Dick's blood test was perfect, as usual. He is one of Sue's prize patients. In the two or more years that he has been testing, he has only been out of the range three times. Today, though, after Dr. Schwalbach and Dr. Phelan both got a regular heartbeat, Sue detected an irregularity. She said it is not unusual for the hearbeat to become normal sometimes. Anyway, all is well.

We went grocery shopping after that and then stayed home the rest of the day. It was really beautiful, though warm, in the late afternoon, so I turned on the fountain and read on the deck for a while. I may go back out after I finish this.

I suppose you have all heard about the seagull infestation that Sheboygan has been experiencing on the Southside, not too far from the condo complex that we lived in for all those years. For those of you familiar with the area, it is on the edge of the property that was an oil refinery storage area and now has a strip mall with a Piggly Wiggly, a Walgreens and other various shops. Anyway literally HUNDREDS of gulls had nested on a vacant section of land, raised their young and were dive bombing and pooping all over the land, the parking lot and the car dealership across the street. Unfortunately, (not for the gulls of course) it is against the law to kill them. Those affected had to wait until the babies left the nest. Just the past day or so the entire lot was bulldozed and the empty nests destroyed. A web like plastic gizmo has been strung over the entire lot. Someone was standing to drive any gulls that came back away with lazer lights but apparantly the gulls were unhappy with the plowed field and the web and circled but did not land. I can't begin to imagine how happy the car dealer is. Jim has an interesting question. Where will the gulls go now?

We had haddock, hash browns, green beans and cole slaw for supper and brownies for dessert. This noon Dick and I ate a meatloaf sandwich. Boy do we live high on the hog around here. Like George Hiner used to say. "Wonder what the rich people are eating tonight?"


Have a nice evening
Happy Birthday - Dick (my stepson, for those of who who might not know.)

Love

Mary