QOD: You have reached (number), please leave a message, thanks. Raeanne, my lecture last night was interesting but a little different than I expected. I thought it would be old folk lore and legends (some of it was) but some of it was late 19th and early 20th century stuff right up to present day. Apparently the Pine Barrens is quite a place to disappear in if you are inclined that way..also, I did learn that the Pine Barrens is as large as the Grand Canyon. He did talk about the Jersey Devil (great link Dee) but I didn't learn anything new on that front. Where I live now was total woods when I was a kid, we used to drive here when we were teenagers and scare each other to death with JD. I have all woods right behind my house and sometimes JD does cross my mind since this was his stomping ground! The Leeds family is still very much in the area - the little town just south of us is called Leeds Point. ((Besh)) that is a tough one -- lots of hugs. Dee, I hate it when people don't pull their weight. 2 years ago when my boss and I knew we were being phased out we did our jobs, to our best ability, right up to the final day. You can b---h any time you want! Stay well and don't get sick! Suzanne, my sister goes to bed with your hens. I swear that woman is nuts - she is truly in her winter mode now. You and Besh are daring with color - I am not at all. I love color but am afraid of it on my walls, I painted everything neutral, certainly not exciting. I would like to paint my smaller bathroom before the holidays - I might experiment with color there. I am getting very brazen in my old age :-) Have a wonderful night...catch ya tomorrow!!!! Donna

We're going to a friends house for dinner. My DH is going to help cook the coconut shrimp. We're bringing a salad and 2 desserts. I have apple dumplings in the oven right now, and the pumpkin cheesecake I baked yesterday is in the fridge. I'm going to add a small scoop of snickerdoodle Blue Bell ice cream to each plate, too.

It's 8 degrees here and breezy and we are on the verge of another storm. You all know how I feel about that so I won't say anything else! ;) Teresa I hope you and your DD don't get sick! Lots of colds and stomach flu around here. I have a roast in the crock, DH has to go to work at 5:30ish so I will have to run supper out to him. I am thinking to make it easier it will be hot beef sandwiches. Yummmmmm. Hope his is still warm when I get it out there! LOL

a very humble dinner tonight, cornbread is in the oven now. Daughter brought over homemade vegetable soup. Hubby is having soup and cornbread. I am having cornbread and milk. Grew up eating this, and still love it. Only thing different will be that I didn't milk the cow this morning for the milk. When I was small would take an onion out of the root cellar, sprinkle the bread and milk with black pepper and that was supper. In my older years, stopped the onion, but put lots of black pepper.