Hey Moni, can I come with ya? I'll buy the treats! What am I doing today - my favorite outdoor activity - shoveling snow!!!! I'm going really squirrelly along with many other folk gazing out my window at THAT snowbank. I know there's activity out there beyond it, I can hear the cars, see the odd squirrel run along the window ledge but that's it! I think a bus ride is in order, a day of exploration. Woke up at the ridiculous hour of 3:30 am, found out Ed was up early too! We had a reminder to check all house vents for gas, laundry etc. on the news to make sure they are clear. My furnace vents on the roof and is clear and the laundry is the same. Wanted to go out the patio door but I can't - 4 feet of snow has piled up against it...and it WAS CLEAR last Thursday....mmmph! Anyone got snowshoes? I used to own muckluks(?) years ago. With the gas prices rising, thinking of getting a horse but I don't think the city by-law would allow it. Would be much cheaper than the car! So, it's an adventure day for me. Have a couple of places in mind. Going to purchase a day pass for the bus to day and just get the heck outta here! Snow or no snow!

It is now afternoon here instead of morning so good afternoon to all of you. Sorry you are sick Kath. I went to some rummages and didn't buy anything. Amber stopped in at the farmer's market and bought a good sized sugar baby watermelon, some homemade doggie treats and a quart jar of hometown honey. We picked up "brunch" at Hardee's and went to her house. Cheryl came and we chatted and I decided to stay at Amber's and watch KC for Cheryl while she went to K Mart. Amber started picking green beans and I sat on her deck and cleaned on them. When Cheryl came back she helped clean on them and we had a great big dishpan of green beans snapped. Amber gave us summer squash, cucumbers and yellow tomatoes to bring home. We could have had green beans but we each still had some. I have not felt well for several weeks and weeks. I finally went to the doctor yesterday and found out it is probably one of my medicines. I can't believe that! I have had such a cough and hacking around for so long. I think I might be just a tad better. She said it would take ten days for the medicine to get out of my system. I sure look forward to feeling better. The weather is heating up right now it is 82 here and a bit humid. I might take a nap soon. Sue

It's about 29 here and snowing! We had our first snow late Thanksgiving day here. We put the tree up Sunday and started on the outdoor lights. Still have one more string to put on the eaves. I have to run back to Wal-Mart and take back a few things and pick up an extension cord. I also have to get Christmas cards still, along with a few food items, like milk. Took the girls to school this morning, came home and put the rest of the turkey on the stove to make soup and went back to bed for a couple more hours. I just took the meat off the turkey and gave the not so pretty parts to the dogs. The broth is cooling so I can skim the fat off it before I start making the soup. I'm also doing laundry. Have to run to Kroger to get a few things and fax some test results to the bariatric center. Apparently the cardiologist's office didn't do it like they said they would. That's all they're waiting on, that paperwork. Grrr! Picking the girls up this afternoon from school and then we are driving to Lexington to pick up Alex at his dorm and going to see Transiberian Orchestra. We went last year and hope the exchange students like it. Oh, speaking of exchange students, Johanna, the girl from Germany, is planning on going home early, in February. She is homesick. So, she isn't going on our trip during Spring break. Maria, on the other hand, is wanting to come back for college and go to U.K. She loves it here.

I've had better days. I did mostly just normal tidy up stuff but it was a painful day for Amiee so I put clothspins in my hair, used eyeliner and put freckles all over my face and tied one of the boys Batman capes on, turned on the s ong YMCA and danced my butt off all thru the livingroom...took her mind off it a few minutes or I like to think so anyway, but the door was open and I failed to see the mailman watching the entire show. I felt dumb signing for a letter dressed as I was...think this was the part that actually got a laugh from Amiee while the boys ran to hide. Lol