Karen, That is so cute. Made me chuckle! My third grade students are known as THE GRIZZLIES each year. (We even save our pennies to buy a student designed grizzly shirt with everyone's names on the back.) Anyways, I call them my little bears. When I sit in my reading chair, I gather The Grizzlies on the floor in front of me. I tell them to sit on their BEAR BOTTOMS, and they laugh and giggle. Get it? BEAR BOTTOMS...BARE BOTTOMS? Hee hee! Third grade humor! LOL Thanks for sharing, Karen! Kirk P.S. This is a grizzly my class painted for a Ronald McDonald House Auction. It was on display in front of the City Hall in Spokane until auction time. Wanted it so bad for my yard but it went for thousands (which was great for the charity!) Some kids are wearing their green grizzly shirts and that's my daughter in the sunglasses in front. She always visits us on field trip days!

Hi Kathleen, I read that you were remodeling your kitchen and would be offline for a few days so hadn't worried about you yet. I'm sure it was a bit of a mess at first, you know the "destruction" has to come before the "construction". LOL Will be looking forward to pics of your new countertops. Glad you liked my little bunny sign, I'm always messing with something. ;o) Luvs

There was a sign on a road during road repair made of individual words so that the message could be changed. One word blew away in the wind and what remained was "This ramp be closed" I only wished I could have added "And if you be using it you be in trouble"

I went to the dermatologist last week (which is why I had to return to L.A.) for a melanoma follow-up. This was a six month follow-up, and I was supposed to go in for a three month follow-up, but I was stranded in Cathedral City. My doctor agreed that it was okay that I waited the six months, but he told me to come back in three months. He did have to freeze something on my scalp, and it seems like he always finds something, and so this is an issue I have to deal with on a regular basis. The melanoma I had removed six months ago resulted in a number of stitches on my back, but it healed very well. I avoided the sun when I was a child and never sun-bathed until I was in my 20s in San Francisco, and then only for short periods of time, as I got bored very easily. However, I did go to Mexico every winter from 1975 until 1984 while I lived in San Francisco (and spent one to two months there - generally Jan - Feb) to avoid the cold damp winters of SF and the resulting sinus infections that I was prone to there. While I avoided sinus infections by going to Mexico for the winters, I may have exposed myself to too much sun, although I did wear sunscreen. I don't think sunscreen in the 1970s was strong enough, however, and I did not want to wear it when I went snorkeling in Cozumel. I am still putting off going to the dentist, as I think I am doing a decent enough job of cleaning my own teeth, and I do not think it is worth the risk. I will go back once I am able to get a Covid vaccination. My temperature, as taken at the dermatologist's office, was 97.1°, and so I am like Maifleur in that I may have a fever when my temperature is 98.6°, but I've noticed that my temperature varies throughout the day and is higher after I've been in the spa.