February - Shirley (In progress) March - Sharon April - May - Margaret June - Shirley July - Carol August - Melinda September - Jeanne October - Annie November - Maryanne December - Sheri Jayeanne will not be able to host the month of April so if anyone is interested LMK. Winners for Februarys swap. Christine-Lily Whistler (received) Annie-Lily Muscadet (received) Melinda-Lily Chill Out (sending in March) Sheri our BINGO winner- Sharon our Love Story winner- Sheri and Sharon I will list some Lilies I have ordered and you tell me which Lily you would like for your prize. The shipment will arrive in March so I will mail when I receive them. Lilies to choose from: Black Out Tiny Padhye Vermeer Dizzy Hot Line Giraffe Red Dutch Salmon Star We had a wonderful time this week-end. We love for everyone in our small immediate family going on our mini vacation with us. We took the tour on the Titanic and it was great. Makes me want to watch the movie again. Friday and Saturday night the ladies went to the movies and saw Endless Love and Monument Men. We shopped so much we had to go to the late late shows. Such fun we got back to the cabins at 12:30 each night. Funny but I'm still not tired from the lack of sleep I got. Night all, Shirley

Hey Judy! I noticed that too on the Wii the running in place and marching ones really get to my arse! As you get better you graduated to doing it long and longer and it's tough! It seems funny that a video game can be such a good physical workout, but it is! What I have is a Baritone Ukulele. It has 4 of the same strings of a guitar, so it sounds like a guitar, really. I'm just nuts about it. I'm taking a break now to rest my fingertips!! Atta girl, Socks!!! Like Nike says, "Just Do It"!!! It's the truth. You can't think about it at all. The only thing I allow myself to think about is how I used to feel. I feel completely like a new person. I'm amazed that it hasn't taken very long at all. I've only been doing this since the first of the year. Moni, way to go!!! Weight training is so good for you. They say it's even more important than aerobics because it boosts your metabolism. Part of what I'm doing on the Wii is Yoga, which some of it is incredibly hard!!! Here's a pic of my new baby!!!

Since it was a "balmy" 22 degrees yesterday, I trudged out to inspect the bird feeders. DH tries to keep the path to the feeder tree open with the snowblower. He tops up the feeders for me when it's really cold. Still the trays were dirty and caked with ice. Some of the ports were clogged in the one feeder. I cleaned everything and then topped off all the feeders. Since the snow has gotten so deep, and the tree branches are hanging low because of the snow weight, I switched out most of the hanging hooks for shorter ones. The caged suet feeder, normally six feet above "ground" was only 18" above the snow. I replaced it's 5' hook with an 18" one. Now the feeders are higher again; I can see everything from my living room window "perch"; and I know all the feeders are clean and free flowing. I brought in two of the squirrel baffles. When they're scraped and cleaned of the "birdie dirdie" I'll swap them out and clean the other two. They don't always "baffle" the squirrels, but they keep the feeders and seed amazingly clean, which means healthier birds. When the weather is this bad I make sure the squirrels can get to some of the goodies, too. I'm in full-winter-mode bird feeding. I have a suet feeder, a peanut feeder, and a mesh-wire black oil sunflower seed (BOSS) feeder on the post close to the house. I have one suet feeder on the tree, and a caged suet feeder hung from the tree. I have a hanging tray feeder, ported tube feeder, and another mesh feeder, all for BOSS, in the tree. I also have one "upside down" thistle feeder for the delight of the American goldfinches and the pine warblers. The birds are happy, happy, happy. Why three suet feeders in a 25' area? Woodpeckers won't "share". By putting out the three feeders I always have several woodpeckers along with the white-breasted and red-breasted nuthatches either on the suet, or waiting their turns in the tree. They really aren't eating any more suet than normal, but there are more birds around.

Sandy, I love your bird's nest! Going from cold and snowy to warm and cozy, here is my granddaughter's cat, Amigo, snuggling with her on Sunday. Those are her slipper-socks-clad feet in front, and her hair on top of his head. Like I said, cozy! :-)