Today was a stellar day.   The snow missed us completely.   According to the forecasts, we should have gotten 2 to 5 inches.  The storm headed east and south and we were saved.

I spent the morning baking Irish Brown Bread and cleaning up things.   The bread turned out perfect.   So perfect that it was all eaten at the Christmas Tea.

We had pancakes and sausage for our breakfast.   I have found a recipe that we like that uses yogurt and it is the only pancakes I make anymore.   We always have enough for two or three meals.   You do know that if you wrap them well, they can be put in the toaster and reheated for future meals.   I miss giving a pancake to my little Chelsea.   We always used to tell her that she got that pancake because of Zero.   We have sure been blessed  with our sweet puppies.   I am not quite ready but hope that I can have another doggie one day.

I took a short nap before 11AM.  Didn't sleep too well but did get rested.  I went to the Plymouth History Museum at about noon to get things set up for the Christmas Tea.   Beth from the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center was already there and we got things set up for the goodies, the registration and the raffle table.

People actually started coming before 1Pm so it was good that we were there.   Our music this year was Theiss and O'Connor a trio - one Theiss and two O'Connors.  They are a very popular group and really wowed out crowd.  They obviously love what they do and love working with a crowd that also loves what they do.  I would say it was VERY successful.   We also got two new member to join Celtic Women.  

Rosemary, Gail and Sheila and her husband came from the Milwaukee area to join our celebration.

 So wonderful treats, wonderful companionship, a dynamic place to meet - the Museum is a special place and was decorated so beautifully for Christmas, wonderful music AND the best company in the world.    I also got to see the new memorial library that has been established upstairs in the museum.   It is truly impressive.   I am always delighted at the wonderful things that Plymouth has to offer to the city and the surrounding communities.

So.  Home again after Mass, we had soup for supper and now I am pleasantly tired and will be heading to bed.   Tomorrow, I have to work at Rhine for two hours but will sew on the lap robe while I am there so it will be a well spent time.

Love you all,  and God loves you too.  

Mary

Today turned out to be an at home day.    Most of my bank buddies were busy or sick so we canceled lunch.   I did make one quick errand trip to pick up canned milk for my second batch of fudge, the one with nuts and to drop off some papers at the insurance company.

So now you know that I make fudge.    Jody came and cleaned this morning.   Next week we are going to clean above the kitchen cupboards and put the Christmas Santas up there.

A little bit of wash, a little bit of decorating.   It was a full day.
Lots of calls about tomorrow.  It is the annual Christmas Tea cosponsored by us, the Celtic Women, the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center and the Plymouth History Museum.     Supposed to have snow but not enough to damper the celebration.   We have Theiss and OConnor performing for us and baked goods from our Celtic Ladies, including my Irish Brown bread.    Join us, if you can, at the Plymouth History Museum at 420 E. Mill in Plymouth WI.   We are gathering at 1PM and scattering at about 3PM so everybody can go to Mass if they choose.

I will be making brown bread in the morning.  I know that the smell of it cooking will drive me crazy until I am able to join everybody in eating it at the TEA.

"If you can put yourself in other people's shoes and wish other people the shoes that you like best yourself we have a recipe for better relationships with each other."  Zlata Filipovic



God love you

Mary

Hi.   I feel that it is the countdown to Christmas.   Every day needs to get SOMETHING done. 

Today, I make the fudge.   So now I am ALMOST ready to prepare the packages for mailing to all our our children who live far far away.

Bobbie came to help get Dick to the to the Anti Coagulation Clinic.   We were disappointed.   His count had gone from 2.3 to 3.6 so there had to be an adjustment to the dose of his pills and we have to go back in two weeks.   Shuckens.

We stopped and got Chinese food for the three of us on the way home.   That was good and we all have enough for at least ONE more meal with the leftovers.

I am starting to decorate the tree and put the candles in the front window today.  

Bobbie and I racked four gallons of the wine we have brewing downstairs.   They all look beautiful.   Bobbie MAY have her signature wine.   Ours was the marigold.   Hers will be a surprise when it is ready.

I also got a batch of Tuscana soup ready except for adding the kale and cream.  I love that soup.   Dick has had it before and likes it too but he heard today that there is kale in it and he is having second thoughts.

Hare a nice Friday.   Do you know that there are Christmas cards to be written too?

What a month.

Love you and God loves you too.

Mary

It was cold today.   We had flurries most of the day too but nothing that stayed on the ground.  The high was 29degrees.

I went grocery shopping early this morning.  I was home shortly after 9AM.   The rest of the day was spent at home.    I cleaned out the cupboard over the pantry.  I am trying to clear at least one small area every week and that cupboard was way overflowing.

We had the leftover chicken spaghetti casserole for our lunch.   Sure held up well and there is another whole casserole in the freezer for later.  That is the trouble with most recipes.   It is enough for SO many meals that without being able to divide it we get sick of it before it is finished.

I am almost done with the lap robe.  Just have to do the edging.  

We had another chef's salad for our supper.   They sure taste good.   Now I am going to wrap another batch of presents and then go to bed.   I am very tired.

Take care and God love you

Mary

Hello.   A countdown to Christmas has begun.

Today, I started wrapping presents.  I need to be ready to send packages out of state by Monday to be sure.   This actually gives me a bit of a leeway.

I spent the morning working on the Lap robe for giving through the Quilt Club.

We had smoked sausage, fried potatoes and cauliflower for lunch.   It was sure good.

I was able to stay home all day except for a short trip to the bank and the drug store.  Kitty and Dick like that a whole lot.   Roxie always complains at me when I come home if I am gone for any length of time.

Guess that is all as the day was not very exciting, just full.  

God love you

Mary

This has been a BUSY day.   Mondays  usually are. 

I left for Bible Study a bit early so that I could pick up candy canes for our Advent wall hanging.  I got Dove Pieces to fill the envelopes with.   Each day we get a piece of candy and the candy cane gets transferred to the tree.

Bible Study was good.   We have decided to bring the copy of the psalms that are read at the Sunday Mass, which we well hear sung, to our Monday study to enhance our learning of the Psalms.

I went right from the study to Gibbsville and took care of both Mother's and our Gibbsville Christmas presents.   Then back to Mom's.  I stopped at Ella's Dela to pick up an egg salad on marble rye for our lunch.   Mom and I had a good visit, a good lunch and we took care of LOTS of her bills and medicine things.    I sent out the first of the cashiers checks for the Irish trip to insure our spots in the hotels.  

Then home again where I rested for about an hour.   Couldn't sleep though so I am heading for bed pretty soon now.

I made my reservations for Ireland today.   Guess what, it was somewhat cheaper today.   Might be even cheaper if I wait a month, but I don't want to take that chance.  I was able to add travel insurance for the same cost.

Tomorrow I will be home all day.   Good thing,  There is a lot to do here and I need to recuperate after today.

I read a news brief about a woman who swerved off the road and ended up in the top of a tree 30 feet off the ground.   I reminded me of a man who came out to the sand dunes with our jeep club many years ago.

He had a friend build him a dune buggy.   The first time he used it was on this trip out in the dunes.   He got in the buggy, fired it up and took off.   He drove like a maniac.   Every body was cheering him on as he went round the camp and out and back over the dunes.  Then finally he steered it into a small ravine with lots of bushes and came to a halt.   We all ran over there and found out something very interesting.   The guy who built the buggy for him was about 8 inches taller and this poor guy was unable to compress the brake.  So once he got it going, he couldn't stop.

God love You

Mary

A Sunday at home.

Actually, I did have to go out once.   Today, I dipped all the buckeyes in their chocolate coat.   I was all out of paraffin.  This is probably not essential, but you try to pick up chocolates without the paraffin.   It is really much more melty.   So I had to make a trip to the Pig to pick up the paraffub, 

It took me all day to do finish the buckeyes.  I kept stopping when I got tired.   Then I mixed nuts, raisins and coconut into the leftover chocolate and made candies of what was left of the dipping chocolate.

I got the plants from the patio into the garage, the lights hung on the front deck, the Santa Hat on my totem and the grill covered for the winter.

So it is no wonder that I am tired.

We called Jim and Michelle this afternoon as it was the longest since we had heard from them.  Actually, we found that they had posted on their blog yesterday, but I had not had a chance to check.   It is better hearing voices anyway.   They had another bad experience with a puppy and are giving up on a puppy companion for their Chip for a while.   They like multiple animals and may switch to kitties for a while.  They love them too.

They spent Thanksgiving with Bart and Barb and had a wonderful time.  It is nice that some of our orphan children are able to be together on these sentimental days.  They said it was great.  Bart and Barb, Jim and Michelle and Marlise, Barb's mom, and Fred, Barb's brother.  Sounds perfect.

What a fantasy football day.   The Packers lost (naturally I had picked them this week.)  I could go either way this week.   But I just hope I hold my own in the standings.   I am still a contender in the Last Man Standing pool.

So tomorrow is another busy day.   Tuesday I get to be home all day again.  I need to finish the lap robe for the Quilt club.

Have a great week on me.

God love you

Mary

What a nice quiet day.  I slept for 12 hours last night.  

The only time I had to leave home today was to go to mass at 4PM.   So, I have had a nice chance to recuperate.   We got Dick all cleaned up and his leg bandages changed so he is feeling quite taken care of.

I also mixed the peanut butter buckeyes and rolled them.   Tomorrow, after chilling, I can dip them into the chocolate and they will be done, so everybody can breath a sigh of relief.   Christmas is indeed coming.

We had venison tenderloin, baked potato and corn for our lunch.  Boy was that good. And we still have pumpkin pie for the next day or two.   How rich are we!!

Tomorrow will be even quieter as I should not have to go anywhere at all.

Enjoy your weekend too.

I connected with a dear friend today through Facebook.   I must learn how to use that better.

God love you

Mary

I know that Bobbie missed my post yesterday and I hope some others of you did too.   The day just stretched too long.   A very good day.   Richard was checking out my computer ( he and Brenda are so good to check and fix my problems)

But.  Lets start with yesterday.   Thanksgiving was really a lovely day.   It was  a bit  damp and chilly.   I went to mass at 9AM as I did not have to fix dinner and it seemed a proper way to give thanks on this (really) non religious but national day of thanks.

Dick and I had a nice quiet morning and lunch.   We watched the New England/ Detroit football game and to my delight New England won.   Actually all three of my chosen teams for Thanksgiving day won.   I am secure in the survivor league for one more week.  Now if 13 more of my choices would win, I would be back on top for sure.

Bobbie got her at about 3PM with all the fixin's for the wonderful Thanksgiving turkey dinner and got right to work.  She spatchcocked the turkey.   Now that is something for you to wonder about.   Look up Spatchcock and it will tell you.   The turkey cooks much faster than it would whole.  

Richard and Brenda got here at about 4:30PM.  We all enjoyed a glass of wine and some hor d oerves along with catching up on each other while dinner finished.   What a meal.   We had the turkey, stuffing, mashed golden  potatoes, squash casserole, peas, salad  and cranberry relish, and more.   We stuffed ourselves, then had a glass of champagne and stuffed ourselves more on hazelnut and pumpkin pies.

Dick was not feeling too well, but napped and was able to rejoin us for most of the evening.

Anyway, Richard was checking things out on my computer and it got after 9PM and I could not stay awake any longer so I went to bed.

This morning, I got up at about 6:30AM.  Roxie started bugging me at about 4:30AM.   But I did not feed her until 6an then I went back to bed for a bit.  I had prepared a Strata for our breakfast.   Jody came to clean at about 8AM and Bobbie got here just before 9Am.

Richard, Brenda, Bobbie, Dick and I had our breakfast at about 9:30.  We had the strata, toast, grapefruit and cranberry bread.   Quite tasty and I had some to take to Mother and some left for our breakfast tomorrow.   Bobbie and I left for Mom's to help butcher the deer at about 10AM.

It was quite a job.  There were four pretty good sized deer and we finally finished the job at 4:30ish.   The guys were nice enough to give Bobbie and me a full share to divide.   We were delighted.  We love getting the meat and really use it but we go mainly because we enjoy being with the guys and helping with the butchering.   May seem odd to you but we like them and the fun.

So that is what has been happening the past couple of day.   The next two are quiet.   Tomorrow, my only out of home venture will be church and perhaps a walk.  Sunday is a total - at home day.

BUT -- I am going to make the peanut butter buckeyes this weekend.   Thanksgiving is the beginning of the season for us.

Take care until tomorrow.

God love you

Mary

It was cold again today.  I went grocery shopping early.    I left at abou6 7:30AM.   We wanted me back way before 11:45AM because Tim from American Prosthesis was kind enough to agree to come to the house to check the prosthesis and the shoe brace.

Shopping went very well.    I really didn't need too much as Bobbie is bringing Thanksgiving tomorrow. 

When I got home, I started clearing off the cupboards and cleaning the kitchen so Bobbie can have room to work and put things.

We had pasta salad for our lunch.  Boy did that taste good.    Then I took a nap while the oven was cleaning itself.   Isn't it wonderful that ovens can do that.  When I got up, I started on the pumpkin pies.   All done now, I just have to take them downstairs to the fridge down there.

We finished up leftovers for supper.   I am trying to have the fridge with at least ONE empty shelf for Bobbie to use.

Jim and Michelle posted on their Blog today.   They are going to spend Thanksgiving with Bart and Barb in Lawton.   I am so glad they are close enough to do that.   Jim and Michelle are bringing the dessert.   Cheesecakes that sound scrumptious.

Got a really happy email from Leslie.   Bill is home from the hospital, so Thanksgiving will be happy in Bossier City too.   He is feeling good.   He WILL be starting tests as of Monday to determine what needs to be done for treatment.  But,  he is home and we are ecxtatic

So, we go into tomorrow full of hope and thankfulness.    I will go to Mass at 9am as nothing is happening around here until late afternoon.   Seems the thing to do.

Love you all and you are my greatest blessings.

Mary

A fine day at home.    It was cold but sunny.   A bit breezy but not too bad.  There was bad weather south of us during last night.   Unseasonable tornadoes.

Tomorrow will be busy, and then Thanksgiving.

I talked to Leslie and to Bret today.   Bret is well and spending Thanksgiving weekend at the River.   Their little neighborhood down there will celebrate with a Saturday potluck.   He said they always have him bring the pies.

Leslie had news,  not good,  Bill is in the hospital so we must all pray for him.   Something to do with his atrial defib.  Hopefully he will be home tomorrow and they will know what caused it and what to do to make it all better.

Take care of you and pray for our Bill Smith and Leslie who loves him and cares for him..

God love you

Mary

Nice morning.    We are now studying Psalms in the bible study and are finally through the introduction and kind of understand how the new books work.    We will definitely have a lot to discuss as the Psalms are poems and hymns that come from the Old Testament and we will be figuring out how they relate to us, thousands of years later.     People haven't changed that much and we are discovering this even this early in the study.


Then I went to Mother's for our visit.  I had some food for her today.    A pork tenderloin dinner, a stuffed mushroom and a piece of lemon meringue pie.    We had such a nice visit and I put the stuffed mushroom in the oven to go with her chicken dinner from Donna for her lunch.

Before I left, I went out into the garage to look at Jeff's deer.   It is a nice big buck.  Randy put some ice in the cavity today because it was a bit warmer than he liked.   

I called Mother this evening and she had absolutely wonderful news from George.   Shawn's Becky is expecting a baby.   We LOVE hearing about babies and this will be a loving home for any little one.  

Dick and I had pork and gravy sandwiches and cauliflower for our lunch.  I took the cookies I baked for the Plymouth History Museum cookie sale over to the museum.    I visited a bit with Carol Meyer and Jeff Krueger, an appraiser, was there.   Had not seen him in 10 years or so.   That was nice.

Home again, I tried to nap, couldn't sleep.  So after I rested for a while, I got up and apent a bit of time cleaning out part of the garage and gathering the trash up to put out tomorrow.  Hope it isn't raining then.  I have cardboard this week.

Tomorrow, I am home all day, the Good Lord willing, and I can get things buttoned down and spruced up for Thanksgiving.     We sure are looking forward to the family time.

So.  Have a peaceful sleep and a great tomorrow




God love you


Mary







The quote of  the month is by Jay Leno: 'With hurricanes,  tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,  flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to the other, and with the threat of swine flu and terrorist attacks, 'Are  we sure this is a good time to take God out of  the Pledge of Allegiance?'

I loved today.   Bobbie called the other day as we had both missed the ads that Kohler's Christmas Craft show wast this weekend so she and I met at 9AM at the American Club to got through the exhibits.   It was truly a very good show.    I bought only one item at the show, a box of O'Flaherty's candies to use as a raffle item at the Christmas tea.    I gave them a CWI card and hope they consider joining us.  They had the impression that we were much bigger than we are.  I WISH we had a couple of hundred people at our conferences and they could set up a booth with their wares.


I got home in time to fix our lunch ( a wonderful salad) and settle down for the Packer  Game.   THEY WON!!!  I am not doing too well these past couple of weeks with my overall picks and may have to revamp the method that I use to pick my winners.   Oh well.  Sufficient unto the day.  At least the Packers Whupped the Vikings.


I spent a bit of my afternoon down in the lower level.  I finished the block I needed for quilt guild .   Only one more left.  We will get the directions at the Christmas meeting.   I also pinned the three layers of the lap robe.   I have to get that done before December.6th as we are giving them as presents for Christmas.   I think I can do it.   I do much better with deadlines.

So we are starting Thanksgiving week.   I have a rather busy week but it is manageable and Bobbie is cooking our dinner.   I think I can even got to Mass on Thanksgiving ..  It is not "required" but certainly seems proper.  :Prayer and thanksgiving seem to go together.

So.  Sunday is over and I am watching a couple of specials on how Harry potter movies were cast, how they designed the Creatures and the music.   I do like my Harry Potter and must ask Bobbie when she thinks would be a good time for us to got to see the new movie, The Deathly Hallows, Part 1. )  I can't miss it, of course.

God love you


Mary

Today turned out much busier than I had intended.

I had to be at the Plymouth Armory to pick up Share at 9AM.  That went well,  I was home by 9:30AM.  After I put everything away, I went to Sheboygan Falls to see Mother and bring her pills to her.   We had a nice visit.  We sorted through her mail.  I have become her secretary and she instructed me as to how to handle a couple of the mailings.

Home again, I finished fixing our dinner.  I had put a pork tenderloin in the slow cooker.  So I prepared a cauliflower and some rice to complete our dinner.   The slow cooker tenderloin left a really good gravy too.

I worked on a lemon meringue pie today too.  We will be able to enjoy that tomorrow.   Bobbie called while I was at Mass.   She suddenly realized that the Christmas event at Kohler is this weekend.  So we are going to meet at the American Club at 9AM to enjoy that together.

I want to get the family room downstairs kind of straightened out tomorrow too.   If I can get the excess fabric put away, finish the block of the month and pin the lap robe I will stay on schedule.  

Please pray for my friend Ron's sister who has been rushed to the hospital with complications from cancer.   She needs all the support she can get and so does he.

God love you

Mary

Hi everybody.   What a nice day.   It was really cold and rather breezy out there, but since I did not have to stay out in it that was fine with me.

Jody came to clean this morning and I was rather busy, trying to get my email under control and working on some of the little communication items for the Brigit trip in February of next year.   We are finally confirmed, even if we don't get quite to our 20.  I believe we have 18 and will be able to function with that.    It is a wonderful group of women (and husbands) and should be a very intimate and exciting adventure.   My friend, Joe Donohue is strong arming the hotels to drop their 20 minimum which is sensible in this economy.   I hope Joe is driving for us.  He is now an owner of the company but I know him from two other trips.   Bobbie knows him too.   I would love to see him again.   His boy must be 10 by now.   He was single when Bobbie and I met him.

Anyway, I gave Dick a lunch of spaghetti just before I headed out to do errands and have lunch at the Dairy Queen.   I got the 3/$4 meal.   A cheeseburger, onion rings and a soda.   There were fur of us ther.  Joyce, Mary, Ceil and myself.   We had a great visit on this chilly afternoon.   I had picked up two prescriptions from Walgreens and did some shopping at Fleet before the lunch.   I found two really nice flannel shirts WITH POCKETS for Dick.   He needs more warm shirts for winter.

On the way home, I stopped at the Dear Old Books store to order a couple of books that I want.   I found out that she will take books for credit so a possible place to take the books we are weeding out of our bookshelves.  The other choices are places that have book sales for fundraisers, friends or St. Vinnies.

I pulled out some cauliflower soup for our supper.    Now I just have two kinds in the fridge so it is time to make some more,   I must decide between Garden chowder of Toscana.

The funniest thing happened this morning.  Jody came in to clean and Roxie walked over to greet her then turned and walked away.   Jody's eyes got big and she said,  "What happened to her tail?"    Apparently Roxie had always observed her from afar and Jody never noticed her lack of a tail.   So I told her about the Manx cat and that this is the proper way for a cat like Roxie to be and that she is a Stumpy.   Manx cats with no tail at all are called Rumpys.

So that was today.   Tomorrow will be moderately busy.   We are getting a lot of things cleaned up around her.  You would think it was spring cleaning time.

God love you

Mary

Stayed home all day today.   It was really very pleasant.   It was cold outside and will be foe the next couple of days.  No wind or rain though.  

I don't feel that I did a whole lot today.   But when I look back, I really did.    Roxie was very glad to have me here.   She does not like it when I go away.   She always complains at me when I come home again.

There were and are a couple of projects that I am working on for CWI and I started to assemble the lap robe downstairs.   I have a bit of piecing to do on the batting yet.

We had spaghetti for lunch.  I made the sauce yesterday so it had a chance to age and it was very good.

The next few days are also moderately quiet.  Nice, since a week from today is Thanksgiving and after that all heck will break loose until Christmas.

Take care.

God love you

Mary

A moderately busy day.   Kind of chilly and cloudy too.   Rather dreary actually.  But we got Mc Donalds breakfast which is fun because it reminds of the days we shopped together and ALWAYS went out for breakfast.

I went grocery shopping this morning.   That turned out to be quite the adventure.   First, I got to the store and had to return home because I had forgotten my list.    Horror of horrors.  

Then, when I bought the lottery tickets that are going to make us rich some day, I asked if I could use the Pig Points that I earned today for credit on the turkey I planned on putting in the freezer.   I was told that this was just fine.

The shopping was rather fun.   But I was totally disorganized and kept having to go back to pick things up. Took forever!     I rather enjoyed it.  So, I get to the checkout and the computer program that records the Pig Points is DOWN.    So - the box man (he is not a boy) helped me load my groceries into the car and I went back to get this figured out.   I got a refund for my turkey.  The computer had given me the discount price of .45 per pound but I still had $7. credit which they gave back to me in cash.   So I am rich again.


I had fun in the liquor department after the grocery shopping because I had a lot of coupons and you know how I LOVE coupons.   So I have stocked up on some bottle wines.   Some are VERY expensive (for us)   One started off at $11.   Wow.

We are going through our books and getting ready to donate those that we know we will never read again an do not have a special place in our hearts.   I will take them to St. Vinnie's when we are through sorting.

Tonight I picked up Sy Regan and we went to Mead library for Karl Elder's monthly Poet's gathering.   It was fun.   I read a poem I wrote for Courtney and got interesting comments on it.  A nice group of people.   I felt out of my realm at first but am settling in and feel more comfortable now.

I brought my tribute to Uncle George to share with Sy.  I will print a copy for him.   Uncle George was my godfather.   He would go downtown once a week of an evening and make his rounds of the bars to interact with his friends.    At the Villager, Rosemary Eigenberger, Ione Otto an Uncle George had a limerick contest for a while.    Rosemary shared the limericks with me and I copied them and printed up a small chapbook for the family.   After we are gone, I hope this little book will be handed down in the family stories to keep his memory alive.

Here is one of his limericks.


Dear Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tis said wrote a poem each day
But its hard to convince
Even Friends of " Old Vince"
That she really had that much to say.


GD

Quite a guy my Uncle George.

God love you

Mary

 A mostly "at home" day.   I did go to get my hair cut at 3PM.  But except for that,  I was home all day.


You know, I cant really tell you what I did, but I was busy all day.   My desk is clean, the kitchen is clean, Dick got his leg coverings changed.   I was busy.

Now it is after 6, I did not get a nap and I am tired.   Dick slept from 9:30AM to 1:30PM.  I don't like to wale him if he is sleeping unless he asks me to because he has so much trouble sleeping. So I had lunch alone and then fixed him his when he got up.

So it was a strange and rather lonely day.   I was glad to get may hair cut and see a real person.  Jessica is very nice.

I am going to watch the Dancing with the Stars elimination show before I got to bed.   I hope I make it.

Here is a goofy Haiku for you:

Cat

My cat is a nag.
She figures that I should speak cat.
She should learn human.

God love you

Mary

It has been a very busy and very nice Monday.

I left for bible study at 9AM.    We had a great time.   This was the beginning of our study of Psalms and we feel we have determined how we are going to approach it with the study guides we got.   We were SO impressed with the first chapter which deals with prayer and the importance of the Psalms themselves.  Just one statement was this:  "At prayer we celebrate the reliability of our God and hence drive confidence to undertake new ventures." John E Craghan.   How exciting is that.

Then over to Mom's.  I brought her some of our leftovers and a loaf of Cranberry bread.    We got several of her bills paid and a good visit before I had to leave.   I had to be home in time to fix Dick's lunch and pick up Jena by ten to noon so we could meet Peggy for lunch at Hub City Restaurant before the Cream City Writer's meeting.    We had a good lunch and visit the three of us.   Then on the the meeting.   Lots of good reading  this month.  Next month is our Christmas party.   I will have to make reservations and let everybody know. 

On the way home, I stopped at the Sewing Basket and picked up a nice piece of flannel to back the lap robe with.   I really think it will look nice and feel good too.

Home again.   I tried napping but had trouble with that.    This evening I watched the new 1 VS 100 which I have been looking forward to.   Then Dancing with the Stars.   I will miss Dancing with the Stars but am glad they do it just once a year.    I hope they never try to overdo it like they do with so many shows.   I will not watch Skating with the Stars.   One is more than enough.


So tomorrow will be a much quieter day and Dick and I have a couple projects.

Take care of you.

God love you

Mary

This was a peaceful day.    I got up at about 7AM.   Dick has been getting up early and feeding Roxie so I don't even have to get up to feed her at 6AM.

I finished assembling the lap robe top this morning.   It looks quite nice.   A muted colored top that when I back it with a nice cozy flannel back will make a nice lap robe for a man or a woman.

We had a light lunch and dinner.   I was lazy today.   I just had a couple things on my list and feel good about them but I wanted to get rested up for the weekend.

Tomorrow will be busy until about 4PM then I have the evening and the next day at home.   Dick and I have determined that we are going to start sorting through our books to weed them out.   We are trying to deplete our "stuff.   A good idea.

Have a good week.  I am ending with a quote that I found today that may amuse you at it amused me because of it's truth.

Love and God love you

Mary



"And one finds, especially by the time one reaches one's fifties, that there are a limited number of types of people in the world, and you went to high school with every single one of them. You can visit the Eskimos, you can visit the Bushmen in the Kalahari, you can go to Israel, you can go to Egypt, but everybody you meet is going to be somebody you went to high school with." Quote from P. J. O Rourke