second view

Trying again. They REALLY were there last night.

Another view.

Here is a picture of Jim and Michelle's flowers. Wasn't that nice of Leslie to remember? We will try not to wear them out before they get back.

Mary

Dick and I spent an exciting morning at the Stephanie Weill Center as part of the taping of the Michael Feldman PBS Show What' ya Know. It was a special thing for Sheboygan. He geared his interviews and dialogue and music to Sheboygan.

He interviewed Ruth De Young Kohler about the current exhibit at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, a representative from Miesfeld and a local surfer called Long Board. He also featured a local polka band. We enjoyed it immensely and then went to Amber's for lunch. We then tried to go to Miesfeld's for some brats but ran into the biggest mess of a road repair right at 42/43 that we could not figure out so we just came home.

It was a nice quiet afternoon. Chelsea only had one coughing spell that we know of today. Quite a relief from yesterday. I took a little nap and just puttered on stuff around the house.

When we got home there was a message on the machine that there were flowers on Jim and Michelle's doorstep. So I went to get them as Jim and Michelle left today til next Friday for a dual birthday and anniversary vacation up north. They are from Leslie and Bill and are absolutely beautiful. I took pictures all around and will keep them in the den downstairs which is cooler to see if they will keep for Jim and Michalle. They left early this morning. We haven't seen them in about two weeks. They emailed on Thursday to remind us that they were going to be gone and confirm that I was feeding Boots. I did kind of expect them to call last night just to say goodbye. If I had not seen them this morning as they left I would have wondered exactly when they had left and when exactly they were coming back. Oh Well.

Anyway, I called Leslie and Bill to let them know that Dick and I are going to get most of the benefit out of the flowers. They were not unhappy with that. We had a good visit. All is well down there and Nora will be graduating on Dec 21. and will be home for Christmas.

Guess that is all for now.

All my love

Mary

Today is Friday. Whew. Another week under the belt.

Dick always takes Chelsea in for a nap in the mornings which on Friday's gives me a chance to clean the kitchen and get floors scrubbed and dry without little or big feet tromping on it.

I left at about 11:00 to go into Sheboygan Falls before my lunch with the Wells Fargo people at Dairy Queen at 12:30. I stopped at Evens to pick up some iron appliques for a small repair job and then went to Mother's to drop off her money, some papers and the quilt that I made for new little Elizabeth Neeb. As soon as I am sure that Becky has seen the quilt I will post a picture on the blog.

On the way home I was listening to public talk radio. The moderator was interviewing a man about the dangerous Lion Fish. This fish originally was in Australia or somewhere and is a fish who's stingers, even if they only brush your skin leave a very very painful rash.

For some reason or other, this reminded me of my Dad. Dad LOVED plants. At one time he had a real obsession with cactus. Mother still has a lot of the cacti that he collected (sometimes "illegally") over the years. She kind of wishes they would die. But we Deeley's somehow or other cannot bring ourselves to just throw out living things, even old and rather raggedy cactus so she brings them outside in late spring and hauls them back in to the basement in the late fall. Actually, Jeff or Randy do the hauling now.

For years unusual Cactus were a nice gift to give Dad for his birthday and/or Christmas. You would be very surprised, if you have not looked, at the variety that are out there and how lovely they can be. Some of them even bloom.

By "illegally" I mean that he was known to break off a piece to start at home of plants that he would see that were interesting in public buildings.

One year he came out to visit me when I lived out in California. We took him out to the High Desert to visit a friend of my in laws and to do some jeeping. He was in his glory, collecting cactus and rocks to bring back home. This was just fine until it came time to take him to the airport. I offered to box his treasures up and send them but he insisted that he wanted to take them with him. So we packed them. I could not lift the suitcase. Then to add insult to injury, He looked at me and asked. " Whatever do you have in there?" Between him and my ex we managed to get them to the airport and checked in. Wonder of wonders they let them go through. I was frankly amazed. Now days they would have looked and probably told him he couldn't take them.

Now for the reason that the Lion Fish reminded me of cactus. There IS a reason.

Nora and I always had the job of dusting and cleaning the glass shelves that Mom and Dad had in all of the windows of the dining room. These shelves had various plants, ranging from African Violets to cactus. There was one cactus that we SWORE you just had to look at to get the little tiny stickers embedded in you skin. I don't know what it was but we called it the Killer Cactus. I never once managed to dust those shelves without getting those mini spines in my fingers.

Have a nice Saturday. We are going to see Michael Feldman at the Weill Center. Should be a fun morning.

Love

Mary

Tall Grass on Tallgrass Lane. Isn't it pretty?

Mary

We had rain and sunshine today. The rain early and I hear coming in now and sunshine in the middle of the day. Chelsea and I took a rather short walk because it started raining when we were well on our way. By the way, Chelsea has not had a seizure since the day before yesterday. She has coughed a couple of times but no seizures.

Got a call yesterday from Donna. There is a new person in the world. Elizbeth May Neeb was born yesterday. She weighed 7lb1oz and was 20 inches long. We are all very happy. I finished the quilt today. Now that I know who the baby is, I was able to finish the whole thing, even the tag. I will put a picture on the net after Becky gets the quilt. She should see it first. I will take it to Mother's tomorrow.

It was a rather quiet day, I mainly quilted. I did go to the bank and Dick and I mixed up a batch of Gewurtiziminer wine and replaced the screen with glass in the front door. Better to get that done before it gets REALLY cold. I still have about four planters to bring in. One of these days I will be home when it is not raining and I will be able to finish up.

I am going to post a picture of the planter in front of the house. You can see why they call it Tallgrass Lane.

Love

Mary

Somehow this day is finally winding down and I feel like there should have been an hour or more to fit in all that was accomplished.


Chelsea and I had a lovely lively walk this morning. I believe that this is the first day in over a week that we have not had a severe coughing spell or seizure.

Dick and I went to breakfast,(Mc Donalds.) and then grocery shopping early. Then we had to take Chelsea for her checkup at 9:30. Her levels lo0k good. Dr. Connors is somewhat concerned that she is still having episodes. We are going to continue with the medications as we are giving them until her regular appointment in mid November unless things change. Actually, Dick and I are pleased that they are getting further apart. I am going to record them from now on.

I made a big batch of chili today. If anybody is interested, we are going to have it for supper tomorrow night. We eat about 5:30PM. All are welcome.

I also made a great apple salad.

Tonight was the second meeting of Celtic Women Sheboygan Branch. We again had 7 people there. Five of the originals and two new. I think we will be OK. We decided on our next two meetings and enjoyed the session at the Stafford. I sang two songs so it was a fun night for me. I sang Isle of Inishfree and Whiskey on a Sunday. People SAID they liked it. I hope so. If I go again, I hope they let me sing again.

We were talking family histories tonight. My Grandpa Deeley came to work in the Brickner Woolen Mills at the request of Mr. Brickner to work as a foreman because of his reputation as a manager in mills in the East. Grandpa Deeley tells of his entry into Sheboygan Falls. He took the train as far as he could and then was told to walk the rest of the way into Sheboygan Falls. Now, remember he was from the East, New Jersey and Connecticut and such and Wisconsin had been described to him an still was pretty wild and unsettled. On his way he hear a godawful noise coming from the bush around him. He just KNEW it was Indians and he ran the rest of the way into town in a total panic. Imagine his chagrin later to find out that the "Indians" were nothing more than wild turkeys.

Love

Mary

It was a quiet day. Our walk was rather short as everything was soaked and it was misting even then. Chelsea would have gone further but I turned her back.

I spent a good portion of the day quilting the baby blanket for Becky's little one. I should get it all done except for the label on Thursday. I can't do the label until the munchkin is here because I need the name so I can personalize it.

Today I tried something new. I had about a dozen jalepeno's left from harvesting the plant on my deck so I made poppers. I was a little worried because neither Dick nor I like things TOO hot. I cooked bacon, onion and mushrooms until the bacon was crisp. Let it cool, then mixed in shredded mozzerella and Mexican cheeses and creamed it together with cream cheese. Then I cleaned and halved the jalapenos and stuffed them. They baked for about 20 minutes at 350 and were delicious. I will hang on to that one.

Tomorrow, Chelsea has her blood test to be sure that her medications are not affecting her kidneys. Let's hope.

Autumn

The trees are full of color

Like an artist's palette with no rhyme or reason

The joy of the season is reflected in the hues

Of the trees as along country roads

Store these colors in the recesses of your soul

To comfort and warm you when the cold stark white and gray

Of winter threaten to overcome and leave you empty.

Joy to you

Mary

A very busy day. I slept until 6:30AM. It was still kind of darkish when we went for our walk. If we can convince Chelsea to sleep til then every day we will only have to put her off for a half an hour or more when the time changes.

We were 10 strong at Bible Study. The message was persistence. The story of the widow who asked the crooked judge for justice. He finally gave it to her because he figured that if he didn't she would keep on bugging him and eventually come and hit him. Since God loves us, we may have to persist but will probably not have to go and hit him.


Mother was just fine. I brought her a pumpkin square. She went to the turkey dinner at Blessed Trinity with Randy and Donna. She said that it was really good. Nowadays they have Two Guys and a Grill cook the meat. When I was a kid and even maybe 10 years ago. They bought turkeys and people cooked them at home and then brought them in to be sliced etc. They do still make the dressing the day ahead of time and send the big roasters to whoever can take care of it to get it all cooked at staggered times. Years ago, they used to grind up lot of the skin and mix it into the dressing along with onion, celery and apple. They still do SOME of that but I suppose the skin is out. It would be considered a fat bomb now and a big no no but it sure tasted good.

The Cream City Writers Club was this afternoon. It went quite well. We almost had an argument between Don and Sy again about their differing religious beliefs but Bev and I both told them that we were there to discuss writing not religion and they were fine with that.

I had a telephone conference with the Celtic Women Board. It went quite well. We are considering doing a program/event of some importance in May of 2009. The Chicago group will try to do a small event in May of 2008 to kind of practice and let some people know that the bigger one is coming.They also liked the Membership Dues notice that I prepared on Printshop.

Now that Brenda has helped my be able to send things, I can share my fun creations.

Hope your Monday was as much fun.

Love

Mary

A rainy Sunday in Plymouth town. Not heavy but just kind of misty and steady. My knees are telling me that it is an unsettled time. Chelsea and I were able to walk this morning. I had to get up at 6AM in order to get to Mass on time and it is really still too dark to be walking. It is time for Chelsea and I do revamp our schedule a bit. Last year, I would take her out long enough for her to do what was absolutely necessary. Then after my shower and breakfast (unless we were going out) when the sun is out, we would go out and finish our walk.

Despite the fact that she coughs often and has seizures at least once a day (twice so far today) she is still eager to go walking and obviously is enjoying herself.

A nice Mass, Fr. Van Beeck always gives a nice sermon. A friend from choir at St. Mary's who also moved to Plymouth was cantor this morning so her whole family came to celebrate the mass with her today. The Dobrozynski's. It was good to see them all. I miss Debbie. We were altos together. And her Dad, Wally, had open heart surgery in He looks great. Good color and everything.

Did I tell you that my brother George called yesterday. I am always so glad to hear his voice. He was just checking in. Betsy reads the blog and was wondering about Chelsea. It is nice to know that people care along with one. We are ALL looking forward to the Wedding at the end of the year. He and Betsy have been doing a bit of traveling and may spend Thanksgiving in England.

This morning Dick and Brenda came to see us. They had spent part of yesterday with his mother. She is doing so much better that she may be able to go home in a couple of weeks. I am sure that this will bring a big improvement. It has been almost 6 months that she has been hospitalized and home must be looking mighty good.

So, Dick and Brenda invited us to go to the American Club for brunch. They got here at 10 and the dear souls helped us with a couple of computer puzzles before we left. The brunch is excellent. We had mimosa. Isn't that fun. They have a marvelous spread, including main dishes, made to order omelets, fresh fruit and breadstuffs and tons of other things. We were all stuffed and enjoyed our visit immensely. Brenda and I are considering going to In Celebration of Chocolate.

Barb called this evening and we had a nice visit. She is in Florida working at an office there, I think I mentioned that. It is hard as she has to be there for at least two months, but Bart will join her soon for a couple of weeks, and that will help. I had called her last night but she was at Epcot with the gal that she is replacing. I am glad that she is seeing things.


We somehow got into a discussion of bars in Sheboygan Falls. I said that when Mom had her card games, I was not sure what Dad did. I said that perhaps he joined some of the husbands downtown at Fitz's. Dick asked if I perhaps meant Dales, but I assured him that I meant Fitz's which was right next door to the Deeley's Men's Wear that my Uncle Jack owned. Fitz's is now The Other Place and has expanded into the building that was the men's wear store. They serve really great perch lunches and Dick remembered eating there when I reminded him who ate with us. Another Story.

I think I told this story before, but Brenda did not remember, so I said I would tell it today. During the strike, funds were short. Fitz's served chicken dinners at their establishment and parboiled the chickens prior to cooking. Fitz asked Dad if he had any use for the chicken broth. So occasionally, Dad would bring home a bucket of chicken broth. Mother became very creative. Besides soup, she made a dinner we all just loved. She would mix up a meatloaf mixture, roll the meat mixture into meatballs, brown the meatballs and drop them into the chicken broth. When the meatballs were cooked she would thicken the gravy a bit and we ate them over mashed potatoes. I fix them occasionally. It also tastes wonderful over noodles.

She also would brown chicken giblets, heats and gizzards, which were at the time very cheap, and heat them in the thickened broth. We loved them too. Either they really do taste good, or we were mighty easy to please and/or fool.

Guess that's all for tonight. Have a happy week. We are delighted. The only one who has a doctor's appointment this week is Chelsea.

Love

Mary

It was a beautiful day for a morning walk. Crisp and DRY. Chelsea had a seizure just before we started out for her walk but she perked up so I let her lead me and we walked for over a half an hour. I do think it is good for her and that she will just sit down if it is too much. She has done that before.

I drove into the Sheboygan Falls Library this morning to hear Jerry Aps speak. Look him up. He is a prolific author, a farmer and a teacher of writing ones personal history. He has written several very well received books about Wisconsin, farming and the way of life in Wisconsin in the 30s 40s and 50s. This is the second time I have heard him speak and he is always informative and entertaining. I got to Falls and there was hardly a parking space available. Soon I realized that there was some run/walk event happening in the park so I asked a man and his son who had numbers pined on them and the father was more than willing to share. It was indeed a fundraiser for the Riddle fund. I still am not quite sure what it is but this was it's second year and it is growing.

I dropped Mother's pills off after the speech and headed for home, just in time to fix lunch. I finished the sweatshirts this afternoon and Dick and I racked the dandelion wine.

Earlier this week when I was with Nancy we were discussing the old ways of heating homes and our old memories of growing up. I recounted that Mother, when we were growing up, always belonged to a bridge club. She still does, as a matter of fact. One of the people she plays bridge with is still one of that original group.

Anyway, they would all take turns hosting the club. There were, I believe, 12 of them so that amounted to only once a year. We were always excited because, IF WE BEHAVED, we always got soda the next day. Mom would serve soda, cocktails, wine and coffee for beverages. Soda, you have to realize, was a big treat for us. With nine children on a fixed budget, koolaid or water was much cheaper and soda was a big deal.

We all remember being put to bed shortly after the arrival. Then we would lie upstairs and listen as long as we could stay awake. Our house did not have heat piped upstairs. The upstairs was heated by what was called "gravity heat", heat floating up through the ceiling vents.

We would lie awake and listen, as I said, and watch the smoke pouring through the grate. That vision is as clear today as then. Several of Mom's friends were smokers. As neither Mother or Dad smoked cigarettes this was quite a sight.

We always got our soda too.

Love

mary

Chelsea and I had a very nice walk this morning. I just let her lead me and she went down the street and the first cul de sac and then through and around the whole park. She didn't do a lot of running around but seemed very glad of the walk. She is still coughing quite often but I am only aware of two mild seizures since yesterday so am hoping the meds are helping.

I cleaned the kitchen this morning and assembled salmon croquettes for tonight's dinner. Then I went shopping to Gander Mountain for ammo and gun cleaning stuff. I also stopped at Amy's Hallmark at Memorial Mall to pick up the last ornament for Christmas. Eileen was working so we discussed Texas a bit. Fred is going along too. That will be so nice. Stenn will love being surrounded by family. Bart and Barb are coming too. I hope they can come down on Friday, but will be grateful for any time at all with them.

I had intended to stop at Mother's with a prescription but ran out of time. She was not expecting me anyway. Tomorrow I am going to Sheboygan Falls Library at 9AM to hear Jerry Apps speak about his new book so I will stop on my way back from there.

Nancy Roehre and I went pistol shooting again tonight. My first two were pretty good and then I blew the last one. I wish I could get my act consistant. As the guys keep telling me, I have to do the same thing every time.

The weekend is upon us. It should be nice. I intend to finish the CWI sweatshirt jackets and start on the quilting of the baby quilt.

Have a nice one yourself.

Mary


Don't argue with an indiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.

And we did get to stay home all day today.

Chelsea had a mixed night last night. She slept pretty quietly during the early part but sometime after midnight and before 5 when Dick got up she had several coughing spells and I heard her fall once. Then shortly after I got up she had the worst seizure I have seen her have. Since then, things have calmed down a lot. Every few hours she starts coughing but I have not witnessed any more seizures. Since she has now had her second dose of medicine, perhaps it is starting to work.

We did not walk far as she seemed a bit weak.

I had a quiet healing day myself. I did clean the bathrooms. I also did some sewing and Dick and I racked a gallon of current wine but mainly, I played and wrote on the computer, just hanging around.

I am looking through pictures to find any that I have of the jeep runs that we used to go on so that I can send them to Vikki. She wants to scan them on a disc for herself and for Reid Nordin, a friend. I am not finding as many as I thought I would but perhaps I have not hit the right box yet. I did find a couple of REALLY nice shots of the circle of campers and tents that we used to establish as a club when we went out jeeping. Also a good shot of the pig on the spit at one of our Thanksgiving runs. For many years, the Four Wheelers of Orange County went to the desert for the four day Thanksgiving weekend. Actually, because many people were obligated to stay home on Thanksgiving itself, we would celebrate with a group meal on Saturday. The guys got up WAY before dawn and put a pig and a quarter of beef on a huge spit that they powered with a generator. It cooked until about noon, tended constantly by one of the guys who would keep it moist with red wine and spiced with garlic etc.

In the meantime, Twila, sweet Twila, would mix up the beans. Potatoes were scrubbed and dispensed among the camper ovens and apples were peeled and put into a big pot, again by Twila, for fresh applesauce. At about 2 we would eat ourselves silly and then bring out the ice cream makers for home made ice cream.

I remember one year when Bret was little, he watched that pig going around and around on the spit and finally asked Orrin Nordin, "Can't it Oink anymore?" Orrin told him that he hoped not.

Those are nice memories. The jeep club was a nice organization, we always spoke of it as being a family organization and counted are membership not as individuals but as families.

Tomorrow will be busy. Hope you have a good one.

Love

Mary

Well. This has been a distressful day and the weather has been chilly and damp to go along with it.

I told you last night that Chelsea had several seizures. Well, she kept waking us up and herself, of course, coughing and I assume seizing all night. I called her vet at 7AM and they were able to see her at 8:45AM. The news is both bad and good.

We left her there for x-rays and blood tests which showed that her heart is enlarged and that there is water around it. The first exam told them that the heart murmur is very strong.

The good news is that there are medications that should help her. She is now taking furosemide and an ace inhibitor. We find this to be a bit amusing because Dick also take furosemide and an ace inhibitor. Mother REALLY finds this amusing. We were commenting that years ago if a dog got sick like that they just had to suffer and die. Just like people.

After we dropped her off at the vet, we did our grocery shopping. The Pig has a hamburger special JUST Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I will have go go back to take advantage of that. $1.49 is a great price. Then I remember when we used to be able to get it for .25 per pound. I am really trying to be a wise shopper, especially after the class I went to last week, even if I did not win the shopping spree. I figure since I did not win, I am building up to a really big win of something. I am actually a bit disappointed. I had even asked Bobbie to be my partner.

I picked my jalapeno peppers yesterday. Since I already froze all I need, I think I will string them up and dry them. I might try a half dozen poppers too.

We had chicken and stuffing for supper. I figured out how to make a smaller batch that tastes good. I just took two cups of stuffing mix. stirred it into 1/2 cup boiling water and 1 1/2 Tablespoons butter, 1/2 chopped apple and some chopped onion. I put it into a casserole dish, topped it two browned chicken legs, roasted it for 45 minutes covered and 15 uncovered. WA LA. All done and Nummy.

Tomorrow we SHOULD with any luck at all be able to stay home all day again. I have two articles to finish and some sewing to do.

I am going to try rubbing Vicks Vaporub on the bottom of my feet tonight. It is, urban legend stuff, supposed to stop nighttime coughing. I figure I have nothing to lose. Then I will only have to cope with Chelsea if she starts coughing and seizing again.

Wish me luck.

Mary

Isn't it breathtaking? I LOVE autumn.

Mary

I still have my cold. I am not happy about that. In my mind a cold lasts a week and it is almost that long now. If anything it is worse. ( Don't tell Dick.)

Chelsea and I (me all bundled up) took a nice walk this morning. Exercise is always a good thing. It gets the blood moving. I ate an egg for breakfast. Also very healing. We were home all day and I really DID relax.

Nora and Leif stopped by on their way to Mother's so they could see the condo. Nora loves to look at houses and I like to share too. We were able to have another short little visit. I told them that the next time they come I would prepare a meal for them. I DO love to cook for people. Jeff and Kathy were coming in and taking them and Mother for a tour of the Kettles and St. Michaels. Nora said that she is sure that she was out there at some time but that it has been years. I am sure that it was beautiful. Just the color out there should be breathtaking now.

The rest of the day was very quiet. I rested, watered indoor plants, did a very little bit of sewing and puttered on the computer. I am really tired.

Chelsea has had a very bad evening. Yesterday or Sunday she had a seisure. But tonight she started coughing and has so far had four of them. She is totally exhausted now and sleeping. I hope the worst is over. If she continues, we will take her to the vet for a checkup. Her heart could be failing. We surely hope not.

I took a picture yesterday of the big hickory tree over between Jim and Michelle's condo and Jeanne's. With the sun shining through the leaves - it was spectacular.

Except for grocery shopping, we should be able to stick close to home again. So I will continue to doctor myself.

Have a good Wednesday.

Love

Mary

I am posting very early today. It is only a little after 5PM. But I had a VERY busy day and with my cold am not really feeling much like staying up late, even til 9PM when I usually post.

We started off this morning with a very pleasant continental breakfast at 52 Stafford with my sister Nora and her husband Leif. I told you they were visiting and that we planned to meet for this. Nice catch up time. We found out a bit more about the wedding plans of their son Stenn and his fiance Bing. I found out that they, like Jim and Michelle, met on a computer dating service. We are trying to figure out how to get Bret computer literate, or perhaps WE could just interview the prospects and send them over to him.

Left there and went to bible study. We had eight strong and a lively discussion of faith and gratitude. Then over to Mother's house. Leif and Nora were there and then Randy and Denise showed up. Randy walked their little poodle over and Denise had just come from shopping at Kohls. I had lunch with Mother, Leif and Nora then went on to the Sheboygan Writers Club where I turned in my selection for the little book we will be publishing again this year. I ordered copies for mother and all my children. We did a similar booklet last year. It is a nice way to share our works with each other. I even submitted an original little sketch that I did to accompany the poem.

Then HOME!!! I am feeling a bit undone. Probably did too much in one day. At least now, I do not have to leave the house again until Wednesday morning. Dick said that I can go to bed as soon as I want to and he will take care of Chelsea. It was pretty hot today, but the promised cold front is moving through and it is raining a bit too.

Hope your week is pleasant and happy.

Love

Mary

Another hot day. I got up at 6AM as I went to the 8AM Mass. Chelsea and I had a very nice walk. We stayed in Tallgrass today as it is getting pretty dark that early and I don't like to be too far from home. As winter moves in, I will start taking her out for a chance to do what is necessary early and we will take our walk a bit later, after my shower and breakfast.


I picked up some bacon and cold medicine on the way home from church and stopped and got gas. With my "Pig Points" I was able to get .20 of per gallon. Now that we can get the gas right here in town, I will be much more aware of how I spend my grocery money.

This afternoon, I went to Rhine with my friend Nancy. Her brother Jack has lent her his 22 pistol so she is rather excited about shooting. She does quite well too. I think if she continues, she will be a good competitor for Lil and Me. Actually Lil is outshining me by a mile lately. That's OK. I will just keep plugging along.

We had leftover chicken and fresh mashed potatoes for supper tonight. And pumpkin pie for dessert.

I am going to try potato scones, a recipe that I found in a cookbook at Bobbie's house when I was feeding kitties. I will let you know how it is and if they are good, give you the recipe which is really simple.

Nora called tonight. They were at Mother's house. Dick and I are going to meet them for breakfast tomorrow at 52 Stafford where they are staying. If we decide that we want more that a continental breakfast, we will take them down the street to the Family Restaurant. It will be nice to spend one on one with them.

The Packers are playing and doing quite well. They are ahead but one of their receivers has fumbled twice. Not good. The Packers are holding them and keep getting the ball back though.

Til tomorrow

Mary