Stuff Contest to Paul for his chance to judge them. When Jane gets back next week, the three of us will get together and pick out the final three winners.

Are you tired yet? I sure am.

I got home with an hour to spare before Dick and I had to be back at Valley View for the last treatment of the night. We only have tomorrow now. Guess what, Wednesday we don't have to to ANYWHERE. Hope to high heavens that nothing ruins it.

Then we had dinner and wonder of wonders, Jennifer from ReMax called with an offer on the Hunters Glen house. We got ahold of Jim and Michelle and went over to get it. It is a REAL low ball offer so I have been crunching the numbers and we will counter. This should just be a beginning anyway. There have been lots of showings and several other people besides these have been expressing interest, but we will counter with an offer acceptable to us. The good thing about this offer is that there are no contingencies and they want to close in a month.

Anyway. An offer is a hopeful thing.

1. Go to the Super Bowl
2. See a Broadway show, front row, center
3. Go to the Olympic Games
4. Ski the first tracks at Deer Valley
5. Try to hit a Major League Baseball fastball
6. Stay at a five-star hotel in the best suite
7. See the Northern Lights
8. Take a train ride on the Orient Express
9. Go the the Galapagos Islands
10. Ride a motorcycle across the U.S.
11. Help dig for dinosaur bones
12. Float along the Nile
13. Own a set of Frette linens
14. Volunteer to help the environment
15. Climb Mount Olympus
16. Watch the Sumo Wrestling Championship in Japan
17. Ride a mule through the Grand Canyon
18. Train like an astronaut at space camp
19. Fly across the Atlantic in a private jet
20. Have Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues
21. Drink a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby
22. Drive on the Autobahn in Germany

These were suggested in an email. Why don't we all think of our OWN 22 things to do before we die. I will if you will.

Mary