Another nice day. Not warm. But it was not windy and the sun shone so we are grateful. I know that those of you in Sunny California, or Cajun Country or the Lone Star State or Florida think we are silly to be glad for days with temps in the 30s that just do not drip or snow or blow. BUT we are.

Chelsea likes them all. May poor little girl is getting SO old.


Kate picked me up at 9:30 and we went shopping. We drove to that shopping center in Kohler up next to Hwy 43. Michaels was our first stop and we did pretty well there. I actually have a couple of Christmas presents, which is a bonus, and I got a good start on the shower present for Teresa's Sarah. Next stop was TJ Maxx. I did well there too. I now have the give all planned and only need to pick up two small items to compete it tomorrow.

We had to stop at Home Depot to pick up a toilet seat for Kate. She had to get it replaced immediately.

Then we drove over to Toni Nevicosi's to work on the CWI Spring Fling stuff. By that time I had only one hour so we worked our butts off to get the cutting done so that projects could be done quickly later. I got home at 1:30PM just in time to help Dick get his shower under way.

At about 4pm I called over to Jim and Michelle's and he is up to guests. So I went over and shared some Beef Barley soup that Kate had brought. Jim looks really good. His color is wonderful and he says the pain is not as bad as he thought it would be. I hope that continues. He is getting the stints out tomorrow. The reconstruction is causing him to have to learn how to drink all over again. Kind of interesting. If he goofs, liquid comes shooting out his nose.

We also had soup for supper. I am tired now. Don't you wonder why.

I have been thinking about my cousin Mickey Deeley. He has been gone for some time now. We were good friends when I just got out of High School. If I wanted to go out, (ladies did not go to bars alone, even teen bars) I could always call Mickey. One night he and my friend Jack Lutz ended up at my folks house late one evening and got into a discussion of theology. These were two very intelligent educated people and here was little Mary kind of in the middle of a really deep discussion that I only half understood. I miss Mickey and I sometimes wonder whatever happened to Jack. I would like to see him again. He was a great guy.

Love

Mary