Today was rather uneventful. I canned some refrigerator pickles. Jeff sent quite a few cucumbers and we don't eat them fresh all that fast. I am about out of the pickles so decided to take advantage of a quiet day. I also trimmed a few bushes as tomorrow is trash day and Dick can get rid of most of it RIGHT away.

Tomorrow Dick and I will go out to breakfast then grocery shopping.

I will attending two meetings at church in the evening. First, with Joan Schueffner,to hang up the raffle quilt and second, with Beth Hoegger and Jim Wilsing,to finish planning the music for the Celtic Mass. Both are creative and rather exciting.

Mother told Dolores and me a story about when she was young. When she was about 8 years old, Aunt Kathleen was born. Children were born at home in those days and Mother remembers that she and her brothers were kept upstairs and Grandma had the baby downstairs. There was a doctor in attendance, which did not always happen. After the birth the kids were brought down and introduced to their new sister. Mom said she remembers being very pleased but confused. So she asked Grandpa where the baby came from. Grandpa sidestepped very efficiently, telling her to ask the doctor. So Mother did ask the doctor. He told her that he had gone to Sheboygan to Sears, picked up a baby girl and then delivered it.

She said that satisfied her just fine.

Have a nice Thursday

Mary