tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60914443577710419702024-03-17T20:29:03.307-05:00Sarah Lynn's Nature's SplendorSarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1899125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-60719026514961960562024-03-13T11:22:00.012-05:002024-03-16T23:56:37.107-05:00Photos: Driving to Lincoln<p style="text-align: center;"> This morning we drove to Lincoln, as I had an appointment with my eye doctor. It was a cloudy drive. I don't really mind, since it's easier on the eyes; but the pictures aren't as nice. đ</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIITQVbpejO4LWun2Jt7eAsgxdRkN_QvshbKvkygUbINJCCdCLBegSxn1ss182rz31WEjewtUbIeGKiNAcNxZ9ftHRppAS8AWreOYapbvdJnEC5fCo9lgB-vZVbCprMvwsv9LiV4CC2dDvcukR5HT8PNTrLzHw7xOeX2pkv5hKmKSoIJfcCOVKwdRHiM/s1280/IMG_5585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1280" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIITQVbpejO4LWun2Jt7eAsgxdRkN_QvshbKvkygUbINJCCdCLBegSxn1ss182rz31WEjewtUbIeGKiNAcNxZ9ftHRppAS8AWreOYapbvdJnEC5fCo9lgB-vZVbCprMvwsv9LiV4CC2dDvcukR5HT8PNTrLzHw7xOeX2pkv5hKmKSoIJfcCOVKwdRHiM/s320/IMG_5585.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq-Rbewuc2K9nw2YXBeFUnocsj2D4hoP9e7SsU7ZKh5MR9Ot4FUqfS-slrVNpLGk53rn-pn2du6bfCSl5paI1vRNB9yUFCCP1MrjgmZi5BQMaQmUbSdywtKNKGT6Q0oGpKpmZxbfPxFHtfDgmDS7gJU7kwfevFS2yVRzIalm8ORqXHp8swIhTN9mOK0c/s1280/IMG_5586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQfhhtuppo1Vizk_0ZZ__fbDGnzCUPAknkGpH6qVAHf0QI5zoEVnmowo3WV_K57FfBdb4JkV014cQROHe0p9EmRcnGPi0Mh37JzC3toOtGdlfdU4HU3aO8LcF2oNiFGhBhlHFQ5x73cavZ2AxXw4ON5ut94OWGoobi7SUcF-qnrfUXoakUdUJEquBfRM/s848/Picture32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="848" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQfhhtuppo1Vizk_0ZZ__fbDGnzCUPAknkGpH6qVAHf0QI5zoEVnmowo3WV_K57FfBdb4JkV014cQROHe0p9EmRcnGPi0Mh37JzC3toOtGdlfdU4HU3aO8LcF2oNiFGhBhlHFQ5x73cavZ2AxXw4ON5ut94OWGoobi7SUcF-qnrfUXoakUdUJEquBfRM/s320/Picture32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Last Tuesday was a pretty
day, 47° by noon, on its way up to 55°. I spent a good part of the day
sewing blocks into rows for Ianâs quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wednesday, I pulled
out a nice Gold Label white shirt that I had on hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to give it to Andrew for his
birthday the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Andrew wears a lot of dress shirts, as he is a CPA. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">However, the shirt had
long sleeves â but they were only 33â, and that wouldnât work for anyone I
know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I cut them off and hemmed them,
using one of Larryâs good shirts as a pattern for sleeve length. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a hard time with those hems, because the
sleeves were so tapered. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to make small
tucks at the underarm seams; nothing else I could do about it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âTell Andrew he must
not lift his arms,â I instructed Hester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I then carefully
folded the shirt back up, replacing the cardboard and tissue, the plastic at
the collar, and the little crisscross metal shirt clips that held everything in
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I slid it back into the
package, wondering if Andrew would be stumped over the 17/33 tag at the neck,
whilst the shirt sported short sleeves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I also
got him a nice set of pliers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One time Janice, my
late sister-in-law, cut some long sleeves short for Loren. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boy, oh boy, did she <i>ever</i> cut them
short. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She didnât use anything as a
pattern, just guessed at it by holding the sleeve against her arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her guesstimates usually worked out
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Usually.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Loren put the shirt on
one day, then came out of his room and asked in a high-pitched, girly tone, âHow
do I look???â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The too-short
sleeves stuck out and rippled, looking like he had over-the-shoulder ruffles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We laughed âtil we
cried.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We gave Andrew his gift
after church that night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester gave me a bag with
two sweaters in it, one a grey cardigan, the other a blue crewneck, both ever so
soft.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thursday morning, Victoria
sent pictures of the children, including one of Baby Arnold in the soft cloth
diapers she likes to use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âEvery time I put
these nice diaper covers on,â she remarked, âI remember you talking about those
rubber pants that you had to use over cloth diapers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boy, am I glad we have better options now!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are so soft and comfy.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âNot just diaper
covers,â I told her, âbut <i>all </i>baby clothes and little blankets are
sooooo much nicer and softer than they used to be. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any little shortie coveralls our boys mightâve
had similar to the one Arnold is wearing wouldâve felt like canvas from an Army
Surplus tent, by comparison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI did make sure to
buy Birdsâ Eye cotton diapers (the prefolded kind), and they got softer with
every wash, and lasted a lot longer than the cheaper versions.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThatâs what I have,
too!â said Victoria. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âThey have new
funny flat fastener things to use instead of diaper pins. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes it easier for tummy sleepers because
it doesnât poke them.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Something that
amazed me, back in the 80s: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there was a
story, maybe in the Readersâ Digest, about a woman born without arms who grew
up, married, and had a baby â and she put diapers on her baby, diaper pins and
all, <i>using her TOES!!!</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đźđŻ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The reporter asked her if she had ever poked her baby, and
she replied indignantly, âNo, of <i>course</i> not!!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By comparison, I
could barely control the pedal for my sewing machine with my left foot, after I
sprained my right ankle some years ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, I sewed three skirts before I got them
cut out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And
when I tried using my left foot on the carâs pedals... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I arrived at my destination before I
even got the car started.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Speaking
of wild driving, the following is an excerpt fr<span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">om an old journal:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Once
upon a time when Lydia was about four years old, she was pushing a large Tonka
dump truck down the hall, hands on the edges of the box, going lickety-split,
full bore, as fast as her little legs could go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She rounded the corner into the living room. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was standing in the entrance to the kitchen, and, seeing that she was about to
plow headlong into a large Tonka road grader, I shouted, âStop, <b>STOP!!!</b>
LOOK <b>OUT!!!</b>â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But
the dump truck was <i><u>loud</u></i> with its aggressive hard rubber
tires against the wood floor, and she was going fast, and couldnât at all hear
me over all the noise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">ka-<b>BLAMM!!!!!</b></span></i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She
smashed into the road grader. Since it was sideways, it held its ground,
bringing the dump truck to an abrupt halt. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lydia
did not stop so fast. She flew right over the top of dump truck and road
grader both, somersaulting, and landing flat on her back on the other
side. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was running toward her to see if she was all right, but she was already
scrambling to her feet, seemingly none the worse for wear. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She
walked to the dump truck, leaned down, and peered into the front windshield.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then,
âThatâs just what I thought,â she announced. âItâs a lady driver.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn26IAnrIEKCwKDQ6Qsx7csFczx5jUkiIRMYOpHfjcfrQLyPHEhyqUOaqyt9-nM4J5NYVoeOo-KUuwlsHsyiHEk1-i0spVvTT9kDMh8OhXDNaTQFdYT_q-82aJ8ptjS0O4AX-ELkWXWqNbAKdpcX90RJtvClC-fawn3Fm36OeBHmBitNRaTdQs7y24tk/s978/Picture33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="656" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn26IAnrIEKCwKDQ6Qsx7csFczx5jUkiIRMYOpHfjcfrQLyPHEhyqUOaqyt9-nM4J5NYVoeOo-KUuwlsHsyiHEk1-i0spVvTT9kDMh8OhXDNaTQFdYT_q-82aJ8ptjS0O4AX-ELkWXWqNbAKdpcX90RJtvClC-fawn3Fm36OeBHmBitNRaTdQs7y24tk/s320/Picture33.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lydia, 4, & Hester, 6; 1995</div><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I filled
the bird feeders, and it wasnât long before a small flock of American
goldfinches were clustered around them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The CPA
had Lorenâs taxes finished, so I drove to town to sign the papers that
afternoon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I sent a
picture of myself to Hester, dressed in the blue sweater she had given me, with
a cat cardigan on top, writing, â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thank you for the
pretty (and soft) sweaters! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wore the
blue one today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs so comfortable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I look utterly too-too?â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUT2p7b-7eFMJoi5OhZMY3cnyJamO0110wNbTQ7s4SXBiikfg_MXO-s0guyjs6kBNtt871mHjCMXTlNJNXulUaF3gqBJrxVAQorIpdbmNnc6dWegqK9ZJK2245vaZSMTOfvRre2y27GtoqKNre7gywE5jp2M9FzJX7YR1wuIO2qsuthj7yCuOHYSRe6c/s937/Picture34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUT2p7b-7eFMJoi5OhZMY3cnyJamO0110wNbTQ7s4SXBiikfg_MXO-s0guyjs6kBNtt871mHjCMXTlNJNXulUaF3gqBJrxVAQorIpdbmNnc6dWegqK9ZJK2245vaZSMTOfvRre2y27GtoqKNre7gywE5jp2M9FzJX7YR1wuIO2qsuthj7yCuOHYSRe6c/s320/Picture34.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Full-length selfies
in the mirror always make me look like I have a loooong head and
old-fashioned-Chinese-ladiesâ-sized feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember how they used to wrap their feet, in order to make them stay
small?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âCourse, they ruined their feet
in so doing, and a whole lot of them wound up unable to walk; but at least they
had small feet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">By late
that night, I had the first border on the Cross-Stitchinâ Gone Fishinâ quilt,
and was working on the checkerboard border.
By the way, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">matching those skinny points was
harder than I had expected!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvzeINhqzAh-iYhCgdbB6U2z2CwGO4-ojqwfQ-tICDlxZwwTvSkLInFPxo5TS3BhHyqJ3pW87lVJgtrs69rfwshvhIrPUz9QKA7my_s6LttkKuT2JnnEubINPyhgNsbFGqFCCHnBBhFXYuB_GLL8GRYfsestJ8sBOPiZH-id3nt7P9-HHDLPmmOTp8HY/s915/Picture35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="915" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvzeINhqzAh-iYhCgdbB6U2z2CwGO4-ojqwfQ-tICDlxZwwTvSkLInFPxo5TS3BhHyqJ3pW87lVJgtrs69rfwshvhIrPUz9QKA7my_s6LttkKuT2JnnEubINPyhgNsbFGqFCCHnBBhFXYuB_GLL8GRYfsestJ8sBOPiZH-id3nt7P9-HHDLPmmOTp8HY/s320/Picture35.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlrgpgI_rNRI6tTHHnTFr00APZALHXb4rgU2ywmZ5BpjXkipountCYd2BH2vaYRRtFhSAf2qpaV_R8k2mfQFzlseZM6Z2J5wFwuvNBpOfz0dc8a-ozZlEZjeehDQN7VTJPNTXxsf_gXZqFv-AVhaD91DPEsTmP05UvxLLvEl8u17M-Prxk_sY0laiXU4/s825/Picture36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="825" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlrgpgI_rNRI6tTHHnTFr00APZALHXb4rgU2ywmZ5BpjXkipountCYd2BH2vaYRRtFhSAf2qpaV_R8k2mfQFzlseZM6Z2J5wFwuvNBpOfz0dc8a-ozZlEZjeehDQN7VTJPNTXxsf_gXZqFv-AVhaD91DPEsTmP05UvxLLvEl8u17M-Prxk_sY0laiXU4/s320/Picture36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3_zXG1zz65xcS0HZpv4uAcqCXensgD94rRb2uSNDofHelSWXwkGYwpBYCXTJh1oc1jTj6dtGzdq0NDU5KcnZKQyoWQdpvEYNMOVTNFaw8mmkW3NopxD-DaZhNcWj1eTYvTqSuuPjLrZD76Yi3e4x9e2BsVBXH2Am__Yg6GChVnWQ-zr_If44e6BtnN0/s915/Picture37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="915" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3_zXG1zz65xcS0HZpv4uAcqCXensgD94rRb2uSNDofHelSWXwkGYwpBYCXTJh1oc1jTj6dtGzdq0NDU5KcnZKQyoWQdpvEYNMOVTNFaw8mmkW3NopxD-DaZhNcWj1eTYvTqSuuPjLrZD76Yi3e4x9e2BsVBXH2Am__Yg6GChVnWQ-zr_If44e6BtnN0/s320/Picture37.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW9sd8w-goozEPhqyQxOPDbho_8737QrceQvVv-F2Bp4YeVAM58RzQFj2H992lF24FQbTpHBoHaQKb2nUlsQ_AIPupASSamXBzCcsVIt590cHron3wYqWtjG5C5zBtUeV6RkzpQ6LCGrmE58xJltTjVe-7GRiAQmXuDxdm7gShMxKbGCoKwjWcIOZbp8/s858/Picture38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="858" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW9sd8w-goozEPhqyQxOPDbho_8737QrceQvVv-F2Bp4YeVAM58RzQFj2H992lF24FQbTpHBoHaQKb2nUlsQ_AIPupASSamXBzCcsVIt590cHron3wYqWtjG5C5zBtUeV6RkzpQ6LCGrmE58xJltTjVe-7GRiAQmXuDxdm7gShMxKbGCoKwjWcIOZbp8/s320/Picture38.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After being a bit
taken aback when Victoria gave me that layer cake several years ago (I just
never wouldâve chosen such fabrics in a million years), I am quite liking the
combination, especially for grandson Ian.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I was
sewing away when suddenly the gasket around the calcium-removal cover on my
Rowenta Steam Station finally threw in the towel, after which I had to dash for
a towel to mop the floor onto which the steam had exited, creating a large,
warm puddle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I will
order the part I need as soon as we determine exactly which part that is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In the
meanwhile, I have ordered a new iron, because the steam/spray buttons on my old
Rowenta no longer work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It steamed
gently and often, but regarded my pressing of the buttons as incidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it gets way too hot for a gentle steam to
be enough to prevent scorching on some fabrics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Accordingly,
I went on the search for an iron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I need
my iron to steam like a locomotive, and get hot <i>fast</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish irons didnât have an automatic
shut-off feature, but it seems they all do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At least, any that <i>I</i> might want have it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My steam station does not (and because I have
it on constantly while I sew, the heat probably makes gaskets brittle quicker
than usual).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Did you
ever set out to purchase an item, read a tall stack of reviews â and wind up
feeling like your best way of choosing said item would be to just close your
eyes and stab at a list of like items??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Larry
happened to be home for lunch while I was pawing through the reviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unable to find a good answer, I wondered
aloud, âWhat, exactly, is the difference between a 1700-watt and an 1800-watt
iron?â<span style="background: #F1F2F3; color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As
expected, Larry had the answer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â100
watts.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yeah,
yeah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eat your grapes, Larry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(By the
way, did you know that the Cotton Candy variety of green grapes is absolutely,
positively <i>scrumptious</i>?!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Back to
irons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Oh, and if I neglected to add
the word âsteamâ into my searches, I wound up with pages of golf irons.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Anyway, <i>steam</i>
irons.<span style="background: #F1F2F3; color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
eventually concluded that 1800-watt irons heat faster and put out more steam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I found one with a cute little
computerized LED screen, <i><u>and</u></i> it had good reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was <i>done</i> researching irons; indeed, I had been done before I
started!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>I have things to do.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abruptly deciding, <i>THIS ONE!</i>, I
clicked âFour-Year Protection Planâ and âBuy Nowâ â and just like that, a </span><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/PurSteamIron"><span style="color: #0d0dff; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0DFF;"><span style="color: windowtext;">PurSteam 1800-watt iron</span></span></a></span><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with LCD Screen, Nonstick Ceramic
Soleplate, Auto Shutoff, Anti-Drip, and Self-Cleaning Feature was soon on the
way, scheduled to arrive Wednesday. </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In the
meanwhile, I shall try to make do â and not complain (<i>too</i> much) â with
the continuously gently steaming Rowenta.<span style="background: #F1F2F3; color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Meanwhile,
in midwestern Nebraska:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the prairie fires
had still been burning, they are surely out now, because North Platte got 18â
of snow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, I80, Rte. 30, and
various other roads were deemed impassable and shut down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didnât stay that way for long, though, as
the temperatures soon rose, and the snow began melting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday,
I sent another picture of myself to Hester, this time while wearing the grey
cardigan she had given me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was cold in my quilting room,â I told her, âand had the scarf wrapped around my
neck like a noose... but undid it for the picture. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5vGCY5txMtC81LF-LrMgaAnMA-fSJTgKZ36iKolhuuKGHHF3o6szMGaUEbzxk7u7CMpf-jkMXuYsSqdCZxaxj9hQKz_z17KfOURxHFkoWSFJsycgrL5BCJyJWsFgBewAI23wXE9fcLpiNe0M9tCMqSkdRS0QVRHuO67MFzHMtIpELYGQl_5II9c-PYQ/s1242/Picture39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5vGCY5txMtC81LF-LrMgaAnMA-fSJTgKZ36iKolhuuKGHHF3o6szMGaUEbzxk7u7CMpf-jkMXuYsSqdCZxaxj9hQKz_z17KfOURxHFkoWSFJsycgrL5BCJyJWsFgBewAI23wXE9fcLpiNe0M9tCMqSkdRS0QVRHuO67MFzHMtIpELYGQl_5II9c-PYQ/s320/Picture39.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester replied, â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đđđ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
Itâs chilly today in my house, too! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
like grey and denim together.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then,
âI read that as âmooseâ </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ«</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> instead of ânooseâ.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI suppose a moose
around your neck would be nice and warm, too,â I answered, and then of course
had to find a picture of a girl with a moose wrapped around her neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And here she is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulOAq6f0qqrHwzkN2BWHCBjQUhyz_ze9McnYbMJwNoPg22yUhJxU6VgkxaY5H7CHxY9D8IsRQCROLYLLOjTxyoMbLPgAo3Fq7fWi7oA13U7zXYaE1rtsUT1xCbGuyZ9YBRoeySCpaVkemstBHUs603PZjTwpJE3-gPZaeFLL2pM7gtVHF-9t0kMS1bR4/s225/Picture40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="203" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulOAq6f0qqrHwzkN2BWHCBjQUhyz_ze9McnYbMJwNoPg22yUhJxU6VgkxaY5H7CHxY9D8IsRQCROLYLLOjTxyoMbLPgAo3Fq7fWi7oA13U7zXYaE1rtsUT1xCbGuyZ9YBRoeySCpaVkemstBHUs603PZjTwpJE3-gPZaeFLL2pM7gtVHF-9t0kMS1bR4/s1600/Picture40.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I then found several
more scarves with moose knitted into them, including a soft, dark grey one that
I would actually like to have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sure
is easy for me to fall down rabbit holes!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4HjagkEOF_Mz76uhNxLkaPNbj2Wn8GOA9QCnqgFo8SFEouQCmwbiREqva2IzQLuDNTXXbLBNDFOAB7d8uni1u6H0CwpJ2NxHshliG6A-IzWBhOuVBfdiQRcHKruh2ZwiD5Kj9rn9tg9N3-QlZRHjThDn9S1KpWe2WtPU9oeIuK-lmmQ5CQtRri9XwaM/s429/Picture41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4HjagkEOF_Mz76uhNxLkaPNbj2Wn8GOA9QCnqgFo8SFEouQCmwbiREqva2IzQLuDNTXXbLBNDFOAB7d8uni1u6H0CwpJ2NxHshliG6A-IzWBhOuVBfdiQRcHKruh2ZwiD5Kj9rn9tg9N3-QlZRHjThDn9S1KpWe2WtPU9oeIuK-lmmQ5CQtRri9XwaM/s320/Picture41.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA-60F9-p8LSbhjqkhu-HNCDICL9ze0w3RLjiQj022_d1yAl87QYDMW9wNeitMBCTYpkeeTLe79k5K4k2iNTg3zwLaALtjghDXBM_vaI_qA3mFvcyc8GPR6B8y1ycMe6b12VeylupUIFZeZ29-x0gCc69bgap7PI-bLp2sPuFulhOV_fCz7eEWil2Ikg/s188/Picture42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="172" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA-60F9-p8LSbhjqkhu-HNCDICL9ze0w3RLjiQj022_d1yAl87QYDMW9wNeitMBCTYpkeeTLe79k5K4k2iNTg3zwLaALtjghDXBM_vaI_qA3mFvcyc8GPR6B8y1ycMe6b12VeylupUIFZeZ29-x0gCc69bgap7PI-bLp2sPuFulhOV_fCz7eEWil2Ikg/w285-h311/Picture42.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">During the afternoon, the
older Rowenta iron stopped giving out any steam at all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pulled out a good Mrs. Meyerâs spray bottle,
filled it with water, and have been using that in lieu of steam. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a drop or two of peppermint in it, so
everything is smelling quite nice now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="emoji"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đđ</span></span><span class="emoji"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="emoji"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
took apart the Rowenta steam station that night, and determined that it was indeed
a gasket that had gotten brittle and gone bad, as suspected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might need a brass L fitting, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When I
quit sewing for the night, one side of the checkerboard border was ready to be sewn
onto the Cross-Stitchinâ Gone Fishinâ quilt. The other three borders were
still in four-patches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Itâs fun sewing
little squares together â especially after struggling to match a bunch of
skinny points.<span class="emoji"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7l2cvWsmUt9VzgT8DDwgCeD_0dgYniPEhp0C-TL-295LFZsJx64mOOmaiWEFRSSG_t_6603zR97yvqB5t05Kuh9YRHjtkKEWYOlcyHmjn43L4rBeu8Bmgli2l8TM4RMt5JDOw3qI0E5WIJRlpF-X7t8cKzpOuI6_H5O7GDLlPWrbKBBBUBV1tq4SX-CA/s936/Picture43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="936" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7l2cvWsmUt9VzgT8DDwgCeD_0dgYniPEhp0C-TL-295LFZsJx64mOOmaiWEFRSSG_t_6603zR97yvqB5t05Kuh9YRHjtkKEWYOlcyHmjn43L4rBeu8Bmgli2l8TM4RMt5JDOw3qI0E5WIJRlpF-X7t8cKzpOuI6_H5O7GDLlPWrbKBBBUBV1tq4SX-CA/s320/Picture43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzxzD2gXNOj2BxSarRKL27OkEdXkLC1rSQMj_Ab3sV5870rBE3tI4Ml-Fn8Ybq_h3kSvDR3NyQCpt0zNprPA9N_XU5PGSfhsZqqZsG5ABM97Sxez_dnxv90v_veaMLPcjHzk-IK2ztPp7e0hdlJQ6ab7nWnZNUPP08gyl2hSrYlyup-GrCr0DyESB-UE/s765/Picture45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="765" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzxzD2gXNOj2BxSarRKL27OkEdXkLC1rSQMj_Ab3sV5870rBE3tI4Ml-Fn8Ybq_h3kSvDR3NyQCpt0zNprPA9N_XU5PGSfhsZqqZsG5ABM97Sxez_dnxv90v_veaMLPcjHzk-IK2ztPp7e0hdlJQ6ab7nWnZNUPP08gyl2hSrYlyup-GrCr0DyESB-UE/s320/Picture45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gRB8_BrPHWgF8pwZXvT125hXY6IrUlFmucojQS-WxSri11RVxQfou4iM40v7hZk_huhOVbgWdDqV6rt87-y2djnCritLGX4UTEK0dxKLFGv21nTkG-2hfKVJXPhGfZzCz8gRKL7n_iArAMrlaGpmrf7hyBUZbLrubZGGRojoyPmrFUd2OUbNODEA0vA/s863/Picture44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="863" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gRB8_BrPHWgF8pwZXvT125hXY6IrUlFmucojQS-WxSri11RVxQfou4iM40v7hZk_huhOVbgWdDqV6rt87-y2djnCritLGX4UTEK0dxKLFGv21nTkG-2hfKVJXPhGfZzCz8gRKL7n_iArAMrlaGpmrf7hyBUZbLrubZGGRojoyPmrFUd2OUbNODEA0vA/s320/Picture44.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A quilting friend was
talking about how her kitty likes to play Hide and Seek with her, hiding and
then meowing for her to come and find him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It reminded me of a couple of our cats that liked to pop out suddenly in
front of Larry, often from some high elevation, such as a counter, a tall
bureau, and suchlike, because he made such satisfying shouts of startlement,
and ran in place in midair for a moment or two until gravity got the better of
him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cats would then sashay calmly
off, tails making tall, smug question marks behind them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Below is our cat
Socks, who not only liked playing Hide and Seek with <i>us, </i>but also with
Tabby kitty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Socks died (we think
he got poisoned), Tabby often went searching about the house, saying,
âMee?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mee?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mee?â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, getting no answer, heâd increase the volume:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âMe<b>oww?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>Me<b>oww?</b>â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When <i>that</i>
produced no results, heâd squall and howl in an amazingly loud voice, for quiet
little Tabby:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â<b>MRRROOWWW!!!!</b>â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP-lAQ7eMvlTr9z455DZR8_30BdawR3GzozBbFYZQy0kXfgwvOJFS0x9mRJFzm04Tt1899xOuJgcj8y4fNw1EQ49TIWLC-dJrJS5oUtj1C5K2ZWA5KyqWsHspp4m0LHmZsgRsNhfDE7P9gigXN_cH6vZZO4-fUKIzQbphxL6ACVz8F3KgLnNdlWOsXUg/s866/Picture46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="866" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP-lAQ7eMvlTr9z455DZR8_30BdawR3GzozBbFYZQy0kXfgwvOJFS0x9mRJFzm04Tt1899xOuJgcj8y4fNw1EQ49TIWLC-dJrJS5oUtj1C5K2ZWA5KyqWsHspp4m0LHmZsgRsNhfDE7P9gigXN_cH6vZZO4-fUKIzQbphxL6ACVz8F3KgLnNdlWOsXUg/s320/Picture46.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After waiting a
moment or two, and hearing no responding âMeow!â from his friend, heâd come and
stand up against my leg, patting on me with his paw and saying, âMee!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Meeee!!â<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Poor little
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just couldnât understand what
had become of his playmate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This picture of
Socks kitty just showed up in my âFacebook memoriesâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of my scanned photos from 2004. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve often been so very glad I spent all that
time scanning my old photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When we were
deciding what to name this cat, we had almost decided on âBootsâ (because of
his little white paws), when it occurred to me that the Clintons had a cat
named Boots. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not wanting to name our cat
after theirs, we instead chose âSocksâ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Guess what. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(Did you guess?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I was wrong. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Clintonsâ cat was named âSocksâ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, by the time I learned of my error,
our Socks knew his name! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was too late
to change it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The kids, as
expected, thought this extremely funny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Saturday was another
pretty day, 47°, on its way up to 51°. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
sky was very blue, and not a bit smoky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I heard a familiar bird call â that metallic â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">conk-la-ree!â â and quickly looked out the
window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep, the red-winged blackbirds
are back!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was perched on one of the
new feeders Larry got me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âConk-la-reeâ
â thatâs how All About Birds describes the call of the red-winged blackbird, and
they ought to know, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, it <i>does</i>
sound like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIQH0QRInts6BWtXJuKbHp3QkoL4jxduTjijBIBWLxEfm5hmhyhp3_ZaFtOTAZ9SUgUSdx6zq5gzhyphenhyphenz_8qfz-X8RST6W4C9pv1abFjwmSm_Qhee9Lji1HgQ-eJJQ78c2D47fUUi2yINtVyVIfMKvly8yTa6dB01NymtokYcWqjCLCQThfxeW616S8O5I/s321/Picture47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="321" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIQH0QRInts6BWtXJuKbHp3QkoL4jxduTjijBIBWLxEfm5hmhyhp3_ZaFtOTAZ9SUgUSdx6zq5gzhyphenhyphenz_8qfz-X8RST6W4C9pv1abFjwmSm_Qhee9Lji1HgQ-eJJQ78c2D47fUUi2yINtVyVIfMKvly8yTa6dB01NymtokYcWqjCLCQThfxeW616S8O5I/s320/Picture47.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">That
afternoon, I headed to Omaha to visit Loren. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coffee, camera, and the National Geographic
magazines he likes â those are the important things to remember to take with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way there, on the east side of
Fremont, I was following a small caravan of Army trucks â and then met <i>another
</i>caravan of Army trucks heading west.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYLtqGKINEsIEs_B-skO5vp2_pwW8VVdbxoYIPIId3r-lM6fbv3uLrxzQeD8gaePNmqJ53i4cW4aioHfVujX9N2BtxfP6LO_OOs1FE2HMKWjwSL-usbRmhVncDutyc_dQlVTPl-zQtCyVGPVJfKKKagh3lIcMVk979xODWLayKxhMsJ67CSKT31LdC0c/s851/Picture48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="851" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYLtqGKINEsIEs_B-skO5vp2_pwW8VVdbxoYIPIId3r-lM6fbv3uLrxzQeD8gaePNmqJ53i4cW4aioHfVujX9N2BtxfP6LO_OOs1FE2HMKWjwSL-usbRmhVncDutyc_dQlVTPl-zQtCyVGPVJfKKKagh3lIcMVk979xODWLayKxhMsJ67CSKT31LdC0c/s320/Picture48.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I walked
into the nursing home, looked around the commons, which was fairly full of
people, and, not seeing Loren, I checked his room, then glanced into the TV
lounging area where I sometimes find him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I didnât
find him there, so I asked a couple of the nurses if they knew where he
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They made a few vague gestures in
opposing directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
laughed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIâll just go hunting for him,â
I told them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I walked
all the way around the main part of the home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No Loren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
returned to the nursing station and reported on my failed expedition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âOh,
heâs in the TV lounge!â one of the nurses informed me, pointing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âWaaay back in the corner.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sure
enough, thatâs where he was.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He
looked up and saw me the minute I walked in, and greeted me happily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHi!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
did you know this was on?!â he asked, gesturing toward the big TV screen, on
which was a picture of the St. Louis skyline, including the Arch. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSavQ6WObMm11YCPH1bpOTLpSP5fO3ihu5MFSu1Xbf13jzA-t9oT9m19JVVkrluHqkgZF5v-4sgAba8WHJ_BEEWPoNqqC68gKtcc9hk9MlAleEyRh4OGMhGhOUqQLwUe8OkQsspfXdofoiR1OFhl9cOmvZXmPxhgwmpaYRX-mXrjv__t4OidRTd0uWQC0/s436/Picture49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="436" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSavQ6WObMm11YCPH1bpOTLpSP5fO3ihu5MFSu1Xbf13jzA-t9oT9m19JVVkrluHqkgZF5v-4sgAba8WHJ_BEEWPoNqqC68gKtcc9hk9MlAleEyRh4OGMhGhOUqQLwUe8OkQsspfXdofoiR1OFhl9cOmvZXmPxhgwmpaYRX-mXrjv__t4OidRTd0uWQC0/s320/Picture49.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âOh, I
just took a wild guess,â I answered, making him laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
visited for a while, and Loren looked at the National Geographic magazines Iâd
brought him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was from 1989, and had
a multi-page feature with many photos of the Yellowstone Fires of 1988. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">These
days, Loren believes I have taken every picture and video I show him on Instagram,
and every photo in the National Geographic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He kept going back to a picture of towering flames in the pines, with a
couple of fully-suited firemen in the foreground, looking very small in front
of that inferno.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âHow
could you stand the heat, being that close to the fire?â he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âItâs
not my picture; I wasnât there,â I told him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>âBut it was awfully hot for those firemen,â I added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He
nodded, looking long at the photo, a full spread on double pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He turned to the next page, which pictured an
elk making its way through a forest that was charred black.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5xbxWx49obb4TqdhcQz-xH-9TY_c3B0psTA-JKBgnhJ49dRoUEIQL5cnoKDGj9APWRNlJpwImifq5nW147Qv3JygbYSdN6O0ej3mmKNpW_nrvM-ct1e5dUdEXN-OGycjsOu43K_1qhrgVuMdwJlw2Da1FRiVYwjOK-upgd5cNozWvGu5NFiHRHrHdVU/s792/Yellowstone%20Fires.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="792" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5xbxWx49obb4TqdhcQz-xH-9TY_c3B0psTA-JKBgnhJ49dRoUEIQL5cnoKDGj9APWRNlJpwImifq5nW147Qv3JygbYSdN6O0ej3mmKNpW_nrvM-ct1e5dUdEXN-OGycjsOu43K_1qhrgVuMdwJlw2Da1FRiVYwjOK-upgd5cNozWvGu5NFiHRHrHdVU/s320/Yellowstone%20Fires.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âDid the
animals know you were there to help them?â he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And so
it went, until finally they began opening the glass French doors to the dining
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was time for their dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And
thatâs when the elderly gentleman whoâd been sitting beside Loren suddenly
grasped the handles of his walker, pulled himself to his feet, and took off on
a dead run (well, a dead run for <i>him, </i>anyway) toward one of the open
doors, holding his walker up and out of the way of his running feet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Someone
in a wheelchair cut in front of him, throwing him off his stride; so he set the
walker down and regrouped before rushing pell-mell on into the dining
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If one doesnât get a move on, all
those other residents will gobble up all the food, you know, leaving one
nothing but a piece of squash!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just ask
Olâ Dan Tucker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I stayed
until they brought Loren his plate of food, and then told him goodbye and
headed for home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stopped at <span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Standing Bear Lake,
just 1 œ miles north of the home, to see how much of the renovations have been
completed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW30YyUrZIl1ThYFVKyliPbEt72Sr9g9dcBR3YYNrjcaFNdEC6FBKPfvoMyzOtIt7orXpIyWO-4UXo3T7hyphenhyphen8xTJyBR9sBrFZpXePPzc_w41JbumLiayhQ0U0Num_0Xff3DAGU7RLXBqycAntadqoOvL50zww-c6l_Cn-MLhJBOozb7jMkvPnbHchtV_5U/s919/Picture51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="919" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW30YyUrZIl1ThYFVKyliPbEt72Sr9g9dcBR3YYNrjcaFNdEC6FBKPfvoMyzOtIt7orXpIyWO-4UXo3T7hyphenhyphen8xTJyBR9sBrFZpXePPzc_w41JbumLiayhQ0U0Num_0Xff3DAGU7RLXBqycAntadqoOvL50zww-c6l_Cn-MLhJBOozb7jMkvPnbHchtV_5U/s320/Picture51.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZOSpZu8hQwnQhtQp3L6OQh3s4emw0Ja4TXRz0qJoekLa7L6t4F7k7MBhGA6WfGIGEEZbN4SwU4YIbKUKS17zL28MH4Bvrp8iBXjrH3i9tWHpgEv-qNiwe-IxBh9LuLzfvRBFuV1yvQ7XZdLEhSYoDMwHTJ8BOmNQHH9HIs-1zXSyf95NEOId7HOAEtc/s918/Picture52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="918" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZOSpZu8hQwnQhtQp3L6OQh3s4emw0Ja4TXRz0qJoekLa7L6t4F7k7MBhGA6WfGIGEEZbN4SwU4YIbKUKS17zL28MH4Bvrp8iBXjrH3i9tWHpgEv-qNiwe-IxBh9LuLzfvRBFuV1yvQ7XZdLEhSYoDMwHTJ8BOmNQHH9HIs-1zXSyf95NEOId7HOAEtc/s320/Picture52.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Early last year, the lake
was drained to remove the invasive yellow bass and common carp. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was then cleaned and allowed to refill,
after which it was restocked with game fish, including largemouth bass,
bluegill, channel catfish, and walleye. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Black
crappie are scheduled to be stocked this year, as the lake continues to fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">There were a lot of
waterfowl on the lake: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greater scaup,
American coot, Redheads, Blue-winged teal, Bufflehead, Goldeneye, Canada geese...
and probably a lot more that I did not see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Itâs already very nice, and will be a lovely place when everything is
completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeqMBS7zb8cFFsBTbFGpx-DJh0bwWglISEShRq5I8jVpI5FPDdNIruH2WJ1eJq1sUgPzDvXPKJfVBwZfDndPDyGU0mYz1rOIBCps9qEwRMjdoskHbcvCvwb1GnRKJ6_ceJCKhQMbVeCY0sZwTS1BY2y_I7CAwx2L2umw5EvufamTsMcUupSHFVtK5Kmg/s877/Picture53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="877" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeqMBS7zb8cFFsBTbFGpx-DJh0bwWglISEShRq5I8jVpI5FPDdNIruH2WJ1eJq1sUgPzDvXPKJfVBwZfDndPDyGU0mYz1rOIBCps9qEwRMjdoskHbcvCvwb1GnRKJ6_ceJCKhQMbVeCY0sZwTS1BY2y_I7CAwx2L2umw5EvufamTsMcUupSHFVtK5Kmg/s320/Picture53.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlz9xrX6MiCQwdjgluIAZ8LOA0aScL7YcLL4kCNsOE53uNeQyEIAfJhBMVwHNSG-2rVEitU_b3waV_GqLX6X9YcfckyPFGfakl4bRUvqCKU1U-RjaVJM6IkfiDZg5SepjQoNXfLty8s3oobwIN8lfI5bppAL7qMz_1OuAlZp66sXoeJVEH1hBXBdWUuQ/s836/Picture54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="836" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlz9xrX6MiCQwdjgluIAZ8LOA0aScL7YcLL4kCNsOE53uNeQyEIAfJhBMVwHNSG-2rVEitU_b3waV_GqLX6X9YcfckyPFGfakl4bRUvqCKU1U-RjaVJM6IkfiDZg5SepjQoNXfLty8s3oobwIN8lfI5bppAL7qMz_1OuAlZp66sXoeJVEH1hBXBdWUuQ/s320/Picture54.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After leaving Standing Bear Lake, just for the fun of
it, I cut through some residential areas on my way out of northwest Omaha. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoOZ9DJbusRQZ6FMZ7X_Ohz5_ki_BgGci1-VAx27s2fNP8enEjzsUaRnpH8HaB2CgsuIKX0kMz1GagnPGgpCCvaP2j4HG0-Nc2KOM9L-tz9K5bxfAESox-iQ4dQBGC4JJm50QyaiUBUSABrBlywK0d6lts-goxctBso3-PTmUl6xEjyKAKFSfg0XGGVE/s1003/Picture55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1003" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoOZ9DJbusRQZ6FMZ7X_Ohz5_ki_BgGci1-VAx27s2fNP8enEjzsUaRnpH8HaB2CgsuIKX0kMz1GagnPGgpCCvaP2j4HG0-Nc2KOM9L-tz9K5bxfAESox-iQ4dQBGC4JJm50QyaiUBUSABrBlywK0d6lts-goxctBso3-PTmUl6xEjyKAKFSfg0XGGVE/s320/Picture55.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1W8ApaQO0iOPBzYZTT3E5gPZrdPLDsXbiLS9pF7XsI6Oa4hXcb49s0bBEJwlsRgdM4QXq3horHlfwQyDbJ0Z90eB3vPcLaHFUR8LP2g_FZfUem7zhkWXx2DDIvqgvOKiYMfzPf-sKi22YTHwiE3ZJCABiANhSXgjcGo0d2pcP7Kii6GrN_OLanYug2k/s919/Picture64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="919" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1W8ApaQO0iOPBzYZTT3E5gPZrdPLDsXbiLS9pF7XsI6Oa4hXcb49s0bBEJwlsRgdM4QXq3horHlfwQyDbJ0Z90eB3vPcLaHFUR8LP2g_FZfUem7zhkWXx2DDIvqgvOKiYMfzPf-sKi22YTHwiE3ZJCABiANhSXgjcGo0d2pcP7Kii6GrN_OLanYug2k/s320/Picture64.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It was hard driving home
into the sun. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned north and went as
far as possible (well, not <i>really</i> as far as possible; I didnât land in
Alaska, after all) before turning west, and was glad when the sun dropped below
the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXiU7I3W5wTOfag5-s8fydXa8QkgqNbPsHtu1G5Q9H2PVrBkMvs7KAJ-PJg_Mj3dTJj4xzZbIIGJ-On_VH8fGDlEbrLtSI45lZC9g5JJd73UfFrUpzg9QNqaBf0nq0GKPNZlMHDItFFBO6avVZvoxlPlUwsO5ksrDM2TJfriWIRjjXz9hRKQHHb-yINE/s954/Picture56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="954" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXiU7I3W5wTOfag5-s8fydXa8QkgqNbPsHtu1G5Q9H2PVrBkMvs7KAJ-PJg_Mj3dTJj4xzZbIIGJ-On_VH8fGDlEbrLtSI45lZC9g5JJd73UfFrUpzg9QNqaBf0nq0GKPNZlMHDItFFBO6avVZvoxlPlUwsO5ksrDM2TJfriWIRjjXz9hRKQHHb-yINE/s320/Picture56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My eyes werenât too
awfully troublesome, but they definitely get worse when I go into a store, or
into Prairie Meadows, or suchlike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wish they werenât always the worst at church; itâs probably because of the
airflow there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I just go on trying
to speak to people clearly and quickly and use really long words, so they at
least think, âWow, sheâs really bright, for such an old ladyâ ---------- and
then I push on a door that says âPULLâ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a stubborn sort of a person, once is
never enough; I draw back, give it a determined look, and PUSH!!!! â and then
read the sign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I didnât feel so great
that night after I got home, and I didnât sleep well, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My alarm went off at 6:40 a.m., as usual, in
case I might feel well enough to go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After resetting the
alarm for 8:00 so I could wake Larry up, I finally fell asleep â and the alarm promptly
went off again, reinforcing my opinion of snooze alarms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I hate them.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, I could not go back to
sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry had an hour and a
half to get ready for church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He was late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He arrived when everyone was already singing
the first song.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He explains, âThe clock
always goes so <i>fast,</i> those last 15 minutes!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Still feeling queasy last
evening, I ate Campbellâs creamy chicken noodle soup for supper and drank some strawberry-watermelon
juice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to eat a small cup of
applesauce, but gave up after two or three bites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I got a reminder from Eye
Surgical Associates about my 11:30 a.m. Wednesday appointment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I will be able to hold my eyes open
long enough by Wednesday to drive to Lincoln and back home again safely!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Caleb recently
sent us a video of Eva, 3, riding her little bicycle â one of those sorts that
has no pedals â at a nearby skateboard park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He calls this small girl of his âEva Knievelâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This picture is slightly blurry, as itâs a
screen grab from a low-resolution video clip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_S0nAMV4YCT1BweCCckSdYA8ztabDkuHvww-hUQenwUNw9FhytzdADC2Cx5tKn7TqKCPtjor1av5oi650lNCuSdFpCJ_-dh03jymYBiuOeW3KbBDZZG0XBoDHuJaSGyK5C9J_bonu-waS7fkHCXX_D-rqAEYNNi_QxzE8o3NC478xaAC12AR9FocJz8/s633/Picture57.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="633" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_S0nAMV4YCT1BweCCckSdYA8ztabDkuHvww-hUQenwUNw9FhytzdADC2Cx5tKn7TqKCPtjor1av5oi650lNCuSdFpCJ_-dh03jymYBiuOeW3KbBDZZG0XBoDHuJaSGyK5C9J_bonu-waS7fkHCXX_D-rqAEYNNi_QxzE8o3NC478xaAC12AR9FocJz8/s320/Picture57.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Sitting
on the bike seat, she pushed hard up the approach on the left, ran across the
flat area at the top, and then, with a huge push-off, she cried, âAnnnd...
GO!!!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She flew
lickety-split down the other side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
she made a circle and headed back for another go, she cried happily, âWowww!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When she
got back to the starting point, Caleb trotting along beside her, making her
laugh, he told her, âRemember, that bottom part (a metal plate) is slippery!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Rather
than slow down, she wheelied her front tire right over the top of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Along with other shots from my drive to Omaha, I
posted this one of three new trucks, red, white, and purple, being hauled
piggyback on a fourth new truck in blue, writing, â</span><span class="x193iq5w"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Look!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The red
truck is attempting to escape, stage right!â</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo00jHnIASwQuVHGHHcPpENmi4B3xGwgJVjNtxOFJit3pV7ZL9nzwsI2XyR3rPS7SkfxunryGLFlhQ3xO0G-fxr81cdq3AvKjJsD5A1Y4q6aQ_72e7tQD2HRAiBPqtPWQYqvVWuVhGZ1XTIM11DJTk5VOVbh26nfG04B1X45gCkSHJXuiCNwEcJe7SSE/s789/Picture58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="789" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo00jHnIASwQuVHGHHcPpENmi4B3xGwgJVjNtxOFJit3pV7ZL9nzwsI2XyR3rPS7SkfxunryGLFlhQ3xO0G-fxr81cdq3AvKjJsD5A1Y4q6aQ_72e7tQD2HRAiBPqtPWQYqvVWuVhGZ1XTIM11DJTk5VOVbh26nfG04B1X45gCkSHJXuiCNwEcJe7SSE/s320/Picture58.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">An online friend from Tasmania who often takes note
of vehicles that traverse our roadways that would never be allowed there, such
as pickups with tall, wide tires, or even the height and length of Larryâs
truck and pup, commented, âNo way would that happen here.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">âIsnât it funny,â I responded, âhow different things
are done in different places? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
always all astonished at Australiaâs road trains, and think how <i>that</i>
would never happen <i>here!</i> â not just because of the laws, but because
tight curves and steep hills and mountains would make it impossible.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgve76OhgHf_PM9Cs3Pl8ZGcPY88q96Bp1QRyOSlcXP5eOaJk6J8O6Irh7B3B1LUWfygGd_QB_3R-YCov73XMJqaiQ8LyJF_4AF07PjKNh3LSZ02DrDGbcTvxvjtRzi1oPKQsvONuhO7icjEN5g1nUsLlIx61G9oiz8sV3msODzqcffiVRfUWsvpSROsvY/s424/Picture59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="424" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgve76OhgHf_PM9Cs3Pl8ZGcPY88q96Bp1QRyOSlcXP5eOaJk6J8O6Irh7B3B1LUWfygGd_QB_3R-YCov73XMJqaiQ8LyJF_4AF07PjKNh3LSZ02DrDGbcTvxvjtRzi1oPKQsvONuhO7icjEN5g1nUsLlIx61G9oiz8sV3msODzqcffiVRfUWsvpSROsvY/s320/Picture59.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The black kitty that
often roams around the neighborhood just let me pet him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing him strolling down our front sidewalk,
I opened the front door and called to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Leery, he considered dashing off; but I squatted down and held out the
back of my hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Did you know that
animals consider the back side of your hand a lot less threatening than the
palm side?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow they understand that a
person cannot grab them with the back of their hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always wonder why people cannot figure this
out when they reach for the top of a dogâs head, and he ducks.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cat looked at me, debated â and then I do
believe he remembered that I was in fact the person who let him out of our garage
when he got himself trapped in there a couple of weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He came up the porch steps...
approached... sniffed my hand --- and then rubbed the side of his cheek on
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him what a nice kitty he was,
turned my hand over, and gently scratched the side of his neck, right where all
cats everywhere, from small domestics to big lions, like it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc3FwtH5lolkHA7hY-rNnSWDOxPDMWdcdbZlWEuqnJkMskUTwPn1gB8lIEob6wp5LxTfetOYofCl1VYhT0wHy0aQuEJezsFHfMuhL9xC_EQ3st288mJmGh_7SB9l5rm6xXj8-45a5ZNHfkprXlKhWk8lj0bj7iEtjXxXnqq5fBVX6XW3hvFyyv93XXlQ/s470/Picture1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc3FwtH5lolkHA7hY-rNnSWDOxPDMWdcdbZlWEuqnJkMskUTwPn1gB8lIEob6wp5LxTfetOYofCl1VYhT0wHy0aQuEJezsFHfMuhL9xC_EQ3st288mJmGh_7SB9l5rm6xXj8-45a5ZNHfkprXlKhWk8lj0bj7iEtjXxXnqq5fBVX6XW3hvFyyv93XXlQ/s320/Picture1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He purred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tipped his head this way and that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âRight there again, please... ahhhh... a
little lower... thatâs right... ahhhhh...â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After a minute or two, I
went inside (with the cat giving serious thought to coming right on in with me)
and got him a small piece of cheese as a reward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stood on the edge of the screen door,
meowing for me to come back out (or to let him come in, one or the other).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He obviously has not been
fed from a personâs hand much at all, and is mid-sighted like most cats,
meaning they cannot focus well on something under a foot away from them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Did you know that indoor
cats tend to be nearsighted, while outdoor cats tend to be farsighted?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After a bit of trial and
error, I put the little piece of cheese on the porch, and kept sliding it under
his nose and pointing it out to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
finally found it, scarfed it up, and asked for more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âMeow!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now and then he stood up with his paws on my leg â and he has <i>not</i>
learned to sheath his claws!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I slid my
arm under his paws, lifted them, and told him, âOw!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That hurts!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By the third time, he was
actually trying to be a little more careful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cats are not dumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Let me rephrase
that:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Most</i> cats are not
dumb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đž</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Anyway, he put prickles
on my leg, fur and dander on my clothes, and made me itchy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, I am once again glad we no longer
have any cats, much as I like them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoever he belongs to is feeding him well, for
heâs nice and plump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not too fat, just healthily
plump.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hungry for a snack a
little while ago, I looked in the refrigerator and spotted a pack of three bell
peppers in red, orange, and yellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
the thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sliced them up, arranged
them on a plate, and put a little cup of dip in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dip is G. Hughesâ sugar-free Honey
Mustard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhintq1uZ6-AMJDt1T3eIsmPSzLBZIdWk_KeOd5p8btkICLS8MYDeAEMN83n1N09GuEvVX-SAHa3HLMmmdRfb-0UuQExCfA-CQJJ-t5dc892OZNt3o48rPcc8woNlQl1eundAWUzKkGU47jE8IckaU6A3-vMZp6SUp9NhMQxehchp0gwcAxINSDjSoe0As/s826/Picture61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="826" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhintq1uZ6-AMJDt1T3eIsmPSzLBZIdWk_KeOd5p8btkICLS8MYDeAEMN83n1N09GuEvVX-SAHa3HLMmmdRfb-0UuQExCfA-CQJJ-t5dc892OZNt3o48rPcc8woNlQl1eundAWUzKkGU47jE8IckaU6A3-vMZp6SUp9NhMQxehchp0gwcAxINSDjSoe0As/s320/Picture61.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The fact is, though, I
like sweet pepper slices best <i>without </i>dip.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Okay, that made a good
appetizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now for supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmmm... I think Iâll have roast beef,
potato, and carrot stew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With applesauce
for dessert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry just called; heâs
in Leshara, 70 miles to our southeast, sitting in his truck (one of the older
trucks), waiting for Caleb to come and get him and bring him back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had finished picking up forms at the
jobsite, climbed in the truck to drive home â and discovered that the truck had
lost its air pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">You canât drive a truck
that has airbrakes if you have no air pressure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tomorrow he will take an
air compressor back to the job, find the leak, and fix it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And now I shall head for
my recliner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâd rather go upstairs and
sew, but Iâm still a bit under the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So... the recliner it is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-44758088409678342432024-03-09T23:46:00.010-06:002024-03-10T17:49:43.534-05:00Photos: Driving Home from Omaha<p style="text-align: center;"> After leaving Standing Bear Lake, I cut through some residential areas on my way out of northwest Omaha.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEbNsv6OXfL_cMhFUrzICB4AvjYvQo2DeEtQRy54wFUFDUd3pvScnMwXBgdcVBpAaByC2a-vSmgO7klZr49N2S_ozc4brjmQaGkF4VJG4gPYrmKwkHCPhC7JEPBoV9vmO1gyTN5ue3Ah2JqRRm6z7pI5i2FUGCGjuvs2udeaz6SEvLe-QSCPr1-QzqE8/s1280/IMG_5524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I turned north and went as far as possible (well, not <i>really</i> as far as possible; I didn't land in Alaska, after all) before turning west, and was glad when the sun dropped below the horizon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa4qQc8mWJaHLre3EX2qL-GSXfX2trvLLyQG8fyJsb_yeV7wusIu90ppszTq1XBWJ2J63oifkZVJNbdXbx10XsuGguj5iJUeIpWvr6dlS2Zty19ZYHPByUkFCGu9-ltG3pZOoPTIyMSR7FEOe59hFk8bQI8vx_OTKMnNTO4bn7gq9ykoln_FuzGmDG2A/s1280/IMG_5567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa4qQc8mWJaHLre3EX2qL-GSXfX2trvLLyQG8fyJsb_yeV7wusIu90ppszTq1XBWJ2J63oifkZVJNbdXbx10XsuGguj5iJUeIpWvr6dlS2Zty19ZYHPByUkFCGu9-ltG3pZOoPTIyMSR7FEOe59hFk8bQI8vx_OTKMnNTO4bn7gq9ykoln_FuzGmDG2A/s320/IMG_5567.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><br />Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-7041638708095058092024-03-09T23:44:00.006-06:002024-03-10T13:41:12.461-05:00Photos: Standing Bear Lake<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was then cleaned and allowed to refill, after which it was restocked with game fish, including largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and walleye. Black crappie are scheduled to be stocked this year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUXgSq80YaSYveoMiltgPZ64MCd8WzauNTR7Uy6QgY6BCzSBiHsV1t8Mob0CM2FcvtBbVDASvtLZ8dvL8PW9zUHS4Wz4uMpEHwTHwVT0XafV7epizlC2ZYgmPvLc4_CFXr3xfyi_BuC3aOI9N2z7dXdHfQDctTxlPgJICagwKVmK2sTrpNumUKuk4y4M/s1280/IMG_5504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUXgSq80YaSYveoMiltgPZ64MCd8WzauNTR7Uy6QgY6BCzSBiHsV1t8Mob0CM2FcvtBbVDASvtLZ8dvL8PW9zUHS4Wz4uMpEHwTHwVT0XafV7epizlC2ZYgmPvLc4_CFXr3xfyi_BuC3aOI9N2z7dXdHfQDctTxlPgJICagwKVmK2sTrpNumUKuk4y4M/s320/IMG_5504.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-17682892727065789092024-03-09T22:24:00.001-06:002024-03-09T22:24:48.398-06:00Photo: On Golden Pond<p style="text-align: center;"> Blue-winged teal (and it's on Standing Bear Lake, actually).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="982" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcMgJ50MlVdXGntAau5XhIWyOXF7VLmO7iY2MKu-r7AFKqVxbfW3wJS_9GJQ81hjXSuf7OX5eFvJtMBxUIaZUsWs1EqXRZ36L5VnT05FguiB1dlkwQl32tQlNz3O1HbQ2TLyzom_0mIa-CFDW_PnUEo0FGbFMjatf-R59AJBo8_WDrV_igdgAU70LppI/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I took this picture
Saturday on my way to Omaha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those
black speckles up ahead are birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
starlings are migrating back again!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Last Monday, I sent
pictures of Kurt and his older brother Timothy to Victoria, writing</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, âI was looking at some old pictures â and remembered
that in picture #3, Kurt was trying to imitate his big brotherâs expression in
picture #2. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hunted for these pictures because a recent
picture of Willie reminded me of them.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This was
at our 1999 Fourth-of-July picnic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
first took a picture of Kurt (with his mother apparently screwing his head back
on.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8uy1Kqw8_MRpQOW5y_EE_L5pyBgDgZbnP6jiY_jaaKOX1aAIX1zumLAVTmgVSn9aELcqgW74EGQYmrkec4QvvXm_WOgN2iS2TbgoqpEkIVsbJWzVVwqDKByZ2ACOQxZ_ra-01cUV3WtDLTBn9xe5V1bWN6EQBG8tpUoO9uN69KlKLXikhyk8RhH3fQw/s642/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8uy1Kqw8_MRpQOW5y_EE_L5pyBgDgZbnP6jiY_jaaKOX1aAIX1zumLAVTmgVSn9aELcqgW74EGQYmrkec4QvvXm_WOgN2iS2TbgoqpEkIVsbJWzVVwqDKByZ2ACOQxZ_ra-01cUV3WtDLTBn9xe5V1bWN6EQBG8tpUoO9uN69KlKLXikhyk8RhH3fQw/s320/Picture2.jpg" width="246" /></a>al</div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Next, I took a picture of Timothy, who proceeded to make a
funny face:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCucA_tUlS-QoRMJydfJ7zlls2QSynU0orkgpa8xrxEmtTdcVZ0I_YBTgkgIuFBITpMXQikMERNuT3Ij8uSn_wYRV074xPlVVJpHCVsB6p8zeKig_S33XKh9Cbj28UjDd_oyZHkAHrBJcucfTt2Oz5gk1lWf7ncdA5p6aZy0UKSlNWtT47-GnoQbWUHc/s624/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="445" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCucA_tUlS-QoRMJydfJ7zlls2QSynU0orkgpa8xrxEmtTdcVZ0I_YBTgkgIuFBITpMXQikMERNuT3Ij8uSn_wYRV074xPlVVJpHCVsB6p8zeKig_S33XKh9Cbj28UjDd_oyZHkAHrBJcucfTt2Oz5gk1lWf7ncdA5p6aZy0UKSlNWtT47-GnoQbWUHc/s320/Picture3.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Kurt, evidently thinking his big brother looked pretty hilarious,
tried to imitate him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf16QS81VaBVF-sB6vL8kpJCBiyJj2FynDy1XImLOEcSdTNgUqHExDWp_XyM7C9HHvjqJjSvtoU9k64_9EVOXknmfW0pEZgu7q2JDm8tFlW5eUt3CxPvE4lbUBfDGOkLThWz5Fx3RS545kebWEB8DlAmafSVQmGbqibyxoryKrRYeVoToMEz5EY0IHs4/s624/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf16QS81VaBVF-sB6vL8kpJCBiyJj2FynDy1XImLOEcSdTNgUqHExDWp_XyM7C9HHvjqJjSvtoU9k64_9EVOXknmfW0pEZgu7q2JDm8tFlW5eUt3CxPvE4lbUBfDGOkLThWz5Fx3RS545kebWEB8DlAmafSVQmGbqibyxoryKrRYeVoToMEz5EY0IHs4/s320/Picture4.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Victoria then sent a few recent pictures of Willie making a funny face quite a lot like his Daddy had done.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Kurt mentioned that Willie looks like one of the Jackson cousinâs boys, and I agreed.</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThatâs funny,â
commented Victoria. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIâve never thought
he looked like our side before. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must
take a hat to transform him.â (He had on a cute little ball cap.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âHats can do all
sorts of things,â I told her, and sent this picture:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ5LtuY87WMhdJUj7O3A3Tzi5kpAgTqtsIVIzXiz8Dlt1kAs8GYqkW9TWPen-YYNuAS08jGazlIQw0fROhyphenhyphenPNantXAvotqsjIW3BCMWeZEtcxjtEvpQdv7rUnyjwdyhi-qiOnAgUh0j72tqB4SKANFuoNXNaae3pF6Itp_7zgAwWcoTAUMbvu_-MI52A/s420/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ5LtuY87WMhdJUj7O3A3Tzi5kpAgTqtsIVIzXiz8Dlt1kAs8GYqkW9TWPen-YYNuAS08jGazlIQw0fROhyphenhyphenPNantXAvotqsjIW3BCMWeZEtcxjtEvpQdv7rUnyjwdyhi-qiOnAgUh0j72tqB4SKANFuoNXNaae3pF6Itp_7zgAwWcoTAUMbvu_-MI52A/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tuesday, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I cleaned the kitchen, paid a bill, wrapped a gift â and
then Larry came home for lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Perhaps
youâll recall, his blood pressure was much too high Monday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was nearly out of blood pressure medicine.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâs managed to mostly leave off the
medication for the last several years by losing weight and eating carefully.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As
expected, he had not yet called for a doctorâs appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">âCall
now, or Iâll do it <i>for</i> you!â I said in my kindly, helpful manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">âIâll do
it on my way back to town,â he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sherrrrrrrrr.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">âDo it <i>now</i>,â
I said, âor <i>Iâll do it for you!!!â</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He said,
and I quote, âGrumm grumm grumm grumm grummâ â but he called.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave him an appointment for Wednesday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That
day, grandson Trevor got his quilt and pillow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was a day late, but at least it wasnât lost! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brooklyn had to run and get her quilt and
pillow so Dorcas could take their picture together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trevor made a video clip, too, thanking me,
telling me he loves it â âItâs soooo comfortable!!!â â and saying how he plans
to take it with him when he goes to âThe Arkâ. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(Thatâs âThe
Ark Encounterâ in Kentucky. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their church
is planning a field trip for kids from grades 3-5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâll be a year before Trevor can go, but he
likes to plan ahead.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That
day, the sky was smoky from two large prairie fires to our west.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bettyâs Way fire north of North Platte took
out some barns and sheds, along with two homes, and quite a number of people were
evacuated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcD9qYu3oVhkpFKaFaQ13TCxwZ-_pCVIsyHLWoT7oZkbZGbDPTMM5s0rSXqKXUOh5H-NC-A-CWms5_s7csfV6sDHdOr9ZsyO1r2VjVqB3Y-NZshcOjVOREhvEAa8iWdeHdn9BnasFxtKiXgntPUY0dQ5Ks11Q7qfsqUq2wZDyUrwWj3g0bZpD6OVLptg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="860" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcD9qYu3oVhkpFKaFaQ13TCxwZ-_pCVIsyHLWoT7oZkbZGbDPTMM5s0rSXqKXUOh5H-NC-A-CWms5_s7csfV6sDHdOr9ZsyO1r2VjVqB3Y-NZshcOjVOREhvEAa8iWdeHdn9BnasFxtKiXgntPUY0dQ5Ks11Q7qfsqUq2wZDyUrwWj3g0bZpD6OVLptg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The temperature
dropped 50° in ten hours or so, and it starting to snow in midafternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">5:00 p.m., it was snowing
so hard that the trees at the top of the hill could no longer be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time it stopped snowing late that
evening, we could no longer smell the smoke â but we <i>could</i> smell the
large roast and the potatoes that were baking in the oven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Victoria sent a video
clip of Baby Arnold grinning, a huge big, light-up-the-face grin.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hereâs a
screenshot from the video:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Some friends and I were (again)
discussing grammar (or the lack thereof).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of my peeviest pet peeves is when people say and write, âshould ofâ,
or âwould ofâ, or âcould ofâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they
not tell, that doesnât make a lick of sense?! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One friend said, âI particularly dislike it when people use
the word</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> âherâ when they should use âsheâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHer is coming with us.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just shoot my ears.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Haha<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âJust shoot my ears.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When
my children were very young, ages 2 and 3, or thereabouts, theyâd
sometimes use a wrong word in a sentence, and then, knowing that their mother
was going to be telling them the <i>right</i> word, theyâd tack that
word on at the <i>end</i> of the sentence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like this: âI havenât went uptown yet,
gone!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or âI havenât did that, done!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Funny
kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But their mother made them stop <i>that,</i>
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSay the whole sentence, and say it
<i>right!â</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And
thereâs this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs âbeforeâ, not âB4â.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We speak English, not Bingo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After putting
together eight Crossed-Canoe blocks that day, there was a total of 23 finished
canoe blocks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That left 14 still to
make. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcFZVtKjVCl58SDhVMCrUOUJIZ21pyK8TVpnJKp2Fp-EOH-lKQDOZOnvnCmZvEARbBd6nu6ZTeuJng4JaymoOqs4sSQw4xz12tS_CnNK6JMFbAbsk7ZlvpClkp-wVrR7Cz42lxyoKhbDpi7uZ8ePfnZ1I99w875jM1YkhCyxq9XiSWUX-kHhgCJgTJUo/s792/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="792" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcFZVtKjVCl58SDhVMCrUOUJIZ21pyK8TVpnJKp2Fp-EOH-lKQDOZOnvnCmZvEARbBd6nu6ZTeuJng4JaymoOqs4sSQw4xz12tS_CnNK6JMFbAbsk7ZlvpClkp-wVrR7Cz42lxyoKhbDpi7uZ8ePfnZ1I99w875jM1YkhCyxq9XiSWUX-kHhgCJgTJUo/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Wednesday
was Hannahâs birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheâs our second
oldest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gave her a Klassé Gold
scissor set, a cosmetic bag, a bag of coffee beans from Amana Coffee â and,
after asking her if she had one, and what kind sheâd like, I ordered a manual coffee
bean grinder, which should arrive tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidI29Z6mE06439iRgUsVcNw-IJS5ahxi9VprcBw93hCzOotcC8WXmeRLoKUtAJ8uqjheUQIrHzuJ7me6peAyqNd65jmKa4-WTdGgq1axRbGFQvtjeGZGJoxOzxYeevSHG3FZ0llUNEIbp3CakeYVmYy8PLjuO9x2Ll-cv708oRuKZcs7OpphGEpQU24SY/s773/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="773" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidI29Z6mE06439iRgUsVcNw-IJS5ahxi9VprcBw93hCzOotcC8WXmeRLoKUtAJ8uqjheUQIrHzuJ7me6peAyqNd65jmKa4-WTdGgq1axRbGFQvtjeGZGJoxOzxYeevSHG3FZ0llUNEIbp3CakeYVmYy8PLjuO9x2Ll-cv708oRuKZcs7OpphGEpQU24SY/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVled5EsAbMpqaqhSqX9IxfVmyA-9eo7qKKJ26g7zHwj6Fy00zr-8GHbuVjmIpOQgvmX3jp0Iphs2JfzGy2FFLrpZNc3jQUMHkU0u2OY9_LsG6HexUTFsSF_o2keGA__Ppr2EaaeXXB5WVAAWrFtcFoVe1nuWONkgcZ9rDVHUbt6M6CSPcTiF_ntMDJpw/s316/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="262" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVled5EsAbMpqaqhSqX9IxfVmyA-9eo7qKKJ26g7zHwj6Fy00zr-8GHbuVjmIpOQgvmX3jp0Iphs2JfzGy2FFLrpZNc3jQUMHkU0u2OY9_LsG6HexUTFsSF_o2keGA__Ppr2EaaeXXB5WVAAWrFtcFoVe1nuWONkgcZ9rDVHUbt6M6CSPcTiF_ntMDJpw/s1600/Picture8.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was
31° that day, with a wind chill of 21° â and yet the pollen count was âVery
Highâ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I worked
on the Cross-Stitchinâ Gone Fishinâ quilt until time for our midweek church
service that evening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmb36wOJQQ_Lszkola8QuhJ2CwkpT_00Rrfa-SzJ4ZOS8PpNBDd6nuL2BHrfKBwm34H129fUdMhrZf9aPms-JY-tNWKfExA-PvpC8Y75KjUyoA_xvHM-8pNnDc9tRNc0QrmVIhj2Ehjtj6Mg8QXh4ATUIZSZLvAop-ejdL8AKRR5C8M3wT43HZfSuyk8/s1024/Picture15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1024" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmb36wOJQQ_Lszkola8QuhJ2CwkpT_00Rrfa-SzJ4ZOS8PpNBDd6nuL2BHrfKBwm34H129fUdMhrZf9aPms-JY-tNWKfExA-PvpC8Y75KjUyoA_xvHM-8pNnDc9tRNc0QrmVIhj2Ehjtj6Mg8QXh4ATUIZSZLvAop-ejdL8AKRR5C8M3wT43HZfSuyk8/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A box
arrived â with a 5-lb. bag of dried fruit in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs a whole lot cheaper per pound to buy it
in bulk than in small packets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thereâs
kiwi, pineapple, mango, and papaya in this mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I divided it up into small freezer bags, put them all into the large
bag, and stored it in the freezer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FZm7iyAR3n4cTStZSjhdR_Fyk2cjSpqT3BUL3Vzmf3ry0UYP1aupx0k2m2XBg2EpvOlgryGh9SKrHxqiFJ49yiYgrjK-pVy62tP5A4ol19po6gq6iuZ6hlO7QB73G0CRvdhKZfVjT0C5NvkkGHSY7kw-6i9NUvXAAHoAPMRvh_1lyR-1lGybPW_fynI/s998/Picture9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="998" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FZm7iyAR3n4cTStZSjhdR_Fyk2cjSpqT3BUL3Vzmf3ry0UYP1aupx0k2m2XBg2EpvOlgryGh9SKrHxqiFJ49yiYgrjK-pVy62tP5A4ol19po6gq6iuZ6hlO7QB73G0CRvdhKZfVjT0C5NvkkGHSY7kw-6i9NUvXAAHoAPMRvh_1lyR-1lGybPW_fynI/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">âWhy do
you need to freeze dried fruit?â asked a friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Answer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it will
last longer. <i>1)</i> It wonât taste stale after being too
long in the cupboard, and most importantly, <i>2)</i> those who might
eat it all in one sitting, ... <i>wonât.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Furthermore,
dried fruit straight from the freezer is <i>scrumptious.</i></span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
little after 5, Larry called, all happy as a lark, because his blood pressure
was low enough when he was at the doctorâs office that the doctor said he doesnât
really need to take medicine for it, though he would write a prescription for a
bottle of pills to keep in the cupboard if Larry would like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
would <i>not </i>like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesnât care
for the side effects from that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think weâd better keep a close watch on his blood pressure, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
got all decked out for church... and then I got partially <i>un</i>decked in
order to remove the tag at the neck that was apparently made of metal and glass
shards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After the service, I
had the opportunity to talk to Lura Kay for the first time since Susanâs
funeral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She likes to hear how Loren is
doing, as she is not able to go see him herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester came along and
gave me a pretty bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the bag was a
soft, quilted, collared vest from Cabelaâs; sheâd found it at a secondhand store
somewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eGvUrsWo1txFO-3izkV9xNPB6Sl96F-1JWwunKOeqzFFOPkFPL6-hX6fAaPPY14k0pwPAJPpJ4CHZrePQDEyP83mwbD8qJYuizFG6EESOZ9PhDWR_BX4BrtX_Ma6pK1B_xtYbudbD5k5EupbsjwLK_r6RH6VkKo7zYMQVMHitndRkG8ycXYqVNLf1po/s553/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="469" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eGvUrsWo1txFO-3izkV9xNPB6Sl96F-1JWwunKOeqzFFOPkFPL6-hX6fAaPPY14k0pwPAJPpJ4CHZrePQDEyP83mwbD8qJYuizFG6EESOZ9PhDWR_BX4BrtX_Ma6pK1B_xtYbudbD5k5EupbsjwLK_r6RH6VkKo7zYMQVMHitndRkG8ycXYqVNLf1po/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This very likely
happened because of our conversation a few days ago wherein Iâd mentioned that
I had on a sweater that used to belong to Hannah, almost 30 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâd allowed as how a few of my everyday
things were about due to be thrown into the rag bin, and sheâd suggested
replacing them with some of my newer church clothes â âwhichever ones are most
comfortable.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI donât have any
comfortable church clothes!â I exclaimed, and immediately realized <i>that</i>
was the wrong thing to say â or at least the wrong person to <i>say</i> it to â
as she would doubtless immediately set about the task of reclothing her
mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâm pretty sure I
stood and admired an identical vest in Cabelaâs one day not so very long ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I thanked Hester, mentioning how soft
the vest is, she said, âIâve always thought being a personal shopper would be so
fun. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Comfortable clothes are very
important to everyone in my house, so itâs become a priority when shopping.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She then sent a
couple of pictures, writing, âSpooky likes birdwatching.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWlQHKAdpxwRFUjm27ZVXAdyBDP5lhoPaYg1yTGsKroq14Y33ccC6fh-FXO43suBICVM7HFtzW1lnIVxnTAlQ5q3XoYxZp3ENK-vxyDDHzzodFiGj-ZX_r3hv-Q4ejNsZO3WrHdXidhyBjy3YScY1sqhmJRfAImcXdOB09kzxlxBuUS7s1WoJEm4sbrk/s897/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWlQHKAdpxwRFUjm27ZVXAdyBDP5lhoPaYg1yTGsKroq14Y33ccC6fh-FXO43suBICVM7HFtzW1lnIVxnTAlQ5q3XoYxZp3ENK-vxyDDHzzodFiGj-ZX_r3hv-Q4ejNsZO3WrHdXidhyBjy3YScY1sqhmJRfAImcXdOB09kzxlxBuUS7s1WoJEm4sbrk/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppRwBSTkNIY5iniMA-JGuVgvEzlSQSzEhCi-o_aPDEeYoe9qk10pS996jcoVrA32I7HYbb4RW6nUMXZ84rR3eDnhlgYhZO3-Gc3PCZDjV8txU2XK1g__I1CiTnaCSVFG8tLTrA6nLQ_z9du03iHb-X8SxBIHuSUMFeDZ7LO05173IfCdLo5ML8H6w-jQ/s895/Picture12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppRwBSTkNIY5iniMA-JGuVgvEzlSQSzEhCi-o_aPDEeYoe9qk10pS996jcoVrA32I7HYbb4RW6nUMXZ84rR3eDnhlgYhZO3-Gc3PCZDjV8txU2XK1g__I1CiTnaCSVFG8tLTrA6nLQ_z9du03iHb-X8SxBIHuSUMFeDZ7LO05173IfCdLo5ML8H6w-jQ/s320/Picture12.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Arenât English
robins the cutest little things?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spooky
obviously thinks they look tasty, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I have some pictures
of Teensy half-on and half-off the keyboard of my laptop, watching a
bird-and-squirrel video from England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
bird suddenly went flapping off, stage right, and Teensy jerked, and quickly
poked his head behind my screen to see where it had gone. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then his ears went straight out to the sides
in embarrassment, and he pulled his head back, squinted, then turned very
slowly and peeked at me through his slitted eyelids to see if I had witnessed
his faux pas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester laughed at my
story and said, âSpooky isnât very dignified, so she doesnât care when she acts
like a goof.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs her other
kitty, Wolfie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody knows for sure,
since they got him from the Paws & Claws Adoption Center in town, but he
definitely <i>looks </i>like heâs at least part Maine Coon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâs very big, and he has the relaxed demeaner
of a Maine Coon. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkaXXD1mROvOsjElEOz6iC2r_ae5jmvXEjZltcqgfu9ycEoDVxsMct5balKejX41SRx2nt6_NWF2WVXbjd8sQA63YHHN8-Jle88UUtt18XBOaECKLejbQvQTZ7RLYxxwiawp5NxMlUdYPzh1BOhUxhAmke-VRZUsfe4EHKcpT_RH1ypfhyphenhyphenSlrWe8OhmQ/s898/Picture13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="898" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkaXXD1mROvOsjElEOz6iC2r_ae5jmvXEjZltcqgfu9ycEoDVxsMct5balKejX41SRx2nt6_NWF2WVXbjd8sQA63YHHN8-Jle88UUtt18XBOaECKLejbQvQTZ7RLYxxwiawp5NxMlUdYPzh1BOhUxhAmke-VRZUsfe4EHKcpT_RH1ypfhyphenhyphenSlrWe8OhmQ/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
couple of months ago, another corporation purchased Prairie Meadows Alzheimer's<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Care Center. Its official name is now
Cedar Creek of Prairie Meadows. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They
assured us everything would remain the same, employees and all, and we
wouldnât have to do anything â but on Thursday I got an email with a pdf file
to print and fill out so the new owners can extract the rent payment
automatically from Lorenâs bank account each month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs
a picture that scrolled through on my screensaver. </span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">You canât see it
very well, but there are fingerprints in the butter. Mine. I loved
butter. This was taken in May of 1963, so I was 2 œ.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTsmFFCY73W_N5mmWZ8htdCpXNPQ6nWb82-rtIHoJHGc_l3uoBf1LmJRbu8rD0ciz8VJCFNDK6Bg30hYJYxCGBJoCGdAcYFmt8-lsThzEeQq-hzaex2tH7J0uPjO6dV7R5kp_CmGxSUzXd42CRRR9VAPGuGfnGpyz5djRaopJC6dNehJplLWZG7Q1OKM/s737/Picture14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTsmFFCY73W_N5mmWZ8htdCpXNPQ6nWb82-rtIHoJHGc_l3uoBf1LmJRbu8rD0ciz8VJCFNDK6Bg30hYJYxCGBJoCGdAcYFmt8-lsThzEeQq-hzaex2tH7J0uPjO6dV7R5kp_CmGxSUzXd42CRRR9VAPGuGfnGpyz5djRaopJC6dNehJplLWZG7Q1OKM/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In
my baby book, my mother wrote that right around the time this picture was
taken, I climbed up into my chair (a tall stool with red vinyl seat and back,
and a couple of swing-out steps), surveyed the table, saw that the butter was
right next to my plate, and said, âYouâd better move the butter, or Iâll get
into it!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
had a home ec class in 7<sup>th</sup> grade that I particularly enjoyed.
The teacher was an elderly lady, Mrs. Osenbaugh, who dyed her hair coal
black. She was probably past the age of retirement, approaching 70 years
of age. Some of the other girls thought she was crabby. I did not
think that, and I liked the way she kept an orderly class. It was so much
easier getting work done, when the class was orderly. Plus, she was
an excellent teacher. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
told this to a few of the girls in my class, and they agreed with me â and soon
most all of the class really liked that teacher. At the end of the school
year, Mrs. Osenbaugh said to our class, âIâm going to tell you a little
secret: Iâve been teaching for over 45 years, and Iâve had many
classes. But this class is my favorite, and the very best class Iâve ever
taught.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We
were all quite pleased with that distinction.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
first project we did for our sewing class that year was a skirt. I was
putting on the waistband, realized something wasnât quite right, and went to
ask advice from the teacher. She showed me the trouble, told me which
stitches to pick out, and how to fix it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was shy, and rarely added my two-centsâ worth, but I liked Mrs. Osenbaugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I smiled at her, then sighed dramatically
and said, âSo itâs really true:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âWhatsoever
ye shall sew, that shall ye also rip.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She
laughed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheâd doubtless heard that
saying before; but she hadnât expected <i>me</i> to say it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girls all went around telling other kids
throughout the rest of the day, âSarah made Mrs. Osenbaugh laugh!â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Did you
see any pictures of The Dangling Truck (n</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">ot to be confused
with a dangling participle) </span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">on the news?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A truck crashed on the George Rogers Clark
Memorial Bridge, aka Second Street Bridge, a four-lane cantilevered truss
bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and
Jeffersonville, Indiana, and wound up hanging precariously, cab down, from the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fireman was lowered by cable
from a ladder truck, and rescued the woman driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbU8ifuyVZvhILoPybcPzv8QLa55-6YkcMxHxAvKZM08SNbKT2iB_b-rRY10zQZMZuaY6aWytSTarekqWHaow9zutjnFgfuz3_CNkEFaUXp01pLO1qLL3IAh7LhdrtbbiUiFtGzmhWe3qTC3sonar-_-eu5bVRjE68vn4pPCGH4SUKfXTSFTFRB9gY_M/s1430/Picture16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1430" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbU8ifuyVZvhILoPybcPzv8QLa55-6YkcMxHxAvKZM08SNbKT2iB_b-rRY10zQZMZuaY6aWytSTarekqWHaow9zutjnFgfuz3_CNkEFaUXp01pLO1qLL3IAh7LhdrtbbiUiFtGzmhWe3qTC3sonar-_-eu5bVRjE68vn4pPCGH4SUKfXTSFTFRB9gY_M/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Once
upon a time when Lydia was about four years old, she was pushing a large Tonka
dump truck down the hall, hands on the edges of the box, going lickety-split,
full bore, as fast as her little legs could go. She rounded the corner
into the living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was standing in
the entrance to the kitchen, and, seeing that she was about to plow headlong
into a large Tonka road grader, I shouted, âStop, <b>STOP!!!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOOK <b>OUT!!!</b>â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the dump truck was <i><u>loud</u></i>,
and she was going fast, and couldnât at all hear me over all the noise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">ka-<b>BLAMM!!!!!</b></span></i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> She
smashed into the road grader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it
was sideways, it didnât give much, bringing the dump truck to an abrupt
halt. Lydia did not stop so fast. She flew right over the top of
dump truck and road grader both, somersaulting, and landing flat on her back on
the other side. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was running toward her to see if she was all right, but she was already
scrambling to her feet, seemingly none the worse for wear. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She
walked to the dump truck, leaned down, and peered into the front windshield.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then,
âThatâs just what I thought,â she announced. âItâs a lady driver.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By Thursday night, the
37 Crossed-Canoe blocks were done, and I had begun putting sashing on the
cross-stitched blocks. Two were finished, and there were ten more to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc20tCtsa2PCxPwD67HiOQ1tvooSSciMYryY5YhAEMFT4n_7iIydeA-c33KunuRz1ST_S5VCRTZwain1CNx26G8-ojybf9Cm_N7_UwCsiOBz7ipzCfHxr0od2ikZjWI1VRsl_bWqQnLVqGbLo8Qq50y7WhKVBVxlEAzUsog74e_Zu64JnbTsipWX_l16s/s887/Picture17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="887" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc20tCtsa2PCxPwD67HiOQ1tvooSSciMYryY5YhAEMFT4n_7iIydeA-c33KunuRz1ST_S5VCRTZwain1CNx26G8-ojybf9Cm_N7_UwCsiOBz7ipzCfHxr0od2ikZjWI1VRsl_bWqQnLVqGbLo8Qq50y7WhKVBVxlEAzUsog74e_Zu64JnbTsipWX_l16s/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrwoc1-QF0mpqoZJZsAEu_h7xtHemaAaZT81axM1lRXr59J1qHIyWYrt1HO1f9y1qP8q40_qgnV3VhO0ybt3JTonFoJelVI6b8_A4YGy3sbPhbTOO6vi4vdh37__uLdR4qF9s_cR37mYrVnflRr0vP8eiHkhQHPnobUvJVkNuIv3a2lr-JUOzF-9hz9k/s857/Picture18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="857" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrwoc1-QF0mpqoZJZsAEu_h7xtHemaAaZT81axM1lRXr59J1qHIyWYrt1HO1f9y1qP8q40_qgnV3VhO0ybt3JTonFoJelVI6b8_A4YGy3sbPhbTOO6vi4vdh37__uLdR4qF9s_cR37mYrVnflRr0vP8eiHkhQHPnobUvJVkNuIv3a2lr-JUOzF-9hz9k/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndhCs226-bnL34Fky5Ah1DP3Gch3VOBgNIGYHpMPHcrtudeIZhqFtPyAulBXmIpixSNIixqIk5ys8tGcuiPguwdFbkAJPyS_tqX_vN1SwERGeEZ9b_NZtgeTyo9rmPaxLknNA99_kM8Zxxxdc7KwzMBWH6ivI2-oTj8oypdyCwtm3Jm2ikFq1qLLMloI/s962/Picture19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="962" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndhCs226-bnL34Fky5Ah1DP3Gch3VOBgNIGYHpMPHcrtudeIZhqFtPyAulBXmIpixSNIixqIk5ys8tGcuiPguwdFbkAJPyS_tqX_vN1SwERGeEZ9b_NZtgeTyo9rmPaxLknNA99_kM8Zxxxdc7KwzMBWH6ivI2-oTj8oypdyCwtm3Jm2ikFq1qLLMloI/s320/Picture19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Problem: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my
fabulous, wonderful Rowenta steam station with the water reservoir that sits on
the floor kept randomly putting a brownish drip or two on the blocks I was
pressing! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aarrgghh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The first few times it
happened, I dashed downstairs and washed each discolored drip; but by the time
it had occurred half a dozen times, I gave up and decided to wash the quilt
after I finished it, something I seldom do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hunted online for the best way to clean the steam station, suspecting
that the problem was most likely calcium and crystalized salts and minerals in
the hose between reservoir and iron and on the heating element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As expected, the most recommended remedy was
vinegar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After carrying the steam
station downstairs, I got out the vinegar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had just enough white vinegar to fill the reservoir half full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I filled the other half with water and turned
it on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it was hot and had built
pressure, I held the iron over the sink and pulled the trigger, spraying steam
from the vinegar and water into the sink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As it steamed out, I
grabbed a rag with the other hand and scrubbed the sink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Might as well kill two birds with one stone,
ay?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The tank was still a
third full when my hands wore out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
turned the iron off and let the rest of the concoction sit in the tank until
the next morning, when I finished spraying it out, filled it partially with
water, steamed <i>that</i> out â and wondered what awful thing was going to
happen next, after yellowish brown water came bubbling out of the holes on the
ironâs soleplate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But I kept it steaming
until it looked clean, poured out the water, refilled it, and carried it back
upstairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I sewed sashing on the
remaining ten cross-stitched blocks, pressing and steaming each of them â and
not one drip of discolored water (or even any drip of water at all) landed on
those blocks.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
learned a new word Friday! A lady from Australia posted a picture on
Facebook, writing, âPeeping from the bedroom window, I noticed a bit of a
stoush out in the front yard.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
picture?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kangaroos fighting, backlit by
golden sunlight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
looked up âstoushâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">A fight or disagreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dictionary offered this sentence as
Exhibit A:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They keep getting
into drunken stoushes with each other in pub car parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(Thatâs probably not
precisely what the kangaroos were doing, eh?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This
is not the ladyâs picture; this is from the Animal Facts Encyclopedia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84XjAQux6ew-2bozvlAGbusd3-3utz-V66pJXJOz7c1P4dM-GSxR_rC_tidDBp-jvagMzj913l8pFqEcxocAm_VKHr-Yj5RLui84FgiEpnpNuv3sXykcIZIIxAQ35LWzG6aeJZrUOZW-ju9WsoZTcELBUuXYqlZJpDMPrrRKukTriLFhInaafCEO1u6I/s905/Picture20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="905" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84XjAQux6ew-2bozvlAGbusd3-3utz-V66pJXJOz7c1P4dM-GSxR_rC_tidDBp-jvagMzj913l8pFqEcxocAm_VKHr-Yj5RLui84FgiEpnpNuv3sXykcIZIIxAQ35LWzG6aeJZrUOZW-ju9WsoZTcELBUuXYqlZJpDMPrrRKukTriLFhInaafCEO1u6I/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In order
to look up the story of Lydia and the dump truck, I did a search for the word
âsomersaultâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found several stories,
including this one that I sent to Victoria:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When You Were Five<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Early that evening, I was
in my room, sitting at my sewing desk, and Victoria was playing on the bed
behind me. Teddy was getting ready for his date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All sorts of thumps and bumps were issuing
from the shower just the other side of the door near me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<i>What</i> is he <b><i>doing</i></b>?!â
I demanded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âTrying to make a
somersault?â Victoria guessed. hee hee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âWhereâs Caleb?â I asked
her a few minutes later, looking around for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âHeâs watering up the ice
cube trays,â she informed me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She likes to page through
my songbooks, then bring me the book:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âWhatâs
this song?â she asks, and I read her the title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0.5in 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She begins humming it,
the better to remember it until she gets back to the piano. Once there,
her fingers search out a key that she thinks sounds okay, and then she starts
to play. Sometimes, after a couple of lines, she makes a blunder, and the
next few notes elude her. She hunts for the right note, often losing
track of the song she was playing entirely. When this happens, she pauses
momentarily, then launches with gusto into âMary Had a Little Lambâ, after
which she again brings me the hymnal and asks, âWhatâs <b><i>this</i></b> song?â
and the cycle starts all over again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I found one more
somersault story, which happened a year later:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background: rgb(241, 242, 243); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Victoria tried to ride
her bike down the big railroad trestle tie Larry recently set in place between
house and little garage, where the south driveway will be someday. He
also made steps with the smaller railroad ties, and we will put brick between
them. Anyway, Victoria slowed down too much, lost her balance, started
tipping toward the low side â and there was nothing for her to put her foot on
to catch herself. Over she went, somersaulting, landing upside down with
the bike atop her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I ran fast and faster to
the scene of the disaster (a la Miss Clavel from <i>Madeleine</i>), expecting
her to have a broken neck, or, at the very least, a major concussion; but she got
up laughing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIâm okay!â she said,
adding, âCaleb does it all the time!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âWhat, falls off the
trestle tie?â I asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âOh, Mama,â she giggled,
and rode away pell-mell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 27pt 12pt 49.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And I hunted up Caleb and
ordered him to quit riding on the railroad trestle tie. There are limits
to the number of heart failures a mother can safely endure in the span of one
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I looked back in the
journal to see what might have caused those other âheart failuresâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was when Caleb, riding scooters
with one of the neighbor boys, was traveling lickety-split down the hill,
standing â and then he decided to sit down whilst in motion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he himself used to say when he was only
two, âIt doodnât wolk so bewy well.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He crashed and bruised
and skinned up his side so badly it hurt to walk, and especially to climb
stairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looked like a bad burn about
the size of a credit card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hester
doctored him up with triple-antibiotic salve and a big Band-Aid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(It seems I may have been at the store?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That night, in order that he wouldnât have to
go up the stairs to his room, I let him sleep in the big brown velour recliner,
and for a while I disturbed him often as I refolded our quilt and put it back
into the dryer until it dried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfV88gyIdXzqImL-y3efnhEVjVCFxq45y6ctQPBMuseuVktCF9N0HaJ2E_OcYUULaCi_yzi5A1FV4q_D9aUjXQmlHysQggqOK_8ikvmwEHsljCEolwwaofAEMGoD0Gh9y_G6iNkp7AGJvK0qltixvtDu-KBTGuDKYW5YTEWinhbeu98vgo3BmQOtg78o/s854/Picture21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="854" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfV88gyIdXzqImL-y3efnhEVjVCFxq45y6ctQPBMuseuVktCF9N0HaJ2E_OcYUULaCi_yzi5A1FV4q_D9aUjXQmlHysQggqOK_8ikvmwEHsljCEolwwaofAEMGoD0Gh9y_G6iNkp7AGJvK0qltixvtDu-KBTGuDKYW5YTEWinhbeu98vgo3BmQOtg78o/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caleb & Victoria at Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska</div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The next
was this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester came upstairs to ask me
something (I was in my little office â also a sewing room, back then), headed
back down â then slipped, sat down hard, and clump-clonk-clunked down several
steps, giving me a minor heart attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
leaped up and ran to peer over the banister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was Hester, sitting on the steps, looking up at me, laughing,
telling me she was fine, not to worry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Whew</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Victoria responded to the
stories I sent her, â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I must
have done something to my head because I donât remember. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âOr it happened so often,â
I countered, âyou canât pluck one incident out of the dozens!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">The bald eagles Shadow and
Jackie, who have a nest in Big Bear Valley, California, have become increasingly
famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any day now, the eggs should
start hatching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That first tiny hole a
chick makes in an egg is called a âpipâ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">One of the moderators of
the live stream wrote the following:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âPip
Watch Itch manifests as an urgent need to study all egg rolls frame-by-frame
and pronounce every dirt speck or fluff a pip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Highly transmissible, occurs seasonally. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No known cure.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">đ€Ł</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcd0HFy-5GEcCtzHfHfL8xNfyx0xyol3r0DgiF1LLSbXum2B1Nl-32sFKhVM15I7HfQEQsGDGuH1Xd287P4MD_AdpmpbpVxs9N5Qg61lVT0PBFF5wn-L6ChPkuZuW5c1i58c5zQlHlH-lOv_RQjF1PIVbNaUPSYYULabS7rBAc_YzEfUc2S8o7TNjJU4/s1159/Picture22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1159" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcd0HFy-5GEcCtzHfHfL8xNfyx0xyol3r0DgiF1LLSbXum2B1Nl-32sFKhVM15I7HfQEQsGDGuH1Xd287P4MD_AdpmpbpVxs9N5Qg61lVT0PBFF5wn-L6ChPkuZuW5c1i58c5zQlHlH-lOv_RQjF1PIVbNaUPSYYULabS7rBAc_YzEfUc2S8o7TNjJU4/s320/Picture22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">Someone wrote a caption
for the above shot:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âDo you hear
something?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I hear something!!â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvRtNI8dTKNbeMPU7iWuz0E88eQxVLcadnHihLhMjKRrJp8jDkBir9JavPH1ADUDAPgNw5vxQe7lzWl82HukJEPKjMhE9zaJlr0OCY4E48d0h7PuZxLXfjkpOsUL-Rp7pTJ9oX06V3eQ3Ilm1OF3eMh0Sq36DlJyGPv-WSUdUv8nMH3h4qFhsSNm8wXY/s1108/Picture23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1108" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvRtNI8dTKNbeMPU7iWuz0E88eQxVLcadnHihLhMjKRrJp8jDkBir9JavPH1ADUDAPgNw5vxQe7lzWl82HukJEPKjMhE9zaJlr0OCY4E48d0h7PuZxLXfjkpOsUL-Rp7pTJ9oX06V3eQ3Ilm1OF3eMh0Sq36DlJyGPv-WSUdUv8nMH3h4qFhsSNm8wXY/s320/Picture23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Squirrels were having a rip-snortinâ fuss
right outside the dormer window of my quilting studio, out on the eave. I
opened the window to scare them away â and discovered that <span style="background: white;">the sky was full of thousands of snow geese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are migrating northward to their nesting
grounds in the Northwest Territories and northern Alaska.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
forgot all about the squirrels and dashed for my camera.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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photos and videos later, I called it good and got back to sewing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4mTZUL-PJs2EoqdmtG0WnDkvcCvi96HR0O9ePiXRKpN1KfgAJIsYP6dnCZ31TpgbH4nDrbbeTd3RULQgEJ4uY8tw1GmpqsAkv8CFLdIfaF1jWq8F_9AXrsi2ZC3VQF13r5E8Q676c5X8VsbEdYNo-zk2ovC_q2uRcN8ZMO4r2HzPYx9Lzg2Oz_fxlvA/s993/Picture24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="993" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4mTZUL-PJs2EoqdmtG0WnDkvcCvi96HR0O9ePiXRKpN1KfgAJIsYP6dnCZ31TpgbH4nDrbbeTd3RULQgEJ4uY8tw1GmpqsAkv8CFLdIfaF1jWq8F_9AXrsi2ZC3VQF13r5E8Q676c5X8VsbEdYNo-zk2ovC_q2uRcN8ZMO4r2HzPYx9Lzg2Oz_fxlvA/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXsLnmk5pELgR2E3ZsdDNyDH7BzP_CYAQw6fi0nqJYG8drcMACX0uyOXtV-pIwibKOEUlPxa_UOG9sIlUieUqk5t_pmJpeZxz4te50Mf2qwx9uDi3uDGQVBLd2ztG0XZ3VUVC58ZxzpEmYe8iWI92IrVHrpL273hm_RujOWts0RGEB15SoPWHlv4VId8/s931/Picture25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="931" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXsLnmk5pELgR2E3ZsdDNyDH7BzP_CYAQw6fi0nqJYG8drcMACX0uyOXtV-pIwibKOEUlPxa_UOG9sIlUieUqk5t_pmJpeZxz4te50Mf2qwx9uDi3uDGQVBLd2ztG0XZ3VUVC58ZxzpEmYe8iWI92IrVHrpL273hm_RujOWts0RGEB15SoPWHlv4VId8/s320/Picture25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
little before 7:00 p.m., I received notice that my large order of groceries was
ready to be picked up, so off I went to Wal-Mart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I pulled
in, clicked âIâve Parkedâ on the app on my phone, and waited, listening to the
Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
waited... and then I waited some more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And some more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a lot
of cars, a lot of people waiting, and, for quite a long while, no one bringing
anything out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>45-50 minutes later, someone
finally came to my window, verified my name, asked where I would like my groceries,
and then loaded them into the back of the Mercedes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I did
not get home until a quarter after 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I opened the back hatch â and looked at three gallon </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">jugs
of spring water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We<b> </b>already <i>have
</i>spring water, comparably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes
straight out of our faucet, from our well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
started gathering up some things that had spilled from the bags, thinking they
were yogurt containers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were cans</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> of Fancy
Feast cat food. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Furthermore, there
werenât <i>nearly</i> enough groceries back there.</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Theyâd
given me the wrong order. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It had already been
dark when I picked up the groceries, and the girl had them in bags in enclosed
totes on a utility cart. She took so long putting them in the back, it shoâ
ânuff <i>seemed</i> like the right amount of time to load all the things I had
ordered! </span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had not been able to see them in
the rear-view mirror, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I
should get out and <i>look.</i></span><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I called
Wal-Mart â and was on the phone long enough that I got their canned music
memorized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">For
a good 35 minutes or more, two managers, one male and one female, tried to
connect me with people in the pick-up department. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Once, the man picked
the phone back up after it had gone unanswered for several minutes and asked, âAre
you the lady who called about the OGP problem?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
said, âYes!â and then, âI donât know what âOGPâ means, but whatever it is, Iâm
sure it was me!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(It
means âOnline Grocery Pick-upâ.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At
one point, I asked him if he thought it would be easier if I just drove up to
the door at the pick-up area and laid on the horn. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
managers were getting a whole lot more agitated over the matter than <i>I</i>
was before someone answered the phone â and that person answered only after the
male manager used the storeâs main intercom to tell someone to <i>pick up the
phone.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When
a lady <i>finally </i>answered the phone, she told me my
groceries were ready and waiting, and I could come right away to get them and
to return the other ladyâs groceries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
takes 15 minutes to get there, as we live 7 miles west of town, and Wal-Mart is
on the far <i>east</i> side of town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(And yes, I realize that doesnât sound far at all to those who live in
big metropolises.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
had gotten home by this time, so he went with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We pulled in... waited... waited... and
eventually someone came out, looked at the groceries in the back of
the Merc, then walked over to another waiting car and asked the lady whose
groceries had wound up in my car to drive over beside us so he could transfer
the things to <i>her</i> car.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She
pulled around to the spot next to us, got out, poked her head into the back of
the Benz â and I very badly wanted to suddenly crank up the music, just for the
fun of it, you know, because her ear was right next to the rear
speaker, and Rudy Atwood was thundering through <i>Hail to the Brightness
of Zionâs Glad Morning</i>, with the Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet singing
with all their might and main. I didnât. But I wanted to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
woman departed with her spring water and Fancy Feast and various other things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
few minutes later, they brought my groceries out. I had a whole lot more
groceries than the other lady did. The mix-up wasted over two hours of my
time. I needed to write the <i>Saturday Skim,</i> and Iâd hoped
to have gotten some of the blocks for Ianâs quilt sewn together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpXAnIcJH-frZgSqNk7H-jM6NkqxCgN0W4LSOy-kWVTatri8hdfPLORJzGIR28Di1fnITHltiuHkgkRESZjylcGQau-B41A0m5eBtdTRtWr7VpTQkvRn980yRhPRNKhSOzjKB_NQg5Nk2cByDYAEFS4aOXpB2UKswSwLlpw-EfTA-M2fG6yGxCfl3U_E/s970/Picture26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="970" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpXAnIcJH-frZgSqNk7H-jM6NkqxCgN0W4LSOy-kWVTatri8hdfPLORJzGIR28Di1fnITHltiuHkgkRESZjylcGQau-B41A0m5eBtdTRtWr7VpTQkvRn980yRhPRNKhSOzjKB_NQg5Nk2cByDYAEFS4aOXpB2UKswSwLlpw-EfTA-M2fG6yGxCfl3U_E/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Ah,
well. Nothing calamitous happened. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had my groceries; the other lady had hers
(and her cats had their Fancy Feast; <i>thatâs</i> important), and we
had a good (though late) supper: chicken with broccoli and noodles, Martinelli
apple juice, and red grapefruit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">People
make mistakes, and they were trying their best to set things to rights
again. They have a shortage of workers, just like so many other
businesses do. So we said nothing that mightâve made someoneâs day worse
than it already was. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(But
I <i>did </i>want to crank up the volume on that speaker.) </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Actually, in
addition to their first error, the workers also should not have given someone
food items that someone else had driven off with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they should not have had one customer
poke her head into another customerâs vehicle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But
the workers in that department are very young. The supposed âmanagerâ of
that department sounded quite young, too. They were probably pretty
worried about what they should do, how they should go about it, what the Big
Boss(es) would do when they heard about it, and if they would lose their jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVJayMJQV76-Z415Cn4wAW5G2XN11S-LDh_bku1G-miaDEeJmhWSG4b1iIXrAe9aT3QL8cV2_s3PMdnvo2BFT5F3hkoz3VLSN6Dpb-6ZYD7lND9TSsc6SwamIyfVOerzUKbgZrySeVi844o4rvA1iPAC3kUYRS9hCoZatrJ6a_pZrFGx_w3-vMXnCM9Y/s953/Picture27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVJayMJQV76-Z415Cn4wAW5G2XN11S-LDh_bku1G-miaDEeJmhWSG4b1iIXrAe9aT3QL8cV2_s3PMdnvo2BFT5F3hkoz3VLSN6Dpb-6ZYD7lND9TSsc6SwamIyfVOerzUKbgZrySeVi844o4rvA1iPAC3kUYRS9hCoZatrJ6a_pZrFGx_w3-vMXnCM9Y/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Our Walmart has never gone back to being open 24 hours, ever
since they severely cut hours in 2020 during Covid-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course it made a lot of sense, didnât it,
to jam the population into the store as densely as possible during a narrow
time frame, when there was a highly contagious bug going around that
everyone was deathly frightened of. ((eye roll))<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The store only stays open until 11:00 p.m.
nowadays, and opens at 6:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Saturday, I went to see Loren. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a pretty day, 57° here, and 65° in
Omaha, on its way up to 71°.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found him
in the commons area, and he spotted me the minute I walked through the
door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a steadily more difficult
time trying to stand up from a sitting position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We walked to his room, and had a nice visit while he looked
at the magazines and newspapers Iâd brought him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got stalled out on a page of the Car &
Driver featuring a yellow BMW M4 coupe, practically drooling all over that car.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nc6Rm5CWgKqZh7Q6b0wzJB0XcOVer_DuTGn5XT3gYiIx3QUDpWzkwobegozkeO4UjKC4_cCA7G8KglCOD4nMITIme_W0htQVw9PPkCm1nUp9NfveJXBk7r3K4mAK_n6tUidJtOPzEl8I9l4hrHcFAdA65TtEwa_ynNTCE2zMB-xQkz56yixeq09io4/s964/Picture28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="964" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nc6Rm5CWgKqZh7Q6b0wzJB0XcOVer_DuTGn5XT3gYiIx3QUDpWzkwobegozkeO4UjKC4_cCA7G8KglCOD4nMITIme_W0htQVw9PPkCm1nUp9NfveJXBk7r3K4mAK_n6tUidJtOPzEl8I9l4hrHcFAdA65TtEwa_ynNTCE2zMB-xQkz56yixeq09io4/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We
talked about Larryâs 2002 BMW... about the new tires and wheels on my
Mercedes... and then I walked with Loren to the dining room, told him goodbye,
and headed for home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Last
week when I sat with him in the dining room, a man on the other side of the
room would take a bite of his dinner at the urging of one of the staff, then
shout, â<b>MARIANNE!!!</b>â at the tiptop of his voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another bite... and then, â<b>MARIANNE!!!</b>â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The worker assured him that they could talk
to Marianne as soon as he finished his dinner... that Marianne would soon be
visiting... but it didnât stop him from shouting, again and again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was getting angrier as the minutes passed
and Marianne did not materialize.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
</span></i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">wouldnât want to materialize, <i>either,</i> if I were
Marianne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yikes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3Uy5Dx_Pkk3GsynDm2gtLUsSQQmdDz_mihGjsobItBL7_-mkYzVyAagJpsmcaiO5q9aMfmoQbuh95zmKTlnkucsCLYQZed5AE2h6jnWdpbD4VLbKW-IlT4s_kTlHOgI2wJ-BvUFL_ih4yezy3Md7mUdxu6c0Gv8-tzNnwt2gezMHO5suEYOVBc-Rq1I/s1053/Picture29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1053" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3Uy5Dx_Pkk3GsynDm2gtLUsSQQmdDz_mihGjsobItBL7_-mkYzVyAagJpsmcaiO5q9aMfmoQbuh95zmKTlnkucsCLYQZed5AE2h6jnWdpbD4VLbKW-IlT4s_kTlHOgI2wJ-BvUFL_ih4yezy3Md7mUdxu6c0Gv8-tzNnwt2gezMHO5suEYOVBc-Rq1I/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At
the truck stop in Fremont, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I bought yogurt/strawberry/blueberry/raspberry/granola
parfaits for our dessert.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When
I got home, I made venison meatloaf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
also had kale/cranberry/vegetable salad, cottage cheese, and kiwi strawberry
juice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Malinda and Eva were
sitting on a pew in the front vestibule after church yesterday morning, looking
at each otherâs cute little notebooks and fancy pencils and suchlike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malinda, 6, started to write something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Eva, 3, said in her
no-nonsense tone, âLet me show you how to do that.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Malinda turned her head,
looked at me, grinned, and willingly handed over notebook and pencil to her younger
cousin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">All
that rigmarole with Wal-Mart Friday night, and I forgot to order eggs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I placed an order Sunday afternoon, and we
picked up our things last night after church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If an order is $35 or more, pick-up is free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Speaking
of eggs, I am somehow reminded of a nice old man who was tending the front desk
one morning at a motel in Iowa where we once stayed overnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came into the breakfast area and offered the
guests eggs and/or potatoes. I chose eggs, sunny-side-up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He
went off to make them. Several minutes later, he came out and apologized
for the delay, and inquired again into exactly how I wanted the eggs.
Five minutes later, he repeated this performance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Directly
he came back out the third time and reported that the eggs would be done
shortly; he was having trouble with his skillet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI
have to âsneak up onâ the eggs,â he explained.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He
meant, he couldnât heat the skillet too quickly, or the eggs would burn. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
assured him all was well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46CZl_fysH0KRn697OE3MEYLPZjdemRPZUq8F65VDPs3MtnfN6si24XvP1FUtWNRur4-rEhi0WFfWwi5jMG3NF-Dg01025I3_WUTUaZeKwjudpBhTESDjyaH_Il9IFIhirn7mg8Of8prAw3Mx3L8_LlsYsd5U8XpNzP7S9PavqNjjVM-3P06eC3gPhDs/s1014/Picture30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1014" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46CZl_fysH0KRn697OE3MEYLPZjdemRPZUq8F65VDPs3MtnfN6si24XvP1FUtWNRur4-rEhi0WFfWwi5jMG3NF-Dg01025I3_WUTUaZeKwjudpBhTESDjyaH_Il9IFIhirn7mg8Of8prAw3Mx3L8_LlsYsd5U8XpNzP7S9PavqNjjVM-3P06eC3gPhDs/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Feeling
certain that eggs were forthcoming, I toasted a piece of bread and buttered it
in anticipation of an egg sandwich. I waited until I thought the toast
would soon be unpalatably cold, put jelly on it, and ate it, sans eggs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
couple of minutes later, the man brought one egg out; it had gotten done sooner
than the other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Now,
Iâm not sure, but I <i>think</i> he got it mixed up with those cute
little rubber Fisher Price toy eggs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
valiantly ate it, and washed it down with orange juice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Soon
he brought out the other egg. It had its own little plate under it â
well, unless it was just burnt on the bottom. The top was still
runny. Neither egg had more than a speck of salt or pepper, and there was
none to be had in the breakfast nook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
downed, uh, <i>most</i> of it, leaving the cardboard(?) bottom behind. I
washed Egg #2 down with milk, since the orange juice/egg combo had already
given me a stomachache, and I threw the burnt part away when the nice old man
wasnât looking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Meanwhile,
Larry happily ate a waffle that he had made himself. Now, thatâs cruel
and unjust punishment, to eat a scrumptious waffle right in front of someone
who has just been served a rubberized-and-burnt-but-nevertheless-uncooked egg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Oh,
well. Itâs fun to tell people, âI had Fisher Price eggs for
breakfast!â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwammlOIYuqAuN-LCo4EJsgMqzgT8ciehBL-L0T-EcVMReOkM-Qk8-OoHMqwpYE5xpuxu_jVYP9HpYkSsvaRrBNOJeqnmOz18mzN1YsAPQ1neTj-k0C_dWG_rp_wILXVzgduBQ12PaC1PhSvlRGJEbfwA5Vp5IXgpUofHzQxuR4Ixtw4B3pewGIhNONU/s528/Picture31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="458" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwammlOIYuqAuN-LCo4EJsgMqzgT8ciehBL-L0T-EcVMReOkM-Qk8-OoHMqwpYE5xpuxu_jVYP9HpYkSsvaRrBNOJeqnmOz18mzN1YsAPQ1neTj-k0C_dWG_rp_wILXVzgduBQ12PaC1PhSvlRGJEbfwA5Vp5IXgpUofHzQxuR4Ixtw4B3pewGIhNONU/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Plus,
weâve been âsneaking up onâ eggs, waffles, and pancakes ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It was another
pretty day here, 52°, bright and sunny. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve done a bit of cleaning, and the last load
of clothes is in the dryer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At 6:30
p.m., I heard a motorcycle â Larry was home from work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By then, the temperature had fallen, and it
was only 40°. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry came in, informing me
that he was <i>cold! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Heâd ridden his
KTM dirt bike, and, unlike the bigger BMW motorcycle, it has no windshield, and
no heated seat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he <i>likes</i> that
dirt bike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It <i>GOES.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Bedtime!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-12364343883818918742024-03-02T21:00:00.010-06:002024-03-07T01:23:59.527-06:00Photos: Drive to Omaha<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVNlueYr0wUo0v6NSuyHW0cUDs9jgdbJWt2Dp7WRgvNuTNVuStjOLvU5ncoea8jdm90SqWAGcauRxINsGLX-CMCTyqH_r6pY-WxH4X59bal12BQOx8w2ABYBRAyTyaClUHMnV5TO7m87LKNW-dHcdvwMHI1rbEFik8ILnBM2BpHVUdndajqDwRPIcWWM/s1280/IMG_5301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvinH5pE-U6vEk8OoSJSMoT_Ko7VytU3ILTGkui7TLVU3O1w7ilE-uksL_HDe1cWnjgw3CxYR8nVvFuhYOz0NVxEDxOBQzDfu42OMSXTesRNenZ1Xa9aRCkx6Xx_ty8zevL9wD-VMkzG7xKg5XEErCVWFwr11TiQit2_0AYJtjL7zP2cutbGF1T_x4fM/s320/IMG_5194.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-49615593016294557042024-02-26T23:55:00.062-06:002024-02-27T15:18:35.900-06:00Journal: Dogs & Birds & Birthdays & Babies (& Quilts, of course)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjiC2Q-URqxhZSJ2DpCfKHKgu4eslfu_96Zpe0AHM2dzgZFLBWAdS59R0WbhOlgXMNIF9lrHmJVN25FARt-23fvEdxm-FKeM0ooX2-NFVcD4BufWbPfdxjW1RPmK_dh9I52MfDfb5xnvtdgQsXoduxzULQPMsOtl4FXk8pLsThD0pOfumeUo_eGVA1sA/s881/Picture2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="881" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjiC2Q-URqxhZSJ2DpCfKHKgu4eslfu_96Zpe0AHM2dzgZFLBWAdS59R0WbhOlgXMNIF9lrHmJVN25FARt-23fvEdxm-FKeM0ooX2-NFVcD4BufWbPfdxjW1RPmK_dh9I52MfDfb5xnvtdgQsXoduxzULQPMsOtl4FXk8pLsThD0pOfumeUo_eGVA1sA/s320/Picture2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Some friends asked what type of birdseed I feed the birds at my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I offer them black-oil sunflower seeds (this
is the best all-around food for most birds), nyjer seed (in special feeders
made especially for this small seed), and suet blocks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many birds â particularly woodpeckers, jays,
nuthatches, and even English sparrows â like suet with fruit and nuts in it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the small finches can husk the black-oil
sunflower seeds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They cannot very well
husk the harder striped sunflower seeds, though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Itâs funny when little birds that usually
exit Stage Left when the blue jays or the woodpeckers swoop in, feel all safe
and protected on the other side of that suet block, just because they cannot <i>see</i>
the bigger bird. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I once watched a
sparrow lean around the corner of the feeder, get a beakful of a blue jayâs
tail feathers, and give a good, hard yank. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The blue jay squawked loudly in protest and flapped
to a nearby perch on the framework that holds the feeders. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sparrow, belatedly realizing what kind of
a fowl heâd taken on, cheep-cheeped in alarm and also fluttered off to a perch
a little ways away, watching warily to see what might happen next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâd pecked off more than he could chew, <i>that
</i>time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Remember the army-tank snow sculpture
grandson Aaron made last month?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
that in mind, I sent him this Peanuts cartoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO82DFnEQ6o2Fy-ovQBs4l1uteX3Zo3pUlJHOhVI-AcDo82CfDgOIH6iryCeRM192479olNypOU6Rws0GsZXWfQLyHtJ3yogzEc4TngmmqNl0pIIxFWUlLNbaRN5W0qjP_mZ6eYs6dAnKE1NBmAtP71sCArR9QvZ7efx0jsk4zCDSm3tEgSWv2U8feAM/s652/Picture3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO82DFnEQ6o2Fy-ovQBs4l1uteX3Zo3pUlJHOhVI-AcDo82CfDgOIH6iryCeRM192479olNypOU6Rws0GsZXWfQLyHtJ3yogzEc4TngmmqNl0pIIxFWUlLNbaRN5W0qjP_mZ6eYs6dAnKE1NBmAtP71sCArR9QvZ7efx0jsk4zCDSm3tEgSWv2U8feAM/s320/Picture3.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When I was in the 5<sup>th</sup>
grade, our teacher read us âA Wrinkle in Timeâ. I did not like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I donât like science fiction, or stuff that
seems to dabble in the occult â and especially writings such as this that throw
in Scripture references.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs like that
dumb Christmas song with lyrics that say, âSanta knows weâre all Godâs
children; that makes everything right.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
will not forget how horrified I was, the first time I heard those words, when I
was age 10 or thereabouts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the other
hand, I liked Dick, Jane, and Sally just fine, back in first grade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I <i>did </i>get in a wee bit
of trouble for reading ahead. The teacher thought Iâd read one extra
chapter. She did not realize I had read all the way to the end of the
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldnât help it! The
suspense was killing me!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Speaking of reading and English and
suchlike, I am picky about grammar and punctuation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do know that punctuation can make the
difference between life and death, donât you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Witness:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âItâs time to eat, Grandma!â versus âItâs
time to eat Grandma!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">You see what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(And now I must reread this journal five
times to make sure I havenât made an error.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs a picture that just
scrolled through on my screensaver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look
what Victoria was doing, and I didnât even know it until I looked at the
pictures later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaWFTNNBdRWwIcIZa0TrbLXKgFXrjmbbms8fpqNRbwJvCRWgZWx_NyYYQyFB4syocrF488B1SnqSUZHfbXGQHpDaPB5vRfFcFzVnNVIZ1N-jawVWhJX6IAVJdRbgsmpIn2bjCxYAds1-lHFD6j6L_o2TRMk3yI9ejYuzC6p7-LSHqJnwWSDqzn-R7W7g/s963/Picture4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="674" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaWFTNNBdRWwIcIZa0TrbLXKgFXrjmbbms8fpqNRbwJvCRWgZWx_NyYYQyFB4syocrF488B1SnqSUZHfbXGQHpDaPB5vRfFcFzVnNVIZ1N-jawVWhJX6IAVJdRbgsmpIn2bjCxYAds1-lHFD6j6L_o2TRMk3yI9ejYuzC6p7-LSHqJnwWSDqzn-R7W7g/s320/Picture4.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tuesday, Keith sent this picture of himself with
his stepdaughter Kenzieâs little dog Moha, writing, â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">This liâl cutie
is such a spoiled brat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ„°</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhhYZ-BQ9tOKrl-z70iyfaYDXDewNtFuYJD8U8xALbtzMYEEwvTFCl7TKd5Z9xEw9lcV7muF8gdNPG48B9HrvOHbh_qK4q1OaylJ8PHjmZPVjwfhKuIqEoNeCZz9aosKZVERYrcEaj6bQ8hPSdXIunrCePaY19BU68n3lvG8H882bfMScwznahCuqAvM/s1033/Picture5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhhYZ-BQ9tOKrl-z70iyfaYDXDewNtFuYJD8U8xALbtzMYEEwvTFCl7TKd5Z9xEw9lcV7muF8gdNPG48B9HrvOHbh_qK4q1OaylJ8PHjmZPVjwfhKuIqEoNeCZz9aosKZVERYrcEaj6bQ8hPSdXIunrCePaY19BU68n3lvG8H882bfMScwznahCuqAvM/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When I was little, I read the book âBig
Redâ â and immediately wanted an Irish Setter, and planned to learn every
command I would teach the dog in Irish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Drawback: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nobody got me an Irish Setter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bike-riding with my blind friend Rita
on her tandem bicycle one day, I saw an Irish Setter at a big, fancy house on
the outskirts of town â with a dozen roly-poly red-furred puppies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were sooo cute.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Several friends
of ours had Pekingese dogs, years ago. The dogs were all related â
possibly from the same litter â and they were all equally
bad-tempered. (The friends were related, too, and equally bad at
training dogs. {And at training kids, but we wonât talk about that
right now.}) Anyway, I was four years old and considered myself
pretty âgrown upâ, but every time we went to those peopleâs homes, I begged my
mother to pick me up, because the dogs were ankle-biters, and theyâd actually draw
blood!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I finally got old
enough to take care of the problem my<i>self.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry and I were
17 and dating, and we were invited to one of those houses that harbored a
Pekingese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular dog, an
offspring of their first one, liked to camp out under the couch, sneak forward,
and chomp down on the tendons on the backs of peopleâs legs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZu5QJ_QJ-rSFRNChRXYkzRBqjc9P7z4VLhGh38P74y9r62wEBwumEIerk87VTX_SOqzkntGtEZ1E6MjPmKY7Xd3eLwLHMseBA4OYrdCvWbSBTgvhghnIBk8JH2xsup5-EsZDPUJezyl2XGQr7iKU3sFumq_vzHtZPo425FRQ6wmViz3u8KzNX7M_687I/s320/Picture6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZu5QJ_QJ-rSFRNChRXYkzRBqjc9P7z4VLhGh38P74y9r62wEBwumEIerk87VTX_SOqzkntGtEZ1E6MjPmKY7Xd3eLwLHMseBA4OYrdCvWbSBTgvhghnIBk8JH2xsup5-EsZDPUJezyl2XGQr7iKU3sFumq_vzHtZPo425FRQ6wmViz3u8KzNX7M_687I/s1600/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I, knowing this,
chose to sit on â the couch, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I positioned my
ankles just far enough beyond the bottom edge of the couch and sat just far
enough forward that I would have a clear view of that ugly rumpled face
emerging from under said couch, teeth extended for a bite of my innocent,
hapless ankle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I knew what I was
planning to do â and I didnât care if these people <i>were</i> supposed
to be our friends. I didnât let <i>my</i> dog gnaw on the
ankles of <i>my</i> friends, now did I?!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I didnât have
long to wait.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Out came
Rumpelstiltskin, moving fast, angling for my left ankle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I was faster.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I stomped on his
head with my right foot, while simultaneously yelling, âBad dog!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">No, I didnât
stomp hard enough to maim the mutt, though, believe me, I wouldnât have been
too awfully remorseful if I hadâve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He yiped and
yipped and yelped (more out of surprise than injury) and scooted himself back
under the couch, posthaste.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">His owners
simultaneously yiped, too, and jumped out of their skins while they were at it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Never once again
did that nasty critter <i>ever</i> try to bite me, and he seriously
curtailed his biting of <i>other</i> friends of mine â especially if
I was with them. (Even his owners were cautious around me,
thereafter.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Years later, one
of my children asked me why Pekingese have rumpled faces. I, having
not recovered from my BATP (Bad Attitude Toward Pekingese), explained, âItâs
because they went around biting people, and people didnât like it, and ran
their faces into walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually, the
pups were just born that way already, so people didnât have to go to the
trouble.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqukteYam2LWt8EZ14HTI1A_U4UHMPkLD_IjFwAHXd43VnW52YwhyphenhyphenKYSkGe6nHvdKo7clw5WM7huZkJ8hPxjBbnJeI9u-uUf7ZPSKQkwXm_9w0pHk8iEhOccFuW1mW3lM1irxcozXZj6FayKVc9VLxRozDxQ0vwUJJKWWs4fB1nT3okwr7a-0t_E43Jek/s320/Picture7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="320" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqukteYam2LWt8EZ14HTI1A_U4UHMPkLD_IjFwAHXd43VnW52YwhyphenhyphenKYSkGe6nHvdKo7clw5WM7huZkJ8hPxjBbnJeI9u-uUf7ZPSKQkwXm_9w0pHk8iEhOccFuW1mW3lM1irxcozXZj6FayKVc9VLxRozDxQ0vwUJJKWWs4fB1nT3okwr7a-0t_E43Jek/s1600/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">That child of
mine gave it a moment of consideration before saying somewhat reproachfully, âMama.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now, I hasten to
assure you that I do absolutely realize that even a breed known for nastiness
can produce a sweet one time and again â <i>if</i> it is raised by loving
owners who take the time to teach and train it. Those who will not
do that should not have <i>any</i> breed of dog (or any other animal,
for that matter).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">{And if you donât
care for 17-year-old me, you wonât much care for 63-year-old me, either; âcuz,
Iâm a-warninâ you, Iâd do the same thing today, were my ankles in danger from Ningpoo
or his ilk.} {Yep, that was his name. My friends and I
adjusted his name periodically to suit our various and varied fancies.}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tuesday, Larry had</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> new tires mounted
on the wheels weâd gotten in Omaha last Monday, and when he got off work, he
put them on the Mercedes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After supper,
we took it for a drive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh, it drives so much better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It no longer wiggles and wobbles its way over
bumps, and it <i>rides</i> better, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wonder if the previous owners put those low-profile tires and wheels
on it in order to make it look snazzy â and then traded it off because they
didnât like how it drove??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I finally feel
safe again, driving that car. Itâs a wonderful vehicle; it was just
ridiculous that someone messed it all up like that, putting on those
low-profile tires and wheels. Every little bump or ridge it hit, it would
rock and bobble from side to side. Unnerving.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The bolt that
held the adapter kit for those low-profile wheels was skinny, and short,
too. The threads did not go very far into the nut that held it. One
hard ker-thump into one of Omahaâs nasty potholes, and a wheel couldâve popped
right off of that vehicle. Knowing something was wrong, Iâve been driving
with great caution, and any worse-than-usual bump made my hair stand up on end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The new tires and
wheels will be a great relief. But the new tires werenât cheap, and the
correct bolts and lug nuts alone were $500!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Good grief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Friends
who live in states to our south are starting to post pictures of their
early-spring-blooming flowers, with the majority being daffodils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love daffodils. I used to have the
big, fancy, ruffled kind, in pinks, corals, yellows, whites, and in combinations
of those colors. They gradually died out. Perhaps chipmunks ate the
bulbs â but I also learned that if you plant them too close to lilies,
chemicals from the lily rhizomes can eat away and destroy daffodil bulbs just
as they do tulip bulbs. And I did indeed have lilies next to the
daffodils and tulips.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Around the
countryside, I sometimes see bright orange daylilies and purple irises growing
randomly here and there. Itâs usually for the same reason: someone
used to have a house there. Every once in a while, the remains of an old
homestead can still be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am always
intrigued, and wish I knew the story of lives that have faded into the mists of
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I spent a good
part of Wednesday cutting quilt pieces, and I wrapped a couple of gifts, one
for Ian, and one for Maisie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Here are the
gifts we got for Ian, who just turned 8:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>a 1:64-scale model 1957 Chrysler 300C, and a Color-Popping game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gave them to him after our evening church
service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the box that held the car,
it said it was for ages 14+, so I said Ian must wait until he was 14 to open
the box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also said, âNot for highway use.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiyq8fPYlVsHIQ6DrsaucbZawTIhG4BFVpXvSZIBBRfIRxAVQSjWGOps7FY7VFp5YFzJi85GHQOaoPx8UgQjg1XQ9SuhcGWjXPX_nvYmAu2nJi44GZ8DTYScyWi4J_kcbkmzKKhNb2ixEGug99jowt1tY5vOLTVSwfPtJvvwIGgnEr81-Y7kH55TVe4M/s990/Picture8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="990" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiyq8fPYlVsHIQ6DrsaucbZawTIhG4BFVpXvSZIBBRfIRxAVQSjWGOps7FY7VFp5YFzJi85GHQOaoPx8UgQjg1XQ9SuhcGWjXPX_nvYmAu2nJi44GZ8DTYScyWi4J_kcbkmzKKhNb2ixEGug99jowt1tY5vOLTVSwfPtJvvwIGgnEr81-Y7kH55TVe4M/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKJYOuK_OH4wRmOIw63bABu1t3wbgKHnVZrrQOmtVrhu4orXRF96YUYtjpwYAJFUDW2Vig8oDIGDgJXRbAaOFPHvHdrq_a-RXEFX6IXOKBYgLQI6Bj7W8GhtkhYSmx2FDEOJ2_jD0sox9tyoau1pL0DZlkAOKUBdqAzF_CZw2ANyUath1ytM1aUhXFYc/s650/Picture9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="650" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKJYOuK_OH4wRmOIw63bABu1t3wbgKHnVZrrQOmtVrhu4orXRF96YUYtjpwYAJFUDW2Vig8oDIGDgJXRbAaOFPHvHdrq_a-RXEFX6IXOKBYgLQI6Bj7W8GhtkhYSmx2FDEOJ2_jD0sox9tyoau1pL0DZlkAOKUBdqAzF_CZw2ANyUath1ytM1aUhXFYc/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I like to wrap gifts
in calendar paper. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGoZofaes4MXpFq-brZx1Jd6vFfKN609Qh6twa2-Srq53dhzxCXkZVH4OK9DbIe8kIWhOA4IIsjTJwje2_3pXvGJSTs0AJfIh2tEra85AbrsDEeHa3f_Zl1KUEcDr7ynGsxlnLd903XnP2K2uoDg1sftgVWgm70x6clt483SmhRUPZCout0VvYBy8aGk/s939/Picture10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="939" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGoZofaes4MXpFq-brZx1Jd6vFfKN609Qh6twa2-Srq53dhzxCXkZVH4OK9DbIe8kIWhOA4IIsjTJwje2_3pXvGJSTs0AJfIh2tEra85AbrsDEeHa3f_Zl1KUEcDr7ynGsxlnLd903XnP2K2uoDg1sftgVWgm70x6clt483SmhRUPZCout0VvYBy8aGk/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2-FUZaGXFRWS5m_9xsIhyphenhyphenVA32eUnrmXSvnBvBXwzBExfJYYbU4u0l8HiF18_VuXPb3ZzSaUoNFbr6jsCK2uqh-lwNaQxl5Dx0azB86TSjPv-2ozhmBo2AIA3efk5AWZQMUysFQoVfzvFFcSrGh7JNOzLGMuIKtWfzJcgVgpO0Hxz4V3WAKF4zvuNi6k/s945/Picture11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="945" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2-FUZaGXFRWS5m_9xsIhyphenhyphenVA32eUnrmXSvnBvBXwzBExfJYYbU4u0l8HiF18_VuXPb3ZzSaUoNFbr6jsCK2uqh-lwNaQxl5Dx0azB86TSjPv-2ozhmBo2AIA3efk5AWZQMUysFQoVfzvFFcSrGh7JNOzLGMuIKtWfzJcgVgpO0Hxz4V3WAKF4zvuNi6k/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I asked Eva if they had brought her
little sister to church. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYes!!!â</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> she said,
whirling around and pointing at the baby in her Daddyâs arms. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sheâs usually a little quiet and shy after
church; but sheâs not <i>always </i>like that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I asked, âWhatâs her name?â and she
looked up at me in amazement <i>(You donât know?!!!</i>) and answered with a
good deal of volume, <b><i>âMaisie!!!â </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Caleb said Eva had been making great
plans for playing with her little sister â âIâll play engines with her!â (Eva
loves trains) â and was somewhat disappointed to learn that it would be a while
before the baby would be big enough to play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">We had a late supper
of roast beef, sliced beets, hominy, baked potatoes, cherry tomatoes,
kiwi-strawberry juice, strawberries, and the last piece of cherry-cream cheese
Danish from Panera Bread.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thursday, February 22<sup>nd</sup>, was
Keithâs 44<sup>th</sup> birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
gave him a gift card for Cabela's.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The electronic birthday card I sent him
pictured an old lady trying to blow out her candles â just three candles, in
the numeric shapes of 1, 0, and 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">(âHey,â protested Keith, âIâm not
102!â)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Anyway, the lady tried to blow out her
candles â and her false teeth flew out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Not long after Larry got dentures, he
showed Carolyn and Violet how his teeth came out (even though his wife was
protesting).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">They, at ages 3 and 4, then went home
and tried to pull their teeth out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When they couldnât accomplish the
task, Carolyn explained to her little sister, âWe canât do it, because <i>our </i>teeth
are too <i>slippery</i>.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">A friend and I were discussing the controversy
that supposedly occurred in the late 1700s over whether the bald eagle or the wild
turkey should be our national bird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
say âsupposedlyâ because some say the story is nothing but a myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, hereâs something Iâve always
thought was funny:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the turkey has this
large ungainly body, and when they go strutting along in a great rush, they
look more like theyâre waddle-jerk-running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their heads, which are small in comparison with the rest of their
bodies, sport very little feathering, but are colorful with reddish and blueish
lumpy skin, which gets quite brilliant during mating season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their feathers are in shades of brown and
white, and from a distance they look dark and drab; but when they fan out their
tail feathers, you can see beautiful stripes and patterns in each feather.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">So... hereâs the funny part:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldâve just described Benjamin Franklin,
who, it is said, wanted the turkey to be our national bird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was partly bald on top, and what hair he <i>did</i>
have was somewhat long, down to his shoulders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was rather plump, and not too tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why, he even had a bit of a wattle under his chin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His clothes were typical of the times,
usually in dull colors, but beautifully tailored, with elaborate tails.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Charles Thomson, on the other hand, Secretary
of the Continental Congress and the man who recommended the bald eagle, was a
thin, handsome, rather elegant-looking man with a snowy head of white hair,
also to his shoulders â just like the eagle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His eyebrows were prominent and came down somewhat low over intelligent,
piercing eyes â which is an excellent description of the bald eagle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a long, narrow, sort of beakish nose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Each man doubtless peered at himself in the
looking glass, and thought, <i>I donât look half bad, huh-uh!<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you want to read the <i>real </i>story
about Benjamin Franklinâs remarks and suggestions, itâs at History.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In truth, he had proposed that the seal for
the new country be a picture of Moses on the shores of the Red Sea, extending a
hand while the waters rushed back over Pharaoh and his chariot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His proposal was </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.history.com/news/did-benjamin-franklin-propose-the-turkey-as-the-national-symbol">Biblical,
not avian</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thursday, I took the box with grandson
Trevorâs Nine Puppies quilt and pillow to the UPS Store and shipped it off to
Tennessee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was assured that it would
arrive Monday (today), on his birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Then, since I was on the far side of
town, I stopped at Caleb and Mariaâs house to give them Baby Maisieâs gift â
matching sleepers, onesies, mittens, and hats, and a soft, soft teddy bear that
rattles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgMhSya0V1XOhGOUm0RUlxhNrHECaQ947buR4y56Rf5fhANcepZqhDXFX4I5_-E0dfKkD1rpNeYBQ6t8Q_CNmsR986nh93TOSefWhEzj4rzIimDlqGXYHgJdDylfo_sxBC2QLIOoT1T3lHY8G9lxm4k0Fouj6JE21HlDUATHU9BonEMD_ACngFDb8gm8/s1043/Picture12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1043" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgMhSya0V1XOhGOUm0RUlxhNrHECaQ947buR4y56Rf5fhANcepZqhDXFX4I5_-E0dfKkD1rpNeYBQ6t8Q_CNmsR986nh93TOSefWhEzj4rzIimDlqGXYHgJdDylfo_sxBC2QLIOoT1T3lHY8G9lxm4k0Fouj6JE21HlDUATHU9BonEMD_ACngFDb8gm8/s320/Picture12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-88gJTtfXZhADCEEXuvxewAqtrKstCjclHkNJLaug0DsxoLq4MyjqvRWbm-EencQCrPbFJOzZgISxMLud85VnCqL5bJfJeG-zZB0T9uJpT0VcgWrNOOrNLl1tzAdh2Xn9E-gkhPvOgXLdcg6hyyTBOo8p99p62l2qIJesbJaaJQMMNZ8NjGxslw6V9Ak/s836/Picture13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="836" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-88gJTtfXZhADCEEXuvxewAqtrKstCjclHkNJLaug0DsxoLq4MyjqvRWbm-EencQCrPbFJOzZgISxMLud85VnCqL5bJfJeG-zZB0T9uJpT0VcgWrNOOrNLl1tzAdh2Xn9E-gkhPvOgXLdcg6hyyTBOo8p99p62l2qIJesbJaaJQMMNZ8NjGxslw6V9Ak/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmNmxAEd6ILgXfQxXw81KljUbxoZSWXf43AQJ7lDDSq2P5UwtvLm6LLKykv-TQwPfJoQo2fCho9_aM8CnSGVmdhvNtYfhU29_Hl4JT5hA2uw2gIbOv9P4nPfguIw3-h8vCpMXyrRURr891SnSeEX976z9XuYOIJuWyo7Qe5lv4GdJwNymETH4pSajetc/s776/Picture14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmNmxAEd6ILgXfQxXw81KljUbxoZSWXf43AQJ7lDDSq2P5UwtvLm6LLKykv-TQwPfJoQo2fCho9_aM8CnSGVmdhvNtYfhU29_Hl4JT5hA2uw2gIbOv9P4nPfguIw3-h8vCpMXyrRURr891SnSeEX976z9XuYOIJuWyo7Qe5lv4GdJwNymETH4pSajetc/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5lv9vlPEPYWwjzLN7q2bSsK9cyf48zAJeGDNbN6qw6APCFTo5x5FLpSRNQBQFR3uQNHTvpgF7-CPhm_q2UUBTf-BXrKcTCdI67bhc36B0oZ2OmLtuybEgKJl7uzPDn9vN0RI1kePChsYeeJDUxMDkHbewkwiWCshbtRFGFGxqyoczYd1MIh9ZDIg_Jg/s874/Picture15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="874" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5lv9vlPEPYWwjzLN7q2bSsK9cyf48zAJeGDNbN6qw6APCFTo5x5FLpSRNQBQFR3uQNHTvpgF7-CPhm_q2UUBTf-BXrKcTCdI67bhc36B0oZ2OmLtuybEgKJl7uzPDn9vN0RI1kePChsYeeJDUxMDkHbewkwiWCshbtRFGFGxqyoczYd1MIh9ZDIg_Jg/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Eva happily let me in, and then trotted
lickety-split around the living room, showing me her books, her painting easel,
and her âenginesâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I held Baby Maisie
for a few minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva told me several
times what the babyâs name is, since, after all, I had <i>asked </i>the night
before, when people ought to have <i>known,</i> by then.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Eva has no idea that I
asked her not because I couldnât remember, but because I like to hear her
say it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đđ</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When I got back
home, I headed upstairs to the quilting studio, and got back to cutting the
background triangles for the Crossed-Canoe blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmx5eziQIjiQBaqMAsBXoCbHvu1HRMK6bd5oXtSfKdyND7K3QfyQ068usfiRdvKtQwWhCTsLECXtjb4Z6pkWIpqp7uL_Gu_HbTLbZvQ0-nUGCDnZidTG_ZWjt27NvWuCBAJkvce8pBlVrR6IcmMLTiIAHRdbWi_3v5L8VhxSoia48kRiEDxrxyM-PAxk/s786/Picture16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="786" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmx5eziQIjiQBaqMAsBXoCbHvu1HRMK6bd5oXtSfKdyND7K3QfyQ068usfiRdvKtQwWhCTsLECXtjb4Z6pkWIpqp7uL_Gu_HbTLbZvQ0-nUGCDnZidTG_ZWjt27NvWuCBAJkvce8pBlVrR6IcmMLTiIAHRdbWi_3v5L8VhxSoia48kRiEDxrxyM-PAxk/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">A couple of hours later, I paused with the
quilt-piece cutting and went downstairs to eat supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry was working on a vehicle in Genoa, and
would be late getting home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hungry for
boiled eggs, I heated water and put the eggs into the pan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">And then I set the timer for 9 <i>hours</i>
instead of 9 <i>minutes</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">It wasnât long before I went to check on them
(I was <i>hungry,</i> after all!), but by then they were <i>hard</i>-boiled,
instead of partially soft, the way I like them best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had green beans, a kiwi, strawberry-kiwi
juice, string cheese, crackers, and applesauce.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs a story a friend recently told
me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our late friends the Wrights
(Bobbyâs grandparents) were going to their Uncle Gilbertâs funeral. Mr.
Wright called his daughter Leanneâs home and his granddaughter Julie, age 4, answered
the phone. Grandpa Wright wanted to talk to her father, but he was in the
shower. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So Mr. Wright told his little
granddaughter what he wanted her to ask.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Shortly thereafter, he heard Julie calling
loudly, âDad, Dad, Grampa wants to know if youâll be a polar bear at Uncle
Gilbertâs funeral.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">That evening, Victoria sent me pictures of
the cute things sheâs been knitting and crocheting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hereâs a little outfit and blanket for Arnold, and below
is a blanket for Maisie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qnKtRjmjSs4qBaDcqowxpT6rvvbCAy_MqbRTB7WinKYGwQSq9QXv-daqHshwSNsWzrLGciWqQmB9Gze4zwdWX1ENjdkZk2c-bXqPldw4iK19ZaXbNgj_piDgFWX4mI3o41WxFsLgTF6qGHyh5aLGU8tOwrEEntYZtoWR_5EP3zVwJ5Yxy96466A3ft8/s333/Picture17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qnKtRjmjSs4qBaDcqowxpT6rvvbCAy_MqbRTB7WinKYGwQSq9QXv-daqHshwSNsWzrLGciWqQmB9Gze4zwdWX1ENjdkZk2c-bXqPldw4iK19ZaXbNgj_piDgFWX4mI3o41WxFsLgTF6qGHyh5aLGU8tOwrEEntYZtoWR_5EP3zVwJ5Yxy96466A3ft8/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaLqDnlsAQv-wGNKxYqQbMVAbNIrveIuLystrfSFo6IgnAb-c75jh9G7vPcfXjUgUWQaV7UbhtmcUrjsDE4JabWsHgVG0zU3U5OUkW6wTXPkQfhMHiFgiFN5W9FE6XtT2V5m8EyVIDfoa4JjawMDXSmvTzg6WcFivJ9Fx4TwuoRvhtabJ5PPNYM1Tc70/s443/Picture19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaLqDnlsAQv-wGNKxYqQbMVAbNIrveIuLystrfSFo6IgnAb-c75jh9G7vPcfXjUgUWQaV7UbhtmcUrjsDE4JabWsHgVG0zU3U5OUkW6wTXPkQfhMHiFgiFN5W9FE6XtT2V5m8EyVIDfoa4JjawMDXSmvTzg6WcFivJ9Fx4TwuoRvhtabJ5PPNYM1Tc70/s320/Picture19.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LWdhJB1w3hROKmboPf2tLs3M9vTulFb1oaxvt39SeTotx9wCFJ3QsqiJeumxtDoz1LKDuhxk1VTpfBggS7MnpKaJrJGP0B_czbAK8sBd1kyFMokJC5NhUdbZzgqgZctZyV-2PEEiR_uR3ugbPpqVhhTt1RaVBUlmGC-7prMFK7sWBX-GVHVE3BEZ2rE/s422/Picture18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="422" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LWdhJB1w3hROKmboPf2tLs3M9vTulFb1oaxvt39SeTotx9wCFJ3QsqiJeumxtDoz1LKDuhxk1VTpfBggS7MnpKaJrJGP0B_czbAK8sBd1kyFMokJC5NhUdbZzgqgZctZyV-2PEEiR_uR3ugbPpqVhhTt1RaVBUlmGC-7prMFK7sWBX-GVHVE3BEZ2rE/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">By 10:45 p.m., the triangles for </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">the Cross-Stitchi</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">nâ
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Gone
Fishi</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">nâ quilt were all cut, and I was ready to start sewing
blocks together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put two together and
quit for the night, with</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 35 blocks to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrcSWHmYNAO4OyDdcHddGD6bQ53mLlMre1epcaimzpeLb794eax1UpeaagvW2kBNt8NSqr-NldGRMei5sqc17iY3igF5jHpZNfJU4BtqdqOsI_u-Yn2G7srPCSNwNDB4d-N8kt0WdK7AEnp2xmqpCuttmWUqDfGnuu40hHcbDs5lbfvN09Ra6nS6jGrc/s818/Picture21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="818" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrcSWHmYNAO4OyDdcHddGD6bQ53mLlMre1epcaimzpeLb794eax1UpeaagvW2kBNt8NSqr-NldGRMei5sqc17iY3igF5jHpZNfJU4BtqdqOsI_u-Yn2G7srPCSNwNDB4d-N8kt0WdK7AEnp2xmqpCuttmWUqDfGnuu40hHcbDs5lbfvN09Ra6nS6jGrc/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">There are 592
triangles of varying sizes and angles in this quilt, plus 12 blocks with
cross-stitched little boy fishermen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fisherboys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What <i>do </i>you
call young male fishermen?</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Itâs Overall Sam,
Sunbonnet Sueâs counterpart, sans overalls.)</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
triangles were such odd sizes, I printed paper templates from my EQ8 design,
laid them on the fabric, then put my slotted ruler over the top and used the
rotary cutter to cut them, four at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Friday, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I spent the day sewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that night, I got the Bernina 730
Artista ready to take back (again) to Nebraska Quilting Company in Fremont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They messed it up... tried to fix it...
messed it up worse... and are now attempting to blame <i>me </i>for the
stitches itâs skipping:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âYou donât have
it threaded right, you didnât put a new needle in, you probably put the bobbin
in backwards, etc.â Yeah, Iâm not the turquoise-haired idget who messed
up this once-wonderful machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hopefully, the
classes the owner recently took at a Bernina company somewhere will help him
fix my machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Friday nightâs supper was venison and corn on
the cob.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loosely-wrapped the ears of
corn in aluminum foil and set them atop the venison in the Instant Pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forty minutes later, we had tender, savory
venison and tasty corn on the cob.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">By bedtime, I had ten more Crossed-Canoe blocks done,
making a total of twelve. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
cross-stitched blocks will need sashing around them to make them the same
size as the canoe blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzDk6Str0EXVk2gKPpkc2dpCt44aUk3f1Pok21gQ-JZa_LvHMxWaG0yRmr_WSL6njbhU_ypE823nBPwPMUMRQRAZoxBDVzj35050-FCUNWaVnt21lPqpvjXZAKPJ3CIIcI0srsS1LfRqJ8tzN9lPptBPTAB_RQAsCs-sDqjNe12QUhWwn3zgvXSLxIKI/s1068/Picture20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1068" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzDk6Str0EXVk2gKPpkc2dpCt44aUk3f1Pok21gQ-JZa_LvHMxWaG0yRmr_WSL6njbhU_ypE823nBPwPMUMRQRAZoxBDVzj35050-FCUNWaVnt21lPqpvjXZAKPJ3CIIcI0srsS1LfRqJ8tzN9lPptBPTAB_RQAsCs-sDqjNe12QUhWwn3zgvXSLxIKI/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Saturday, February 24<sup>th</sup>, wa</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">s our youngest child Victoriaâs birthday â sheâs 27. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Howâd <i>that</i> happen?<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry put my machine into the Mercedes, and I
headed to Nebraska Quilt Company in Fremont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After dropping off the machine, I </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">went on to Omaha to visit Loren.
He was in the dining room when I got there, so I slid a chair over to his
table, sat down, and visited with him, showing him the National Geographic
magazines Iâd brought, and some Instagram pictures on my phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKpdpVVOto8EJBhWRzx_gi3xuJM4wmlbSSQzVxnw63KLszVr5HOmbypYfFT96ODbYU-_G1P5Emft8XDvu6qRWl2by8WZQm-BTkWZepzagLhk4JooK9LOhDIS_Ba1iFVuEO2u2Mzje6dcPl80znET6V1LJKEy8e3t__y4VOi5OrhAfOtLfUr4dfDKDNog/s862/Picture22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="862" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKpdpVVOto8EJBhWRzx_gi3xuJM4wmlbSSQzVxnw63KLszVr5HOmbypYfFT96ODbYU-_G1P5Emft8XDvu6qRWl2by8WZQm-BTkWZepzagLhk4JooK9LOhDIS_Ba1iFVuEO2u2Mzje6dcPl80znET6V1LJKEy8e3t__y4VOi5OrhAfOtLfUr4dfDKDNog/s320/Picture22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">In the middle of this, he suddenly
asked, âWhat are Mama and Daddy doing?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thatâs a different question than heâs
asked before â or at least itâs worded a bit differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI donât know,â I said truthfully.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDhTdEVrVEKtWDJ-XL4jYiZoR19ioUcSFTDtw5f4jnF3YoRevLl3fXaGMfZyLoqE1LQ-Y-AjlsfjPwbTpIktaqOPEstxpWQELqlz3jjEqaQ_6BaSzcgORgTyIczGea4s1ekhVCkomUpg5CzpFNHwgIzgpsbd4xuSYxVUysYVgbILlZsNAYsMWHO2PbiU/s873/Picture23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="873" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDhTdEVrVEKtWDJ-XL4jYiZoR19ioUcSFTDtw5f4jnF3YoRevLl3fXaGMfZyLoqE1LQ-Y-AjlsfjPwbTpIktaqOPEstxpWQELqlz3jjEqaQ_6BaSzcgORgTyIczGea4s1ekhVCkomUpg5CzpFNHwgIzgpsbd4xuSYxVUysYVgbILlZsNAYsMWHO2PbiU/s320/Picture23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He looked at me for a moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âMaybe theyâre not home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have they gone somewhere?â he asked further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âTheyâre home,â I answered â because
they <i>are.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Home in heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âTheyâre probably just doing whatever they
normally do,â I added.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thatâs true, too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I hastily scrolled down to a video of
a bald eagle snatching a big snake up and flying off with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep, <i>that</i> distracted him, as Iâd known
it would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đđ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I let the loop play through and start up
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âOH!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It caught another one!â he exclaimed, jabbing a finger at my phone, and
successfully exiting that video and launching one of a couple of hummingbirds
sipping nectar from fuchsia blossoms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âOops,â said Loren, glancing at me
sheepishly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âItâs okay,â I laughed, âNow we can watch hummingbirds!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the way home, I stopped and gave
Victoria her birthday present. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> We
gave her the niftiest little pin cushion; it looks like a plush easy chair in
dark blue, and the seat opens for a bit of secret storage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave her some Mrs. Meyerâs plum-berry hand
soap, a Lilla Rose headband, and a Lilla Rose U-pin for her hair.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXDYatfPrQLS0GTPO_wu3VouZTfSpQbEQPhFqOakbxieogRmRzfxyMQYYISeHYUY4IW-jcJwZIUOmWG-72RgKcb21zOAGrymgC_M9zZTDBiYPT5muQU9Tro4Ctj22mVfsKPjN5WMRLyfReNFHQm7IW1PfsZ02-EPbN728w7luEOOJ_lk5SOYIQ0M9LOE/s953/Picture24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="953" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXDYatfPrQLS0GTPO_wu3VouZTfSpQbEQPhFqOakbxieogRmRzfxyMQYYISeHYUY4IW-jcJwZIUOmWG-72RgKcb21zOAGrymgC_M9zZTDBiYPT5muQU9Tro4Ctj22mVfsKPjN5WMRLyfReNFHQm7IW1PfsZ02-EPbN728w7luEOOJ_lk5SOYIQ0M9LOE/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie helped
unwrap the gift, and got a piece of packaging tape stuck to his hand, to his
consternation. He harrumphed (it really did sound like that), and held
his hand up. His Mama had her arms full of sleeping baby brother and gift,
so I said, âHere, Iâll help!â Then, taking it, âSee, Willie? This
is what you do with it ââ and I stuck it to my nose. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSPjsHow05uFLgZZZNcuTG45wzqGIl7NcRpfjZSWMeIYYhOlK8EZZgJ8y_3PhNEoZsQbw8d-gui2n1D9I6QIFnTc12SDy34dkZJ6PKh45ffN6HXjOc4k_HRUsDfSgqeG3oYXJq3lu7Ng3GhoOauJWodywEZh6N91bHpQWY0FgvFajx8VRXak1ha_lv_U/s924/Picture25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="924" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSPjsHow05uFLgZZZNcuTG45wzqGIl7NcRpfjZSWMeIYYhOlK8EZZgJ8y_3PhNEoZsQbw8d-gui2n1D9I6QIFnTc12SDy34dkZJ6PKh45ffN6HXjOc4k_HRUsDfSgqeG3oYXJq3lu7Ng3GhoOauJWodywEZh6N91bHpQWY0FgvFajx8VRXak1ha_lv_U/s320/Picture25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He stared, then
whirled around and quickly reached for another piece of tape to hand me.
I stuck it to my chin. He stared momentarily, then grabbed another piece,
and handed it to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carolyn and Violet were
by now giggling like anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stuck a
piece to one eyebrow, and another to my glasses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">There was no more
packaging tape, so Willie reached into the box, pulled forth the tissue paper, and
gave <i>that </i>to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I draped it over
the top of my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carolyn laughed, and
Violet shrieked with laughter. Willie grinned. Having run out of
things to hand me, he asked for help with his drawing slate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has colored magnetic dust in it, and you
draw on the white âslateâ with a thick magnetic âpencilâ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The girls were in
their nightgowns, hair shiny from just being washed. I asked, âAre you
all squeeeeeeaky clean?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">They laughed, and
explained that theyâd been playing in the sandpile at their other grandparentsâ
house, and when they came home, they had sand all over. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIt was even
under my <i>fingernails!â</i> exclaimed Carolyn, wrinkling her nose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âCaked-on sand,â
added Violet, rolling those big hazel eyes of hers in typical Violet fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âWell, itâs good
to wash it all off before you go to church tomorrow,â I told them. âImagine
sitting down in your pew, and sand spilling out of your shoes and socks and the
hems of your skirts. And when youâd get up, youâd leave piles of sand
behind on the floor!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">They were
laughing, imagining this mess...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">On Willieâs
slate, I drew Willie himself, giving a running commentary as I drew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHere are your eyes... nose... mouth...
ears... and hair!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Scchhhhwwwwwip,</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> he slid the
eraser bar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Violet started to
protest, âOh, Willie!â but I patted her shoulder to indicate all was well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âAnnnnd... <i>heâs
gone!â</i> I announced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie grinned,
drew a circle, and handed me the pencil again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGZ_aRPSXkcMdb6L6NKgIB8Wx2vQYCBy5_IzHpstr0cOhD2WmH3E2qWdZyjPNYg3ykymAtgJymuleyX2yH0oL7LU_5THkVDuzkyJrcENmGrFPkueDXBO-xx1_bwLRRIw41hUusiWX46qeEzQbPTScJqzQNVB1jX2odVBIOr7p9rYIVPkJ_4rMPvyjVJE/s996/Picture26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="996" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGZ_aRPSXkcMdb6L6NKgIB8Wx2vQYCBy5_IzHpstr0cOhD2WmH3E2qWdZyjPNYg3ykymAtgJymuleyX2yH0oL7LU_5THkVDuzkyJrcENmGrFPkueDXBO-xx1_bwLRRIw41hUusiWX46qeEzQbPTScJqzQNVB1jX2odVBIOr7p9rYIVPkJ_4rMPvyjVJE/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âOh, look, youâre
drawing a dog!â I told him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHe just
needs ears... tummy... tail... back feet... front paws...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there he is!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Scchhhhwwwwwip </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">went the eraser
bar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLoqDkFPaz4jTtMqhi5hsZFZyHCQlqySbE8_Txx30pKTL8EJDeiMlXkQDerffVD1E3apgTGdyaDFl6IUQvSo1rFT5zxRjsfXXpKJx8OhW0MElObO1PzABxALhDI7OEsZIJ2KLpDJCvlkCWf3pjXyuP5iUiHMdZnj0hGz67n9dFkWlUwbA2fd6KZnXXi4/s960/Picture27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLoqDkFPaz4jTtMqhi5hsZFZyHCQlqySbE8_Txx30pKTL8EJDeiMlXkQDerffVD1E3apgTGdyaDFl6IUQvSo1rFT5zxRjsfXXpKJx8OhW0MElObO1PzABxALhDI7OEsZIJ2KLpDJCvlkCWf3pjXyuP5iUiHMdZnj0hGz67n9dFkWlUwbA2fd6KZnXXi4/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âAnnnnd... <i>heâs
gone!â </i>I said again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Two-year-olds
like repetition in their games, ever notice that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You change something midstream, and itâs not <i>nearly</i>
so funny.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie drew
another circle, handed me the pencil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âItâs a cat!â
said I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put in ears... ââand cats have
to have whiskers!â I said, adding them, then filling in body, paws, and tail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Scchhhhwwwwwip.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âAnnnnd... <i>heâs
gone!â </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carolyn and Violet chimed in <i>with</i>
me, this time, giggling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie
grinned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He handed me the pencil without
drawing a circle, so I drew a house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
managed to get the door, a window, and the sidewalk drawn before the eraser bar
obliterated it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Next, I drew a
swingset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Willie was reaching for the
slide bar (I was turning into a Speed Artist, trying to stay ahead of that
eraser bar!) when I said, âLetâs draw Willie on the swing!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">His hand paused,
midair. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I drew a
stick-figure Willie on the swing seat and managed to get one shoe on the stick
leg before it vanished.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And then I had to
go. I gave him a hug, said, âBye!â, and headed for the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He wouldnât look
up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âTell Grandma âbyeâ!â
encouraged Victoria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He waggled a few
fingers at me â but he would barely crack a smile. He didnât <i>want</i> me
to go! </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Itâs always nice
to go when people still want you to stay. Not good to stay until they
want you to <i>leave.</i> As wise King Solomon wrote in the
Proverbs, âWithdraw thy foot from thy neighbourâs house, lest he be weary of
thee.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">As I was leaving
Omaha that day, I took a series of photos west of the Army Reserve Center north
of Elkhorn (a northwest suburb of Omaha) of a field of large antennas in all
sorts of configurations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHFhDtuQFyfEhmQfMZau2Wc-0OwdKcV5_6dMRHfHvCB3-t7jlocYYny2kZdtVgldcdq9AxVzml0npIOy26chjwOwnyWo9lCFphcgYMLag3umwo3M7Snf8W1H2qcmy_0iI7aMJUvPIlmMVFDyCpeUofzMo9oKC2YUu5jflOT_9InmEhg1llKAqHmOUyOw/s1018/Picture28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1018" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHFhDtuQFyfEhmQfMZau2Wc-0OwdKcV5_6dMRHfHvCB3-t7jlocYYny2kZdtVgldcdq9AxVzml0npIOy26chjwOwnyWo9lCFphcgYMLag3umwo3M7Snf8W1H2qcmy_0iI7aMJUvPIlmMVFDyCpeUofzMo9oKC2YUu5jflOT_9InmEhg1llKAqHmOUyOw/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I sent them to Joseph, asking what they are
for. âMaybe they string up Army recruits and make them run around like
horses on a ProWalker?â I asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTG_0JykKOOmww2-MrQS3yDS2NHeXVmmjHNHPAgbvX1nCmOEeFMFXJNsNx8fZK-E7E6FuFJGSQvWYyqlhdN5bsj7GZ_kELNFwoi-RRotRTxhlf4lsNdR-5uA1QQ3a-6SJcwMbmxyU6Sqpi0QEaC368acGlsQCvdtF8JBtPQZlS7aD6wTvpGs4lM63W_xc/s383/Picture29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="383" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTG_0JykKOOmww2-MrQS3yDS2NHeXVmmjHNHPAgbvX1nCmOEeFMFXJNsNx8fZK-E7E6FuFJGSQvWYyqlhdN5bsj7GZ_kELNFwoi-RRotRTxhlf4lsNdR-5uA1QQ3a-6SJcwMbmxyU6Sqpi0QEaC368acGlsQCvdtF8JBtPQZlS7aD6wTvpGs4lM63W_xc/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Joseph didnât answer
for a few minutes, so I, impatient soul that I am, did some research and
learned this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">There are eight
directional rotatable log periodic antennas maintained by the 55<sup>th</sup> Strategic
Communications Squadron near Elkhorn, Nebraska. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The directional rotatable log periodic
antennas can rotate 360 degrees. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
dedicated crew of telecommunications specialists monitor the antennas, which
support a wide variety of missions from executive levels of government to the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I had barely
found that out when Joseph answered:<span style="background: white; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âThey are antennas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kind of antennas that send and receive
from satellites. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Extremely powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can hear a bird chirp on Jupiter.â</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âSo if we got close enough,â I asked, âand wiggled our
car antenna just right, we might hear messages from aliens?â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âWrong frequency,â Joseph told me, âbut yes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can pick up and transmit signals way out
into the galaxy.â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIâve driven past that place hundreds of times,â I
said, âand have sometimes driven on Rainwood Road to the north â but was only
on Rainwood at night, and Saturday was the first time I ever saw all those
antennas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty impressive.â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âThey arenât actually controlled from here,â Joseph
said. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âThe people here just maintain
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are controlled at Andrews AFB
and Grand Forks.â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âThose are in Maryland and in North Dakota, right?â I
asked.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYes,â he answered. âAlso, those antennas would
be the ones used to send the nuke launch orders if it ever comes to that.â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I had time to
make three more Crossed-Canoe blocks before bedtime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes a total of 15 finished canoe
blocks. 22 to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8xMwWiyDew9pJehUaFQFkgC8KaPzC4ylGjj_hF5pXaZOOwBMC8aiiabGqMZSUhQ8rHPzV2JYNxfKaesv63_KatkLRwyRwZpJshQr5IFXC-dYjgWwzJjmSHQ7oMF58g2U7R5a9CAnR_HrkX59gN9u9cwJqYs8tV9eW7RKFrQDUdRqSd4wqUoIWGcjZGQ/s1430/Picture30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1430" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8xMwWiyDew9pJehUaFQFkgC8KaPzC4ylGjj_hF5pXaZOOwBMC8aiiabGqMZSUhQ8rHPzV2JYNxfKaesv63_KatkLRwyRwZpJshQr5IFXC-dYjgWwzJjmSHQ7oMF58g2U7R5a9CAnR_HrkX59gN9u9cwJqYs8tV9eW7RKFrQDUdRqSd4wqUoIWGcjZGQ/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">As I mentioned last week, the Crossed-Canoe
blocks are made from a layer cake Kurt and Victoria gave me a few years ago.
Iâve never used a layer cake (precut fabric in 10â squares) before. And I
would never in a million years have chosen that combination of fabrics. Iâve
been saving it, thinking to use it for a quilt for Kurt. But as I was
doing a somewhat unsatisfactory search through my meager stash for fabrics to
go with the cross-stitched fishing boys (what <i>do</i> you call a little boy
fisherman??), I spotted that layer cake and thought, <i>Hey, this is exactly
what I need!</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Sorry, Kurt.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Itâs fun to put together fabrics I would not
have picked, and find myself thinking, <i>Ianâs going to really like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Iâm looking forward to showing Victoria
what I did with the layer cake they gave me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I made myself a
cup of raspberry tea and sipped it while I edited a few pictures, then headed
for the feathers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Aaauuuugggghhhh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A boxelder bug just went brazenly traipsing
right across my screen!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fwwwwip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">He is now upside down on the other side of the room, wondering what
happened, and if he somehow accomplished touchdown on the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">On rural radio
news this last week, theyâve been warning of someone calling and pretending to
be a member of the police department, threatening people and asking for
information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Remember when
Loren gave his SS# to someone who called him on the phone? After Iâd
told him time and again to never, <i>never,</i> give out his
personal data? At least he was still aware enough that he was worried,
and told me about it. But when I told him he needed to hang up on people
calling with threats and asking for personal information, he got all blustery
and told me, âWeâve been taught to treat people <b>RIGHT</b>!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âSo then,â I
suggested, stopping what I was doing and <i>looking</i> at him, âWould
you like to stand on the street corner with a sign listing your
bank account and your investment account numbers, and telling everyone, âHelp
yourself!â?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He
remembered <i>that</i> remark of mine for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eZsqWSCVIwao9z_rVCZKlwmDP5XLwERSIaIpmgqtrpT0RlMdRaf4enNxCxp7meUZULIpL-pVdpphNsmrqF5IrJhIKLmcZXTKogyJJLzr7z0dvfIXVt1Q7Z5FsJqvamuE5Fl0yP-O61qVmtS__p291enIsObVHMON9fo1X10lRO7HS5ifYJl_BNdsLng/s780/Picture31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="780" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eZsqWSCVIwao9z_rVCZKlwmDP5XLwERSIaIpmgqtrpT0RlMdRaf4enNxCxp7meUZULIpL-pVdpphNsmrqF5IrJhIKLmcZXTKogyJJLzr7z0dvfIXVt1Q7Z5FsJqvamuE5Fl0yP-O61qVmtS__p291enIsObVHMON9fo1X10lRO7HS5ifYJl_BNdsLng/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I went home and
immediately called Verizon and had his number changed. I had to shut down
his account and put him on <i>our </i>account in order to do it; they
wouldnât help, otherwise. Dealing with Verizon is like dealing with a recalcitrant
donkey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Then I spent
several hours making sure all his accounts were safe, and putting âalarmsâ on
his SS#. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Nothing bad ever
happened, so I guess I caught it in time. I never told Loren that Iâd
changed his phone number. Twice I heard him giving his old number to
someone he had called, ordering questionable items from
his questionable alternative health magazines. (We still get
those things, even though Iâve tried hard to get them to stop.) Whoever
it was, theyâd have a hard time calling him back! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And it certainly
foiled the stubborn people at his eye doctorâs office, who <b><i><u>refused</u></i></b> to
stop calling <i>him,</i> and call <i>me</i> instead,
concerning his cataract surgeries and follow-up. <i>That</i> was
frustrating. They sent eyedrops to <i>his</i> house instead of mine,
and he promptly lost them, and said heâd never gotten any such thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I found them when we cleaned out his house.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">A couple of weeks
later, they called me, all excited and agitated. âWe canât get Loren on
the phone! The call wonât go through!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I told the woman,
âYou arenât supposed to call him anyway. He no longer has the same phone
number. Look down at the notes in that folder or on your screen right in
front of you. See that? It says, DO NOT CALL LOREN.â (I
knew it was there; Iâd seen them write it with my very own
eyeballs.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She spluttered a
bit, then said in a snippy tone, âMay I have his number, please?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Me: âNo.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Loooong pause.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">(If you wait long
enough, the other person <i>will</i> say something. Trust me.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally she said,
âSo if I need to get in touch with Loren, do I call you?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I said, âYes.
Just like it says in your files.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Xr9OUflTzNXT3xCA53TPs1LSPPxqEYTnIgNp08QGKFFrMv1kvjIPokA4k6RJgh_bDccCny9QfSqZAjankFqE31hKcXhLnW_mGU31JEfiw_3PQ8tNnbwYcXbOk4_3_q3MWTLFWu39oDbEcvtXvfZmMvcxCuYrLEuOsuPlgBIr4VOS37yF4IoTydVyR-s/s726/Picture32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="529" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Xr9OUflTzNXT3xCA53TPs1LSPPxqEYTnIgNp08QGKFFrMv1kvjIPokA4k6RJgh_bDccCny9QfSqZAjankFqE31hKcXhLnW_mGU31JEfiw_3PQ8tNnbwYcXbOk4_3_q3MWTLFWu39oDbEcvtXvfZmMvcxCuYrLEuOsuPlgBIr4VOS37yF4IoTydVyR-s/s320/Picture32.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today is Trevorâs 8<sup>th</sup>
birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And look what I got in an
email from the UPS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqkx_qigvtAqMgA3CSWi0qARe2TPAK4-_wYNDt1DbJEiY6Y3lN2kldP4nBURckoWOQwY1zwcyxLYMdF5Ba-sfdS93H32ZFndcFkDPqkhMisyJCtugsxuI_b3q5mo41cWYLTTh-pB-uE19lnexMYOcLHMjCt9wVClUvRP8dpHiAtqeob8QD_CEyJa29Qc/s224/Picture33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="224" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqkx_qigvtAqMgA3CSWi0qARe2TPAK4-_wYNDt1DbJEiY6Y3lN2kldP4nBURckoWOQwY1zwcyxLYMdF5Ba-sfdS93H32ZFndcFkDPqkhMisyJCtugsxuI_b3q5mo41cWYLTTh-pB-uE19lnexMYOcLHMjCt9wVClUvRP8dpHiAtqeob8QD_CEyJa29Qc/s1600/Picture33.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bah, humbug.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I checked their website for updates
and found this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âDue to operating
conditions, your package may be delayed. / Delivery will be delayed by one
business day.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">So that box loitered in Omaha, cooling
its heels, from Thursday until early this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did it do, go visit Henry Doorly Zoo?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âDue to operating conditions.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatâs <i>that</i> mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ceiling fell?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The floor gave way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A drinking fountain quit working?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I sent a couple of e-cards to Trevor
with animated giraffes wishing him Happy Birthday, and asked Dorcas to let him
know something is on the way from us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">UPS service is
becoming more dismal all the time, here in our neck oâ ze woods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Meanwhile, out in
Big Bear Valley, California, exciting things periodically happen at the eagle
nest in the middle of the night:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvyj6owEaGw"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Eagles of Big Bear
Valley</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thatâs Fiona, the
flying squirrel (they are nocturnal), using Jackie the Bald Eagleâs back as a
launching pad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just listen to that >><i>wing
slap!!!<< </i>as Jackie abruptly awakens!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">This is the male eagle, Shadow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_jPMmPrFRI8jLayzm4GiBd2ivzl6iXTGdhfFvdSKad3gCHiay0RjBkF_JxYw2TYGz4sqJ3AQQ0ZdUMShYq7xSwAL_fJqgqMa3mHMSl9_HAUv3z-kLT6mJlmiV_kZ2pDfX6wcGC4ibS2WQO6RfCxoOUgM9heGkg52tElA_opvyvB5JtPROCKAFr5XGQw/s780/Picture34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_jPMmPrFRI8jLayzm4GiBd2ivzl6iXTGdhfFvdSKad3gCHiay0RjBkF_JxYw2TYGz4sqJ3AQQ0ZdUMShYq7xSwAL_fJqgqMa3mHMSl9_HAUv3z-kLT6mJlmiV_kZ2pDfX6wcGC4ibS2WQO6RfCxoOUgM9heGkg52tElA_opvyvB5JtPROCKAFr5XGQw/s320/Picture34.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Victoria<b> </b>sent pictures of Willie and Arnold
this afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arnold is a happy baby.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-1eIZLpRc2wtkV5mv9uruB7FjDK2ObD-MjS4BuMY0w7cSDN9_yvubaHC8Gw_Os3x3151netk9iT4ZMuZzWEdLEjNVrPrwQ5NMaLtepZX9Ak2Aaq2aN6q1N-xPNEOgFW6YZ2SlnLvMPMMaXQwZ5VlUqb07ZCwNkL8wbRTUd7pqx_kbuSWidw_5NyL38c/s400/Picture35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-1eIZLpRc2wtkV5mv9uruB7FjDK2ObD-MjS4BuMY0w7cSDN9_yvubaHC8Gw_Os3x3151netk9iT4ZMuZzWEdLEjNVrPrwQ5NMaLtepZX9Ak2Aaq2aN6q1N-xPNEOgFW6YZ2SlnLvMPMMaXQwZ5VlUqb07ZCwNkL8wbRTUd7pqx_kbuSWidw_5NyL38c/s320/Picture35.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry brought taco salads in edible bowls for
supper tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, he worked on
his pickup in Genoa for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he
got home, he checked his blood pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Itâs too high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took a blood
pressure pill; that should lower it pretty quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs to make an appointment with the
doctor in order to get more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I informed
him that if he didnât, I was going to do it for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The maid has not
washed the dishes. I suppose I should?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mañana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-7153270894854696932024-02-24T19:30:00.007-06:002024-02-26T02:11:01.954-06:00Photos: Drive to Fremont & Omaha<p style="text-align: center;"> Today I took my Bernina Artista 730 to Nebraska Quilt Company in Fremont. Will the third time be the charm? Then I went on to Omaha to visit Loren.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijg0k9N8B9WnXGzJkFkLOB6KoM4uEhD8y-FzSCo9dQxLfoXOUXJi17SS5Pb94m9HPRYsl1N2a1YCw29EXFVBKv5hLmVOn4xn1uAPkYSYRJiBJLFVrHYuxKAaxned-8DR7SMn8uIgWXtLOGqcRnHy7grVSfNFNL2US4Rbda2ce742CiZjDy7c8FaPotw2w/s1280/1%20IMG_5047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1280" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijg0k9N8B9WnXGzJkFkLOB6KoM4uEhD8y-FzSCo9dQxLfoXOUXJi17SS5Pb94m9HPRYsl1N2a1YCw29EXFVBKv5hLmVOn4xn1uAPkYSYRJiBJLFVrHYuxKAaxned-8DR7SMn8uIgWXtLOGqcRnHy7grVSfNFNL2US4Rbda2ce742CiZjDy7c8FaPotw2w/s320/1%20IMG_5047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bLtr7z0EuGFXq2PghRmsNsksQylm9B8fCC1N26ZvC_NOIuyHhL5pXfeV5KHqMDeoSgUC3a9gFkT_k2UWPKuZO3sS0d6VQ6BRhC5er_xVozVmZTJXz3SM7LNdzkNq-6D1CxP5Zh2wBGmRu_VtoqixXzfdUdZqZEuiLoZGrjVXkF8Q0IQxcccq-4XAIPQ/s1280/2%20IMG_5049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As I usually do, I wrapped the box with calendar pages.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWELWdNUbpAqJBIXK3eaf3tgmRDi1cSHzC6muWgLCNcsLnlqwiN2gC3iR965k73cDGmXSpKl_Xyxwkv1cLoJUYt5So9_0BVCyy-9Do18x-ZIRJEvwEVTjbjCCSqzzA8tGcw0RZ1xBBKjQ3hdcYwBPzdUxssELNybJhFwTBuNnu7t8ey_ffRyiLUTSG15Y/s1280/IMG_5016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1280" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWELWdNUbpAqJBIXK3eaf3tgmRDi1cSHzC6muWgLCNcsLnlqwiN2gC3iR965k73cDGmXSpKl_Xyxwkv1cLoJUYt5So9_0BVCyy-9Do18x-ZIRJEvwEVTjbjCCSqzzA8tGcw0RZ1xBBKjQ3hdcYwBPzdUxssELNybJhFwTBuNnu7t8ey_ffRyiLUTSG15Y/s320/IMG_5016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindnzqHMtB7lYvp9BJJ0gUkryd4Yf3FZxe9kToleCqbrHtYB4GN7bkiysowE1JOGS6RDrYeSG7la3Khrph_bCiGAARmoAc27oxUpG3JSo17lDpF6ALVeMx_5FkdTZzlGRcwsHQcBVT4h5WFjptMbgR5_jh1pjp-ug5UU9Ml7cqmkUiiwgNZUTsvLdBjqw/s1280/IMG_5017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I like to wrap gifts with calendar pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl_XmufMD-rsffO3PlWl9wYrKSKiQNO4EEUjyzw7FWj3ryrCLmaODePML1TYZ73fakk5xEizS-_ywp20_w90DrN-MH7LtQCwAPdtebkOaM35Y2GyTjsH2x_EXoswFU5CYH6nhjwtfqjSWVZ0wiEZD68zUudNSi12GYF73NFT2TGjyRQ9ZiRWX-Lw5l1g/s1280/IMG_5010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1280" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl_XmufMD-rsffO3PlWl9wYrKSKiQNO4EEUjyzw7FWj3ryrCLmaODePML1TYZ73fakk5xEizS-_ywp20_w90DrN-MH7LtQCwAPdtebkOaM35Y2GyTjsH2x_EXoswFU5CYH6nhjwtfqjSWVZ0wiEZD68zUudNSi12GYF73NFT2TGjyRQ9ZiRWX-Lw5l1g/s320/IMG_5010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoocq7X-eY3sd5q6QKFaLRA4mIuf129GmTrGqL1gDOSsXCMdIWfaq2qW7eNDnQNB4ybJdNe6C0BBQd9YQNKWucHpWgFzxeZx2uJzMRZuWPvPVDQBUiV0Cjzpx4uhJSmCEwlkmRlgW4l9QF86PAJ1Xcot9sWNF3ZjeZ1E8Y_v4A_PlL_D8kSSxY2vh-UA/s1024/IMG_5011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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suddenly from a vivid dream and thought you were still in Madagascar, or
wherever the wild and zany dream had taken you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The ceiling and walls look totally unfamiliar â especially if itâs still
dark out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="xexx8yu"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I</span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">tâs
always a plus, to know where you are when you wake up. Otherwise, you
might wind up like my father did after my mother repositioned the furniture,
and then, after they went to bed and were sound asleep, the phone rang in the
middle of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Daddy leaped out of bed and
dashed for the door â only he wound up in the closet, and, in his own words, âfighting
my way through shirts and suits, with pants legs wrapped around my head.â</span><span class="xexx8yu"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCLfdJpChef5FuzzvqJqPG8EHFbhe7V2vqBHCKMvQ6odE2tk-sw3IQGDX8wqaAZYxvnmucvXmoBRwpN6FlmvIfv1erjPAdjZYQnsgQEphQKQY8VM_2_IlkEBUeTI8kmq494zBJ-G6L7VYR73jIdyIOC_Rz1sArqj3QouAmymfelId9gjnRVyOUMAdEA8/s780/Picture38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="780" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCLfdJpChef5FuzzvqJqPG8EHFbhe7V2vqBHCKMvQ6odE2tk-sw3IQGDX8wqaAZYxvnmucvXmoBRwpN6FlmvIfv1erjPAdjZYQnsgQEphQKQY8VM_2_IlkEBUeTI8kmq494zBJ-G6L7VYR73jIdyIOC_Rz1sArqj3QouAmymfelId9gjnRVyOUMAdEA8/w457-h147/Picture38.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The other day, somebody asked me what the
Bible says about exercise and/or running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I looked up the
verse that Paul wrote to Timothy: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âFor
bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.â â
and discovered that the NEW King James Version added just one itty-bitty,
one-letter word to that first phrase, and totally changed the meaning: âFor
bodily exercise profiteth <b><u>a</u></b> little.â Some translator apparently
worked out, and did not like his endeavors disparaged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Paul also wrote, âBut
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection...â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(meaning, he kept his body under
control)... Some translations say, âI <i>buffet</i> my body ââ
but that obviously is not a wise choice of words, because the population at
large (pun alert!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made a pun!) (as
usual, by accident) â anyway, the population at large ((<i>snerk</i>)) apparently
read it as, âI <i>buffĂ©t</i> (buh-FAY) my body.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And there are all
those verses about running a race:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Psalms 19:5</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The sun is </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">... as a bridegroom coming out
of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1 Corinthians 9:24</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but
one receiveth the prize? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So run, that ye
may obtain.<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hebrews 12:1</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us.<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ecclesiastes 9:11</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and
chance happeneth to them all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Those verses use the terms ârunâ and
ârunningâ to refer to perseverance in our Christian life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can deduce that while itâs not at all <i>wrong</i>
to do what we can to keep our bodies healthy, and in fact we <i>should, </i>it
certainly isnât anywhere near the most important part of our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Living a godly life is what matters the most.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Time out â the dryer is playing its little
tune. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gotta get the clothes out before
they wrinkle, and transfer clothes from washer to dryer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Okay, Iâm back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you miss me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That washer is so deep, someday Larry is
going to come home and find me stuck headfirst in there, with just my feet
sticking out, kicking away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Another time out... gotta butter my toast
while itâs hot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing worse than
butter on cold toast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I like this
agitatorless washer more and more â if not because it gets the clothes any
cleaner, then just because itâs so easy to load and unload things.
Nothing gets snagged on the agitator. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
washed a twin-sized quilt in it, and itâs much less likely to get off-kilter in
the spinning cycle, without that agitator. Also, itâs easier on delicate
things, and not as hard on things like that quilt, which is made of wool and
corduroy and velour.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Iâve always
gotten heavy-duty washers and dryers, out of necessity. There have been
plenty of times when it was fortunate that we had a warranty. Dryers, for
example, do not appreciate having half a pound of cement dust work its way out
of the drum and get all over the motor, the blower, the idler pulley, the drum
belt, and the rollers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tuesday,
I did a bit of housecleaning, paid a few bills, and then worked a little more
on my new laptop. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked online for
possible reasons that there was no sound on the big screen, and found all sorts
of explanations regarding wiring and suchlike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought, <i>Thatâs not the problem, </i>and pulled up some settings on
my computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two or three clicks later,
presto, there was sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
software setting, not a hardware problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">That afternoon, Victoria<b> </b>sent a bunch
of pictures of baby Arnold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He's such a pretty baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some of his pictures, you can see the
start of a tentative little smile, about to work itself into a bigger one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Victoria said, âHe smiles and
smiles... BIG smiles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But itâs very hard
to get them on camera!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYes, smiles are pretty fleeting, at
that age!â I agreed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âBesides, it makes
question marks on babiesâ faces when you lift up cameras or phones the instant
they start to smile.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âHe smiles so big and fast that his
tongue clicks as it releases suction from the roof of his mouth,â she
said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHeâs the happiest smiley baby weâve
ever had!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I well remember that âclickâ, when my
tiny babies were first smiling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes
theyâd âclickâ just before they really started smiling, and I knew that if I
just worked at it a little longer, weâd soon have a brand-new-baby smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Victoria sent several more photos,
asking, âWhy do babies make so many cute faces that you canât just send one
picture?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âBecause Grandmas need lots of
pictures!â I responded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">In one picture, he is lying on the
Winnie-the-Pooh quilt I made him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUb0tkDlpj16oSsQembMoyt6a5YUBuY9WUMXWWknaTS9BWy6p1EuyAWSahn2vacz8Ojgt8jnmRWfvN7wF8H26tjoOpunIFIk3v0lSFg_eavaSE_qw4UZgtgk7EysQnofNvyd-lSH5DjKDaTr5HePgm-nud13wklHrRXtZDS48lokYU-9pPejrB0Lz2hg/s4474/IMG_4721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3049" data-original-width="4474" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUb0tkDlpj16oSsQembMoyt6a5YUBuY9WUMXWWknaTS9BWy6p1EuyAWSahn2vacz8Ojgt8jnmRWfvN7wF8H26tjoOpunIFIk3v0lSFg_eavaSE_qw4UZgtgk7EysQnofNvyd-lSH5DjKDaTr5HePgm-nud13wklHrRXtZDS48lokYU-9pPejrB0Lz2hg/w393-h268/IMG_4721.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>That evening was visitation at the church for
my niece Susan Walker Seadschlag, who passed away last Sunday night shortly
after midnight.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hannah printed
and framed this verse from Isaiah 26:6, and did the quilling of roses and
flowers under the verse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her niece then
incorporated it into a beautiful bouquet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbK0tjpHFR_AxYhYeJgxQgMQx8pxUzbyBhEnSuLonG2qkFXAaKfMeDRB-FldxRrudPWklyfc-zewk7bfEW14z2wYz8y0lqxgXqx2YDplbKgz7FZxk-1G3736h32ncooSsPugcbFSSOovG1su6b7gyjhDZsxVK1WEfyCqdRhJYhUoBjfKoJ8_z8sWvtlBY/s395/Picture39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbK0tjpHFR_AxYhYeJgxQgMQx8pxUzbyBhEnSuLonG2qkFXAaKfMeDRB-FldxRrudPWklyfc-zewk7bfEW14z2wYz8y0lqxgXqx2YDplbKgz7FZxk-1G3736h32ncooSsPugcbFSSOovG1su6b7gyjhDZsxVK1WEfyCqdRhJYhUoBjfKoJ8_z8sWvtlBY/s320/Picture39.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPKEegFsQkdeFDdGo_tA4P17RNkQ24wbgq8Y3nbMXSGzPJATWkVF4grYDtKiZNJ3bKkbIFOIJeyl0kqXHOMU3J6SIT8k-fy4qL2V5WK1ZZzThLgETtMR6xo-k7vlNgda_kLYXt5vK-Tu_2ciPNRRnVSUvglB81CpqbYOPDZmwcD9o4bjQVPhDPmQD8I4/s324/Picture40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="324" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPKEegFsQkdeFDdGo_tA4P17RNkQ24wbgq8Y3nbMXSGzPJATWkVF4grYDtKiZNJ3bKkbIFOIJeyl0kqXHOMU3J6SIT8k-fy4qL2V5WK1ZZzThLgETtMR6xo-k7vlNgda_kLYXt5vK-Tu_2ciPNRRnVSUvglB81CpqbYOPDZmwcD9o4bjQVPhDPmQD8I4/s320/Picture40.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Iâm so
very sorry for Susanâs husband Charles, her four children, and my sister, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We saw Caleb,
Maria, and Eva there, and Maria told me that their new baby would arrive
Friday. That was three weeks early, but her doctors were being careful
because of Mariaâs tendency for high blood pressure. Theyâve kept it
down well through the last several months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">After leaving
the church, we washed our vehicle and then ordered loaded nachos at the new
Pepper Jax restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got steak
nachos; Larry got chicken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steak,
ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should call them <i>gristle</i>
nachos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the food is way overpriced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">A quilting
friend has recently found some vintage Necchi sewing machines in very good
shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was in a nice sewing desk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">My mother
had a nice Necchi in a large cabinet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
she bought it in the 60s, it was advertised as âPowerful enough to sew yardsticks
together!â <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mama,
always a lady but with an irrepressible wit, said dryly, âThatâs nice; but I
have never looked good in yardsticks.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Double
knits were coming into vogue, back then. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the Necchi may have done a bang-up job
on yardsticks, it fell down on the job when sewing double knits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either no one knew about ballpoint needles, or
the salesman had ka-bashed it out of time, sewing yardsticks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">After my
mother passed away, I sold the machine for $60 on eBay, and Larry made a cutout
for the cabinet to fit the Bernina weâd gotten Victoria on eBay for $100.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wednesday
morning, I was listening to the grain report on KTIC, the rural radio
station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The announcer chattered his way
through soybean statistics, and then said, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âMeanwhile, the corn report is lurching in
the background.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lurching?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lurching!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ€Łđ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Susanâs funeral was
that afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Pastor Robert Walker (Susanâs brother, my
nephew) gave a sermon from Psalm 17:15, where David wrote, âAs for me, I will
behold thy face in righteousness: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">After the
service, we went to the cemetery for a short graveside reading and prayer, and
then we returned to the church for a luncheon in the Fellowship Hall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jacob, Jeremy and Lydiaâs oldest boy, rode
with us to the cemetery. The younger three, Jonathan, Ian, and Malinda, feeling
left out, then traded with Jacob and rode back to the church with us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">There mustâve been 200 cars strong that went
to the cemetery; probably more like 250, even though we all try to carpool as
much as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who had to stop
and wait for the procession were most likely late to wherever theyâd been
going.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0Hf3GX6JQT0Se9zu9R8o3gi3dhIpuGLY4f-IsY0OV8_LfuIDy2BUF1AX2QCUB_MhTwajGZNDdx3abWApyRFkteB5Da6_2fd36LgN2WJM_23rwGrRrw2vnHQgrpsC1TPAMfTffYoWulRKiCJpcj_8Uv3w7cn4CFftV286RcdQ-EEbo6NmMKj79wVVWhc/s1280/20240214_171915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0Hf3GX6JQT0Se9zu9R8o3gi3dhIpuGLY4f-IsY0OV8_LfuIDy2BUF1AX2QCUB_MhTwajGZNDdx3abWApyRFkteB5Da6_2fd36LgN2WJM_23rwGrRrw2vnHQgrpsC1TPAMfTffYoWulRKiCJpcj_8Uv3w7cn4CFftV286RcdQ-EEbo6NmMKj79wVVWhc/s320/20240214_171915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wreath from Susan's three grandchildren.</div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">After leaving the
church, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; text-indent: 0in;">w</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">e picked up an order from Wal-Mart, and
then went home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Later, I was having a text
chat with Hannah, who mentioned possible plans for </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">this summerâs
vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âTell Bobby and each of the kids to
wear pillows and parachutes while working, until you go,â I recommended
(because last year, Bobby and Aaron both broke legs/ankles/tore ligaments,
etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She wrote something (correctly) â and
autocorrect âfixedâ it just as she clicked âSendâ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âWhy does autocorrect think it knows
more about grammer than I?â queried Hannah (and yes, she misspelt that word on
purpose).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âDe grammer, she is in de kitchen,â I
responded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I <i>was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>(In the kitchen, that is.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We discussed drives through the
mountains on perilous roads, and how some peopleâs shrieking about same keeps
everyone in the vehicle safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âI yelled once because we were about
to plow into a fire truck that was traveling along ahead of us,â I reminisced, âsomewhere
in New Mexico. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I realized
everything was fine; it just <i>looked</i> that way because I was peering
through the binoculars. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disrespectful
kids <i>laughed </i>at me.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hannah then talked about her funny
little Australian shepherd:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âWillow
doesnât appreciate when I grin at her with an excessively large smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She just came in here and stood there looking
at me with a giant smile on her face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
grinned back, but she thinks Iâm fickle, I think.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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aaa-WOOOOF!!!â when Iâd do that,â I told her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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quilts, taxes, housework, and birthday parties done, and those things plus the
funeral seemed to have drained the sap out of me; so earlier than usual that night
I retired to my recliner and played with EQ8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Ianâs quilt was next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His birthday would be in five days, and there
was no way under the sun Iâd be able to get his quilt done by then. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have twelve cross-stitched blocks of little
fishermen in the form of Overall Sam (Sunbonnet Sueâs counterpart), minus the
overalls; and I planned to put connecting blocks of some sort between the Sams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I told the following to Hannah:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">One of these days, when the other
grandchildrenâs quilts are done, I want to make a better one for Willie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youâll recall, perhaps, that his and his
sistersâ quilts were made with Split-Blade Pinwheel blocks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Willie was sick and could not attend our
family Christmas get-together; but Victoria sent me a video of Willie opening
the box with his quilt and pillow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Carolyn and Violet had been all
pleased over the large black cats appliquéd on their quilts, and when Willie
got his present opened and they saw it was a quilt similar to theirs, they
immediately started looking for a kitty on the quilt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were quite disappointed when there wasnât
one, I think. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie watched them looking, then
peered into the box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Cat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Whereâs</u> a cat??<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie reached into the box just as
Victoria said, âOh, look, Willie, thereâs a little pillow!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie: FLING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">(pillow sails)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">(girls giggle)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">At their house a week and a half ago,
we took him a birthday present, and it had a card in an envelope on the front. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Willie plucked it off, looked the box over. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>How does a body open this thing??<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Victoria said, âWillie, do you need
help getting the paper off of that?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Willie sighed, nodded, and sent the
card off like a Frisbee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I then told Hannah about the nifty
tool, like an extremely fine-toothed brass comb, that I got recently for
removing dog or cat hair from upholstery. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIt worked!â I said. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI used it on the loveseat that was embedded
with Tigerâs fur on the front flaps at the floor level, and now I donât feel
the urgency to pitch it out with the trash each Thursday! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can actually offer the piece of furniture
to visitors as a decent place to sit.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âWhatâs it look like?â asked Hannah.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now, I knew full well that she was
referring to the pet-hair remover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
chose to answer otherwise:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âOh, itâs equivalent to the width of
two chairs, with plump pillow-like things on the back, and cushions for seats,
and padded armrests. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like that.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Then, after a pause, âOh, you meant
the fur-plucker.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcakBV3F5xuShdbpDR1wNWSiO-7D3xv9hrRND4Yd0600Xx6OE-Ey0S-PWzSW0Webh9r4JAMGGX-sdBrVZsyOa5rFl6J7YifzUWBrDB92NvjWtVGesAQppX-NqUFYr8GYpjSLNTNpmaAxmN4BEyT2HDZJJr0Zug-xWd7r9ndWnm832ZA0Qks5EPcWV31xo/s568/Picture42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="568" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcakBV3F5xuShdbpDR1wNWSiO-7D3xv9hrRND4Yd0600Xx6OE-Ey0S-PWzSW0Webh9r4JAMGGX-sdBrVZsyOa5rFl6J7YifzUWBrDB92NvjWtVGesAQppX-NqUFYr8GYpjSLNTNpmaAxmN4BEyT2HDZJJr0Zug-xWd7r9ndWnm832ZA0Qks5EPcWV31xo/s320/Picture42.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âI need to paint the stairwell,â I
told her. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âAnd I will, too! â one of
these days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I wait until Iâm too
decrepit to do it, Iâll just stand at the top with an open bucket of paint, and
slosh it at the walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Iâll probably
wind up like Spanky of Little Rascals fame, when he was up on the counter and
tried to clock the âburglarâ with his motherâs iron, but the iron was heavier
than he was, and he wound up tumbling off and landing ker-WHUMP right at the
burglarâs feet.)â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hannah suggested using a paint gun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âDaddy has a paint gun,â I told her. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSomewhere. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably more than one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All Iâd have to do would be bring it in the
house, get started â late, so Daddy would be coming home about the time I got
started â and he would promptly take over the job and usher me straight out of
the way. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Ah hainât lived this long without
a-larninâ how to work the system!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She sent a couple of pictures of her
male Australian shepherd, Chimera.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIâm heading upstairs,â she said, âand
the dogs went up first, as usual. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chimera
is parked at the top squinting his eyes at me, begging me to pet him.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjk0MT_l2iMY1RLXQgZG5CWB5izVAvTiZ_CcquPZxcKXh7YWpaKTE9U4qdX5aCdkq-qJJFvgYe_-yd7mtRGwRLETEfUIkiEI22ekbIWTlQTK9G3Zt0dJjC-4F1rCQbpGmD-f8t2plU21Jlr4430rNDtkeBzIni9h_PXfnuCnZUCRbSOp9ZxiNj_7aahY/s472/Picture43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="354" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjk0MT_l2iMY1RLXQgZG5CWB5izVAvTiZ_CcquPZxcKXh7YWpaKTE9U4qdX5aCdkq-qJJFvgYe_-yd7mtRGwRLETEfUIkiEI22ekbIWTlQTK9G3Zt0dJjC-4F1rCQbpGmD-f8t2plU21Jlr4430rNDtkeBzIni9h_PXfnuCnZUCRbSOp9ZxiNj_7aahY/s320/Picture43.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chimera has one blue eye and one brown
eye.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thursday, some White Chocolate Raspberry
Truffle coffee by Christopher Bean arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I put it on the table with a note to Larry, wishing him a Happy Valentineâs
Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(It was a day late â but it hadnât
seemed very Valentinish the day before in any case.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coffee is delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>((<i>...slurrrrp...</i>))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hester, Keira, and Oliver came to visit that
afternoon after Keira got out of school, bringing a Valentine card Keira had
made and a box of chocolate chip cookies Hester had made, and a couple of thin
caramel-filled chocolate hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hester told me that while Keira<b> </b>was carefully
printing in the card and gluing some little teddy bears into it, Oliver found
the little plastic scissors Keira had been using, and carefully made several
slits along the top of the envelope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Keira was dismayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheâd just spent ever so long printing out
carefully, ever so carefully, âGrandpa and Grandmaâ on the front of the
envelope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hester assured her it was fine; the envelope
could still be used; not to worry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I opened it, took out the card and admired
it, thanked Keira, and told her how nice her writing is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Meanwhile, Oliver had been standing at the
door pointing at Larryâs scissor lift and basket lift on the long hydraulic
arm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âCombines!â he said excitedly, pointing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âThose are Grandpaâs <i>lifts!â</i> I told
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pointed at one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âThatâs a scissor lift.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pointed at the other one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âAnd thatâs a basket lift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See the cage-like thing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the fencing stuff around it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandpa stands in there, and it goes way up
high, and then he can work on our roof and things like that.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oliver listened silently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, âLifts,â he said carefully, trying it
out on his tongue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked at those
big pieces of equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>âCombines!â</i></b>
he exclaimed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hester laughed, âHeâs never seen combines up
close, but heâs very intrigued with them, and he probably thinks that the hydraulic
arm is the conveyor.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">But when he knew I was opening the Valentine
card, and heard Hester telling me about the scissor episode, he grew very still
and silent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He peeked over his shoulder
at me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I help up the envelope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âDid you do this?â I asked, smiling at him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">He gave a little nod, eyes wide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYou did a good job!â I said, and his eyes
got even wider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He glanced at his
Mama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSee,â I said, opening the flap so
the cuts could be seen, âYou almost made a snowflake!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">He grinned, and looked at his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I looked at her too, smiled, and said, âItâs
okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didnât hurt anything you had
done; he just added his own special touch to it!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So she grinned, too, giving her
characteristic quick little nod of agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs a poem I wrote in Hesterâs
autograph album when she was 8:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Dear Little Hester</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">A dear little
baby to us was born â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh, happy day;
oh, wonderful morn! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Only five pounds
and two, this baby of ours; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">But sweeter than
honey, and fairer than flowers! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She was full of
spirit, and life, and pep; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She soon learned
to crawl, and then take a step; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Before we knew
it, she skipped off to school â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Where she does
just fine, as a general rule â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And now sheâs
grown up to the age of eight, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Learning to cook,
and liking to skate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And as we watch
our little girl grow, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Thereâs one
thing, dear Hester, we want you to know: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Always love Jesus
with all of your heart, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And Heâll be your
Redeemer, and never depart! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 13.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Written in Hesterâs
autograph album, 9-24-97, when she was 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here are
some of the 12 cross-stitched blocks that will be part of Ianâs quilt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After drawing up several designs in EQ8, I settled
on one and named the quilt âCross-Stitchinâ Gone Fishinââ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I needed some white background fabric. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Astonishingly, I have actually used up the
majority of that heap of white-on-white fabrics I bought from Marshall Dry
Goods back when I was making the cream and white New York Beauty quilt for
Jeremy and Lydia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJefQg-6YGWFl2kVP4stxJLaY-O74e42Ft4xxaPRL-ybK_PNZJODkAIpohmCus0kNX_Cyb0iD5N5AsxExnjR_d3G7B5n462CrWYM8vE3MSdONE9q9tcT5D1I5Q8gyaTiF9qzZ7SS3KWyBzeBGuLvV86pzNjTS26sW0iOXATxJaQB4z1PBZUfOwOMFt0H8/s590/Picture44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="590" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJefQg-6YGWFl2kVP4stxJLaY-O74e42Ft4xxaPRL-ybK_PNZJODkAIpohmCus0kNX_Cyb0iD5N5AsxExnjR_d3G7B5n462CrWYM8vE3MSdONE9q9tcT5D1I5Q8gyaTiF9qzZ7SS3KWyBzeBGuLvV86pzNjTS26sW0iOXATxJaQB4z1PBZUfOwOMFt0H8/s320/Picture44.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjLFjUB55AikcnRLFuIrt53EzoC5qOSR0_gdL4G7KSKNdNycuBnvefgD2xakB-IEXdMNea8I6swXM3ZveVuLYZDZuDiaetyKV33Pnr6R3buKF8_PGZJgzC0EOrWmCYRakugqWya8bcs9UsVIkKAy9aSGyNmkIhKrOqt3KieyCBMsuxNI4BH6t5I7FwGQ/s783/Picture45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="783" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjLFjUB55AikcnRLFuIrt53EzoC5qOSR0_gdL4G7KSKNdNycuBnvefgD2xakB-IEXdMNea8I6swXM3ZveVuLYZDZuDiaetyKV33Pnr6R3buKF8_PGZJgzC0EOrWmCYRakugqWya8bcs9UsVIkKAy9aSGyNmkIhKrOqt3KieyCBMsuxNI4BH6t5I7FwGQ/s320/Picture45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BLN0HFYN9Ytb2cdmOcu-J6Fbq9O2_ObyfN9ARCHpQrsPiCj42Tid11WyC6WNAI82ko8ZFqmr6yp2vsNC9Lajo4rLfgE8VCvpcDrqV93e1vhYw6ZNd9bqHJ1NiEItj9jAhyphenhyphen7e0NgK2bd0ii2-cC35gh2mGTMFiP-F0EFp9Gt1RVvu6OdFyVuGAAB1Qmg/s817/Picture46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="817" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BLN0HFYN9Ytb2cdmOcu-J6Fbq9O2_ObyfN9ARCHpQrsPiCj42Tid11WyC6WNAI82ko8ZFqmr6yp2vsNC9Lajo4rLfgE8VCvpcDrqV93e1vhYw6ZNd9bqHJ1NiEItj9jAhyphenhyphen7e0NgK2bd0ii2-cC35gh2mGTMFiP-F0EFp9Gt1RVvu6OdFyVuGAAB1Qmg/s320/Picture46.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Friday morning, I waded out in the fresh snow
â well, there wasnât enough snow to say âwadeâ and be accurate â so, I <i>scuffled</i>
through the snow to the bird feeders and filled them all up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why on earth do I have so many bird
feeders???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">It <i>was </i>fun to look out the windows
periodically throughout the day, and see the variety of birds at the feeders,
filling their little birdie tummies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
gullets, as it were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gizzards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Craws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I paid a
few bills, folded a load of clothes â and waited... waited... <i>waited</i>...
for news from Caleb and Maria, who were in Norfolk preparing to welcome their
new baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I waited and waited... and
then I waited with all my might and main. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For the
last year and a half, Larry has been trying to get a Kubota lawn tractor into
good running order, so we could give it to my nephew Kelvin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got it in place of a flatbed trailer Loren
had, and we knew Kelvin had been looking for a similar tractor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Kelvin
has always been one of Lorenâs favorite nephews, very special to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loren would be so glad for Kelvin to have
this tractor, if he understood these things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we cleaned out Lorenâs house and garages, we sold what we could,
and put the money in his bank account for his continued care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the âstuff and thingsâ, we tried to
give family members things that might be special to them, or things they might
need and use; but a lot of it was things nobody wanted or had room for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither my children nor my sisterâs children
want heaps of knickknacks and collectibles strewn about their houses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So... I
saved a few like-new things that would make nice gifts for the grandchildren,
let Janiceâs sister Judy take any of Janiceâs things she wanted â and took
carload after carload of things to the Goodwill and Salvation Army.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Then
Larry found this tractor that he knew Kelvin would like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a few things that needed to be fixed,
and Larry had a hard time getting it done, on account of all the hours he spent
working on the trucks at Walkers last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But finally it was done enough to give him, and Kelvin assured us that
he can finish whatever else needs to be done, as he enjoys tinkering with such
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes he feels well enough
to do that, and sometimes he doesnât.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
believe it truly is of Godâs grace that heâs still here, after such a lengthy
battle with colon cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It
wasnât long before Kelvin sent me a picture of the tractor in his garage, with
his little grandson Greyson perched on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kelvin and Rachel have 13 grandchildren, and one more on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCXA5uDl69eE391nRX8OBUkqcTTNYtaIWF7ceF-n_OcKqbJ7hFNWGtCZH9IgjFUPHQJkki1Ok2QZuz60Ofbj2AjDlPl-FBTZxLkTkWldT-kmX26v2RTwAJuwoLkdvB9_kcuxoslY3Es_pVih5vkbeqqtdvsHWBXC8OVFh96y-zpgH1MNVZojfQPkU8r0/s460/Picture47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCXA5uDl69eE391nRX8OBUkqcTTNYtaIWF7ceF-n_OcKqbJ7hFNWGtCZH9IgjFUPHQJkki1Ok2QZuz60Ofbj2AjDlPl-FBTZxLkTkWldT-kmX26v2RTwAJuwoLkdvB9_kcuxoslY3Es_pVih5vkbeqqtdvsHWBXC8OVFh96y-zpgH1MNVZojfQPkU8r0/s320/Picture47.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIâm so glad you finally have it!â I
responded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI hope it works well for
you.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIâm sure it will,â answered Kelvin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIt is so neat â a diesel motor, too!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">It has a snowblade, in addition to the
mowing deck, and a cherry picker, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Teddy has a rototiller that will fit it; Kelvin can use it for his
garden, come spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When Kelvin was a wee little boy,
about 3, I suppose (heâs 6 years younger than me), we attended a funeral.
A day or so later, I was taking him for a ride on my Stingray bicycle with the
banana seat, and he said to me, âSarah Lynn, I like froonels!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I said, âDo
you? Why?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And he said, said
he, âBecause we have nice lunches!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âBut what about
the person who died?â I asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He debated for a
moment or two, as we flew down the street. (He knew he needed to hang on
tight.) Then he responded quite earnestly, âWell, but heâs in heaven, so
he didnât need a lunch!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">hee hee I
was really glad I was in front, and Kelvin was behind me, so he couldnât see
the big grin on my face. I tried to never laugh at that little boy.
(But he <i>was </i>most funny.) I loved him dearly. Still
do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">By a quarter
after 7 that day, I was hungry, and I could smell the aroma of the chicken and
potatoes baking in the oven. ((drool)) ((stomach growling))<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I popped some broccoli into the microwave,
and while it was cooking, I pulled the roaster from the oven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was done!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">By 10:00 p.m., I
was a wee bit worried, having not heard from Caleb and Maria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Itâs good to
worry. Iâve kept lots of bad things from happening, just by worrying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">(Actually, Iâm <i>not</i> one
to worry, much. All is in Godâs hands, and I am thankful for that.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">A friend who is a
little older than me had a birthday that day, and announced that she had looked
in the mirror, and didnât at <i>all</i> look a year older.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">That reminded me
of the day Joseph turned 4 on April 24, 1989.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He told me, âMama,
I just looked in the mirror, and I still look 3!!!â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHz_2FfGBIBKp3awNcPqptXrl4sy1pOAugvOh3oxvUHK6zs823n_-83xCd_xNwG55GndnX8CZAJHK4cfIxi0wSmbk8IVxhyphenhyphenXmTAJlxMDuQhf28hBn4wLcq78yjYDHRD-0tUkstoCkyMJgPQiMzLB8hztcaWNgxWDEadkLfW-mP1yS_010dzxUOutGhlU/s1045/Picture48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1045" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHz_2FfGBIBKp3awNcPqptXrl4sy1pOAugvOh3oxvUHK6zs823n_-83xCd_xNwG55GndnX8CZAJHK4cfIxi0wSmbk8IVxhyphenhyphenXmTAJlxMDuQhf28hBn4wLcq78yjYDHRD-0tUkstoCkyMJgPQiMzLB8hztcaWNgxWDEadkLfW-mP1yS_010dzxUOutGhlU/s320/Picture48.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joseph and Teddy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easter, 1989</div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">This was his
reason for thinking thusly:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">For a few months,
heâd been practicing dressing himself when he woke up from his nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, he had to <i>un</i>dress himself
before he could then <i>dress</i> himself... and in so doing, he wound up with
pants, shirt, socks and all, wrong side out. Not knowing how to turn them
<i>right</i> side out (or perhaps not realizing they <i>were</i> inside out),
he put them back on â seam side out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The first time I
went to get him from his nap and finding his clothes all wrong side out, I
really was quite perplexed. Had <i>I</i> done that, in the morning when I
dressed him??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">After it happened
the second time, I decided to peek in on him when he was waking from his next
nap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Accordingly, the
third day, I listened for the slightest sound coming from his room, stealthily
opened the door a crack, and peeked in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">There he was,
laboriously pulling his little shirt off over his head, then removing his
pants, turning them inside out in the process. Then, with much care and a
whole lot of work, he put them back on â and of course they wound up seam side
out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âThere!â he
breathed quietly, smiling a little at his success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Then he stopped
smiling and frowned, looking down at his pants, where the insides of the
pockets were flapping on the outsides of the pants, and there was no way to get
a hand into them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And so it went,
almost every day. I turned his clothes right side out after his naps, and
didnât make inquiry, first because if I hadâve, I might have laughed, and he
was clearly a bit embarrassed over the matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Never make fun of
a child when heâs trying hard to learn!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLKZ0mQAHLYmOa_D7chbTs_u68Rdc_F13MlAc1S4AaC7EXsONdDf3d4RPAVjN1YRi-YSfwSLe8_mMmI-JCzoayRG-v2VBotZedLF6AumDHoCZQi9Mmrs8eUf_wKhQ5jPJ2fIioaPiwy55IVLqmqKI-1BzOOymt5GbIFh_j1d1yZAwnqKm3Pi2-czf-n0/s944/Picture49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLKZ0mQAHLYmOa_D7chbTs_u68Rdc_F13MlAc1S4AaC7EXsONdDf3d4RPAVjN1YRi-YSfwSLe8_mMmI-JCzoayRG-v2VBotZedLF6AumDHoCZQi9Mmrs8eUf_wKhQ5jPJ2fIioaPiwy55IVLqmqKI-1BzOOymt5GbIFh_j1d1yZAwnqKm3Pi2-czf-n0/s320/Picture49.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joseph, Teddy, Keith, & Larry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Airshow in Omaha, September 1989</div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flash forward a
couple of months to the day of his 4<sup>th</sup> birthday:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He got up from
his nap â by this time, he was coming out of his room on his own, rather than
waiting for me to come and get him â and thatâs when he said in a sad little
voice, âMama, I just looked in the mirror, and I still look 3!!!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Poor little guy;
heâd thought that when he turned 4, he would finally, finally, be able to get
those clothes on right side out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">So... we sat down
with a pair of pants, a shirt, and a pair of socks, and I showed him how to
first turn them <i>wrong</i> side out... and then turn them back <i>right</i>
side out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">And that was the
last time Joseph came from his nap with his clothes all inside out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">That evening, I cut apart the cross-stitched
blocks and took pictures of each one, so that I could insert them into my EQ8
design. There were two âsheetsâ of fabric with six of these fishing boys
on each âsheetâ. That done, I began cutting the fabric for the
alternative blocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The alternative
blocks will be the âCrossed Canoesâ quilt block pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgPI95stqu-rycgksXjq7WmmDRJ0RsMMPE25EiHTZXY4w9GAfBGmxmDsq6ddOqqBlyRsw1Gbx7ydaVd4Q5TX6a85ZhQ2kSULdPfPsn96kHs2T7RC_bvPuWRYeGi5VciAbvcaK6WDKQrQ2Io5EMhm6nCjtZsOhsb991IGM5UqHnt1vj5WYv6awm3iN_vM/s805/Picture50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="805" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgPI95stqu-rycgksXjq7WmmDRJ0RsMMPE25EiHTZXY4w9GAfBGmxmDsq6ddOqqBlyRsw1Gbx7ydaVd4Q5TX6a85ZhQ2kSULdPfPsn96kHs2T7RC_bvPuWRYeGi5VciAbvcaK6WDKQrQ2Io5EMhm6nCjtZsOhsb991IGM5UqHnt1vj5WYv6awm3iN_vM/s320/Picture50.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The fabrics were in a
layer cake (a stack of 42 ten-inch squares) given to me by Kurt and Victoria
several years ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had actually been
saving it to make Kurt a personal-throw-sized quilt; but Ian came first, and
after searching through my bins and finding not much that was suitable, I
pulled out this selection of fabrics and thought, <em>This is just right!</em></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">By 12:30
a.m., I had cut 148 âcanoe halvesâ for the Crossed Canoes blocks. These
are 25° triangles. There are 37 Crossed Canoe blocks, plus the 12
cross-stitched blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXPbmF_F_kyP6-C6gpH1kLNms5E5FqonuHT9HMfi9I-EOksE5aT33WcjYpTB4K7GCr_VlN7NsAG2WVoROo2QzzyRaRFvKhMob7aTFn0KOU6FLDNF3533CSZwOxq4GNLaCAUrjY-s3Zmj9nAyvGOrGtg41H_q7VIUaLWkCRXKRt2O7ZaK1D8TrLQokR10/s783/Picture51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="783" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXPbmF_F_kyP6-C6gpH1kLNms5E5FqonuHT9HMfi9I-EOksE5aT33WcjYpTB4K7GCr_VlN7NsAG2WVoROo2QzzyRaRFvKhMob7aTFn0KOU6FLDNF3533CSZwOxq4GNLaCAUrjY-s3Zmj9nAyvGOrGtg41H_q7VIUaLWkCRXKRt2O7ZaK1D8TrLQokR10/s320/Picture51.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âIf the angle is
increased to 30°,â asked an irreverent non-quilting friend, âdoes it become a
paddle boat section?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYes, or a dinghy!â I retorted.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I headed off to bed,
wondering if I would remember where I was in the fabric cutting, what pieces
needed to be cut next and the quantity of those pieces, and thinking I should
write myself a note to take a cross-stitched block with me to the fabric store
the next day in order to properly match the background fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I carry so much information around in my head
that at night it spills out of whichever ear is angled downward into the
pillow. I once told Jacob when he was younger that I am not forgetful, really;
you see, I just have so many ideas and schemes in my head that it canât all
settle into locking compartments; and when I lie down, some of that loose data
spills out the ear on the downhill side. My pillow is all full of
statistics and logistics and stuff! Jacob, being young and
impressionable, was quite impressed with his Grandmaâs </span><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">erklĂ€rungen (thatâs âexplanationsâ, in
German).</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I sleepily watched the eagles on their nest
in Big Bear Valley, California, until a few minutes after three oâclock, hoping
for news from Caleb and Maria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
turned the volume up on my phone, set it on my nightstand, and went to bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">As it turned out, the baby was already 50
minutes old, right that very minute!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">At 7:00 in the morning, Saturday, February 17<sup>th</sup>,
Larry awoke me, holding out his phone to show me a picture of a brand new baby!
â Maisie Noelle Jackson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I was awake instantly, and yelping, âGlasses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need my glasses!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I checked my own phone then, and saw that
Maria had sent me a picture of Caleb holding Baby Maisie, along with vital
statistics at 6:11 a.m. â and I hadnât heard the notification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had I walked into the kitchen for a drink right
then, maybe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then why wouldnât I
have heard my tablet signaling a message?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe because sometimes messages on that poor olâ decrepit thing come in
hours later?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIVTUtxcf-BrYuppjrp4s4j70ssbvTdu47suH2RfN3Y294IZyhoG2jY8IdyLnUwq4mZNuFKZwd_Sy1T0uJUI97d3Zm8NL50A-YEUxkYFB43dVnyHLHMrk0IbuDqIWAyy_bQi92f1Xqpj4xYGwTaItu0FBGdiOeirYZD4j8tKDW-xK-u-kbLKdr6z2rd0/s920/Picture52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="691" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIVTUtxcf-BrYuppjrp4s4j70ssbvTdu47suH2RfN3Y294IZyhoG2jY8IdyLnUwq4mZNuFKZwd_Sy1T0uJUI97d3Zm8NL50A-YEUxkYFB43dVnyHLHMrk0IbuDqIWAyy_bQi92f1Xqpj4xYGwTaItu0FBGdiOeirYZD4j8tKDW-xK-u-kbLKdr6z2rd0/s320/Picture52.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Anyway, <i>Baby Maisie Noelle was here, safe
and sound.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was born at 2:14
a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measuring 20 œ inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I wrote back to Maria, â</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sheâs beautiful! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weâve been waiting with all our might and
main! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Caleb sent more p</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">ictures that
afternoon, including a couple of Eva holding her baby sister Maisie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZqEBh7TzTZrXzJZ0y8_D7DnhAvLfLcVOv8s2oLMfWrStO-3U8Ia2NUUViiGZ03hrYylvsavEcTexg2YhiAgk12RiqeFEmWuGj3RToEL_qKnEvKiu7IzZDYzWhV5-D1OIWhTN-5_iJTG5OL-y9yOl3wJm-FdTLL7G3x9ZdzICFHfbLS2skTjEGtrtohM/s1075/Picture53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZqEBh7TzTZrXzJZ0y8_D7DnhAvLfLcVOv8s2oLMfWrStO-3U8Ia2NUUViiGZ03hrYylvsavEcTexg2YhiAgk12RiqeFEmWuGj3RToEL_qKnEvKiu7IzZDYzWhV5-D1OIWhTN-5_iJTG5OL-y9yOl3wJm-FdTLL7G3x9ZdzICFHfbLS2skTjEGtrtohM/s320/Picture53.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I looked up the name Maisie, and
learned that itâs a Scottish name that means âpearlâ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Swineys â my fatherâs side of the
family â were equally Scottish and Irish, though they were <i>way </i>prouder
of their Irish side, heh heh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">With the
birth of little Maisie, we now have 10 granddaughters and 19 grandsons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I got a call from one of the staff at Prairie
Meadows that morning, telling me that a water pipe had broken (again!) in the
hallway just outside Lorenâs door, and they were going to relocate him to
another room temporarily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Meanwhile,
Larry had earlier taken the Mercedes to the Toyota dealership and asked one of
the men to drive it and give him his opinion on why it was not driving very
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it hit bumps, it would wobble
from side to side, and it seemed to be getting worse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The man
was pretty sure it was the tires, probably the rear ones, maybe all four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Larry
then took it to the tire shop â and when his friend there took off a wheel,
they started to realize exactly what the trouble was.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A
previous owner had taken off the wheels and tires that came on this vehicle and
replaced them with low-profile tires and wheels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This required an adapter kit to be used â and
the connecting bolts were small and tapered, and there were not a whole lot of
threads for the nuts to hold onto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
wouldâve hit one of those big, nasty potholes in Omaha, a wheel mightâve popped
right off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I donât
understand why anyone would take a high-dollar, really nice vehicle, and add
stuff to it and change things, just to make it look âbetterâ (in their
opinion), while messing with its fine precision tuning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry also found
out from the man at Toyota that our vehicle, which was sold to us as âin
like-new conditionâ, had actually been wrecked, and had suffered âmoderate to
heavy damageâ in the rear. Ugh, that will lessen its trade-in
value. I dislike dishonest salesmen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Larry
found the right size of wheels at Kosiski Auto Parts/Salvage Yard in Omaha, and
planned to pick them up on Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
could visit Loren then.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
wouldâve liked to have visited Caleb and Maria and the new baby, but they were
at the hospital in Norfolk, almost 45 miles to the north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry needed to go to Genoa and work on a
vehicle, and I did not want to go visit our new grandbaby without him; that
didnât seem right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Also, I
did not know if Maria was up to visitors just yet, and I never intrude on
mothers with new babies, especially daughters-in-law. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My lovely, sweet mother-in-law did that to me
before our oldest was born, waltzing right into the labor room! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yes, I
understand people do that all the time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am not âthose peopleâ, however; I am an extremely private person (as are my
daughters and daughters-in-law). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
politely asked her to go back out, go on home, and wait until we called them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She went
out and came back in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I asked
her (a little less politely) to go out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She went
out â and immediately came back in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I said,
and I quote, </span><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">âGET OUT!!!!!!!!â</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(If I made the
font a size 350, it would be more accurate.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Visitors
in rooms all over the hospital got OUT of those rooms. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People in cars out in the parking lot hastily
got out of their cars, wondering what just happened. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Townsfolk ran out of their houses and looked
wonderingly at the sky. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(I
inherited my fatherâs preaching voice, and every now and then, I USED it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(My own
mother wasnât barging in like that; why did my mother-in-law think SHE
should?!) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She got
out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fast. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she went all the way home, and she
did not come back until we called to tell her the baby had arrived, and we
would welcome her visit, along with Larryâs father.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">See, the
advantage to letting my stance be known is that I never again had to cope with
that behavior, throughout the next eight births of our children. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet,
wonder of wonders, my mother-in-law and I were always very good friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved her, and she loved me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTGh8LI9no8_gezgt3wO7CFpwdxgHchoQLRe0rLB2zJ6G_5SgxdbSjyt2NviRaRpwpIf9RPlD1F_TvjbYurhGRDNzvDeJt8zDEeYVrAN5e0joQivTRcHKWiMBIxBZjE2OVKaXlLsg7Lh5v3_pBUAZDXxNYxkK8CI8iKq7NCG1WxMZFwmO9Ge-9-7CeHg/s829/Picture54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTGh8LI9no8_gezgt3wO7CFpwdxgHchoQLRe0rLB2zJ6G_5SgxdbSjyt2NviRaRpwpIf9RPlD1F_TvjbYurhGRDNzvDeJt8zDEeYVrAN5e0joQivTRcHKWiMBIxBZjE2OVKaXlLsg7Lh5v3_pBUAZDXxNYxkK8CI8iKq7NCG1WxMZFwmO9Ge-9-7CeHg/s320/Picture54.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Above is
a picture of Norma holding Keith, and below is my mother holding Keith;
both were taken when he was just a few days old.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGCKOIFrOdbS4rNwzAvGsS0FNKdvro8eoikSud8CkF7_ZxXMEBplxWitLtTObN_Ldp56pRG-WAbO0O4MsCuA_7pXdGNkPmuCP2luJDljK3Fr3c-ggsE7I2m5JXJRu_-O0jXqxzxQdoHD4bxn5ZX9diNGRpcj3KNA-GZ1o8AvjJ0DiOClVPRtK_K4rX_M/s740/Picture55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGCKOIFrOdbS4rNwzAvGsS0FNKdvro8eoikSud8CkF7_ZxXMEBplxWitLtTObN_Ldp56pRG-WAbO0O4MsCuA_7pXdGNkPmuCP2luJDljK3Fr3c-ggsE7I2m5JXJRu_-O0jXqxzxQdoHD4bxn5ZX9diNGRpcj3KNA-GZ1o8AvjJ0DiOClVPRtK_K4rX_M/s320/Picture55.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A
quilting friend told about <i>her </i>mother-in-law, who would come visiting â
and then proceed to go into the bedrooms and look under the beds to see if it
had been dusted under there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good grief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I said,
âIf only you couldâve had some kind of sensor-activated monster under the bed
to roar and lunge forward, if anyone peered under there!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Right
after we got married, Norma would call up... Iâd answer... âHello?â and Norma
would say without preamble, âWhat are you fixing Larry for supper?â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Well, ah
ainât Irish fer nuttinâ, huh-uh, nosirreee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me bright, shiny Irish temper got fired up
right quick-like, and I said without pause, âGreen worms.â <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(It was the first thing that came to mind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was only 18, after all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Having
said it once, I stuck with it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every
time she called and asked that same question in that same tone, the answer was âGreen
worms,â and nothing could pry any other answer from me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She quit
asking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least she quit asking in <i>that</i>
tone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And,
like I said, we really did become good friends before too long at all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâm thankful for that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">But to
this day, if Larry walks in and asks, before greeting me, âWhatâs for supper?â
(or, in order to be funny, âWhatâs cookinâ?â) I retort as expected: âGreen
worms.â <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometime that afternoon, Teddy stopped by to
get some of his pork from the freezer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
saw him coming, hopped up, and held the door shut on him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He turned the knob... pushed... encountered
resistance... looked up â and saw me through the glass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I went to our
local quilt shop, <i>Sew What,</i> to get white fabric for the background for
Ianâs quilt, came home and cut 374</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> HSTs for the alternate blocks</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">, with an
interruption to go pick up a grocery order at Wal-Mart, and another
interruption to fix supper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I cut just enough
white pieces to sew together one block in order </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">to see if it went together properly,</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and then I quit
for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>36 blocks to go!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have learned that the white fabric I bought
puckers during both sewing and ironing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâll
do custom quilting on this quilt, and ka-smoosh it into subjection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs the block,
copied from my EQ8 program (not the real, honest-to-goodness block I sewed):</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv3GwTei1L0So1pM_BOPwidTUd99OU9hvRHy42xuobbNVlQPIsZCPA44X4kQHRoq7aX9yVyiKfT7GpwyTSYz4EK-vE6XziOxCNs4yiaNyscfOmxcRGi3cbf4PtmF_TSMbsv862JDRqUTnu5171uMHtbCT7AQgHNfepwVFX1qVjcCxKu8w2kNlFiNg7JQ/s336/Picture56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="336" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv3GwTei1L0So1pM_BOPwidTUd99OU9hvRHy42xuobbNVlQPIsZCPA44X4kQHRoq7aX9yVyiKfT7GpwyTSYz4EK-vE6XziOxCNs4yiaNyscfOmxcRGi3cbf4PtmF_TSMbsv862JDRqUTnu5171uMHtbCT7AQgHNfepwVFX1qVjcCxKu8w2kNlFiNg7JQ/s320/Picture56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sunday morning, I
met Kurt and Victoria in the hallway as we walked back to the sanctuary from
the Fellowship Hall after coffee break between Sunday School and the main
service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Carolyn, Violet, and Baby
Arnold were with them. No Willie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYouâre missing
one kid!â I informed them. âDid you throw him out with the bathwater?â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">They laughed and
told me he would soon be coming with his other grandmother. Victoria
allowed as how it was a wee bit harder to keep track of <i>four</i> kids
than it had been with one or two, and easier to mix up their names.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I asked Violet,
who was walking beside me, âDo you have to look in the mirror very often to see
who you are?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">She looked up at
me seriously with those big hazel eyes of hers and said in her low-pitched
voice, âWell, ... but... Grandma, I donât really need to do that.â hee
hee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">After the morning
service, I gave Eva, who was with her other grandparents, a small folder chock
full of all colors of narrow stick-it papers. She who is usually quick to
take her little treasures and go rushing off, tossing back an over-the-shoulder
thank-you, stood there and looked at it, then looked up at me with a big smile
and said very sincerely, âThank you!â She mustâve thought that little
folder was prrrretty nifty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">By 2:00 in the
afternoon, it was 47°, but there was still snow on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry made his
scrumptious French toast for our lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">That evening, we
got ready for our evening service, and headed out the door at 6:15 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">My skirt was too
big. If I spun around too fast, the skirt stayed put, and I wound up
sideways inside it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My sweater was too big, too; but at least it
had sleeves, so it sorta had to come along when I moved. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When
Larryâs hearing aids are in, he talks vewy, <i>vewwwwy</i> quietly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they are out, heâs <b>loud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>He had them in when we walked in and seated
ourselves in our pew, but they were turned down in anticipation of the music that
would soon be starting up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I barely sat
down before he leaned over and whispered <b>LOUDLY</b>, âYOUR COLLAR IS ALL
MESSED UP.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Iâm
telling you, the entire church knew my collar was messed up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After <i>that,</i>
what would it hurt if I reached up and fixed it, right there in public?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">After the
service, we were walking out of the sanctuary, when suddenly I spotted Maria
and new baby Maisie in the front vestibule! I ran over half a dozen
children, knocked down three liâl olâ ladies, and left two strappinâ young men spinning
in my vortex in order to get to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Soon we were gazing
at the baby and chatting with Caleb and Maria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYou played hooky
this morning!â I said accusingly to Caleb. Then, âIn fact, three-fourths
of your family played hooky!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He laughed and
told me that he, Maria, and the baby were just driving into town about the time
the morning service was over, around noon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He said that Eva
said baby Maisie is â<i>byooo</i>tiful.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Along came Teddy,
walking up beside me to see the baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
stuck my elbow out quick as a wink and said, âDonât you go butting in!!!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Grinning, he informed
me, âIâm taller than you!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">After leaving the
church, we went to Wal-Mart for presents for Baby Maisie and for Ian, Jeremy
and Lydiaâs third child, who turned 8 yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We stopped by
Wendyâs on the way home, and got salad, chili, and frosties (thick milk shakes).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">By noon yesterday, it was
45°, with a projected high of 47°. The high in Omaha was expected to be
57°.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">We headed for Omaha to get the
wheels for the Benz and to visit Loren a little before 2:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">A couple of hours later, we
were parked at Kosiskiâs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry was in
the office, and I was sitting in the car, laptop on lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watched a passerby for a couple of minutes
â and my screensaver came on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">whataya know, there
was Hannah as a teenager in the 1990s â wearing the same sweater I had on that very
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIAWv3cnYNm3S75wfOpwEXoTy9Bp6VZyAJuR47JYJvCbyqoxIk5w1kJkK1cZCkJjjaJAEqafqPYAymYASSieu_Bgn9SznDNLHQE9XsTaHSVw9lBuHiznaQFfqUZNFsT_0wFO1-xYHFvAu92IoNmZ_vprFjG-efz26eFKHtOH8nKWIRJ9S5FfJln-HXO8/s681/Picture57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="467" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIAWv3cnYNm3S75wfOpwEXoTy9Bp6VZyAJuR47JYJvCbyqoxIk5w1kJkK1cZCkJjjaJAEqafqPYAymYASSieu_Bgn9SznDNLHQE9XsTaHSVw9lBuHiznaQFfqUZNFsT_0wFO1-xYHFvAu92IoNmZ_vprFjG-efz26eFKHtOH8nKWIRJ9S5FfJln-HXO8/s320/Picture57.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I took a screen shot and sent it to Hannah,
telling her that since I âinheritedâ the sweater, Iâve cut off several inches
from the bottom, then used my serger to put the bottom trim back on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âThat wouldâve been nice to have it
shorter!â she replied. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI believe those
sweaters were from Uncle Loren and Aunt Janice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Am I remembering correctly?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âYep,â said I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI wouldâve done things like that â if I hadâve
had a serger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could overlock edges
with my Bernina 830 Record, but it was only 6mm wide.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9wdFNsXF8ipUAgylNXxoLRYL0y89kMqVgIYojYhuxbsbMaThJ_4F3D_TMdLdfjMbi9xhnvN-txqhypq5PSULbpVyFMShlxbd3aRiJ7WHy9JUUesElY9fmfpTBHZEfyKLGGW0H38_pJSEbf7PSATw5NYL59Aq4YQbMscPbzqn6-IyQSCzrmV5LrHfsYM/s330/Picture58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="330" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9wdFNsXF8ipUAgylNXxoLRYL0y89kMqVgIYojYhuxbsbMaThJ_4F3D_TMdLdfjMbi9xhnvN-txqhypq5PSULbpVyFMShlxbd3aRiJ7WHy9JUUesElY9fmfpTBHZEfyKLGGW0H38_pJSEbf7PSATw5NYL59Aq4YQbMscPbzqn6-IyQSCzrmV5LrHfsYM/s320/Picture58.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hannah told me, âI took my car to
check out the front passenger tire that had begun leaking on Saturday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, the rim is cracked! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theyâre going to weld it and I can get it
tomorrow. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâm using the spare now.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then replied to my comment about the
serger:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI couldâve done it, if I knew
how to knit.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Things like that are straight lines I
cannot resist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âI donât think knitting a rim would
work, really I donât,â I told her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then,
â(Sorry; I just canât help myself.)â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hannah was already telling me, âI
suppose the gigantic pothole we hit last month when we were in Omaha caused
that.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then she answered my malarkey, â(I
thought briefly of putting it in context, but decided to keep running with our
dual stories going on here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">đ
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">)â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabQFfIs8NGqxRAIs5L2Qddxph-txH74Gq7umTytnoqeZagLErcCEoBpfAj9ifaBTWE51XHWNsZfhzsW2pqYwIOk3rBnoMoOetgCxzTy7gfbVXk-eQd9zycI68wdzMTJprJFdMQj0ywgrd0bDSERCSteFdwN1_9288Qz_9m39IvBnW1xMRQWDQbLxZWN8/s319/Picture59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="319" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabQFfIs8NGqxRAIs5L2Qddxph-txH74Gq7umTytnoqeZagLErcCEoBpfAj9ifaBTWE51XHWNsZfhzsW2pqYwIOk3rBnoMoOetgCxzTy7gfbVXk-eQd9zycI68wdzMTJprJFdMQj0ywgrd0bDSERCSteFdwN1_9288Qz_9m39IvBnW1xMRQWDQbLxZWN8/s1600/Picture59.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Loren was just
finishing his supper when we arrived. We sat down at his table with
him and one other man (who seemed oblivious to most everything), and two ladies
who are generally friendly and nice. Loren seemed more confused than
usual â perhaps because of the water pipe breaking and causing him to be moved
to another room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">However, he did
pick up one stray green bean on his plate and offer it to Larry, asking, âHave
you ever had one of these?â and when Larry said he had, âDid you like it?â and âDo
you want it?â which is typical âLorenâ sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We sat with him
until he finished eating, and then I said we would walk with him to his room in
order to put some nametags on his new clothes (Iâd run out of nametags last
week).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I asked, âAre you
still in another room, or are you back in your own room?â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">He looked at me
like Iâd taken leave of my senses (heâs more likely to do that when Larry is
along, because he assumes Larry will be on his side, heh) and said, âIâm <i>always</i> in
my own room!!!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Haha, I just
canât get it through my thick head that I cannot ask him a ânormalâ question
and expect a ânormalâ answer in return, can I?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I asked a nurse,
instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHeâs staying in another room,â
she told me, âbut you can go to his room if you like.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">The main doors to
that hall were closed and locked, but she gave us the code so we could get
through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resident doors all down the
hallway were open, and a dozen commercial-type fans were positioned
strategically along the hall, blowing at full force (<b>LOUDLY!!!</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWXW5WUeqjfkuCOJneEvqd6I4EyHoz431NzPfoiLHPyQ5BOaZMPcWHKGTIJl0DRolf58ZRBynt5566M7jU2rfPQ_0UYPP44mwqlY7BLBLu4R7F3w9KB65yT8OImw221R6p_3agjM91o8fTBoK5cty7pvUMuBH4hHQ_gmYKHruVvr8_PfxSDAoWSp3O_E/s313/Picture60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="313" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWXW5WUeqjfkuCOJneEvqd6I4EyHoz431NzPfoiLHPyQ5BOaZMPcWHKGTIJl0DRolf58ZRBynt5566M7jU2rfPQ_0UYPP44mwqlY7BLBLu4R7F3w9KB65yT8OImw221R6p_3agjM91o8fTBoK5cty7pvUMuBH4hHQ_gmYKHruVvr8_PfxSDAoWSp3O_E/s1600/Picture60.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I discovered that
the only new clothes Loren had worn were a couple of the shirts Iâd hung in the
closet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the nurses told me, âWe
always hang pants in the closet. Do you want me to bring hangers?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I said yes,
please, that would be helpful... and she soon returned with a stack of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">So I got all the
pants out of the drawers, made sure all the tags were off of them, and hung
them. I took all his new socks and underwear from the drawer where Iâd
put them, and put them into a drawer where there were a few (a <i>very</i> few)
bedraggled socks and one pair of underwear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I removed the bedraggled things, and put the usable but worn things in a
more obscure drawer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU8m0sWLzGtxsYNGDK98_6FdwxhG5o7FVNtKuwWQweT72jXYFLcNA_oZXgO4R216IZ1D2LrVDAM-zMrLwQEEy1Hm4pf2BK-yIiOeL6rEznLuYNZpbRN-5jvh6EeToSw61KQzphFKJF-4PvAjXJhKmDJXF_0vcAgTl9pPHnziO-Tlo7-RMtBOrmOxzZMU/s311/Picture61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="311" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU8m0sWLzGtxsYNGDK98_6FdwxhG5o7FVNtKuwWQweT72jXYFLcNA_oZXgO4R216IZ1D2LrVDAM-zMrLwQEEy1Hm4pf2BK-yIiOeL6rEznLuYNZpbRN-5jvh6EeToSw61KQzphFKJF-4PvAjXJhKmDJXF_0vcAgTl9pPHnziO-Tlo7-RMtBOrmOxzZMU/s1600/Picture61.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">As I took all the
wrapping or tags from the new clothes, I pointed out to Larry the scotch tape
holding the underwear in a small roll, and told him, âThese are unwearable and
useless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have scotch tape on them.â
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Really, Loren had
not worn <i>any</i> of those things! I had suspected that might
happen. At least now the <i>daily </i>nurses know he has new
clothes, rather than just the <i>Saturday</i> nurses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We hauled off the
old pants that were too small, and the frayed-out flannel shirt that he liked
to wear as a jacket. Now heâll <i>have</i> to wear those new
things! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
did not tell him about Susan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has not
remembered to ask about her for several months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nowadays when he asks, âHowâs Mama?â I just smile and say, âSheâs fine.â
Because, after all, she <i>is.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hard
to imagine, isnât it, having the last 20-30 years of oneâs life, just wiped
cleanly out of oneâs head?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dementia is
not a nice disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Loren
regularly introduces me to other residents at Prairie Meadows: âThis is
my sister, Sarah Lynn!â <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35pArDNMu_zha_pjcZnpD_JYZDcsRMh6Yuc7IBrPs3t0v4amX2VnkrZkNoyQCOjn8MbMq027zrK37wgoZLsvQrLH_r-Binl4WkbAgKISSBaYPhxHzzkpPp4HgZlG1Ush2XAQhNQHy-V8wkjpSTutKQGf6gJG0W-W4mnn_ajHb8G7t4f1N5T5NIJLzhuk/s301/Picture62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="301" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35pArDNMu_zha_pjcZnpD_JYZDcsRMh6Yuc7IBrPs3t0v4amX2VnkrZkNoyQCOjn8MbMq027zrK37wgoZLsvQrLH_r-Binl4WkbAgKISSBaYPhxHzzkpPp4HgZlG1Ush2XAQhNQHy-V8wkjpSTutKQGf6gJG0W-W4mnn_ajHb8G7t4f1N5T5NIJLzhuk/s1600/Picture62.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">And
they, picking up on Lorenâs general happiness and cheer, smile and say, âIâm so
glad to meet you!â even though weâve met dozens of times before, hee hee.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once we got the clothes all organized,
we walked with Loren to his temporary room, giving him the National Geographic
magazines, Messenger newspapers, and Nebraska magazine Iâd brought. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">There was another
bed in the room with a lot of personal effects; so someone else is in there
with him. He seemed... not quite as happy as usual, while in that
room. Heâs better off in a room by himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But heâs less cantankerous than he was when
he first went to the home, so hopefully he wonât be locking the
other occupant out, like he did when he first arrived and was sharing a
room. They moved him (with my consent) to a private room as soon as one
was available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsjU7AvbyELRoxq89RC5CC_24EXKJT681aSozwXstWnPtbMlkC0PaZejgMv71h-3jA26zpaEy0WAk4mJKHGaq4lLZdl2UK9h12FKx0Y7mg1LRPoRNC82whFDpuZSqCNg6LhIGermTujDFmFiwKnf6s6_s32bvnnJRgmD7a3msuyQ8zXc1p4VmL3z19nE/s312/Picture63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="312" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsjU7AvbyELRoxq89RC5CC_24EXKJT681aSozwXstWnPtbMlkC0PaZejgMv71h-3jA26zpaEy0WAk4mJKHGaq4lLZdl2UK9h12FKx0Y7mg1LRPoRNC82whFDpuZSqCNg6LhIGermTujDFmFiwKnf6s6_s32bvnnJRgmD7a3msuyQ8zXc1p4VmL3z19nE/s1600/Picture63.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">When we left, he
didnât stay there; he walked down the hall behind us. We waved a cheery
goodbye, and he soon got interested in something outside one of the windows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We next went to Harbor
Freight Tools, where Larry got some things for his boom truck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">One of the
children had given us a gift card for Panera Bread, and it wasnât far away, so
thatâs where we ate supper. I had a half sandwich of
bacon/avocado/something-or-other, a cup of turkey chili, a caramel latte, and a
blood orange-charged splash that I wound up sharing with Larry, because he
couldnât get his blueberry slushie to come up the straw until it melted a bit.
We bought a cherry/cream cheese Danish ring to bring home with us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">As we drove home, Keith and I were texting
when there was a beeping noise, and the dash readout ordered Larry to stop and take
a coffee break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least this time it
wasnât because he was falling asleep while driving; heâd merely been
repositioning himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs a fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The disadvantage to seatbelts that are
attached to the walls of the vehicle (as opposed to the seats) is that when you
change positions, you get throttled!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Larry promptly argued with the dash,
just like he does with me if I tell him heâs obviously getting sleepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mercedes notices swerving, and
fluctuations on the gas pedal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I reported on all this to Keith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">âMaybe yâall should trade the Mercedes
in on a self-driving Tesla!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"> đŹđŹđŹ</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">â he suggested. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âFirst time I saw a guy riding along eating
his Chinese food with both hands holding his tray of food and not hanging onto
the steering wheel, I almost had a stroke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had no clue that car existed.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Then he told about when he was hauling
vehicles, and was taking a Tesla Model X to Denver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the autopilot SUV-style with the
falcon-wing doors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjmh4_W145CKka7M5Eh4RIp02AG97D0jRdn225u-K5O-P6sjtopPv9tz_h7ucc0dUy_xnNPeuh0Q76bgTQX-W8ayD4URgiAeosXKlahBirC78_W4Tb7TWTP1nFGAD45MsoFcqQLFZYpojFfzjnkkMMLJ9MdQJ5l2FMlAcrXGpfUV-Irp9oDAVP56yc5o/s413/Picture64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="413" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjmh4_W145CKka7M5Eh4RIp02AG97D0jRdn225u-K5O-P6sjtopPv9tz_h7ucc0dUy_xnNPeuh0Q76bgTQX-W8ayD4URgiAeosXKlahBirC78_W4Tb7TWTP1nFGAD45MsoFcqQLFZYpojFfzjnkkMMLJ9MdQJ5l2FMlAcrXGpfUV-Irp9oDAVP56yc5o/s320/Picture64.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">Keith didnât realize the key fob got
bumped in the container he kept all the keys in, and while going down the road,
it opened a wing door!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, they
have sensors that keep them from hitting anything beside the car, or it would
have crunched the door against the side rails of his trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">I saw a video where someone let a
passenger out of their Ferrari on a London street, took off without closing the
wing door â and the door smacked into the upper story of one of those red double-decker
buses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tore the door off, and scared
several bus passengers out of their ninth lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">We got home a little after 10:30
p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">s we came up Old
Highway 81, Larry stopped at the mailbox (we forgot it was Presidentâs Day, and
no mail would be delivered), and he said, âCould you get out and get the mail?â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(He was kidding; he always does it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I said, âNo, I have COL.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(That <i>used </i>to mean âCat on Lapâ.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">He laughed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âComputer on Lap.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">When he got back in the car,
I asked, âDid the presidents leave you any mail?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hereâs a poem I tucked into
sympathy cards for all of Susanâs family:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qQnjrZtisfml7dfUWfD1wZ27igdYnGCYy3hi5abLhbH7a3we0nXIpRmDxXHXunQxNpuOYF20Vllifl6Cm-frCrP-Uarx4DXAvcCr8GQR4ZDex1Tak24LBXHxChQNnUIKJoEvVV5iqnmYSDO5PSPPxSFGcSRdBs9KD5kag9jYNdnFgqGSA7brawQB7FU/s901/Picture65.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="780" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qQnjrZtisfml7dfUWfD1wZ27igdYnGCYy3hi5abLhbH7a3we0nXIpRmDxXHXunQxNpuOYF20Vllifl6Cm-frCrP-Uarx4DXAvcCr8GQR4ZDex1Tak24LBXHxChQNnUIKJoEvVV5iqnmYSDO5PSPPxSFGcSRdBs9KD5kag9jYNdnFgqGSA7brawQB7FU/w510-h589/Picture65.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">And now it is bedtime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-32234938726108729252024-02-19T17:30:00.006-06:002024-02-23T01:14:39.733-06:00Photos: Drive to Omaha<p style="text-align: center;"> Today we went to Omaha to get new wheels for the Mercedes. We visited Loren while we were there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pxEUQmudOIjEqOaTMUSlbtgTivr53y6TkIbaTJr7prOSimPWfmHyQHJWNAPxK0Ke6IDcgXLdCYkWtpggJYTbvPfHea5hsmSmpLLRJKk5XhGna0J1hnzet4RdQFUxaMfNhAP9oaLlPgB68a1gHMOhSTBnQ90l_4pzxUgU1IxxEiIzDgfViNfc8oBWgQE/s1280/IMG_4990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pxEUQmudOIjEqOaTMUSlbtgTivr53y6TkIbaTJr7prOSimPWfmHyQHJWNAPxK0Ke6IDcgXLdCYkWtpggJYTbvPfHea5hsmSmpLLRJKk5XhGna0J1hnzet4RdQFUxaMfNhAP9oaLlPgB68a1gHMOhSTBnQ90l_4pzxUgU1IxxEiIzDgfViNfc8oBWgQE/s320/IMG_4990.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGB5gG2Dkjm2BiHlvlBMabqZ0G9EkBun4LukqcfmAK6y35iFiyPFAY1u6WbVB-mjP8o25gt08WDVi67CCeulL8MQdIBSfiYyFMPPS-BNBDUv0MJmdZoP9ohq8QDeXPZL1qMNkL9pbcTjMK4uuyQZZUIKxQdhtKE7iFdlFNI0VPXem9rqObg1v2kDacQpI/s1280/IMG_4991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1146" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwigF5W8YXUMmerpQe5Q3ZgA04QMxKMUFnuIvpmVsPKBoVP2ah3I6ZxHYmjkIbThZ7shdUGibZ8eKJKHBYB5cJJZ3Xf4w8UN2kwqozIW4ONKE0hxDkZsDl5Q_O5OWImeUHcF_GNVzqQgorBcmN_397hIaNnt6rWHLfqgosKXDr6x1RqrXR9rYMBR2Kxak/s320/20240214_171055%20bouquet%20from%20our%20family.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-48521741352696595142024-02-12T23:30:00.055-06:002024-02-13T14:44:15.177-06:00Journal: Goodbye, Beloved Niece<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIOTldzK__qJc_7kq2v5YDJeC9uvvxz7LqrrzClQ6EIVuahAaIxl11Ign0xBgM1_vF6GC5s4laxUZw3NkvEGARl0juWCrhpD5__efAmAwbZJlMuZEbBYk6VLXXgwGfA6puYiLi_L7BvR_odEEeza-oEs8z_lNa34Bee8887cKozznTN0zIymg1HQQ2Do/s846/Picture3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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other night, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I made myself some Bentleyâs Mango green tea from a large
tin of teas my sister gave me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
also raspberry, blueberry, acai, orange spice, etc., and all are very
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However! â I then proceeded to destroy
my yummy mango tea with a squirt of lemon juice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
usually like lemon in tea. Not this time. Not with Bentleyâs Mango.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As I worked on quilting a
friendâs quilt Tuesday afternoon, I could hear a fly buzzing away, <i>some</i>where.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally spotted it, high on the wall beyond
my reach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I got out the
artillery:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a few big rubber bands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the second try, I shot him down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just call me âOlâ Deadeye.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That evening, Larry finished
trimming<b> </b>the<b> </b>fat from the venison he had cut up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of it then went into the freezer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some, he marinated, and then cooked for
supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so tender and tasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mmmmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I put in eight hours of
quilting that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was still a row
and a half to go when I stopped for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Iâd put on Young Livingâs Deep Relief, Capsaicin, Absorbine Jr., and Old
Goat spray (not all at once, mind you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
those topical analgesics had kept me going âtil then, but I gave up and threw in
the towel a little after midnight, figuring Iâd have plenty of time to finish
it the next day, and then give it back to Ann that night after church. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It snowed on the eaglesâ
nest in Big Bear Valley, California, that night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The eagles diligently kept their eggs
warm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The female, whom theyâve named
âJackieâ, rarely leaves the nest during inclement weather, though at other
times she and the male, âShadowâ, share brooding duties.<span style="background: white;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has the bigger body and the
larger brood patch, so she can keep the eggs warm easier. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZJPnjyhBF6hNeHTp-d6X5YiMNyACscBWP7K0fZXJid-kZPAXXEMVEqV6TjzS_3pdLtK6KvsQ06Brn6lNV0H5e9-xcaw5UafU-8mIBvg87yBy8ua598BzbXg9UC9ivyW0Wlf2cYcaPFozSfJPXhEpRe4eCZ2DjcLM7B5AJvFfbB57LyHMtuK_dlgkY_M/s905/Picture4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="905" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZJPnjyhBF6hNeHTp-d6X5YiMNyACscBWP7K0fZXJid-kZPAXXEMVEqV6TjzS_3pdLtK6KvsQ06Brn6lNV0H5e9-xcaw5UafU-8mIBvg87yBy8ua598BzbXg9UC9ivyW0Wlf2cYcaPFozSfJPXhEpRe4eCZ2DjcLM7B5AJvFfbB57LyHMtuK_dlgkY_M/s320/Picture4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXt0OR-_RmEc57r62YmtcZEBrbTieHWxWRoxeA2H4XKwuOTtbfgIfbtCBqG5TTnpYMRfFVPuvdkRwuvvFF34rw5oF0AlOJ6QjhF9EN_xg6tl84OaXBYBRc0_28a3VFyajcr1_hQaABbHS_p3hemqlOct0TzF9a0LpTL868YRf5FdNUAj_WCY1Lq_bDac/s907/Picture6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="907" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXt0OR-_RmEc57r62YmtcZEBrbTieHWxWRoxeA2H4XKwuOTtbfgIfbtCBqG5TTnpYMRfFVPuvdkRwuvvFF34rw5oF0AlOJ6QjhF9EN_xg6tl84OaXBYBRc0_28a3VFyajcr1_hQaABbHS_p3hemqlOct0TzF9a0LpTL868YRf5FdNUAj_WCY1Lq_bDac/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Every once in a while,
she stood up, shook the snow from her feathers, turned her eggs, and then
snuggled back down atop them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you
know that eagle eggs must stay at a steady 105° in order to remain viable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The next day, the
snowstorm increased in intensity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jackie
stayed on the nest without a break for a record 62 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5A2Uy1Jhc9tt6_9-Wk26OSHILTbXLWuNKdbo2Bk6jUr_-H-QbBJRrblv_qmmjCZE0qs6SQNI2Dfwr6RhK1tOStG7giZSy0vTfAiZ1PwkWrTMzesfR7EA2cHZecwepD3aF4tEA6a2bedMx6Zzj1KSbQMTg-QN0RgkwqkwQspekalTuQgGnNZQLcewvnk/s981/Picture5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="981" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5A2Uy1Jhc9tt6_9-Wk26OSHILTbXLWuNKdbo2Bk6jUr_-H-QbBJRrblv_qmmjCZE0qs6SQNI2Dfwr6RhK1tOStG7giZSy0vTfAiZ1PwkWrTMzesfR7EA2cHZecwepD3aF4tEA6a2bedMx6Zzj1KSbQMTg-QN0RgkwqkwQspekalTuQgGnNZQLcewvnk/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSluxDZL_YCDdz1TrVOQizZ-PARJqSy7Xafi7kG6iaumfOqUvCZmvGYDCwOxpTlTryhyphenhyphenxPY_K9Y9iHD8eCgCjEFebChzJZLDyHWLrBTrsp0I8SnO65uXts8qzBKnoIfZEdnx1ptvwxZUZ5gkFv-GPtbhXbk2I55pGbiWe2Cg0vJT6xTZOD1kDAGADY9I/s988/Picture7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="988" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSluxDZL_YCDdz1TrVOQizZ-PARJqSy7Xafi7kG6iaumfOqUvCZmvGYDCwOxpTlTryhyphenhyphenxPY_K9Y9iHD8eCgCjEFebChzJZLDyHWLrBTrsp0I8SnO65uXts8qzBKnoIfZEdnx1ptvwxZUZ5gkFv-GPtbhXbk2I55pGbiWe2Cg0vJT6xTZOD1kDAGADY9I/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Eagles can go a long time
without food, as they have the ability to store up to two pounds of food in
their crop, that area under the throat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Finally the next day, the
storm let up, Shadow came soaring in to take over nest duties, and Jackie flew
off to find food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was gone for over
two hours, and returned well-fed and ready for another siege at egg-warming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wednesday,
a man who has joined one of the quilting groups on Facebook, hoping to learn
how to quilt, wrote the following:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
donât fully understand how a quilt comes together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean; I understand the two basic
steps. 1. You buy materials; 2. Quilt is completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have a nagging feeling thereâs steps
between 1 and 2 that I donât fully grasp.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hee
hee<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What heâs missing is all that
confetti in between those steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hereâs
a shot of s</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">aid confetti:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d03txLUMCURLtvt33NtWMujnVXBT2Gvjr_bSBcRncw8SzEkVJPM-VLF0u7iEQE0mwNpCxCiU9Nkojg-i_AQz1stZpYLdnmbTzShl6JXCYZpsrGIsSss43z0_uVFWYtgM4src_clj9AxtDbNnJasuGLrwN8wYf2YemvlS9JaTAf3xqBnp03lXP3O4PaM/s826/Picture8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d03txLUMCURLtvt33NtWMujnVXBT2Gvjr_bSBcRncw8SzEkVJPM-VLF0u7iEQE0mwNpCxCiU9Nkojg-i_AQz1stZpYLdnmbTzShl6JXCYZpsrGIsSss43z0_uVFWYtgM4src_clj9AxtDbNnJasuGLrwN8wYf2YemvlS9JaTAf3xqBnp03lXP3O4PaM/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That morning, Lorenâs
sister-in-law Judy and her husband Randy were in Omaha, so they stopped to see
Loren. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHe was really glad to see us,â
Judy told me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She also told me that he showed
them that he couldnât get his pants fastened, as he has gained some weight in
the last couple of months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judy looked
in his closet and found another pair that fit him better, but they, too, were a
bit tight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">There are still things he
will tell Judy that he never lets on about, to me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâm still his âlittle sisterâ, you know, and
doubtless always <i>will</i> be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So Iâm
glad when Judy learns things from him that I need to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When Randy and Judy left,
she thanked the nurses at the nursing station for their good care of Loren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âWe just love him,â
replied one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Late Wednesday
afternoon, I finished the quilting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I trimmed
it from the frame, and took it with us to church that evening to return to my
friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5nnQ0hhav2zEdXtFtjCvJVnVoGpMr4FtHKXKOomcORYI3hPr2N1HwdsHs0WzSiTE1CDUiudWBY4wMkWjAWpA2a4E5PKWUBMyVRhB0Ww3YMCSKL-HVZeQXOj8Ac0-U-7sfDcenTZGND8QAzSwrm0INywMjK0W7hdKIHBO8p9neC0yjZYAavKk570XQqo/s1049/Picture9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1049" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5nnQ0hhav2zEdXtFtjCvJVnVoGpMr4FtHKXKOomcORYI3hPr2N1HwdsHs0WzSiTE1CDUiudWBY4wMkWjAWpA2a4E5PKWUBMyVRhB0Ww3YMCSKL-HVZeQXOj8Ac0-U-7sfDcenTZGND8QAzSwrm0INywMjK0W7hdKIHBO8p9neC0yjZYAavKk570XQqo/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WjMhW7Wp44Mp0etPG8oW8Eesau0buCJUfARAt3o3h1l9hbO1-eL34TmVP1zFzsZRggDYqHilEjtHb4qKz9g6a5LTv_8utyC2dwPLjA9gHjq-ZgSPQOtp-Npsz_HQMHwTd3ww7m3n-7N26n9NSU6negWBlZQD4ZT-R17YX6PriYOh1wSV1XgEBpC32LI/s932/Picture10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="932" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WjMhW7Wp44Mp0etPG8oW8Eesau0buCJUfARAt3o3h1l9hbO1-eL34TmVP1zFzsZRggDYqHilEjtHb4qKz9g6a5LTv_8utyC2dwPLjA9gHjq-ZgSPQOtp-Npsz_HQMHwTd3ww7m3n-7N26n9NSU6negWBlZQD4ZT-R17YX6PriYOh1wSV1XgEBpC32LI/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHybEwVvnid99GYODurm1soaoHL8LSQ4Jn6H7GhoMKk5PphMUuQqcFp1F1t_n4JgeEikVnrepXtIu1ZZQrAhOULsGr_xGTIf2cbTSJ7kGU9vmDhyrZvVq3GWRHas-DmP1wkkyIIt-bZKjBjzjdncjDMlxiQ2p0OOXbVGGeabAywU-AZlTa2I5XvRE6pVk/s958/Picture11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="958" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHybEwVvnid99GYODurm1soaoHL8LSQ4Jn6H7GhoMKk5PphMUuQqcFp1F1t_n4JgeEikVnrepXtIu1ZZQrAhOULsGr_xGTIf2cbTSJ7kGU9vmDhyrZvVq3GWRHas-DmP1wkkyIIt-bZKjBjzjdncjDMlxiQ2p0OOXbVGGeabAywU-AZlTa2I5XvRE6pVk/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We had a late supper
after we got home from church â venison, frozen green beans (well, I cooked
them before we ate them, actually), dark sweet cherries with a bit of
strawberry yogurt on them, and a blueberry muffin. I went from totally
starved to totally stuffed about 15 minutes flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One of the
misguided, know-everything personages whoâs in my Facebook Friends list has
been sorta kinda nice for a while, but she just canât help herself; she canât
go long before she shows her true Bah-Humbug personality again. Her
niceness is like the âmorning dewâ Hosea speaks of â âYour goodness is as a
morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.â (She stays in my Friends
list because, after all, I donât watch soap operas. Gotta get my
entertainment <i>somewhere,</i> ay?) (And besides, she probably
needs a friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <i>do</i> try to be
nice.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Well,
I posted pictures of the quilt I just finished quilting, along with my
description of it, including the types of thread I used:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 31.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Late
this afternoon I finished quilting my friendâs quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It measures 103â x 104â.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She supplied the batting, which is a thin,
soft, and luxurious cotton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used
medium pink Mettler 50-wt. polyester thread on top, and medium pink Aurifil
50-wt. cotton thread in the bobbin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
pantograph is an intense and detailed one called âBouquetâ, by Hermione Agee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs 11â wide, and took 33 minutes and 33
seconds for one pass across this quilt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
machine is an 18â Handi Quilter AvantĂ©, and is hand-guided, as opposed to
computer-driven.</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Along came Mrs. Humbug, or maybe I should call her Mrs. Steamroller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not delicate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âYou should not have used polyester thread
because if the quilt is ever washed in hot water or dried in a dryer the heat
will melt the thread and the quilt will come apart,â she informed me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âItâs alway [sic] basic knowledge to never
use polyester thread on a quilt.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give
her credit, she didnât end that statement with âyou dumb dodo, you.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you can just <i>feel</i> it, canât you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâve been announcing
my use of polyester threads (and batting, for that matter) for years, and she
has been in my Friends list for a good many of those years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder why <i>this</i> particular polyester
offended her more than those polyester threads that have gone before?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5fnPtN9tVFYOhBBbsKURjMcGNmDiKwyzu_BRO8jz9Nxvag617XTcoh5bAeSmz8rmuGGm4JzfRonWJBscOurdRzk5QU9YSykMPTLBWyevhyphenhyphenKxRdDjgyh6WI9a__rbQJ2TInGx9tbydunfMYo4G3gSI7shes_thibR9T3kKFT6WzsGMqe6ZxcvvBMtNqI/s780/Picture12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="780" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5fnPtN9tVFYOhBBbsKURjMcGNmDiKwyzu_BRO8jz9Nxvag617XTcoh5bAeSmz8rmuGGm4JzfRonWJBscOurdRzk5QU9YSykMPTLBWyevhyphenhyphenKxRdDjgyh6WI9a__rbQJ2TInGx9tbydunfMYo4G3gSI7shes_thibR9T3kKFT6WzsGMqe6ZxcvvBMtNqI/w406-h82/Picture12.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When this sort of
thing happens on those big quilting groups on Facebook, I just sit back and
enjoy the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it happens on my
very own Facebook page, I sit forward, collect my keyboard, and set the matter
straight (if I donât decide to just <i>delete</i> the silly thing, that
is).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, on the chance there might be
others who subscribe to the same fallacy, I answered her with </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 31.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thatâs an âold wivesâ fableâ, and simply untrue. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the major thread companies make lovely
polyester thread for quilting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Superior
Thread Company has a good video on the issue (and you can find articles
concerning this at many other thread companies). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve been making quilts and clothes and using
good-quality polyester thread for 55 years, washing, drying, and ironing them
often â and have never once had the thread melt or âcut throughâ the fabric, as
some think it will. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even todayâs
invisible thread can take fairly high heat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This statement is directly from Superior
Threads: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âPolyester thread is heat
resistant (dryer and iron safe), with a melting temperature of about 480Âș F.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">S</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">he replied within a minute with this somewhat
belligerent answer: </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">well I had one fall apartâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And I didnât even retort,
âYou mustâve made it with water-soluble thread.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Arenât you proud of me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thursday
wa</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">s four of our grandchildrenâs birthdays. Larry was
going to be in Valley, near Omaha, so he took Justinâs gift with him, and made
plans to meet Joseph somewhere and deliver the gift. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Justin
is 12 now. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since he doesnât get to see
Grandpa nearly enough, and heâs doing very well in school, and it was his <i>birthday,</i>
after all, Joseph went and picked him up early from school, and off they went
to meet Grandpa, which made Grandpa glad. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After
Emma got off work, I took her gift and her younger brother Grantâs gifts to
them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gave Justin and Grant socket
sets and a wrench apiece; and for Emma, a china trinket box with a music box in
it that used to be Normaâs, and a large, soft, red and gray plaid scarf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHzUv0Xsi5dZ2ulvfoJwArmcbfJXC42T2d1hdJecq_IAVrpG-Lw8N99d8zSJQ3y9653Lga2YlPhkDmA67mQniM9Z8mbZQuQ9KIUvMUgoQSJTPfyEQBC9jiKjQ6jrbF2e_bVGEJ76HiRdDKYWYBnWjiL0etkxTUf9q_79nmIyUyCkWYEvRySIvEHxhUnE/s850/Picture13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="850" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHzUv0Xsi5dZ2ulvfoJwArmcbfJXC42T2d1hdJecq_IAVrpG-Lw8N99d8zSJQ3y9653Lga2YlPhkDmA67mQniM9Z8mbZQuQ9KIUvMUgoQSJTPfyEQBC9jiKjQ6jrbF2e_bVGEJ76HiRdDKYWYBnWjiL0etkxTUf9q_79nmIyUyCkWYEvRySIvEHxhUnE/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNyUEnRxtCrsGJvMbS_ZuIy8MXNcdyCqWL9hcpo_LA2DB5xUlz0dcNru4pEGDIYTOyP-PfWs5G2NENS61pNU6XWgXiAeWPYMhxlP53d4X8Dhh3y9yrrm2x0uko6YGJuLFBlS2Eyvm4u9s2WnFXsa6KdvX0IThfmPuOoZvQlG96X_KSN24JOOOX-fpuKg/s823/Picture14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="823" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNyUEnRxtCrsGJvMbS_ZuIy8MXNcdyCqWL9hcpo_LA2DB5xUlz0dcNru4pEGDIYTOyP-PfWs5G2NENS61pNU6XWgXiAeWPYMhxlP53d4X8Dhh3y9yrrm2x0uko6YGJuLFBlS2Eyvm4u9s2WnFXsa6KdvX0IThfmPuOoZvQlG96X_KSN24JOOOX-fpuKg/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFFuHBIkn88MKRJw6av2SQPKUC67pq98OV0Y_fp0YHrnJVnHnqUKHnS-MFJBKVnaswao2ihoU4u_I0LTKrm20qXpfE4slfiI5i3PtB_NQriq29FSmKzG8IBb6j2xWkHvZ77iL-gxsq6bmAmcY5vmRwDTVt9uDT49lBhn-1YlECaWvyPBKlCvXxk6EG0/s844/Picture15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="844" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFFuHBIkn88MKRJw6av2SQPKUC67pq98OV0Y_fp0YHrnJVnHnqUKHnS-MFJBKVnaswao2ihoU4u_I0LTKrm20qXpfE4slfiI5i3PtB_NQriq29FSmKzG8IBb6j2xWkHvZ77iL-gxsq6bmAmcY5vmRwDTVt9uDT49lBhn-1YlECaWvyPBKlCvXxk6EG0/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
got the tools at Harbor Freight in Norfolk when he was there on a job a couple
of days earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those tool sets were
great hits with the boys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
was also Willieâs second birthday, and we had a wooden car ramp set just like
Oliverâs for him; but we would be seeing him the next night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
Woman Who Worries About Birds came along and added her two centsâ worth to the
polyester thread debate:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI bought a
small quilt at local mass store; simple but didnât melt (so far) with polyester
thread they used but it comes away from the quilt- I dunno yet- â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then
this happened:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Another
woman who is apparently not prepared to deal with nonsense wrote to Mrs.
Steamroller, â</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">that is SO not
true with the modern threads. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under that
premise does poly batting just disappear? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kinda ridiculous commentâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I <i>could</i> delete
the comment(s); itâs my personal page, after all. But whereâs the fun
in <i>that?!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
left it there to percolate, and worked on taxes, ours and Lorenâs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
didnât take much to finish ours. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had
the majority done and ready to e-file a couple of weeks ago, but the IRS was
not ready for <i>me</i>; they didnât have some of their forms complete. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon I was signing our âe-signaturesâ and
clicking âSubmitâ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Next,
I worked on Lorenâs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of hours
later, I had all his income and outgo listed neatly and printed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All his papers were ready to </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">be
taken<b> </b><span style="background: white;">to the accountant the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And then --- ((...<i> drum roll </i>...))<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was ready to break out my new laptop!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But the contretemps over my friendâs pretty quilt was not
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time, it occurred on one of
the larger Facebook quilting groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had posted pictures and
written, â<span class="x193iq5w">My machine is an 18â Handi Quilter AvantĂ©, and
is hand-guided, as opposed to computer-driven.â<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Nevertheless,
one of the â</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Top Contributorsâ wrote snidely, â</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Computer did a beautiful job. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nice choice of motifsâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So I repeated myself:</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My machine is hand-guided, not
computer-driven. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But thank you! </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This lady, at least, had the grace to apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSorry!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do everything free-motion,â she explained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSo I get a little tired of everyoneâs
perfect quilting that they did with their perfect computerized longarms!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Eh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little jealous, maybe?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Ah, well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I did a good enough job
to be accused of being a computer, Iâll just accept it as a compliment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
began working my way through the launching of my new computer. It makes
me want to box someoneâs ears, the way you have to be online and signed into
Microsoft in order to set it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs <i>my
computer! </i>I should be able to start it up and use it without
kowtowing to Microsoft!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES1DwB4s1fVZo9nFLyvx-X7g8_SlTnDjUJpKl8pNcTp48Dgwe4iRFrIDTuOqtOrVLmaXjS6PdqY1LWUR3MS62G4F9lCS5n5aIeos-qnUcX6Q4QQ7XSsQYnZL7kQhsCcc0oGfrFxs0zO6SCEdSCpqGntbg6eXjWPfXAzkJJrtYX_yZ_bjeN3Zo2WWEMLY/s962/Picture16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="962" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES1DwB4s1fVZo9nFLyvx-X7g8_SlTnDjUJpKl8pNcTp48Dgwe4iRFrIDTuOqtOrVLmaXjS6PdqY1LWUR3MS62G4F9lCS5n5aIeos-qnUcX6Q4QQ7XSsQYnZL7kQhsCcc0oGfrFxs0zO6SCEdSCpqGntbg6eXjWPfXAzkJJrtYX_yZ_bjeN3Zo2WWEMLY/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
was once doing some computer work in the middle of the night, when Black Kitty
came in through the pet door carrying a Brewerâs blackbird, which she then
released. In the dark of the house (I had all the lights off),
this... <i>thing</i>... (a <i>black</i> thing, in a dark house)
came flitter-flutter-flapping across the floor directly at me, making odd
hoarse barks of some sort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">To
my credit, I did not awaken the children, although I did hiss-yell fairly
loudly, âLarry!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was sleeping in the
recliner near me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, he was...
not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My
heart flitter-fluttered right along with the <i>thing,</i> which
materialized as a blackbird, once it got into the light of my
monitor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So
I stood up and, with Larryâs help, captured it, and put it outside. Or
maybe Larry did the capturing, whilst I stood slightly behind him hissing,
âGrab it!â and âDonât hurt it!â by turns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By 8:30 p.m., I had
re</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">ceived word that both our State and Federal tax returns had
been accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I went
on working on my new laptop, and transferring data from my older laptop onto my
three external hard drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of
just adding any new data to the drives, I overwrote the whole shebang, since I
had changed a few old documents and edited several old photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it took a lot longer than if I hadâve just
added the new files.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By
the wee hours of the morning, I had Microsoft 365 (Word, Publisher, Excel,
OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Video Clip Champ, etc.) loaded on the new
computer, and it was working fine on <i>both laptops.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Microsoft
allows their Personal Suite tier to be used on <i>five</i> devices at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Avira Antivirus was
loaded and working, and Norton was uninstalled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Iâll go with <i>free,</i> thank you kindly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Google Messages and Mighty Text, Chrome, and
Firefox were all working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The laptops have been
renamed so I can keep them straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are both synced with my phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> My Bluetooth devices (Lift mouse, Ergonomic keyboard,
Doss speaker) are synced, and set the way I like them. </span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The mouse/cursor, for instance, is set as fast as it will go,
with long tails and a shadow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âAs fast
as it will goâ â thatâs vital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a
new computer or laptop comes on, there are innumerable things that must be done
before one can actually get to the settings and change anything concerning the
mouse, and default has it set at two inches per century, or thereabouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least, thatâs what it <i>feels</i>
like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drives me plumb berserk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
minute the machine is actually ready to use, I pounce on that Settings icon,
click Mouse, and scoot the slider for the speed allllll the way to the
top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Letâs get this thing in <b>gear!</b></i></span><b><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4Avv7LjdLKadd0qhgriVXXKRxKg9fx8pj3g5M4no7Gb8EMamPpJM2PnbT6PkhxLQxVchoulfgIGXbfLnUFW4H81cbPwdgVD-q7AIHUFoqHEScdHk1uXYB8QKErYxvyThG-LYmo04IUUV4wyshnXvZYKRRgnIkKx4h1nnrFrPnTTIt3-6SDmfNW92aQ4/s1029/Picture17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1029" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4Avv7LjdLKadd0qhgriVXXKRxKg9fx8pj3g5M4no7Gb8EMamPpJM2PnbT6PkhxLQxVchoulfgIGXbfLnUFW4H81cbPwdgVD-q7AIHUFoqHEScdHk1uXYB8QKErYxvyThG-LYmo04IUUV4wyshnXvZYKRRgnIkKx4h1nnrFrPnTTIt3-6SDmfNW92aQ4/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><i><br /><b><br /></b></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As soon as all my data
was backed up on those hard drives, I was to a safe stopping point with both
computers; so I quit for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was after 4:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But there was one more
thing to do:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to check on the
Facebook rumble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Huh, how âbout that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Steamrollerâs note about polyester
thread, my answer, her response, Ms. Birdieâs comment, and Ms.
AhHaintPuttinUpWifNunnaDisNonsenseâs ensuing retort was <i>gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Plumb gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the only person who couldâve done that
is Mrs. Steamroller herself, by deleting her original post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would have then removed all subsequent posts
that answered <i>hers.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good thing I
copied them, huh?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I guess she didnât much
like getting told a thing or two, never mind the fact that <i>she </i>likes to
tell people a thing or two! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">You
know, I could add that entire conversation back in, and she could do absolutely
nothing about it, since it would all be my own post on my own page.
>><i>evil sniggle</i><<<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But...
she <i>did</i> hunt up some older pictures of Baby Arnoldâs quilt and
write a nice compliment under them. In lieu of writing, âYeah, but itâs
made with polyester thread!!!â, I wrote, âThank you. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â Iâm so nice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Blessed
are the piecemakers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Er, <i>peace</i>makers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Late Friday morning,
after six hours of sleep, I got up, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">tidied the bedroom, showered
and washed my hair, scrubbed the bathroom, made coffee (the last of the
Gingerbread Holiday Cheer), and played the piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By then, my hair was dry, so I put a few
curls in it, sipped coffee, listened to the news, answered emails, responded to
posts on my quilting group, and belatedly remembered to eat breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then I went back to
setting up the new laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I got my Outlook account
working, and then downloaded Electric Quilt, which can happily (or sadly, if
you prefer) be used on two computers at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, when several hours later I tried to install it, it refused,
saying I had the wrong ID number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Bother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This happened last year, when I had my
computer repaired, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sent an email
to the company, but by then they were closed, and the website said they would
not reopen until Monday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I learned that I cannot
run Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 on more than one computer at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I donât want to uninstall it from the
Acer, which has the bigger screen, Iâm still debating what to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corel PaintShop Pro 2023 <i>is</i> on sale...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I plugged one of my
external hard drives into the new laptop and added the data I wanted to it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thereâs only a one-terabyte hard drive on the
laptop, and I have at least two terabytes of data; so I have to pick and choose
what I load on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose all my
journals back to 1998, vacation pictures from 2012 to 2023, the old photos I
scanned, and the last two monthsâ photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And of course all my EQ8 designs, financial data, and suchlike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hard drive is now about half full.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">AdBlock
Plus downloaded and added itself automatically to my browsers â Edge, which was
already loaded on the computer, and Firefox and Chrome, which I added.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, because I sign into browsers with an
account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">See,
I know Iâm a rarity, but I think thatâs nifty the way the Internet can do things
that, and sometimes itâs downright funny, the way it offers you something (on
those pages where you cannot entirely avoid the ads) that youâve just been
researching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In
years gone by, when one would look up stuff on various search engines, the
ads with their accompanying prose were a bit more primitive. For example,
if one looked up ânosebleedâ, over in the margin, along with advice from Johns
Hopkins and the American Medical Society and Jeremiah Peabody, it would say
stuff like, âLooking for a nosebleed? Find one on eBay for cheap!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs an odd thing:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the fan on the Acer Predator sounds <i>much</i>
better than it did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reckon it got all
sorry and repentant, thinking I was about to pitch it to the curb??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In
the middle of the afternoon, I took Lorenâs tax stuff to the accountant. It
takes just long enough to get there and back again that I filled my thermal
coffee mug to take with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(I
would then forget it, but... at least I came home to a thermal coffee mug full
of Gingerbread Holiday Cheer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjRWzyPi7Kd8Km1xOQYZJXMWl78CpB81PwbGqMgigFhclJjN2TKIMAgTiRLysqYjGUWX4YFxiRTaf9tA25-8tV8E13IHLU6nrDgG-MDViblpfWsDu55VZ7KMfQ4FXGYbRGyrpedaPFp6cb-IUOwQy6sKbIGfXN6a3Fbsab_hzmzW9fCK7g9FzuAdz-9k/s872/Picture18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjRWzyPi7Kd8Km1xOQYZJXMWl78CpB81PwbGqMgigFhclJjN2TKIMAgTiRLysqYjGUWX4YFxiRTaf9tA25-8tV8E13IHLU6nrDgG-MDViblpfWsDu55VZ7KMfQ4FXGYbRGyrpedaPFp6cb-IUOwQy6sKbIGfXN6a3Fbsab_hzmzW9fCK7g9FzuAdz-9k/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="117" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Andrew
and Hester gave me that mug. Itâs a Stanley, and it keeps coffee hot for
about eight hours. Plus, it has the famous Pendleton Wool stripes on it!</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only trouble is, it
has a pushbutton, and it makes my fingers protest each time I get a sip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You canât leave it open if the coffee is too
hot, and let it cool a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When
Iâm home, I prefer an open-top coffee cup on a warmer. The reason?
There are two: <i>1) </i>coffee tastes better when you can
smell it while youâre drinking it, and <i>2) </i>cups are easier to
drink from.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I like coffee cups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
need more cupboard space for all my coffee cups!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I <i>could</i> get rid of the
cupboard full of plastic lidded dishes that I used all the time when I was
taking food to Loren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still thinks I
do that now and again, and thanks me for the food whilst heâs eating in the
Prairie Meadows dining room. I just say âyouâre welcomeâ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry saw me admiring thermal mugs on the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.zojirushi.com/"><span style="background: white;">Zojirushi</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> website, apparently panicked (one I was looking at was <i>$58!)</i>,
and bought me a Caseyâs General Store stainless steel mug in bright red.
Itâs a good one, for only costing $16. The lid has a slide closure, and
itâs easy to drink from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenh2i0SSm5EvYVHObd9ICGBczoHfTpXu613nCuYqr5BQR8IlodkE9kUiHM0Cas7d0GhisjljXW7_UXQNDE8ivEVItFvbIVHbjH58f-LSXnqsFD5nJ4VnSdNM0q71otBOgjJ9WUFlfMBtm5nh0K1x0bfFeMDk5J7K1cOrQEV0deem4-vmeSxZqL_ndsu4/s280/Picture19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="210" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenh2i0SSm5EvYVHObd9ICGBczoHfTpXu613nCuYqr5BQR8IlodkE9kUiHM0Cas7d0GhisjljXW7_UXQNDE8ivEVItFvbIVHbjH58f-LSXnqsFD5nJ4VnSdNM0q71otBOgjJ9WUFlfMBtm5nh0K1x0bfFeMDk5J7K1cOrQEV0deem4-vmeSxZqL_ndsu4/s1600/Picture19.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By
the time I got home from town, a folder of pictures had downloaded onto the new
laptop, so I set the Desktop and screensaver selections, and transferred the
Outlook calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">All
this copying and downloading involves a lot of thumb-twiddling, and you <i>know</i> I
need something else to do in the meanwhile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So
I unscrewed the showerhead, put it in a bowl, and filled the bowl with
CLR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, instead of twiddling my
thumbs, I wiggled the showerhead around in the bowl of CLR. It gets a lot
of calcium and mineral buildup, and the pulse setting stops working; so I soak
it in CLR now and then. If someone steps into the shower and turns it on
without noticing the showerhead is missing, he or she gets a surprise!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
ordered an adapter for the big screen, as it has Displayport plug ends while
the laptops have HDMI ports. The salesman told us it was
compatible! He peered at the sides of the laptop, looked at the back of
the big screen (on a high shelf where I could not verify if he was correct) (at
least, not without borrowing a ladder from the Hardware Department), and
proclaimed them compatible. He was wrong. The adapter today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plugged it into big screen and laptop â and
presto, we had the screensaver going on the big screen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoArxG1E8wdoz368kEQifXdQs4s2ePJNIQBkb0GXXV-jrrgZmPJsccXhY4M5o_HrPFGISZgRaxrOZgAplB_dGb5CLcul49QZk5zaNZvOs6qn-fSXs-7gSz2PEV4a6gLlKCA47c6gz4w3sefn-G-OcvU3bDZoF4-fuBZ8kvPvYxa_TeYy8fN9EE26wFCNU/s584/Picture20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="584" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoArxG1E8wdoz368kEQifXdQs4s2ePJNIQBkb0GXXV-jrrgZmPJsccXhY4M5o_HrPFGISZgRaxrOZgAplB_dGb5CLcul49QZk5zaNZvOs6qn-fSXs-7gSz2PEV4a6gLlKCA47c6gz4w3sefn-G-OcvU3bDZoF4-fuBZ8kvPvYxa_TeYy8fN9EE26wFCNU/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
sound isnât working, though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâll try to
sort that out tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Friday evening, we
went to Kurt and Victoriaâs house for Willieâs birthday party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We sang Happy Birthday to him and he blew out his candles
(with a little help from Victoria). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Victoria started to hand him the cupcake, and
then Kurt said, âOh, his good pajamas!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So Victoria said, âJust
a minute while we get your bib!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And Willie went on
smiling, and waited patiently for his bib. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâs a sweet little boy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In the picture below,
Carolyn and Violet are helping him with the car ramp set we gave him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied4eS5ntzRwhVSQ9vIUztl-vlNO7swjY6KO5BIz3Vr3NoEDF4upQvVY7bSgRdxH8Run_Qpqkv9R-kl78GKJhTn7ZZ2F_94KgCAMO2cZI_kmuYnITTv2bN5jKSZKDlg7d1NJzkstzTqa6eoXS3PK8ZqNqHch7kT0_1YMMvGbEtcHfQOj8aFfVDAcujv6Y/s332/Picture21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="332" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied4eS5ntzRwhVSQ9vIUztl-vlNO7swjY6KO5BIz3Vr3NoEDF4upQvVY7bSgRdxH8Run_Qpqkv9R-kl78GKJhTn7ZZ2F_94KgCAMO2cZI_kmuYnITTv2bN5jKSZKDlg7d1NJzkstzTqa6eoXS3PK8ZqNqHch7kT0_1YMMvGbEtcHfQOj8aFfVDAcujv6Y/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The other
grandparents were there, along with Kurtâs youngest sister and his
great-uncle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Victoria played the piano
and we all sang a few songs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Afterwards, Larry
and I went to Wal-Mart and bought Loren some new clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
decided it was time for a new wardrobe, not just new pants, as his clothes were
beginning to look shabby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got him
clothes</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> from the skin out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
found quite a few things on clearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
got shirts, pants, underwear, socks, pjs, and a hooded shirt, enough things to
last a week, which is what Prairie Meadows asks for their residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I keep getting
awoken in the morning by my phone ringing, and every time it rings that early,
I think, <i>Susan,</i> but itâs always âPotential Spamâ.
Aarrgghh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thereâs a different
weather announcer on KTIC Rural Radio on Saturdays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She talks <i>vewy, vewwwy </i></span><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">quietly</span></i><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,</span></i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
in a mysterious tone of anticipation and dread, sometimes mixed with evil
eagerness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I wonder if psychiatrists
all over the state wonder why their patient calls increase on Saturday
afternoons and evenings?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People â even
if they arenât intentionally listening to the weather â are doubtless getting
subliminal messages fraught with anxiety:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>âThereâs going to be... ((suspenseful pause))... <b>a high of</b> <b>34°
this afternoon.â</b></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>((collective
gasps from the unwitting audience â <i>Is there an ax murderer sneaking up on
me?!!!))<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I got ready
to go visit Loren Saturday afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before leaving, I put his name on all his new clothes.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIf
I use my red canvas wagon to haul all these clothes into Prairie Meadows,â I
asked Larry, âdo you think a bunch of old people will come running, thinking Iâm
giving rides?â</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UOk4f7Bumx8Je5FhMkZj25Gb0z2gatbo9nX2_5qAncM_QPUds9DB4z2V5rJIqx3KHr0Wbm17tVdoCXyRMhCfRwxgB9AnUU5OcanBpF-sh9LF7kDyD0qhRETIehDLhqv-1kJhreKtcyiWq5Kzq5HOTrdmD1kK0H2S51zXCqJGhzM86ado1UHhsy9ARKU/s343/Picture22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="343" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UOk4f7Bumx8Je5FhMkZj25Gb0z2gatbo9nX2_5qAncM_QPUds9DB4z2V5rJIqx3KHr0Wbm17tVdoCXyRMhCfRwxgB9AnUU5OcanBpF-sh9LF7kDyD0qhRETIehDLhqv-1kJhreKtcyiWq5Kzq5HOTrdmD1kK0H2S51zXCqJGhzM86ado1UHhsy9ARKU/s320/Picture22.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He
recommended using one of our rolling luggage cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to use a big trash bag, too, as
everything wouldnât fit into the rolling case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">People
learned my maternal grandmother painted, and very well, too â only after she
went into a nursing home! Until then, sheâd never had âtimeâ to paint.</span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I only
have one painting my grandmother did, and itâs of flowers painted on a small,
handled cutting board. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeelLLJgpseeGtb5w7INVfFLzSo_FsyzlyrAzhG9CrI3V6ZR9kMNi4Dtmp1PMer_H7Ul2ezA8ZkGRC2yuDPpoSPMgShSV6pi-_rCoFdNERu6Cu4mVeEB2x-8oZps-zM2EaK1PYLecrOml1UtYiFgkcuiqQJ-Sk3Z28TAUw4mL8uQVJrMqGTMc-9csvvE/s276/Picture23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="207" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeelLLJgpseeGtb5w7INVfFLzSo_FsyzlyrAzhG9CrI3V6ZR9kMNi4Dtmp1PMer_H7Ul2ezA8ZkGRC2yuDPpoSPMgShSV6pi-_rCoFdNERu6Cu4mVeEB2x-8oZps-zM2EaK1PYLecrOml1UtYiFgkcuiqQJ-Sk3Z28TAUw4mL8uQVJrMqGTMc-9csvvE/s1600/Picture23.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Look what Hannah
made for Oliver â a little reindeer crocheted of chenille yarn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI had a fun time with him,â she said, âand
when it was time to leave, he blew me a kiss, unprompted. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ„°</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRT-JS5i0F3gPYJ9H5qds78RPqM5UxpRTWaKO5CJ4nyyzHwDwQbnLow5DRZ10HVBLQ7sdy85HmDo3Ug5ChFRSWhsiVVIMro3Li7AJG3-1bNHLqMN9GCvySR6EP4J60uT6RfCRZnT00hYcjHbJicavH4EwKwxNbinW5r27569ul_a1CVEmDokTQlAaYdls/s342/Picture24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRT-JS5i0F3gPYJ9H5qds78RPqM5UxpRTWaKO5CJ4nyyzHwDwQbnLow5DRZ10HVBLQ7sdy85HmDo3Ug5ChFRSWhsiVVIMro3Li7AJG3-1bNHLqMN9GCvySR6EP4J60uT6RfCRZnT00hYcjHbJicavH4EwKwxNbinW5r27569ul_a1CVEmDokTQlAaYdls/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She made a little
bear for Willie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHe kept
kissing it and wanting me to kiss it,â she told me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3fyOriVKn0wLndsj9SR7ECrh6xpQccHmsWAtgwkn_BK_iabahntnXjgXNNPGdKV5QyXESLuiLfB8opuP9jekg7Pz8GlTAS-WHGEPlgsEJNPU6YJpIii9mEbv5mQl-LD8je-Cb2AxCw4NWGfrqbBT4TyzdGEP9V6BXcRsMVfPGUIZt2kCCsIQLT7AmmE/s301/Picture25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="226" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3fyOriVKn0wLndsj9SR7ECrh6xpQccHmsWAtgwkn_BK_iabahntnXjgXNNPGdKV5QyXESLuiLfB8opuP9jekg7Pz8GlTAS-WHGEPlgsEJNPU6YJpIii9mEbv5mQl-LD8je-Cb2AxCw4NWGfrqbBT4TyzdGEP9V6BXcRsMVfPGUIZt2kCCsIQLT7AmmE/s1600/Picture25.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Arenât these little
stuffed toys cute? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I think those two
little boys are sweet as they can be. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
of course you KNOW Iâm not prejudiced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As I drove to Omaha,
it seemed that there were hawks on every other telephone pole, and on numerous
fence poles besides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I saw a
particularly big one swoop down low over a pond, aiming to land on a large
chunk of ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he spread his wings and
tilted into a curve, I saw that his head and tail were snowy white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was no hawk; that was a bald eagle!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBgkimu83ianCPHQ-i1tr0pT9FrR8gCC0EXve7qy80c_nioBlRzU0oF8zURNRzoIQwDD_nAO7p_kBwirwZwNLlT3m4JVbxEWF0qaa0U1qjqz3IQY8afYHlhapJ-hElgWEy8YWV-sguBDgw5c8a2RN10cuqqsnU1hQSIbsuhQvjASMSFD_CiA59BEkJMg/s987/Picture26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="987" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBgkimu83ianCPHQ-i1tr0pT9FrR8gCC0EXve7qy80c_nioBlRzU0oF8zURNRzoIQwDD_nAO7p_kBwirwZwNLlT3m4JVbxEWF0qaa0U1qjqz3IQY8afYHlhapJ-hElgWEy8YWV-sguBDgw5c8a2RN10cuqqsnU1hQSIbsuhQvjASMSFD_CiA59BEkJMg/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyIz-TkRmxPYjZftU6wFHupzinWMEfKKQCOfP38JPu89a2BNxjaDIRD04hfRp4bzKQvx8x0geE_XI0HOVf5eqrtwnf08hSLHiwR8I49W60JBt6fYgI0G1T6nnC-YooEkWIyqa6Pkhcn9FXPtr0AsgEEoBo0X6XLCfRryip7E0V1IVgqW5V_B8GAf_tUM/s970/Picture27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="970" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyIz-TkRmxPYjZftU6wFHupzinWMEfKKQCOfP38JPu89a2BNxjaDIRD04hfRp4bzKQvx8x0geE_XI0HOVf5eqrtwnf08hSLHiwR8I49W60JBt6fYgI0G1T6nnC-YooEkWIyqa6Pkhcn9FXPtr0AsgEEoBo0X6XLCfRryip7E0V1IVgqW5V_B8GAf_tUM/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I got to Prairie
Meadows a little after 4:30 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
seeing Loren anywhere, I put the rolling case and the bag in his room, then
went looking for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found him asleep
in a chair in a far hallway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I awoke
him, told him Iâd brought him some things, and coaxed him to come with me to
his room (or âcabinâ, as he calls it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had more difficulty than usual getting out of the chair, and I held
his hand as we walked, for fear heâd fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He got better as we went along; part of the problem was that he was a
bit disoriented after waking up suddenly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I told him, âYou can
sit on the bed, and Iâll show you all the things Iâve brought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs a fashion show!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He sat down,
laughing, âWhatâs all this?â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He was surprised
over all the clothes, and asked me several times if I had robbed a bank, in
order to pay for all those things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I nodded, âYep, youâre
exactly right!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I hung shirts in the
closet, and put the rest in the drawers of his two dressers and his drawered
nightstand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left a couple of the
drawers open a few inches so he would hopefully notice and remember the new
clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left the dark green
fleece-lined, hooded pajamas on his bed so he would remember to wear them that
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least that was the
theory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reality, who knows <i>what</i>
will happen!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then we walked to
the dining room, where they were just starting to serve supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we walked, he pointed out one door after
another, calling them âcabinsâ â and then he pointed at the dining room, where
the French doors had been opened, and said, âThat must be the mess hall!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Someone brought him
a plate of food soon after we sat down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was a large, warm bun with butter melting on top of it, some kind
of rice casserole, and lettuce salad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
looked and smelled so good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
was about 7:00 p.m. before I got home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
ate some supper, and continued working on the new laptop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always a few minor (but
aggravating) things that wonât transfer properly from one laptop to the
other. I got some of those details ironed out, and then retired to my
recliner and heating pads in order to go through the recent pictures Iâd
taken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked again at PaintShop Pro,
wondering if I might be able to find the 2022 version cheaper on Amazon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paintshop Pro 2023 on Amazon is cheaper
than <i> </i>Paintshop Pro 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The newer version is on sale for $55; the older version is $99. What
in the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$55 isnât bad, considering
that Adobe Photoshop is $265.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
decided I was tired of doing anything productive, and would instead watch
enlightening things on YouTube, such as airplane crashes or âHilarious
Workplace Failuresâ (though I canât stomach the latter if people are getting noticeably
and/or permanently maimed). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #F8F9FA; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span class="emoji"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As it
turned out, I watched Sherry, from Canterbury Cottage, making pretty creations from
things sheâd purchased at thrift stores, and redoing her sonâs girlfriendâs
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was almost sorta kinda
productive <i>after </i>all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: #F8F9FA; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I awoke Larry 15 minutes earlier than usual Sunday morning,
and, wonder of wonders, he was ready to go to church 10 minutes earlier than
usual! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Astonishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Can you
find me in this picture? â bottom left, beside Larry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Behind me and near the middle with the red
tie is Kelvin, with his wife Rachel beside him in the green sweater.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeuVOcr8LF4WrhAJSWDlloQXOQbCczA9qX2gDCXR8aWDayumH_EO3TFBBIQAZTHDAzPO8SsXjj8KtYOb7HxyLxOX6U-jJzvHqHeLAYjIe34Rq_xduOwPM4WS2T2ODvPbEgTC-N5wLpr4rZ7CEYXhUYRva4XTEYucqHpmHOjIHi1x6CtfYwS_9d5ArGU4/s1140/Picture28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1140" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeuVOcr8LF4WrhAJSWDlloQXOQbCczA9qX2gDCXR8aWDayumH_EO3TFBBIQAZTHDAzPO8SsXjj8KtYOb7HxyLxOX6U-jJzvHqHeLAYjIe34Rq_xduOwPM4WS2T2ODvPbEgTC-N5wLpr4rZ7CEYXhUYRva4XTEYucqHpmHOjIHi1x6CtfYwS_9d5ArGU4/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">These
are from last nightâs service; I got them off our church website after church
last night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In
the next one you can see my sister, exact middle and top of the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIDI_kIOTbEhRT1-ja3WTcMUi6nZCmw9wBT7LYtXBooW_S4eYuQuxiyjmQN97t9-xKw95II8ha9qdUyu7Gnd9qvv9LCTVjS1O7ZsVJS_ahB55QyDRUf8PFQxSdmYQXCVrnHNRYk4bq7zf9LxwGUXMdcjqYJG3uBH0NAh56qo_GnWMInjaEhPkx-KRvEg/s1119/Picture29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1119" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIDI_kIOTbEhRT1-ja3WTcMUi6nZCmw9wBT7LYtXBooW_S4eYuQuxiyjmQN97t9-xKw95II8ha9qdUyu7Gnd9qvv9LCTVjS1O7ZsVJS_ahB55QyDRUf8PFQxSdmYQXCVrnHNRYk4bq7zf9LxwGUXMdcjqYJG3uBH0NAh56qo_GnWMInjaEhPkx-KRvEg/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Weâve opened up the balcony in the last couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thereâs Teddy up there with three of his
boys, Warren, Grant, and Leroy, on the right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlo20gFBQbF3mKqAl9PzzehfF25oUuAGgF8vXfh-sEW155KmQvHfZwBthBI-FXMf75G06aeFzNPuZJe8ampamlmCy4j7EtaRzJ8XhdkbTrl3cSwRDY7H8eMHPChYA4mGHeBqm3bMSHwurhWpqvTWdNuZ3zpC8mKf1sF2veDrl_TipPIKCBZTylYZEJ9k/s1133/Picture30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1133" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlo20gFBQbF3mKqAl9PzzehfF25oUuAGgF8vXfh-sEW155KmQvHfZwBthBI-FXMf75G06aeFzNPuZJe8ampamlmCy4j7EtaRzJ8XhdkbTrl3cSwRDY7H8eMHPChYA4mGHeBqm3bMSHwurhWpqvTWdNuZ3zpC8mKf1sF2veDrl_TipPIKCBZTylYZEJ9k/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyFNtdEjqhuNn4hxufZUEdrGFrcGEx2QAqCissxhM8Q6gs7scavQSIho8SEIqfiGlRgO8b2_4Eib-eZkFCTwXZff9nmOQnHpwvuYLrY8jNzE9DyDCNruI4TDWqVGAufZqMlju3V2ykrxt5Zc-zQHmh48I9KZZJ2QWyZW-_RoGPg1L5Ytx6j9pvDoo37o/s1176/Picture31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1176" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyFNtdEjqhuNn4hxufZUEdrGFrcGEx2QAqCissxhM8Q6gs7scavQSIho8SEIqfiGlRgO8b2_4Eib-eZkFCTwXZff9nmOQnHpwvuYLrY8jNzE9DyDCNruI4TDWqVGAufZqMlju3V2ykrxt5Zc-zQHmh48I9KZZJ2QWyZW-_RoGPg1L5Ytx6j9pvDoo37o/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">If
you go to the 20:54 mark, you can hear Danica, Susanâs oldest daughter, and
Laura, Jeremyâs youngest sister, singing âWhen Jesus Beckons Me Homeâ: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bbccolumbus.com/sermons" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">https://www.bbccolumbus.com/sermons</span></a></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Danica is singing the high part. She
didnât sing a whole lot last year, because she was afraid she would cry.
But she did beautifully last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Today
I learned that Susan passed away last night shortly after midnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was expecting it, and yet it felt like a
blow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYWKWusoGfSRZ6EDcujV5FYWDwMbPx7ieRuIlnu-O0C1jdWwsXQ-ztwh4g7BTUWmAz4ii1CEy48SUDSVQFagc6L9xCzhxuwU_4X-LiTBLeH0qGHDJafS_q78PSlW7hiI37WOIGTGe50GBzUCc-2QjWI7G5JAjh-2qQWKvXKnpm7GpaH9sKXJSntlborI/s594/Picture32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="594" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYWKWusoGfSRZ6EDcujV5FYWDwMbPx7ieRuIlnu-O0C1jdWwsXQ-ztwh4g7BTUWmAz4ii1CEy48SUDSVQFagc6L9xCzhxuwU_4X-LiTBLeH0qGHDJafS_q78PSlW7hiI37WOIGTGe50GBzUCc-2QjWI7G5JAjh-2qQWKvXKnpm7GpaH9sKXJSntlborI/s320/Picture32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudBKKX0afo4hubOZJlZv5Jx6tAJJLyMPaofplLi58pcu2G1WXhMF5xg4FguxNN4RgYEielTzW4gz83Q0uwS96qEIIEpKfm8NhOSx-v4k6UOcRXAHdNvHQ4XpbsHI24FlJoTJ8XRDB1JH96e7JCm1QYbuDOacT2JQW7v-ClQwjxv9kEDFjLTogei0rArk/s495/Picture33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudBKKX0afo4hubOZJlZv5Jx6tAJJLyMPaofplLi58pcu2G1WXhMF5xg4FguxNN4RgYEielTzW4gz83Q0uwS96qEIIEpKfm8NhOSx-v4k6UOcRXAHdNvHQ4XpbsHI24FlJoTJ8XRDB1JH96e7JCm1QYbuDOacT2JQW7v-ClQwjxv9kEDFjLTogei0rArk/s320/Picture33.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Itâs sad, but we who
loved her are relieved her suffering is over, and we look forward to seeing her
again, for she loved the Savior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs her obituary:
</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.mckownfuneralhome.com/obituary/susan-seadschlag"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Susan Seadschlag</span></a></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
funeral will be Wednesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This is the</span> bouquet I ordered for the funeral from our family, though it will be a more deluxe
version than what is pictured.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mf0z_wCHEjkkPy6xDF3DmnPMOk5ZGHKRr4gQjhPAIaqZcu2bWZGOF2xett-4Cq9nI5k4kD_J0wXOuLi6E4gbLHXijCKH7hBLVgkAhqapIqc6YOsOEFc4MF-Kn83Fq2-qyjFr_cRqkpzVF3C-EHFGVvxRwJekHDd1KFsJPSW297CjQMgO_MjqjLB-8bg/s282/Picture34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="282" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mf0z_wCHEjkkPy6xDF3DmnPMOk5ZGHKRr4gQjhPAIaqZcu2bWZGOF2xett-4Cq9nI5k4kD_J0wXOuLi6E4gbLHXijCKH7hBLVgkAhqapIqc6YOsOEFc4MF-Kn83Fq2-qyjFr_cRqkpzVF3C-EHFGVvxRwJekHDd1KFsJPSW297CjQMgO_MjqjLB-8bg/s1600/Picture34.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Please
pray for Susanâs family, including my sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This has been awfully hard on her, and she is frail and unwell.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: #F8F9FA; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-7788418703551938332024-02-10T22:39:00.023-06:002024-02-13T22:46:22.676-06:00Photos: Drive to Omaha<p style="text-align: center;"> Today I went to Omaha to visit my brother Loren. It was a totally overcast day, with little opportunity for good photos. I took Loren a new wardrobe. He exclaimed time and again, "What bank did you rob to buy all these things?!" đ
</p><p style="text-align: center;">When I got home, I returned to setting up my laptop. It's an MSI Katana.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOUUYF3vCsdBBXDiGIfF1A52mVkFzz-EE64U3Qw2gOXIegkChwGZFd7baEON9Kqh3uanz1jvDq0lfNxq-qTOJs2pLPqAUgVkzN7HZgOXxZL9fVZS6MspwjZkRBmVK-emMa2HDhxd2B2mlqbTBnotmRf7TWzU9fIWGauJNDZ6Xb2UE0AMBnElKeJ3lwB8/s1280/IMG_4960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOUUYF3vCsdBBXDiGIfF1A52mVkFzz-EE64U3Qw2gOXIegkChwGZFd7baEON9Kqh3uanz1jvDq0lfNxq-qTOJs2pLPqAUgVkzN7HZgOXxZL9fVZS6MspwjZkRBmVK-emMa2HDhxd2B2mlqbTBnotmRf7TWzU9fIWGauJNDZ6Xb2UE0AMBnElKeJ3lwB8/s320/IMG_4960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyCJIuiHSzVGOqMlzMvwXoh1QHCHn0bmzFnGxRiqFn_I09dElP7eeltoBO6jS8mhw23sPI3ifFUA9z7WcJYv9C5KyMJXie_WPE6sfgMBfJ2J0E3kAjBYUJqG5qpHzI_2YVS9J8szI0AkrK8IlRVjhE6_T7UT1UEO9VJTyRgn6pXvllPEKEbDEqp4vlao/s1280/IMG_4961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Transferring data from older laptop on the left to newer laptop on the right.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4dyrZ7s8fS6UJLfLwITrOip_Tvll2vzDKJxRiww6QmspJ_g3mE88mnNjGitV6pSDx8NG9-8kcbFAmF8idz-Pj9Y5KVd610j_QKE95m9Zfb9WWHMPvaIpJhlVOvormVXRK3msmO30Z0iUqURzGpifmJCLQxstVqeDi6_mF4DiB86uFZMO10bjFc4QS88/s1280/IMG_4974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1280" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4dyrZ7s8fS6UJLfLwITrOip_Tvll2vzDKJxRiww6QmspJ_g3mE88mnNjGitV6pSDx8NG9-8kcbFAmF8idz-Pj9Y5KVd610j_QKE95m9Zfb9WWHMPvaIpJhlVOvormVXRK3msmO30Z0iUqURzGpifmJCLQxstVqeDi6_mF4DiB86uFZMO10bjFc4QS88/s320/IMG_4974.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Nv4CuYq96fOOErO8M14s8yRK_hJWmaMPd0VP7_ow4lZqVPyDqdTDqBPQDs_461zgtsCUhYpA6GRD9lGIhAL2jG-Ej1aOV72oiaghwHs_ceP4Fa7fggG1rm7Z2nCdthydTc6eTMMzJo5oxTkFNvZf0G9DbeDMuSwzIJ7Njdd91lzZUqrVePnkBkXGwU/s1920/A%20Whole%20Lotta%20Copyin'%20Goin'%20On.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Nv4CuYq96fOOErO8M14s8yRK_hJWmaMPd0VP7_ow4lZqVPyDqdTDqBPQDs_461zgtsCUhYpA6GRD9lGIhAL2jG-Ej1aOV72oiaghwHs_ceP4Fa7fggG1rm7Z2nCdthydTc6eTMMzJo5oxTkFNvZf0G9DbeDMuSwzIJ7Njdd91lzZUqrVePnkBkXGwU/s320/A%20Whole%20Lotta%20Copyin'%20Goin'%20On.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Whole Lotta Copyin' Goin' On!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNnwOTXsFPH-pVmBM5w0tlu3cxb9Q7dCDU6L0atYeS63BpHzgGY9Q55UidETTpEa_3Xl4oF9ZriCPy5BnK0IKVHo2BM2ysTSs27ZNB56vKyu96Mry9LSmBQSEMjIPoDWPamOSo28sN2ZWXgdipEWt1cwILj6w-KMkC-65v3IcwnOhfMFDkl2D-jXQnGQ/s1638/Downloadin',%20Too.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1638" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNnwOTXsFPH-pVmBM5w0tlu3cxb9Q7dCDU6L0atYeS63BpHzgGY9Q55UidETTpEa_3Xl4oF9ZriCPy5BnK0IKVHo2BM2ysTSs27ZNB56vKyu96Mry9LSmBQSEMjIPoDWPamOSo28sN2ZWXgdipEWt1cwILj6w-KMkC-65v3IcwnOhfMFDkl2D-jXQnGQ/s320/Downloadin',%20Too.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Installing Electric Quilt, Avira Antivirus, Firefox...</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-37771109292560248432024-02-09T22:30:00.013-06:002024-02-13T22:33:52.663-06:00Photos: Victoria's Kitties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DpQFGkf41BozW7sG8seNiEDMfK9JdVgBbm0Uo2U0o-J61AL4-gG0RyuH-QehzATRQl0SsOMHqY-nOY5rOlV-nDKKGSoH_RENZSlqOTq_Pd4GEkiTX1Th0lWFJ4X0MrNwHIrZitfgyizLX9Qx7t2BhYn6W0CuuN6tVgtahrP96XgB0FU_d3P03msKqrg/s1068/IMG_4945%20Yuki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1068" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DpQFGkf41BozW7sG8seNiEDMfK9JdVgBbm0Uo2U0o-J61AL4-gG0RyuH-QehzATRQl0SsOMHqY-nOY5rOlV-nDKKGSoH_RENZSlqOTq_Pd4GEkiTX1Th0lWFJ4X0MrNwHIrZitfgyizLX9Qx7t2BhYn6W0CuuN6tVgtahrP96XgB0FU_d3P03msKqrg/s320/IMG_4945%20Yuki.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yuki</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyLfKLhR0ir3og1IYVU_ku3N5ukhqAALgDhaeXOg9ieJjYZIK4k-JK7bV6EwT5xDOjqBaLMBl9m6gMSoFPY-bEJjXNQYtkF_XQBDhwFzazZuCFdK1LzDd80ed4DaCu_LCXNZjfCPJksZFljd4b25oZvdJqjKHT-Mlzfl_x21NPXIKVSBf5-NZXG050F0/s1024/IMG_4946%20Luna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyLfKLhR0ir3og1IYVU_ku3N5ukhqAALgDhaeXOg9ieJjYZIK4k-JK7bV6EwT5xDOjqBaLMBl9m6gMSoFPY-bEJjXNQYtkF_XQBDhwFzazZuCFdK1LzDd80ed4DaCu_LCXNZjfCPJksZFljd4b25oZvdJqjKHT-Mlzfl_x21NPXIKVSBf5-NZXG050F0/s320/IMG_4946%20Luna.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luna</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzD1U5y7saYRCpOcIxtJCT3kiq9naYq6nqRZAWPLJahQZCmVCnLGhBeTyo1qe7o0jQqBoTRKuSd8xR1VL1LrBVgNn3weB7egNsssLhRMQq_bkNgm4-5RM0TSs_2HzMIEmWg7TALCLPFA3nvpW9t3Zyq4uKf1AXUy1wdMmBdjILpts4CrzqBRpKg8u-a0/s1280/IMG_4947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1280" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzD1U5y7saYRCpOcIxtJCT3kiq9naYq6nqRZAWPLJahQZCmVCnLGhBeTyo1qe7o0jQqBoTRKuSd8xR1VL1LrBVgNn3weB7egNsssLhRMQq_bkNgm4-5RM0TSs_2HzMIEmWg7TALCLPFA3nvpW9t3Zyq4uKf1AXUy1wdMmBdjILpts4CrzqBRpKg8u-a0/s320/IMG_4947.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yuki & Luna</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqPSeLqZt5f5f79XqVqbKRmfazTHDCcU_2AFiGuzQUkKURVfj8hvgVtuIC-gI_5NLPUpSd6lXXpxfe92gkHTN1dNohV6eZs0bqCie7cVltskTNmxs9lGipBuNnl9GLSUzRvtQCMxYJmDnAOU007JHyNOeRtEZy7Apy67jflGqZMTKrmTpEVkjVrIMzOE/s1280/IMG_4948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1280" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqPSeLqZt5f5f79XqVqbKRmfazTHDCcU_2AFiGuzQUkKURVfj8hvgVtuIC-gI_5NLPUpSd6lXXpxfe92gkHTN1dNohV6eZs0bqCie7cVltskTNmxs9lGipBuNnl9GLSUzRvtQCMxYJmDnAOU007JHyNOeRtEZy7Apy67jflGqZMTKrmTpEVkjVrIMzOE/s320/IMG_4948.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Violet gave them some kitty treats, and Luna gobbled his up ---</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgue0suolHld6-D_L-R7bpz_ovRRH1V1NQwcNcWtoGcHrNPdyBCeRQh7rd6us2kJYnokit_Mzpmw26P1Bg5lQ-8YSwS8WAtQdVWWIqIqnB7jqszFL9P7B95HRypKEy5yEz0O_DhhYjnsf5-gtunhJmjvkJmZWbY745Mhc2rViDcxtt3FEyjmqbf34EYp5U/s1280/IMG_4949%20Luna%20trying%20to%20snag%20one%20of%20Yuki's%20treats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1280" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgue0suolHld6-D_L-R7bpz_ovRRH1V1NQwcNcWtoGcHrNPdyBCeRQh7rd6us2kJYnokit_Mzpmw26P1Bg5lQ-8YSwS8WAtQdVWWIqIqnB7jqszFL9P7B95HRypKEy5yEz0O_DhhYjnsf5-gtunhJmjvkJmZWbY745Mhc2rViDcxtt3FEyjmqbf34EYp5U/s320/IMG_4949%20Luna%20trying%20to%20snag%20one%20of%20Yuki's%20treats.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then tried to steal some of Yuki's right out from under his nose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yuki doesn't like them as well as Luna does, so he is not particularly concerned.</div><br /><p><br /></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-26631844913279724062024-02-05T23:40:00.086-06:002024-02-11T22:40:51.079-06:00Journal: Quilts Old & New<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz05Ikk0KDG2X-fVIN25PS-sWVBjR7nCwEnEwOqAXIkV8nLSZ7cE5PPZ6xw-Aq7DNTbPOHpN7QZd5mTQu0fsQrm1q7ClFm6Ex68zAfsrEu0WjOP9Uc9ViKIbAtxqIN7wQacY57wBKFdJl7inh8HTNokxE8uOLJn0vzybq4L0m610Yf_vIEbx2rxCt7328/s1051/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1051" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz05Ikk0KDG2X-fVIN25PS-sWVBjR7nCwEnEwOqAXIkV8nLSZ7cE5PPZ6xw-Aq7DNTbPOHpN7QZd5mTQu0fsQrm1q7ClFm6Ex68zAfsrEu0WjOP9Uc9ViKIbAtxqIN7wQacY57wBKFdJl7inh8HTNokxE8uOLJn0vzybq4L0m610Yf_vIEbx2rxCt7328/s320/Picture3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A friend
recently sent a video clip of a calico kitten playing with a young baby guinea
pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They both ran helter-skelter, hither
and thither â and the piggy clambered all around and over the kitty if she
tried to lie down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
reminded me of our Calico Kitty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
fine with little animals, whether it was our hamsters or our birds. All
our other cats, though, wouldâve assumed some animated Fancy Feast Cat Treats
had just fallen into their greedy clutches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tuesday, I began working
on the 65-year-old quilt/comforter for our friend John, son-in-law Bobbyâs
father. It was made for John by his mother, all those years ago.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Repairing this old
quilt was... uh, ... âthought-provokingâ, shall we say. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The batting(?) has evidently shrunk more than
the fabric, but the tied yarn has held everything in place, causing pleats to
form from one yarn knot to the next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs
not at all an unpleasant effect, but it <i>did</i> make me scratch my head a
bit as to just how to deal with it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided
to sew a wide binding as flat as I could, and let the chips fall where they
may.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvxj6fyUqAr-skm3VtACSli41zeEkw-BKLKGwXEQFKUL5TuUQMHHays4B8xQEcI85iIdwvUk3lG6c4ZPnZZ-qUKCLjBaewOqt4AdphdO5r6WOKbIOyeXOKUCWlPwHFCb_1fmVMNCPpz7OHLICK917NwI9F10NFyncPWFLhWdh_4SP0g1-dJrp-TsboHI/s908/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="908" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvxj6fyUqAr-skm3VtACSli41zeEkw-BKLKGwXEQFKUL5TuUQMHHays4B8xQEcI85iIdwvUk3lG6c4ZPnZZ-qUKCLjBaewOqt4AdphdO5r6WOKbIOyeXOKUCWlPwHFCb_1fmVMNCPpz7OHLICK917NwI9F10NFyncPWFLhWdh_4SP0g1-dJrp-TsboHI/s320/Picture4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTcAWiTyWZF1Rt9LlOGUk83BAakyLqm0zJAo4mNGF7HImbm1XYdlAPVFZKR_7pwrzt2pzIQ42moQq-b_JqiacYAt0-BT6ujnnZX4LxVhMWfMkveTun7H6FsselSVDiv3y7S5ZVAeMp-0xtWLn3VK9BkWbiwXsCafV0x8NhRTiEsE9T2q1Y1S1_yck3P8/s993/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="993" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTcAWiTyWZF1Rt9LlOGUk83BAakyLqm0zJAo4mNGF7HImbm1XYdlAPVFZKR_7pwrzt2pzIQ42moQq-b_JqiacYAt0-BT6ujnnZX4LxVhMWfMkveTun7H6FsselSVDiv3y7S5ZVAeMp-0xtWLn3VK9BkWbiwXsCafV0x8NhRTiEsE9T2q1Y1S1_yck3P8/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A quilting friend
suggested removing the ties/knots, replacing the batting, making repairs, and
then binding it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">However, I knew John
would not want that much work put into it, and I was a little leery about doing
that, as the fabric is fragile. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, Iâm
thinking those knots are part of what makes the quilt special to him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, it isnât pieced (as in, quilt
blocks). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When I first took a
look at it, I thought it was made up of a lot of squares â thatâs how nice and
straight the pleats are between the yarn knots. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I removed them and smoothed it out, it would
destroy that effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided that putting
on the teal binding was enough of a change for this old quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would also </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">repair what tears
I could (pronounced âtaresâ, not âtiersâ).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In chatting with one of my blind friends a few days ago, she
mentioned how she sometimes did not know exactly what to say to someone,
especially if he or she happens to be a quiet or timid person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âItâs that problem of not being able to read
their expression,â she explained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI donât
want to go blithering on like an idiot, not knowing how I am affecting
them!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Her remarks reminded me of when our blind friend Rita first
came to town, and then Penny, not too long later, in 1969 or 1970.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were in their early 20s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My mother told me, âThose girls will not know what youâre
thinking; you have to say it out loud!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Another time, she was talking with me about a girl with whom
I attended school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girl was unable
to walk normally; I think she had multiple sclerosis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Mama said, âTreat people
such as these friends like theyâre normal, because their brains work fine, just
like yours! Be ready to help, but donât be pushy. And never let
them bump into something, if you can help it!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Mama taught me so much
more than I gave her credit for, back then. She was more loving and
compassionate than I ever knew, until my own children came along. And
then I knew.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Penny then told me a
story about my father than I had not heard before:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One time my father was
preaching from the book of Ezekiel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the service, Rita was telling him how
grateful she was that he was preaching from this book, for she did not
understand it, so she didnât read it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Daddy said: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âRITA!!!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What are you going to say when you get to heaven and you meet Ezekiel
and he says, âWhy didnât you read my book?!ââ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And of course everyone
was laughing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs Rita playing chess
with Stephen Wright in front of our school back on July 4, 1995.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stephen Wright is now our school
principal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We canât see the face of the
little girl behind the glass door, but I know itâs Lydia, because thatâs the
dress I made for her that year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had
just turned four.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoLyVCTJy-ph5o12V-qSafGaP0F4zuUrzq75Z_2Q2VcZjtI7V4GhR_qQTs8MXxUu0IQL0LKAfuB6BPre18oJHcf60FY-lOG8kJAHyboFwLgBgpP30k1TbUrAbrKeFwn-X9fSre6sy7vnFQ7oFH65fR8L8djZlJlf9YWLJbKDrKZO-qg-IfZJG01VgM-I/s971/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="971" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoLyVCTJy-ph5o12V-qSafGaP0F4zuUrzq75Z_2Q2VcZjtI7V4GhR_qQTs8MXxUu0IQL0LKAfuB6BPre18oJHcf60FY-lOG8kJAHyboFwLgBgpP30k1TbUrAbrKeFwn-X9fSre6sy7vnFQ7oFH65fR8L8djZlJlf9YWLJbKDrKZO-qg-IfZJG01VgM-I/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Perhaps
you will recall that I got an 11â x 14â digital picture frame for Loren back
when he was still at home, and then took it to Prairie Meadows soon after he
moved in â and it got lost in the staff office for months. Everyone is so
nice there, and I know that they work hard, and they treat the residents so
good â and I didnât want to cause troubles that might affect how they treat
Loren... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So my method was to just
politely ask everyone I bumped into when I was there if they might know where
that frame might be, and to send emails at least once a week to everyone for
whom I had an email address, politely requesting assistance in locating that
frame --- and they finally got themselves in gear and did a thorough search,
and <i>found</i> it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
was a case of âthe widow and the unjust judgeâ that Luke writes about in
chapter 18:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThere
was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there was a widow in that city; and she
came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. <b> </b>And he would
not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God,
nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by
her continual coming she weary me.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thatâs
what I did:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I troubled them continually,
until I âweariedâ them into finding that frame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Now
the frame is on one of Lorenâs dressers, and itâs on every time I go in his
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See it in this picture?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx5Ej_YtgC1J04GfEJjqPqE8ZJaodJyIOvXaKTD8ZeMM5FbVnplGr0b6MRYqhC_oDPiQ1l6Rb8BERq8yf3UjOa7asiwe9qDaC2CGBAP9mHOl3Q_GHET8udvSfG2o0JYk2P37vns0dyHCUvf8ELGJFzfWuYhRt67tcCue6807Gwy_9xqZ_srfCixO9fDE/s1122/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1122" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx5Ej_YtgC1J04GfEJjqPqE8ZJaodJyIOvXaKTD8ZeMM5FbVnplGr0b6MRYqhC_oDPiQ1l6Rb8BERq8yf3UjOa7asiwe9qDaC2CGBAP9mHOl3Q_GHET8udvSfG2o0JYk2P37vns0dyHCUvf8ELGJFzfWuYhRt67tcCue6807Gwy_9xqZ_srfCixO9fDE/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Loren
really likes it. I canât find the remote, though; itâs probably in the
nursesâ station, as Loren wouldnât have the faintest idea how to use it.
Trouble is, one needs the remote to change to different folders, or to look up
specific photos. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
wondered aloud a week ago if the frame was drawing from <i>all </i>folders,
or only one (Iâve never been certain what that frame does, as Iâve never had
the chance to watch it long enough â and it did <i>not </i>come with
instructions in English).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Loren
assured me with a great deal of certainty that it draws from ALL the folders.
(He knows practically <i>nothing</i> about computerized devices.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lorenâs
draws directly from the card; it has no internal memory. And on
that card (I think itâs a 32GB; or maybe 64?) I have multiple folders full of
photos. The frame was supposed to be able to handle a terabyte of
photos. It cannot. (I think people just write that in the
description, imagining that no one will ever put it to the test. <i>I</i> will!)
Furthermore, I could not put all the pictures in one folder, to make it easier
for others to use; I had to divide them up into folders. And now, as
previously mentioned, I have not been able to tell if itâs drawing from all
folders, or just from one folder. I <i>think</i> itâs still
going randomly, as I had originally set it to do. Thereâs a total of
somewhere around 50,000 pictures on the card. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
need to ask about that remote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Speaking
of photos, hereâs an old one that just scrolled through on my screensaver:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bobby, on the left, with his brothers Matthew
(on the right) and Jonathan (center).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvuugMYVZHMWkzCyI7to9a4zixbOSIFO6uXtzkRluYsl6ByXHccG6qGjzNWS3Qy0mmmZ8qGSYguP3ajNrrO_VPO8JsnO2eRV21U-9KKs3-Z2QgF5p1SEa9GJAQ5hpOf4J4VkuxK3ONSyMe6vqzfwYk1bNQGA7mzXsJkw2PuuFAN01nFkwWn4It84G2nI/s941/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="941" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvuugMYVZHMWkzCyI7to9a4zixbOSIFO6uXtzkRluYsl6ByXHccG6qGjzNWS3Qy0mmmZ8qGSYguP3ajNrrO_VPO8JsnO2eRV21U-9KKs3-Z2QgF5p1SEa9GJAQ5hpOf4J4VkuxK3ONSyMe6vqzfwYk1bNQGA7mzXsJkw2PuuFAN01nFkwWn4It84G2nI/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When
Bobby was a wee toddler, he called his grandma and grandpa âMungaâ and âBuggaâ.
</span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ
</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Munga and Bugga were not displeased with
their cute little grandsonâs interpretation of their ânamesâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The photo was taken by Bugga himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I sent a text to
John that afternoon, along with a couple of pictures:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âYour quilt is done, and will be in the
middle seat behind the driverâs seat of our Mercedes tonight at church.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He immediately
responded, in his typical text abbreviations:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>â</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tx! How much do i owe u?â<span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âSince I havenât
been able to do much of anything for you or Bethany,â I told him, âIâm only
going to ask the price of the fabric: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$5.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâd like the work, which wasnât all that
difficult, to just be a gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides,
you gave us meat for Christmas, and we didnât give you anything in return!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">U
r quite kind. May God bles u,â he answered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After church that
evening, we went back out to our vehicle â and found a very large beef roast,
and a $10 bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I texted John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âHey, this isnât what I asked for!â I
protested. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âTwice the $$$$$... more
meat... And now weâre right back where we started: in arrears!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">His answer arrived
the next day:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â4getabout it.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">You just canât âget
evenâ with some people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then he added, âCan
any of ur machins sew duck type matrl.?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I wrote, âWell,
thank you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meat will soon be going
into the oven with potatoes and carrots and onions, baking on slow until
suppertime. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for duck... are the
feathers included?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âItâs an ovr coat
that tore & this guy wants it patchd,â he explained. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âDo u want his numbr?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He mustâve bragged
me up as a good ârepair personâ where he works!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âUmmmm... not really,â
said I. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI donât do patching/repairing
clothes anymore, unless, oh, say, Larry or one of the sons or sons-in-law are
standing at my quilting room door weeping copious rivers of tears, and then I
might â MIGHT! â take pity on them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâm
pretty well swamped with quilting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have a friendâs quilt to do right now, and then I have eighteen (18!) more
quilts to do for the grandchildren (including the one whoâs on the way). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was only able to get 11 done last year, on
account of customer quilting from January through June. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I have told all my customers, âNo more
quilts until the grandchildrenâs quilts are done!â <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need me one of Calvinâs (of Calvin &
Hobbs fame) cloning machines.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He replied with his
usual good outlook on things, âI Copy that. Tx. Wut a blesng 2 b abl 2 do it
& G.kids 2 do it 4.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I very much agree
with him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukm5lFN0YsHJMciqctXcN6T5-XJzgxDFoGYEMVs4jgAl530b__VUwoYnQxjbOCCIxriAmVeQSniucS6229Ahvq_f-nfm-wogW2sEdFln8-kKmpELhMOmLQlP5cR5fiMqOxuWiFB0KW2Yd34K4RQnfAjLztpu-C-J9bMuZEVD_2oB7ESVouMvdEnA7U8g/s1071/Picture9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1071" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukm5lFN0YsHJMciqctXcN6T5-XJzgxDFoGYEMVs4jgAl530b__VUwoYnQxjbOCCIxriAmVeQSniucS6229Ahvq_f-nfm-wogW2sEdFln8-kKmpELhMOmLQlP5cR5fiMqOxuWiFB0KW2Yd34K4RQnfAjLztpu-C-J9bMuZEVD_2oB7ESVouMvdEnA7U8g/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wednesday
evening, another friend, Ann, brought me a queen-sized quilt to quilt for her.
Itâs for her daughter Kathleen, who will be 18 on Valentineâs Day. Our
granddaughter Emma, who will be 18 on February 8, and Kathleen are best
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Emma was little, she
pronounced Kathleenâs name, with great care and precision, â<b>Kath</b>-uh-<b>LEEN</b>.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Emma
has eight siblings... and so does Kathleen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Emma is the oldest girl in her family, and Kathleen is the oldest girl
in hers<i>.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emma has one older
brother; Kathleen has two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emma has one
sister; Kathleen has two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emma has long,
dark-brown hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kathleen has long,
pale-blond hair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Our
text at our Wednesday night service was II Corinthians 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robert also read us Charles Spurgeonâs sermon
on this chapter, which was preached June 15, 1882. Itâs no small
wonder Spurgeon was called âThe Prince of Preachers.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
particularly like this sermon of Spurgeonâs, because he speaks of the very best
way of lifting oneâs spirits when one is going through trials and
difficulties: itâs through praise. Praise of and to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like it, because this has always been my
comfort in any trial: praise. When things are very sad, I head
straight for my piano. The music and the wonderful old hymns of
praise are so much of a comfort to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
learned this from my father â not so much because he <i>said</i> it,
but because this is exactly what <i>he</i> did:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he sang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He prayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He preached. He
was a joyful person, even when going through trials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">If you would like to read
Spurgeonâs sermon, itâs here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/comforted-and-comforting/#flipbook/"><span style="color: blue;">Comforted and Comforting</span></a><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At a
quarter âtil midnight, a nurse from Prairie Meadows called and told me that Loren
was sick with flu-like symptoms, including vomiting. They were giving him
medicine for it, and would let me know how he was doing the next day, or sooner
if necessary. They always call immediately, if anything like this
happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I appreciate that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
think Iâd better get myself in gear and put together that old wooden-covered
album my mother started when Loren was a baby. The black photo-grade
paper I got from Hobby Lobby is cut to the right size, holes punched, and
everâthing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I need to print a bunch
more pictures to fill it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Loren
usually seems healthy, but at his age (85), and with dementia, getting sick can
be a lot more serious than expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6Giru0wMKfPHvAwae4PRgC1GeRk6dRT7A6iz62Ppvb4yJsSQaWX7M4J1_Fiiq_HNAbBRv-8NyeJMJRyePa1PlhX8FhAM7-AxNYJVsSUqvejQitr4lZb5YdICGjIEsAlgLrrwoKNa21dKLuSQY3WXbTR1H5Fu981VufVhTiszXgRnYfA_RhyJjuy6kao/s959/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="959" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6Giru0wMKfPHvAwae4PRgC1GeRk6dRT7A6iz62Ppvb4yJsSQaWX7M4J1_Fiiq_HNAbBRv-8NyeJMJRyePa1PlhX8FhAM7-AxNYJVsSUqvejQitr4lZb5YdICGjIEsAlgLrrwoKNa21dKLuSQY3WXbTR1H5Fu981VufVhTiszXgRnYfA_RhyJjuy6kao/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thursday, the first
order of business was to write directly to the Bernina company and tell them of
the problem with my machine skipping stitches after having it âservicedâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even dutifully relayed the
sorta-almost-snotty note I got from the quilt shop last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
soon received a âTicket No.â and a form letter from them, but thatâs all, so
far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The form letter contained a few
suggestions that might be of help â such as contacting my nearest
dealer. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a reputation for doing the right
thing by their customers, though.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That done, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
got all prepared to start quilting â and discovered I didnât have the thread I
needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">There is no place in
Columbus that sells thread for longarm machines â or if they do, they have only
two or three spools on hand in only one or two colors at any given time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So off I went to
Nebraska Quilt Company in Fremont to get some thread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the very place I took my Bernina for
servicing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpc3lBsAvJsh3lb85SxbXbEwaz5EyazxaYbD6gpZukRfVbBlG2pPQ2GE56_uovS-NeMhMkmQ6WgTCn_OJo3vkmkvO35E1b0uIintCY_ujtIwKxgafHcwf47eg6eMbMt5Ps8k4isFpnZDv8DhBz7Mp7Ag8t5ENo6Ei63Y6P0NAI6Qq5ZQ_D62lLaEESdM/s921/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="921" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpc3lBsAvJsh3lb85SxbXbEwaz5EyazxaYbD6gpZukRfVbBlG2pPQ2GE56_uovS-NeMhMkmQ6WgTCn_OJo3vkmkvO35E1b0uIintCY_ujtIwKxgafHcwf47eg6eMbMt5Ps8k4isFpnZDv8DhBz7Mp7Ag8t5ENo6Ei63Y6P0NAI6Qq5ZQ_D62lLaEESdM/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Can
you see the hawk in the tree in the above photo?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">On
the way to Fremont, a nurse from Prairie Meadows called to tell me that Loren
seemed to be just fine that day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUKPcs9w2bU1gXidIBe78-jNXTHVS56HYRXLCGy9VQZ8UtOu72TBwltc_kt3lL0PlpeeSe3wAbHArqo9R3fb8cSUXyzCC_llkARB2INu9Rq6cA9Z59_HXf47QjDpJ_pCxJTC0GpSCW4YvR-QwhyQ_Y1zalsoCQTx1yyjSFOv1Qa2uIKD1F4K4zYe66P8/s901/Picture12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="901" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUKPcs9w2bU1gXidIBe78-jNXTHVS56HYRXLCGy9VQZ8UtOu72TBwltc_kt3lL0PlpeeSe3wAbHArqo9R3fb8cSUXyzCC_llkARB2INu9Rq6cA9Z59_HXf47QjDpJ_pCxJTC0GpSCW4YvR-QwhyQ_Y1zalsoCQTx1yyjSFOv1Qa2uIKD1F4K4zYe66P8/s320/Picture12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Arriving
at the quilt shop, I brazenly marched in the door as if nothing had happened,
found the thread I needed, cheerfully paid for it, and sauntered back
out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">See,
this is why I try hard not to burn my bridges behind me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Besides, the nice ladies who helped me find
and pay for the thread had nothing to do with the problem.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This picture was taken as I approached Columbus from the
east. Thatâs the corn plant putting all that steam into the air.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUycC-oo659qiy0_rXC2yNZQYizbKGkBer2Gqi4oZNgB6PP9rX1JRCOSf4-Y3qBWIQnduN0zsNkzCW1viVIMdiNFEPqyqBzdceTmUNG0sr5Ysxk1Uqwi4wW699_PXHrlZAcA04rQa2YpB5puTRkNAV4tsgxmuJRkVvCsOcKyzoG1-M43zeoHffJvCSkD0/s946/Picture13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="946" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUycC-oo659qiy0_rXC2yNZQYizbKGkBer2Gqi4oZNgB6PP9rX1JRCOSf4-Y3qBWIQnduN0zsNkzCW1viVIMdiNFEPqyqBzdceTmUNG0sr5Ysxk1Uqwi4wW699_PXHrlZAcA04rQa2YpB5puTRkNAV4tsgxmuJRkVvCsOcKyzoG1-M43zeoHffJvCSkD0/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Or,
more accurately, itâs CO2, and probably <span style="background: white;">organic
compounds, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, too.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By
the time I turned north on Old Highway 81 toward our house, some 20 minutes
later, the sun was approaching the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLZxGsgnZWk05hxsbIuOaynAFkJOEYaeDmkP8mrL25Frp96MowlOiu4ib7Z_Xv5NEE34AoXeDcuq97v_8iIxd2nAPjAzLGZK15RFbzkinE_OGOwbONx8bNnRZGcCIdgvq1ObawO-FtQv1P3ICqoU6lkY6AI1P286TSpXny0lOXvmyut7fdV_RfyZTCk8/s1001/Picture14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1001" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLZxGsgnZWk05hxsbIuOaynAFkJOEYaeDmkP8mrL25Frp96MowlOiu4ib7Z_Xv5NEE34AoXeDcuq97v_8iIxd2nAPjAzLGZK15RFbzkinE_OGOwbONx8bNnRZGcCIdgvq1ObawO-FtQv1P3ICqoU6lkY6AI1P286TSpXny0lOXvmyut7fdV_RfyZTCk8/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I loaded my friendâs
quilt on the frame, printed out the pantograph, and affixed it to the quilt
table. I was ready to begin quilting.</span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Friday,<b> </b><span style="background: white;">I spent a good part of the day quilting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That afternoon, a
friend sent me a picture of her young granddaughters eating cotton candy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That reminded me (<i>everything
</i><u>always</u> reminds me of <i>some</i>thing) of the time a friend and I
bought some cotton candy at a little neighborhood shop, then proceeded on with
our bike ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main thing I remember
about the episode was the extreme stickiness of my handlebars, which bothered
me so greatly, I aborted the bike ride, went home, washed my hands, and then thoroughly
scrubbed and polished my entire bike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
friend did the same â mostly just to keep me company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Forks!
Forks are the way to go, with cotton candy. Eat it like puh-squetti.</span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
stopped with the quilting in order to wrap Oliverâs birthday present and sign a
card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I was at it, I wrapped Willieâs
present and signed his card, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
birthday is the 8<sup>th</sup>. I like to wrap gifts in calendar
pages. Oliverâs was wrapped in mooses. Meese. Moosi? With
a fox in the snow on one side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves
foxes, and spotted it the moment we handed him the gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âFox!â he exclaimed, beaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Willieâs
is wrapped in tigers and wolves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One
time when Malinda, Jeremy and Lydiaâs little girl, was wee little, she started
to unwrap her present, which Iâd covered with pages of kittens. She
started to pull on a corner, it started to tear, and she let go and held up
both hands, and said, âMama hep-hep!â (help) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She didnât want to destroy the pretty
paper. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Andrew
and Hester donât just serve birthday cake; they serve pizza, lettuce salad, a
variety of fruit, cookies, vegetables and dip, cupcakes with cherries in the
middle, and some kind of yummy sparkling lemonade (which is better drunk <i>before</i>
the cupcake, rather than <i>after).<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs
Violet showing Oliver what a delightful racket one can make by wing-wanging a
whole cluster of balloons up and down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oliver was right properly impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8ZiqF-OE6GOaNBcvkWpK_jEUP8ynN1NsReY9n56myCFLKHWZMJIboHT8IhcTl4r9AEyZS_-liirf_zJzf-9dpKn8kXwIpLuGBp4UleN4q-2uPbB3n1mluhUnurJ4SA-gtBLqIc0oifALdi6lNTWemwyZyqpUO2g2yngpjy3Tmmo0T-r8Ck1279nm3zw/s917/Picture15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="917" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8ZiqF-OE6GOaNBcvkWpK_jEUP8ynN1NsReY9n56myCFLKHWZMJIboHT8IhcTl4r9AEyZS_-liirf_zJzf-9dpKn8kXwIpLuGBp4UleN4q-2uPbB3n1mluhUnurJ4SA-gtBLqIc0oifALdi6lNTWemwyZyqpUO2g2yngpjy3Tmmo0T-r8Ck1279nm3zw/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Oliver
found Larry, and held up his arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry
scooped him up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oliver pointed at the
vegetable tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âDo
you want a carrot?â asked Larry, handing him one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Oliver
took it, then gave it back, and pointed again at the vegetable tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âDips?â he requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
had forgotten the âdipsâ!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He
dipped it, handed it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oliver took
it carefully, grinned at his grandpa, and ate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs
Oliver playing with the wooden car ramp set we gave him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc1qbFXoRon-VWVrD5PWzHzkmYUvqFjyb9rNLkuShOrhelN9ERhLnPxhAMsYguGwF7SwmiZ-6aBuJwXIFfXBvdiUdzqdr6ueZwk1vSu9d9D31BL2hbhxN1heg3sdrp3hp6EwU9Zj2IkqWA04lAwvjtyylRA7voINaM8YExNFuDfutuod91EBz6fz1-Y8/s900/Picture16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc1qbFXoRon-VWVrD5PWzHzkmYUvqFjyb9rNLkuShOrhelN9ERhLnPxhAMsYguGwF7SwmiZ-6aBuJwXIFfXBvdiUdzqdr6ueZwk1vSu9d9D31BL2hbhxN1heg3sdrp3hp6EwU9Zj2IkqWA04lAwvjtyylRA7voINaM8YExNFuDfutuod91EBz6fz1-Y8/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Soon Keira was helping him and showing him how it works.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
little later, I asked Oliver, âWhere are all your cars?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He
pointed at the little garages at the base of the ramps and answered, âBehind garage
doors!â Then, indicating each door in turn, he said, âGreen, yellow, red.â
And he was exactly right. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Heâs
an altogether sweet and fun little boy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hester claims that it is largely due to Keira that Oliver
knows colors, numbers, and gazillions of words, which he strings together in
long, complex sentences. Itâs true, older siblings teach younger ones a
lot; but I donât think Hester realizes how she constantly talks to and teaches
her children, she does it so naturally and easily. Her sisters are the
same. </span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Jeremy
and Lydia and their family, Kurt and Victoria and their family, Caleb and Maria
and Eva, and Andrewâs brother-in-law and sister and their little boys were
there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">I
was taking pictures of Andrewâs sister Amber with baby Jack, whoâs 6 weeks old,
when along came older brother Jaime. The very instant I pressed the
shutter button, Jaime blew his party whistle, ka-whacked his mother in the
forehead â and baby Jack beamed, as if he was totally delighted with this turn
of events.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhXGcfEi7ueEVNRbLH29f0BbwLsE0HH1S9abn5ngt9Me4UVWlbatevTCY76DRNXDBj9Ipk9o5NyV8zSYNzETuEDDzoukYRldRW1IT1d1oOyciva9HfU8yFSQkl-4jtB-avNqKuOTSevvfrl_ZMwgOM8UC3OOuMxtlr6hYUBcFB5mj4T_B3u0KNm9w9TM/s946/Picture17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="701" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhXGcfEi7ueEVNRbLH29f0BbwLsE0HH1S9abn5ngt9Me4UVWlbatevTCY76DRNXDBj9Ipk9o5NyV8zSYNzETuEDDzoukYRldRW1IT1d1oOyciva9HfU8yFSQkl-4jtB-avNqKuOTSevvfrl_ZMwgOM8UC3OOuMxtlr6hYUBcFB5mj4T_B3u0KNm9w9TM/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Amber blinked and
dodged, and Jaime looked down at his party whistle, amazed. He hadnât
known it did that. And baby Jack went back to looking like he needed
another nickel in his ride. (His tummy was beginning to take note of a
small empty spot.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But isnât it sweet
and dear how babies love their older siblings? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just see that, all over the babyâs
cute little face.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Eva, Caleb and Mariaâs little girl, can often be found in the toy room, which is also Andrewâs office, playing with
the trains, whether anyone else is in there playing with her or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Sidenote: the fact that Andrew prefers
to have his desk and bookcases in the room with the majority of his childrenâs
toys, and where they often play throughout the day, gives you a little glimpse
of what kind of a person he is.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt;">Jacob, 14, put together one of Oliver toys for him, making him a hero in Oliverâs eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday morning, I cut
my hair.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Now instead of taking 15
minutes to blow-dry and curl my hair, it only takes 5 or 10 minutes.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
didnât go see Loren that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right
about the time I was starting to gather up my things and head for the car, I
looked out the window and discovered that there was a very dense fog out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldnât even see the neighborsâ fence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few minutes later, it began raining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So I
stayed home and instead worked on my friendâs quilt. Itâs an intense
pantograph called âBouquetâ, and just one pass with the quilting machine (11â x
103â) makes neck, shoulders, hands, hips, and knees glad when itâs time to
pause and roll the quilt forward on the frame. The 11â passes interlock
with each other, so it isnât a full 11 inches completed with each pass.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT1O7-TpD6wa2jhvBgwtlwfwk7RZ9TRLFVv-435NeQ2S1TpRuf-nOhykbLYdXZ40IP6gc_xwuUQxYH3kUVYf6CP4Qs-MwgqQRRHVxYydI5OnoHI9ZOb99-f5e-6-vKd8LG2_INhymXMo8B7Yeu-WQZKu9D0Pnj5xRObcZcc8qeJc3iGoghyzIcZVwhVo/s300/Picture19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT1O7-TpD6wa2jhvBgwtlwfwk7RZ9TRLFVv-435NeQ2S1TpRuf-nOhykbLYdXZ40IP6gc_xwuUQxYH3kUVYf6CP4Qs-MwgqQRRHVxYydI5OnoHI9ZOb99-f5e-6-vKd8LG2_INhymXMo8B7Yeu-WQZKu9D0Pnj5xRObcZcc8qeJc3iGoghyzIcZVwhVo/s1600/Picture19.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg28MmM7yNnUQ3Mll5_D0MA4nBxLcw7ayLwmhA28MgnN4KeImp4Jye9QwLaAb4Rusyfq0w7xvh-miXbpoL2z2LD307uh46Sm4Vid7zGh9O37kGnoQ7BgeB7UKJbbuZ-JJV2VZ2Na8ycmiDVfKIKY9RBv0sFuIRnLcbHA4nLhaSTbw8F5CujbQjggiFKk/s1090/Picture18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg28MmM7yNnUQ3Mll5_D0MA4nBxLcw7ayLwmhA28MgnN4KeImp4Jye9QwLaAb4Rusyfq0w7xvh-miXbpoL2z2LD307uh46Sm4Vid7zGh9O37kGnoQ7BgeB7UKJbbuZ-JJV2VZ2Na8ycmiDVfKIKY9RBv0sFuIRnLcbHA4nLhaSTbw8F5CujbQjggiFKk/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The
check arrived from the company that holds the warranty for the washing machine,
was duly deposited in our account, and I then paid the new machine off in full.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I sent Hester this
picture of herself at age 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7smkOc33PY8oxQCBMKpLo_nDhizMIfMyRibCMkeBGD438uoiB4H0JbKQaHaZ_PUsK7Aq4iHFaaJ4OPHdCgsWuU3zgY2RLb5YZOVne6C-j1ZJLY0Mq2HYeg0yWp-bcOqfl1xnDhkNfzH3KGHOiyYvDJbP4QTIFKJ2apbmPeTSdi21LGK9pIC6Got2tELE/s518/Picture20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7smkOc33PY8oxQCBMKpLo_nDhizMIfMyRibCMkeBGD438uoiB4H0JbKQaHaZ_PUsK7Aq4iHFaaJ4OPHdCgsWuU3zgY2RLb5YZOVne6C-j1ZJLY0Mq2HYeg0yWp-bcOqfl1xnDhkNfzH3KGHOiyYvDJbP4QTIFKJ2apbmPeTSdi21LGK9pIC6Got2tELE/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She wrote back, âKeira
always likes to see the pics of me as a kid. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She always has lots of questions about what I
was doing and why. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The local squirrel
population was entertaining themselves by thundering wildly through the eaves
that afternoon, an unwanted distraction when I was trying to quilt smoothly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOBqkmckCtMKqtBdNpYJ99-tYZ2-zC-HkEyjJf8OMlggT5_ifiVKlTmffkUhyphenhyphenWY9F0D898_uT7yyUT0L3EetKUjbg-0NyoA_WhS5WFWMbOzvdoXzz4MIzv_JoImkWM42EZoJrC8mgBxoB6I4ZNMgnNPgrkkYW72zwD_kb-32vPWdEZ2PvfzYbA_EXnh8/s733/Picture23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="733" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOBqkmckCtMKqtBdNpYJ99-tYZ2-zC-HkEyjJf8OMlggT5_ifiVKlTmffkUhyphenhyphenWY9F0D898_uT7yyUT0L3EetKUjbg-0NyoA_WhS5WFWMbOzvdoXzz4MIzv_JoImkWM42EZoJrC8mgBxoB6I4ZNMgnNPgrkkYW72zwD_kb-32vPWdEZ2PvfzYbA_EXnh8/s320/Picture23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I finally remembered to use a stopwatch on my computer to
time one of the rows of quilting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
row took </span></span><span class="act-tim-digit"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">33 </span></span><span class="act-tim-sep"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">minutes, </span></span><span class="act-tim-digit"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242; padding: 0in;">33
seconds, and 6 milliseconds, </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">and I am not a slow
quilter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go fast enough that I can
whistle the âWarning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too fast!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are in imminent danger of breaking the
sonic sound barrier!â chime that my longarm makes fairly often as Iâm
a-quilting along. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="emoji"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span></span><span class="emoji"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="emoji"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSbaOKAi2BMpLhH4evqAiD9eI0uIjq57vsVAKnyAqNOv58TgdSeecjuLNZ2l21lnAdOvRBgENgT85SQ6miytOtBqTwr0A7EMxDG-Gm-wcaL-e1UZCtddGb3iJPOecoH6shXAZfpaIaaudJlWSNZeKRiQWM725JpNgMOAPgrUshibXtzmS7edgW2bJSew/s892/Picture21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="892" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSbaOKAi2BMpLhH4evqAiD9eI0uIjq57vsVAKnyAqNOv58TgdSeecjuLNZ2l21lnAdOvRBgENgT85SQ6miytOtBqTwr0A7EMxDG-Gm-wcaL-e1UZCtddGb3iJPOecoH6shXAZfpaIaaudJlWSNZeKRiQWM725JpNgMOAPgrUshibXtzmS7edgW2bJSew/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By the time I complete
one pass, I have to take a minute or two to wiggle my hands and neck, and make
sure Iâm still in good working order. <span class="xexx8yu"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâm pleased with how it looks, and Iâm trying to quilt
with confidence â but I keep remembering, <i>Thereâs pink thread on that white
backing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make curves smoothly... check
tension often...</i></span></span><b><i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="x193iq5w"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHccHzh6dwv4SQgK8WW-hH10qh0_i8ywfN_fhRMbwB2fi2cZfOW0m-IEfIoblIkSoL7Jhus2QdaLsYtNJS7LncToVZ_jgidzKQfWlT4xSvSGcbbMYCiKh4qzZxO-_BVihcQWTf4x6NmJKjkNiKcRHiO0DyTqqUZhCRZQMRbuQR0ZvrzwzjjTxnuO3-dtE/s857/Picture22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="857" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHccHzh6dwv4SQgK8WW-hH10qh0_i8ywfN_fhRMbwB2fi2cZfOW0m-IEfIoblIkSoL7Jhus2QdaLsYtNJS7LncToVZ_jgidzKQfWlT4xSvSGcbbMYCiKh4qzZxO-_BVihcQWTf4x6NmJKjkNiKcRHiO0DyTqqUZhCRZQMRbuQR0ZvrzwzjjTxnuO3-dtE/s320/Picture22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
friend mentioned that they were planning to install a tub rail for her mother,
who was a bit unsteady when getting out of the tub.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We
once gave a nice, sturdy tub rail/handle/thingy to Lawrence. At least, <i>Menards</i>
said it was nice and sturdy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
detached itself from the wall once when Lawrence was getting out of the
tub. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ§</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(He
was not hurt.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After
that, we got him a âstep-inâ tub, one of those tall squarish things that a
person can sit in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Norma once opened
the door on the tub while Lawrence was in it, filling it up. It was at
least half full at the time. Afterwards, it was... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đČđŻđźđŠ</span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ«š</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I found a few more
pictures to send to Hester, since Keira likes to see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here she is ready to come home from the
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was one day old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She weighed 5 lbs., 2 oz., when she was born
June 8, 1989. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a doll pattern to
make that dress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9GZG5uOYUxAuq2YiCkN8lUZjNBe22cFWNHUJhJLJjW_nFqNMf1OT5gjnEm_Bni53jnBNukTMoYsM7qaTdmqIJgKFUOGuYs7JYGKsT9BtgHOTO7AJPWvLeRRNSY1hqQyPqnSza1GxJKylDVgXSYYoa_4WzmmAx9sR2c5pcod2A45Kzz9_POoWYexmgh4/s871/Picture24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9GZG5uOYUxAuq2YiCkN8lUZjNBe22cFWNHUJhJLJjW_nFqNMf1OT5gjnEm_Bni53jnBNukTMoYsM7qaTdmqIJgKFUOGuYs7JYGKsT9BtgHOTO7AJPWvLeRRNSY1hqQyPqnSza1GxJKylDVgXSYYoa_4WzmmAx9sR2c5pcod2A45Kzz9_POoWYexmgh4/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And here she is fishing
at Calamus Reservoir. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Big Foot
apparently left his shoes on the shore.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_z6cmk7ChypZjkthj4PA4jWeBZ2rbCdESHkveSWYgXfVzFCwFIxTyuJUgaeaVGvrZZRFNhwKjJiJfAV-nf46A0xtvoJfT8hjEW2krBUTzo8vb2Gh9orIfBV3RnTG8r1bcVgycDLbISj2LiNGbg-fGM7I3lZOBHmL7YHJKr6rrW75zUkgSqut83o4hrI/s870/Picture25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="870" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_z6cmk7ChypZjkthj4PA4jWeBZ2rbCdESHkveSWYgXfVzFCwFIxTyuJUgaeaVGvrZZRFNhwKjJiJfAV-nf46A0xtvoJfT8hjEW2krBUTzo8vb2Gh9orIfBV3RnTG8r1bcVgycDLbISj2LiNGbg-fGM7I3lZOBHmL7YHJKr6rrW75zUkgSqut83o4hrI/s320/Picture25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Below
are Lydia, Caleb, Victoria, and Hester.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqo2QIqjFJ6kLNOei6uPKafo_0aT99gjyuyCnK0uvMR-qh1bXIRiWHN2a_Lrg6IUV9L4Qqt82uIFnbxhfus2kJoasQlxI9HlqWtN4c9SqL1-Soh_FOr7nfks-3Y91YIixkWOozUXJGhE6wMBgDHu3Iujss05Gvtnn4fA625O3xt0z2tEy2DkYukC-pQ-U/s958/Picture27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="958" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqo2QIqjFJ6kLNOei6uPKafo_0aT99gjyuyCnK0uvMR-qh1bXIRiWHN2a_Lrg6IUV9L4Qqt82uIFnbxhfus2kJoasQlxI9HlqWtN4c9SqL1-Soh_FOr7nfks-3Y91YIixkWOozUXJGhE6wMBgDHu3Iujss05Gvtnn4fA625O3xt0z2tEy2DkYukC-pQ-U/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Below is Ann, for whom I am doing the quilting, back in 1981, wearing a little
dress I made her for Easter that year. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE1jRfe7kh2Yvd2UztAtOFgzPcMqtmHbnko_h8y5tDwPjABthz2JefCK_RcvzdZZwJ0_NSOwFnbZwpBIhvYCdqDcgn8JXks27gTrLxYB6ioRm9-u0RNPtOl5MaOIFJrxP_2YSSnmxwFOqkUe9_6a_jTa72lGPP7Za9sMk-sGT6B2yYpRu222PuyNnv6o/s940/Picture26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE1jRfe7kh2Yvd2UztAtOFgzPcMqtmHbnko_h8y5tDwPjABthz2JefCK_RcvzdZZwJ0_NSOwFnbZwpBIhvYCdqDcgn8JXks27gTrLxYB6ioRm9-u0RNPtOl5MaOIFJrxP_2YSSnmxwFOqkUe9_6a_jTa72lGPP7Za9sMk-sGT6B2yYpRu222PuyNnv6o/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I made dresses for her four
sisters, too: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christine (my late nephew
Davidâs wife), Rebecca, Mary (Mariaâs mother), and Esther (Keithâs ex-wife).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dresses were of the same fabric, only in
different colors and different patterns. I sewed suits, shirts, and even
little bowties for her brothers, Ralph and Charles (Susanâs husband). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Well,
actually, those ties werenât so little. In 1981, the style was big hair,
big sleeves â and big bowties. Those little boys couldâve rested their
chins on the knots of those ties and slept through Sunrise Service, and no one
wouldâve ever been the wiser.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Supper
that evening was beef roast, potatoes, carrots, and onions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mmmm, it was good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ-xbfnk2y2cAFelNATOCtW3swoKUYV0Pi875wBLi_JAqK85EwJJB_wWGFdcZS29WJlaGJ3kPvt8Pu2oHOZu2JVlrjx_YMR-J_DuwRkAjM8mn2fys8FlXnykTonNWUyw1Y_Ssqr7utTa2qtQDe85RdHsdIc-1eniSMZLwxl5hv7AmuO-fWRsDnGo4jF4/s640/Picture29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ-xbfnk2y2cAFelNATOCtW3swoKUYV0Pi875wBLi_JAqK85EwJJB_wWGFdcZS29WJlaGJ3kPvt8Pu2oHOZu2JVlrjx_YMR-J_DuwRkAjM8mn2fys8FlXnykTonNWUyw1Y_Ssqr7utTa2qtQDe85RdHsdIc-1eniSMZLwxl5hv7AmuO-fWRsDnGo4jF4/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At
10:00 that night, I rolled the quilt forward to the next row, basted and
clamped the sides, dropped the needle in the correct spot â and shut everything
down for the night. I donât know exactly how much is done or how much is
left, but Iâd guess itâs about Ÿ done.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFDw1QQAgqcKrBSTj0OtF4AEyLpzYdWnD5Z8lMwdslXda7kgCjyodbON7hyTlBZ333xJUj1Trfm4Pv8wj0xvOYK28zmMuTp4yecregLGuywD4olIbILS1Qw-6Dp6SW-49v0Jl-zOVvth-W1iOHntaPohxbxNXjBpcCBo6KCyuVHsw61mKKZJyYtbH0jQ/s899/Picture28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="899" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFDw1QQAgqcKrBSTj0OtF4AEyLpzYdWnD5Z8lMwdslXda7kgCjyodbON7hyTlBZ333xJUj1Trfm4Pv8wj0xvOYK28zmMuTp4yecregLGuywD4olIbILS1Qw-6Dp6SW-49v0Jl-zOVvth-W1iOHntaPohxbxNXjBpcCBo6KCyuVHsw61mKKZJyYtbH0jQ/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
was foggy again Sunday morning, but not as dense as it was Saturday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could still see Rte. 22, a quarter of a mile
to the south.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="xexx8yu"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This
is a broad-winged hawk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="xexx8yu"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGzNwdMZKjn4Y1dAok3PSF0G1S_fY7QycUBfuSEYclLhpO6mXRXL-wl-KLE3boEeenz1ikCmiQdmIaTSbYDwAc1YOW9oNT2KUMlNTmG7QbHD660lS5LnmnMKixTNYZ8MUZ4PU8m7G3UGyLlKuRNIhbUdT9jY2ftjT1bW7vOah5-LChyFbmUOYUJgqo2w/s972/Picture30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="972" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGzNwdMZKjn4Y1dAok3PSF0G1S_fY7QycUBfuSEYclLhpO6mXRXL-wl-KLE3boEeenz1ikCmiQdmIaTSbYDwAc1YOW9oNT2KUMlNTmG7QbHD660lS5LnmnMKixTNYZ8MUZ4PU8m7G3UGyLlKuRNIhbUdT9jY2ftjT1bW7vOah5-LChyFbmUOYUJgqo2w/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="xexx8yu"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Canada geese have
been filling the sky, heading from the cornfields where theyâve been eating
back to the lakes and rivers where they spend the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="xexx8yu"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht74MNsBvIT7qQWTf05FpYI9z3LSqewuNwgH3AZ-IwT3oqzVeZz6dI3r4dmAwaLLlE7oxQEo1XhTcJ_CMpiBRxko4AOnqlrOpwJ11JEaRlJnoKCNpUbU5Ad5uci3OWzwDnUuPnfAIivKGSz8X1wW3aCQO6m76ZNlAcY7a4FDYR8_bDqYQl_OiI0_6YARk/s937/Picture31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="937" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht74MNsBvIT7qQWTf05FpYI9z3LSqewuNwgH3AZ-IwT3oqzVeZz6dI3r4dmAwaLLlE7oxQEo1XhTcJ_CMpiBRxko4AOnqlrOpwJ11JEaRlJnoKCNpUbU5Ad5uci3OWzwDnUuPnfAIivKGSz8X1wW3aCQO6m76ZNlAcY7a4FDYR8_bDqYQl_OiI0_6YARk/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
canceled my appointment with the eye doctor that was set for Feb. 14, and reset
it for Mar. 13. My eyes have been troublesome, and a treatment next week would
be nice; but we canât afford for me to have it done four times a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will have to be only <i>three</i> times a
year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We had sliced roast beef
and mozzarella cheese on toast last night after church last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Larry sliced the rest of that big roast,
sealed it in bags, and put it in the freezer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now weâll only have to warm it up when we want roast beef for supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâll betcha he put way too big of helpings in
each bag, whataya bet?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Every
now and then, someone tucks pages behind our hymnbooks with songs â or, in
this case, words â that are not in our hymnals. Yesterday we sang all seven
verses of Amazing Grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâll add it at
the end of this letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">This
morning I put sheets and blankets in the NEW! washing machine, and when those
were done, I washed the rest of the clothes. I intended to do the
bedding Saturday, but I made the bed before I remembered, and I wasnât </span><i style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">about</i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">
to unmake it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Itâs
really foggy again today. I have never seen it foggy like this, day after
day. I like fog; it makes everything mysterious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I donât like to <i>drive</i> in it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And
suddenly, a little after 3:00 p.m., just like that, the sky was blue as blue
can be. At first, there were little puffs of clouds in the sky; then it was
totally cloudless. I could see all the way to Columbus. We havenât been
able to do that for over a week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We
have been issued flood watches and warnings for several area rivers, as the
last few days of warmer temperatures have caused ice to break up and jam here
and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Loup River, a mile to our
south, is flooding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Ice
jams </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">can occur anytime there has been cold enough weather to
cause a buildup of thick ice â and then high enough temperatures to break the
ice up and make it flow faster than the river channels can handle. The
heavy snows last month â and its consequential melting â have added to the
river flows. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This
is what happened â along with heavy rains for several days â in mid-March of
2019 when our whole state and many surrounding states had the worst floods weâve
ever seen in this area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">With the ice melting, even
experienced ice fishermen can find themselves in sudden trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These fishermen checked the ice on Willow Lake; it was
13â thick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>But...</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they moved to another spot 50 feet away, and
the ice broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had to abandon their
UTV, their gear, and the shack to the lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span class="x193iq5w">Thankfully, all parties involved are alive and
well.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_2O7L2Mdiy5BEY0ThXFr2MNOnmUd1AYg-iYoz45SmVBC02eBEsbxMyFUCil-1aACEMqWgb4S_Zm2kQQSU7moV1SdieqVDZ8pf7fuz21R25wIPj4I4B17BtEx4olK6BC6WY6hHYxIjRkZABktlvUUUGaGIsjPQGzx4azMkXCLKXavu8qa0P6kyT6KOoU/s489/Picture32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_2O7L2Mdiy5BEY0ThXFr2MNOnmUd1AYg-iYoz45SmVBC02eBEsbxMyFUCil-1aACEMqWgb4S_Zm2kQQSU7moV1SdieqVDZ8pf7fuz21R25wIPj4I4B17BtEx4olK6BC6WY6hHYxIjRkZABktlvUUUGaGIsjPQGzx4azMkXCLKXavu8qa0P6kyT6KOoU/s320/Picture32.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7XCBL0JLGooLtA22vcd1cAaVszRYR2jILeSt7FS4xvYNCMrwR6XxSSKNSWEBvRTkksybj0g0yfM21wxq0U-Q9s0db2ShcG_FdEdjlU9OdXtgfD66oObPfFBJBCVipoLbt5K6Up_v3AVmUO6B2BDoWe-KLAeAuyL7N4-sD6ZYSwDC1P6VQbhENj1MlMU/s838/Picture33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="838" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7XCBL0JLGooLtA22vcd1cAaVszRYR2jILeSt7FS4xvYNCMrwR6XxSSKNSWEBvRTkksybj0g0yfM21wxq0U-Q9s0db2ShcG_FdEdjlU9OdXtgfD66oObPfFBJBCVipoLbt5K6Up_v3AVmUO6B2BDoWe-KLAeAuyL7N4-sD6ZYSwDC1P6VQbhENj1MlMU/s320/Picture33.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="x193iq5w"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wow, look at Jackie the
bald eagle on her nest in Big Bear Valley, California, tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Underneath her, three eggs are being kept at exactly 105°,
think of that.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNHZhKoR4XYn9lb8opZHGHV_n-HWG_fYH9XjuZFYKAxR189KUhUkNOA1-sES9D610T8yuWLpsWEcRLULz9Kti0erSQvbeB7THXw3bA6ZM8aiKCaCsIFTiFkM3yaxKKFIp_Lg6uu5dPhR_z2QuDzVpBdS_WSSYahEFjJyOzRl3t1ny4VxLXllzOBKaSkk/s1121/Picture34.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1121" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNHZhKoR4XYn9lb8opZHGHV_n-HWG_fYH9XjuZFYKAxR189KUhUkNOA1-sES9D610T8yuWLpsWEcRLULz9Kti0erSQvbeB7THXw3bA6ZM8aiKCaCsIFTiFkM3yaxKKFIp_Lg6uu5dPhR_z2QuDzVpBdS_WSSYahEFjJyOzRl3t1ny4VxLXllzOBKaSkk/s320/Picture34.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bedtime!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tomorrow I hope to finish my friendâs quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; 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margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-55765718951396675242024-02-01T18:48:00.005-06:002024-02-03T22:55:30.710-06:00Photos: Drive to Fremont<p style="text-align: center;"> Today I took a drive to Nebraska Quilt Company in Fremont to pick up some thread for my longarm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp90J9GeDs7DCM0M6yyUttMxaCUNQZubHXKqdJGO9DCqTIImqB-ybWZ7soI2eOq752Oh4pAlklGgCxIGgBqKIshpvzIvLy7SfnkwrfZcRIUDV_Lnhin_pCgJEhHWNhwlpd7NQDTH9b-pU2mmbEgJ_KNya_kcy02L9dYV4_w5mzV7Vl0RpPkGHYm3e-BS8/s1280/IMG_4759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCekFSGdMz-V9PkHay4oPAPpLtsMOpnwITUM3KE1F8neX45zS3ZYzGDvkUnxHn2TjvTF3WSjn0GbmezBaKUs-HxzjOXaT7NsqEC7H_Xv3S1GpE1gSNZv-b9NklGptifJTcT-AONbmgSqYLamrUFKMCGaJhCpTA_78Eh9hUOqdA8liEmelsbC2QKg5n5I/s427/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCekFSGdMz-V9PkHay4oPAPpLtsMOpnwITUM3KE1F8neX45zS3ZYzGDvkUnxHn2TjvTF3WSjn0GbmezBaKUs-HxzjOXaT7NsqEC7H_Xv3S1GpE1gSNZv-b9NklGptifJTcT-AONbmgSqYLamrUFKMCGaJhCpTA_78Eh9hUOqdA8liEmelsbC2QKg5n5I/s320/Picture2.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It was foggy several
days last week, especially in the mornings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some areas, the fog lasted all day
long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temperatures were well below
freezing, so roads were often slick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tuesday afternoon, the Cooperâs
hawk swooped down into the front yard and got another songbird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a <i>smorgasbord </i>in my yard!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âč</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I spent several hours
that day doing our taxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes a
while, since I itemize our deductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
use Turbo Tax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Periodically in the
middle of it, a little popup box appears, asking how Iâm doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It starts off with these emojis, and I am to
choose one:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âč</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
or </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One cannot click out of the popup box until
one answers a few questions, the final one being, âWhat do you like most, so
far?â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I always write, âNo
annoying popup review questions!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âTil
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Soon, I need to get Lorenâs financial things
together and take them to the accountant. I could do it myself, but Iâd
rather have a safeguard.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After finishing the t<span style="background: white;">axes, I
discovered that they could not be e-filed yet, as the IRS doesnât have some of
the necessary forms completed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So up the stairs to my quilting room I went
to work on Baby Arnoldâs quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KPQbHWt_jQaHeuNB0eV9PDJf9JxenL1lgFnS0_Ajv9UCohf1h6oMQL2_p_orLfEURwZttRZBeH9TW3-x82mN5Ihkbga9gLlKhmOkTBO8hKkMoLyGjgtzfkGeudvDHn22PAv6lQtm-JeXmNvPjthtRQhPCTy8OowTEtIR6dQVU4EN8nNaXvsq5Rqj2q0/s289/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="289" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KPQbHWt_jQaHeuNB0eV9PDJf9JxenL1lgFnS0_Ajv9UCohf1h6oMQL2_p_orLfEURwZttRZBeH9TW3-x82mN5Ihkbga9gLlKhmOkTBO8hKkMoLyGjgtzfkGeudvDHn22PAv6lQtm-JeXmNvPjthtRQhPCTy8OowTEtIR6dQVU4EN8nNaXvsq5Rqj2q0/s1600/Picture3.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5aElriL_Qc9FoLtcbMKejFZIVdPEafPcUX-OqmAX_Le9rxF2PSZ_g5TRIAzVmkJ3YwzRpCyh_C3RNhPcaigG8TBkbfg1CHDDY6TwFcjH7lCaDg8vvbcpJGViO9IY68CgB4LzwKtv_LjNyijhriAU1PTSKLeOksb_NCTObZ-xoWE42N7JTMtv7ZmG55w/s279/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="279" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5aElriL_Qc9FoLtcbMKejFZIVdPEafPcUX-OqmAX_Le9rxF2PSZ_g5TRIAzVmkJ3YwzRpCyh_C3RNhPcaigG8TBkbfg1CHDDY6TwFcjH7lCaDg8vvbcpJGViO9IY68CgB4LzwKtv_LjNyijhriAU1PTSKLeOksb_NCTObZ-xoWE42N7JTMtv7ZmG55w/s1600/Picture4.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
friend was asking my opinion about getting a pet â particularly, a cat, maybe a
Maine Coon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Our
Tad was very likely part Maine Coon. We loved that kitty so much.
He was huge â and a big olâ cuddly teddy bear. He was born to our Black
Kitty, and he never knew anyone but us, and he thought everyone loved him â and
he was not afraid of cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEugAkRBzgqr5attBu28-1sWOXnKSBYGmcfLBZOAvB0G1eNI0yf7N-z_gWA6R4PHJSMGzrgp7c5tTz2naSRcVSf3-VEy9SxVx74yzfW922ZyZT39dxyx4H6M3lT3jOoubB2Py10CkRtUDd5VG8sj8SnApDHlhza0TJtV7ThZnEhoESWlxL_KErTdab38/s793/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="793" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEugAkRBzgqr5attBu28-1sWOXnKSBYGmcfLBZOAvB0G1eNI0yf7N-z_gWA6R4PHJSMGzrgp7c5tTz2naSRcVSf3-VEy9SxVx74yzfW922ZyZT39dxyx4H6M3lT3jOoubB2Py10CkRtUDd5VG8sj8SnApDHlhza0TJtV7ThZnEhoESWlxL_KErTdab38/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Heâd
sit in the smack-dab in the middle of the street out in front of our house
(back when we lived in town) when mothers were coming to pick up their children
from school! He knew the children â and even some of the mothers â
would come and pet him, if he just stayed right in the middle of things.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zo3Vk0Zgo-mk4IPxk9V_c2HiyPdvDm7pFak_eumD5tjXIOgOnDRV-woGOu20LocmlpcrhuRXtteqPA3ubWX3ehKV1Xa3uvAydbw0FY_sSk2gi7rudfg9PUEUEtAnBh1pdc3I3xlJMtymp-ja8MRIEK8N_iQ5oVxSAHqR7gtipoY6JSTUFVFwiLr5d68/s894/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="894" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zo3Vk0Zgo-mk4IPxk9V_c2HiyPdvDm7pFak_eumD5tjXIOgOnDRV-woGOu20LocmlpcrhuRXtteqPA3ubWX3ehKV1Xa3uvAydbw0FY_sSk2gi7rudfg9PUEUEtAnBh1pdc3I3xlJMtymp-ja8MRIEK8N_iQ5oVxSAHqR7gtipoY6JSTUFVFwiLr5d68/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâd
flip open the window and yell, âTad!!! Get out of the street!!!â <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijigDtYxve1bPDqvJVjU8PuwEKXsxbFkoREKjui0wn7eL-MfLTKRo00z1BANZy99VR95BhQWKPAsNiuFFAwyBiy4xgZ2SmZKOJ-jW_1Kn1faoCb4Mi0gDG2Pj4yRVTeXmJdg-7Up6_BkQhEk26LwpvR_QpcxHoaZY3J3cD7I2nMbrV9ZMx5_iCCmUJRLY/s1041/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijigDtYxve1bPDqvJVjU8PuwEKXsxbFkoREKjui0wn7eL-MfLTKRo00z1BANZy99VR95BhQWKPAsNiuFFAwyBiy4xgZ2SmZKOJ-jW_1Kn1faoCb4Mi0gDG2Pj4yRVTeXmJdg-7Up6_BkQhEk26LwpvR_QpcxHoaZY3J3cD7I2nMbrV9ZMx5_iCCmUJRLY/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Heâd
turn his head, look at me, lower his eyebrows until the tops of his eyes were
straight lines, say, âMRRRROW.â in his low-pitched voice, then, with a toss of
his head, heâd get up, saunter to our curb, and sit <i>there.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmUehLPDn4ZP33Xk_88y7D3KHRd5Xz6DqBD0U6RVh5KTbptnRJ5_h21Vqmcsoh5ieE93I084zYcy3RyVYGk9veE2buayL6Pmr61P1SDKNbeyES-gb-tmKGLV0O2SrSJK6GYpFuj6gczo1RoditjCodmN7NeI2s-p44KlXw20Rl6CJ8NtdqY4ON0HMMI0/s355/Picture9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmUehLPDn4ZP33Xk_88y7D3KHRd5Xz6DqBD0U6RVh5KTbptnRJ5_h21Vqmcsoh5ieE93I084zYcy3RyVYGk9veE2buayL6Pmr61P1SDKNbeyES-gb-tmKGLV0O2SrSJK6GYpFuj6gczo1RoditjCodmN7NeI2s-p44KlXw20Rl6CJ8NtdqY4ON0HMMI0/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
knew that cat was going to get hit by a car. And he did, when he was only
14 months old. We were all so sad about that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9hdVWn5xpZlnyJBbXDHyfJmpfpqng07uz55zBaTBVDOSwieec9PF3UtfHOnmRSzpoPutysMaddCiUqWFCpL9tRAP-TJofzthkgvhZ3PqfVSLCfp31WrnW-BO4L9uWV8HiZnJlSHmaJQ4yLWwU319VDt6vuN9AayDAD-FtZM4KxHzehlurOhPBJudNQ0/s858/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9hdVWn5xpZlnyJBbXDHyfJmpfpqng07uz55zBaTBVDOSwieec9PF3UtfHOnmRSzpoPutysMaddCiUqWFCpL9tRAP-TJofzthkgvhZ3PqfVSLCfp31WrnW-BO4L9uWV8HiZnJlSHmaJQ4yLWwU319VDt6vuN9AayDAD-FtZM4KxHzehlurOhPBJudNQ0/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My
friend asked me for my opinion about getting a dog, as opposed to a cat. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThe
advantage to cats over dogs,â I told her, âis that thereâs a lot less
training. Dogs take a long time to train their owners. Cats do it
in crash courses.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Baby
Arnieâs quilt wouldâve been done by Wednesday, had I not decided to put Prairie
Points around the edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That made it </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">take
about three times longer than it wouldâve. I turned the points
inwards, toward the quilt, and then put a regular binding on it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a few baby quilts with Prairie Points
on them when our babies were little, and I remember at least twice when those points
poked a babyâs eye. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No real harm was
done, though the baby did cringe and turn his or her head away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cringed, too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I used plain fabric
in a light periwinkle blue and some fabric with thin blue stripes that came
from a work shirt of Larryâs that he tore beyond repair on the first wearing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I âdebonedâ it (cut all the seams from it) and
tucked it into a fabric bin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the
perfect quilt to use it on â for the baby who was given Larryâs middle name.</span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The temperature got up past freezing Thursday,
for the first time in a while. That afternoon, it was 33°.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The amazing thing was, the âreal feelâ temp was
36°! The windchill factor had been below zero for weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had to haul out my Bernina 180 and use <i>it </i>that
night, because the 730 is skipping stitches somethinâ fierce. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just look at this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh, why, why, <em>why</em> did I
ever take it to be serviced?! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder
if the odd noise I heard really <em>was</em> nothing but the bobbin
winder? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ah, the regrets. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVerNLI5jqxjB4028DE9gLtsN8qR6I3cSH9qOX5H68pbmga9Tzu4i4hTl1VNhIyXqOpYz4vOGDdIBvlJgjOVBrEcJGckfUGv8JQ9FT5QGrDh_r5IHaiaOm2sIySJRbvvD5VSuXVVd9xhl7zJxHwpCV0BngowcvMoLl9Ysqeppc4MlMHR_P-2_h2GgtTk/s308/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="308" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVerNLI5jqxjB4028DE9gLtsN8qR6I3cSH9qOX5H68pbmga9Tzu4i4hTl1VNhIyXqOpYz4vOGDdIBvlJgjOVBrEcJGckfUGv8JQ9FT5QGrDh_r5IHaiaOm2sIySJRbvvD5VSuXVVd9xhl7zJxHwpCV0BngowcvMoLl9Ysqeppc4MlMHR_P-2_h2GgtTk/s1600/Picture10.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâve sent them a message about it, voicing these
sentiments. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The machine has been there
twice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girl with the turquoise hair
(once it was John Deere green) has twice fixed the âbalanceâ, which I am sure
is exactly what put it in this disrepair. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was <em>perfect,</em> before! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>waa waa waa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I sewed on the Prairie
Points, then attached the binding to the front and pinned it to the back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Friday,
we went to Omaha. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry needed to pick
up some vehicle seats. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since his
enclosed trailer was full of things he had brought home from Genoa, we rented a
small U-Haul trailer when we got to Omaha, then went to get the seats. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kpRJPo7mElJA9PGNVW8nzsNonkaltywVIuTAkIZtSULfW0xif5NehNYD3RMS2uQ2WTE5EdexErTeD0J-ARDueY074f76YeSZUvrxUshPWpmj7Cm_5zTmK5K6pvNcOSAwIuXL2xXPCRI2Va84GbH7RDCTwKnNm2AhZdHcg8WhT33SgDcQ1kFSEos-XP8/s963/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="963" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kpRJPo7mElJA9PGNVW8nzsNonkaltywVIuTAkIZtSULfW0xif5NehNYD3RMS2uQ2WTE5EdexErTeD0J-ARDueY074f76YeSZUvrxUshPWpmj7Cm_5zTmK5K6pvNcOSAwIuXL2xXPCRI2Va84GbH7RDCTwKnNm2AhZdHcg8WhT33SgDcQ1kFSEos-XP8/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Midtown Omaha
traffic is, uh, <i>trafficky</i>, in the late afternoon.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we drove, I was trying to figure out what
the Braille lettering said on a truck beside us, when I realized â it wasnât
Braille.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just the rivets on the
truckâs box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(But part of it <i>did </i>spell
âoxcartâ.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Levi sent me this map and asked:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIs there a name for this island next to
England?â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_0oYAA2vORSSO1m1xOLILg6vubSBU_gcl_xrffQbhxJtF434vnNGwaX4OfmRIUluZPSPKmvEa7IULqTeRWGXIq1ISPPtOeD8YpMHnN2d3eliBbVp2owD1Ic3wvjmEhOURz-bLxRIJuv5mzFhJn1u0FI901CndMDVT3FSDRbeEVac6D0lfiVyKUcdq4k/s919/Picture12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="919" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_0oYAA2vORSSO1m1xOLILg6vubSBU_gcl_xrffQbhxJtF434vnNGwaX4OfmRIUluZPSPKmvEa7IULqTeRWGXIq1ISPPtOeD8YpMHnN2d3eliBbVp2owD1Ic3wvjmEhOURz-bLxRIJuv5mzFhJn1u0FI901CndMDVT3FSDRbeEVac6D0lfiVyKUcdq4k/s320/Picture12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">âYeah,
thatâs Yerpica,â I told him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I like to edjeecate my
grandkids <i>properly.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We then went to visit
Loren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found him in the dining
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was through eating, and when he
saw us, he greeted us happily and got up to go with us to his room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Halfway there, he thought we instead wanted
to go into the janitorâs room â but the door was locked, so <i>that</i> option
was out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A woman who was visiting
someone there at Prairie Meadows followed us out of the dining room, saying she
had a story about Loren she wanted to tell us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He had asked another
woman, a fellow resident, how she was feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She replied that she was very sad, and he said, âOh, you mustnât be
sad!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I donât want you to be sad!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should live with joy in our hearts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way to do that is to be thankful and
happy with the blessings we have.â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
then sat down by her and chatted with her for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The lady told us that this
cheered the woman up a lot, and she did much better afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This is the same sort of
report I often get, whether from staff or other visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I thanked the lady for
telling me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâm not sure what Loren was
thinking during all this; instead of looking at the lady who was talking, he
was staring hard at <i>me</i> during the story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I smiled at him, and he
smiled back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In these pictures, he is
wearing the Walker stocking cap Larry gave him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was pleased with it, because it has a Walkers emblem on it â and he
is often cold, and likes to wear several layers of shirts, sometimes with
sweaters or even his coat over them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
hat helps him stay warm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3jNxJ47fYcNCu8ClnaqX_4SjpY2NSU5kgmckBGu6M7MvAULA2VNzTYU7TVWVHoFuruILkexIUb_q0-J49xBxjZm_M_7D_n4n0QudUPuPbZRwrvdDPE0ExonfEN4j2iIIwg6hoOpwmR3LAV1okRb8B17YFTTKqlbQO_nDrZ4_GeGy7JQcmd1S1hyphenhyphenUnRA/s1117/Picture13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1117" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3jNxJ47fYcNCu8ClnaqX_4SjpY2NSU5kgmckBGu6M7MvAULA2VNzTYU7TVWVHoFuruILkexIUb_q0-J49xBxjZm_M_7D_n4n0QudUPuPbZRwrvdDPE0ExonfEN4j2iIIwg6hoOpwmR3LAV1okRb8B17YFTTKqlbQO_nDrZ4_GeGy7JQcmd1S1hyphenhyphenUnRA/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOIka6C4A5iUoXYX4e-5Cgi_wv8yI_63gWPW_pSC-XQx-Kk_rX_dJofhF5Mb-Oh1o2sSDT1v1gKSud59Lr08uh7zy5aTLA0Y61jfaC_Yqtyo8C275c8VsMwtjn-o9gdzDO8gBorb28l6ZTzL7YzG_cOttsSFRI94-lGRtSr4QLuca2QR_kw4LFGuXULs/s793/Picture14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOIka6C4A5iUoXYX4e-5Cgi_wv8yI_63gWPW_pSC-XQx-Kk_rX_dJofhF5Mb-Oh1o2sSDT1v1gKSud59Lr08uh7zy5aTLA0Y61jfaC_Yqtyo8C275c8VsMwtjn-o9gdzDO8gBorb28l6ZTzL7YzG_cOttsSFRI94-lGRtSr4QLuca2QR_kw4LFGuXULs/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9arjwzheGuaiXQUVlFl5_9wATI3GDOWZ7mockv3YZ1Tbhx40IfVLqw0HxNKJIR9UZHi2yUUOl7tdDz90lFA_-nGEucqP9TqRyg2Wfz6omUDhNJYo1QfRMHRr0B1Kd_Mb7VDJ26gys0kiRTZP5N5Gur3MftWdw5C0zRWIHB_N0SKm_Oh34bIf7kf3FHs/s780/Picture15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="586" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9arjwzheGuaiXQUVlFl5_9wATI3GDOWZ7mockv3YZ1Tbhx40IfVLqw0HxNKJIR9UZHi2yUUOl7tdDz90lFA_-nGEucqP9TqRyg2Wfz6omUDhNJYo1QfRMHRr0B1Kd_Mb7VDJ26gys0kiRTZP5N5Gur3MftWdw5C0zRWIHB_N0SKm_Oh34bIf7kf3FHs/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy8jQWkGqCamauEW16WuTY6ENJy_9oEcRDxMRR5P0O79MCHfdEWBan4qefhAYAoWVPxMJWAgWQ0dGlvXNmk6JWl1XJPPGxMP6PB5hAOrUE8O78RrJUrnWIG2UG3JfLo1Nx0vaRbOTuOX2GgLenvXkSDQXjgLU-7iNvu5edNMpImXBEeDNUw3qmlrpf4s/s778/Picture16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy8jQWkGqCamauEW16WuTY6ENJy_9oEcRDxMRR5P0O79MCHfdEWBan4qefhAYAoWVPxMJWAgWQ0dGlvXNmk6JWl1XJPPGxMP6PB5hAOrUE8O78RrJUrnWIG2UG3JfLo1Nx0vaRbOTuOX2GgLenvXkSDQXjgLU-7iNvu5edNMpImXBEeDNUw3qmlrpf4s/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He was quite confused
during our visit, mixing up things we told him with things he was looking at in
the National Geographic magazines weâd brought him, and thinking Victoria was
still 3 or 4 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâd start to respond
to something we said; then, not being able to think of a word, he would lose
track entirely of what he wanted to say.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Yet he seemed happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tired, as it was about an hour later than it
usually is when I visit him; but happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We left after about 45 minutes, because we had to get to Nebraska
Furniture Mart before they closed â and it was a good thing we left when we
did, for I learned from my phone as we drove away that the Mart closes at 8
rather than 9 nowadays.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOMSrGxJHG5ATxgRk4oL5oR6Kth2ty5iBypSaK9tyzvQkILlwU899a_7gzIanwKqvS2Ee9BVJtZQGcaUwBzUfGKQUj1rMcvcw4aKlHfLSKPuHog6Lky36NvjPkAozGbIH8XRo54QyftAKZ-yWr8amKRqJC48t85Ab242EzKwMcHl7vi-452mT5hA8hxw/s1005/Picture21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1005" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOMSrGxJHG5ATxgRk4oL5oR6Kth2ty5iBypSaK9tyzvQkILlwU899a_7gzIanwKqvS2Ee9BVJtZQGcaUwBzUfGKQUj1rMcvcw4aKlHfLSKPuHog6Lky36NvjPkAozGbIH8XRo54QyftAKZ-yWr8amKRqJC48t85Ab242EzKwMcHl7vi-452mT5hA8hxw/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At Nebraska Furniture
Mart, we first looked at washing machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We found one exactly like mine, except it doesnât have an agitator
(though thereâs a plug in the bottom of the barrel where one could be added, if
desired).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After looking at a couple of
other ones, we chose the one like mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know that the agitator might help things get cleaner; but, on the
other hand, it would be better for my quilts to have <i>no </i>agitator there
in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would fit better,
and washings would be gentler on them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Next, we looked at coffee
makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We chose a Braun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then
off we went to the computer and laptop department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After looking at various laptops and
listening to the salesman tell us about them, I settled on an MSI (Micro-Star
International) gaming laptop (fassst!) with a 15 Âœâ screen, an 8 GB graphics
card, Core i7 processor, 32 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB hard drive. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL4UNK-QKPI1rD3aNYt1z1q1W2Xf2wuxyVzzXNtIupl_vHSg60x9RFyoxnfc166WskXS4M-GaLDwf-nKT-mTnLamBZaqg1tVydEl69HJs-QD81v7MUaTy2j7CyAJ7HwL1dGf9umY0WYbk8lgBFgHtsv8bMYO_jR8Vkw7PMY5Qgdewp3ckxYVdJABf_fQ/s496/Picture17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="496" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL4UNK-QKPI1rD3aNYt1z1q1W2Xf2wuxyVzzXNtIupl_vHSg60x9RFyoxnfc166WskXS4M-GaLDwf-nKT-mTnLamBZaqg1tVydEl69HJs-QD81v7MUaTy2j7CyAJ7HwL1dGf9umY0WYbk8lgBFgHtsv8bMYO_jR8Vkw7PMY5Qgdewp3ckxYVdJABf_fQ/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
really prefer the 17 Âœâ screens Iâve always had, as itâs easier to </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">design
quilts or edit pictures</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> with the </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">bigger
screens; but the salesman told us that most laptop manufacturers are going to
the 15 Âœâ screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one he showed us
that <i>did</i> have that big of a screen was about $2,300. It
was cheaper (though not cheap) to buy the laptop with the smaller screen and
get a separate stand-alone screen. </span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> We got
a 27â Samsung screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Height and tilt
are adjustable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TM9T3bWyPubjTyixFgmCp-VjCGuf7mQ0eIyf7DhXGf6mrwn6vRDflp8sYJgMy1T6VV7x0hL9MxZMxj66vW7htDDeOOdJpiGLrB7M6Z9og7HOgB4330hnhqSwBTWh65Ofko_ELkISBJIDc8jPzjt8OB9mJ8tcWCLaTTqH_I5d2XAqb2voZh5MBSiEiYY/s342/Picture18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="342" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TM9T3bWyPubjTyixFgmCp-VjCGuf7mQ0eIyf7DhXGf6mrwn6vRDflp8sYJgMy1T6VV7x0hL9MxZMxj66vW7htDDeOOdJpiGLrB7M6Z9og7HOgB4330hnhqSwBTWh65Ofko_ELkISBJIDc8jPzjt8OB9mJ8tcWCLaTTqH_I5d2XAqb2voZh5MBSiEiYY/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By the
time we left the Mart, we were starving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We ate supper at the nearby Olive Garden. I had Zuppa Toscana soup
and lettuce salad, and iced tea with lemon slices in it. I always fish
the slices out and squeeze them into the tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Larry had spaghetti and sauce, and Chicken & Gnocchi soup.</span><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Saturday morning, I got
the new coffee maker out of the box and pulled out the instructions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">But meanwhile, while
reading the instructions and running a carafe of only water through the coffee
maker, I made coffee with the French press. I particularly like coffee
made that way, even though it <i>is</i> kind of fiddly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water must be heated in a pot (you can see
my Pioneer Woman pot from Victoria behind the French press)... a little hot
water poured into the press (to keep the glass from shattering when the boiling
water is poured in)... then, when the water boils, pour the warm water out of the
press, put two tall scoops of ground coffee in the press, and then pour in the
boiling water, stopping at the halfway point to stir it just a bit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fill it the rest of the way with boiling
water. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attach the lid and plunger and
let it sit at the top of the press for 4 minutes, then sloooowly press the
plunger to the bottom, and pour that first cup of coffee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mmmmm, it <i>is</i> good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5NLzyjwKtshNQ3XKgLDh2-AksGIF-4pbr4PQDDYlviP83C8cNXdefikQK0RiyguHn3E33iFHwsrhYw4hI6H51etz1tSRv9XUKhMGN497hXQwGsougLnoGmpno2g8Le0ankiSlvSzuGu0S9Cb2ySxl-5Jmaf1tKtldbeHnVWog9p1F8BYKvYuDU82xV8/s773/Picture20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5NLzyjwKtshNQ3XKgLDh2-AksGIF-4pbr4PQDDYlviP83C8cNXdefikQK0RiyguHn3E33iFHwsrhYw4hI6H51etz1tSRv9XUKhMGN497hXQwGsougLnoGmpno2g8Le0ankiSlvSzuGu0S9Cb2ySxl-5Jmaf1tKtldbeHnVWog9p1F8BYKvYuDU82xV8/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Soon
t</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">he new coffee maker was brewing away. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I took my cup of
Gingerbread CrÚme Brûlée (from Christopher Bean coffees in Florida) made in the
French press and went to curl my hair â and Larry came home and made off with
the first cup from the Braun coffee maker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaQHKDvF4XsGEfN82jZb5kl60sbhTpmAbKLSuVO0OkcK4MgFaLI79VScy3h6or3hYL4rbApsiO-XxUjvA9pPP0xigInKDMxpxw_fqKvScFKxXSBVHrM9fv4fB7Ci7TFPNY4prDsilt4ouZKDaYWiBrNxccDNmYnmnmBr2BBKVrPBjniwbOLwGVnzrG4s/s879/Picture19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="879" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaQHKDvF4XsGEfN82jZb5kl60sbhTpmAbKLSuVO0OkcK4MgFaLI79VScy3h6or3hYL4rbApsiO-XxUjvA9pPP0xigInKDMxpxw_fqKvScFKxXSBVHrM9fv4fB7Ci7TFPNY4prDsilt4ouZKDaYWiBrNxccDNmYnmnmBr2BBKVrPBjniwbOLwGVnzrG4s/s320/Picture19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I ordered some
groceries and a couple of birthday gifts for Oliver and Willie from Wal-Mart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Oliver
will be two on February 3<sup>rd</sup>, and Willie will be two on February 8<sup>th</sup>.
Three other grandchildren have birthdays on February 8<sup>th</sup>, too:
Emma, who will be 18; her brother Grant, who will be 11 (they are Teddy and Amyâs
children); and Justin, who will be 12 (he is Joseph and Jocelynâs boy).
Hereâs what I got Oliver and Willie. Itâs all made of wood, except
for the wheels.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ynDLVZDy1Yigy4yq7VRRYf5iwxEpp7hZ2cPUXKBrIzluovug4Y3htcozMT3LTg_f0QQD2oYTkrHDR_zE6GFAMrfsqwobf_aUuCE9Oacir41KpwJlRBk0T9ZtD6NVY9KZRvMXvGlVhM2pswY7WWxzg8gglvASR1q3YOYxvYJfJdGShrkqQMaZKM6kD7s/s397/Picture22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="377" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ynDLVZDy1Yigy4yq7VRRYf5iwxEpp7hZ2cPUXKBrIzluovug4Y3htcozMT3LTg_f0QQD2oYTkrHDR_zE6GFAMrfsqwobf_aUuCE9Oacir41KpwJlRBk0T9ZtD6NVY9KZRvMXvGlVhM2pswY7WWxzg8gglvASR1q3YOYxvYJfJdGShrkqQMaZKM6kD7s/s320/Picture22.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
friend who is considering possible vacation locations asked, âHave you ever
been to Flathead Lake in Montana?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âYes,â
I answered, âwe camped right beside it in our all-fixed-up 1966 Holiday Rambler
and crewcab pickup with a popup pickup camper on it.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV_W4TVUr9gcuSDTSBaTh53vQGCen7n0Xdt3TVBRUCrVpp2P6WINdmzAocWYnl2e8SX8yuHOXV8JHRG8L6BUzsjObt_5TgEt8LOWcGYkXuLlyU0O0MIw-23Na30IumIWwCdRV1uArJcJbJ5aYG35ZXZYGaXZKOeD32PwXvdfYEtsdkEXKEgViGLR56Zg/s1050/Picture23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1050" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV_W4TVUr9gcuSDTSBaTh53vQGCen7n0Xdt3TVBRUCrVpp2P6WINdmzAocWYnl2e8SX8yuHOXV8JHRG8L6BUzsjObt_5TgEt8LOWcGYkXuLlyU0O0MIw-23Na30IumIWwCdRV1uArJcJbJ5aYG35ZXZYGaXZKOeD32PwXvdfYEtsdkEXKEgViGLR56Zg/s320/Picture23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That
was where the big kids were skipping rocks across the lake, and Lydia, 3,
picked up a rock, did a ferocious heave-ho, puffing and calling out as she
wound up, âI...â ((fling)) âSKIPPED...â ((splooosh)) it!!â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Here
she is at one of the parks where we stopped to eat supper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9VD3Sw_vK6n9GW_2SVmJCp0qg5zIz5h_qGUj1UhRH11630KBmDrr-tRJXb8xn1QBjerouz07GAGQV3ebXTdJyHF52R8mwRClNmTT_LXlZ-XdroIfN5nuVwRyajXxUa93wxaPZwQHmL01LLLki2ay9Q3Oia05QOdVhCMqAi2gO271uerU1nS7o6-gdgY/s808/Picture24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="574" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9VD3Sw_vK6n9GW_2SVmJCp0qg5zIz5h_qGUj1UhRH11630KBmDrr-tRJXb8xn1QBjerouz07GAGQV3ebXTdJyHF52R8mwRClNmTT_LXlZ-XdroIfN5nuVwRyajXxUa93wxaPZwQHmL01LLLki2ay9Q3Oia05QOdVhCMqAi2gO271uerU1nS7o6-gdgY/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Below
is a photo of when we crossed Lake Kootenay on a ferry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was part of the Canadian highway system,
and therefore free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met another ferry
coming from the other side of the lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was in British Columbia. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy4Y0HWvcahqUpUn3MDR35gKL4KU3ZOUcPvQruWnUfpyxY-lZHRuTUpaO0QaOjaX7Coc7fdwv_j1XR5f7W3B-bxUS5tMyoteAZy42m5n049UVNTKvQzvTNeWUDwKEhcAd-LoitoLm5wHfhJkp-tGyxOROcUg2DYiOptavdR-m3euEhMxlmYNe2afRtrQ/s981/Picture25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="981" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy4Y0HWvcahqUpUn3MDR35gKL4KU3ZOUcPvQruWnUfpyxY-lZHRuTUpaO0QaOjaX7Coc7fdwv_j1XR5f7W3B-bxUS5tMyoteAZy42m5n049UVNTKvQzvTNeWUDwKEhcAd-LoitoLm5wHfhJkp-tGyxOROcUg2DYiOptavdR-m3euEhMxlmYNe2afRtrQ/s320/Picture25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs
Caleb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpW73IC-RiHG_IcNs-82yoRrfLStkJtrh86-YA7B6k0MHgUgTbjjFQFQ-Xy_5FLoZFFjyhhx4wnOre_g8yViWfwDAbZ18WgM0lkcGMFDssiDapRIJUO3kRb6sStlyzGiSrFa_dyFDsR09_G3WfXXnOoIhRjJ9DMr5BbsleBqs_pv7K5K59Brf-sBUpsM/s628/Picture27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpW73IC-RiHG_IcNs-82yoRrfLStkJtrh86-YA7B6k0MHgUgTbjjFQFQ-Xy_5FLoZFFjyhhx4wnOre_g8yViWfwDAbZ18WgM0lkcGMFDssiDapRIJUO3kRb6sStlyzGiSrFa_dyFDsR09_G3WfXXnOoIhRjJ9DMr5BbsleBqs_pv7K5K59Brf-sBUpsM/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In the picture below, heâd just
had a haircut, after which I gave him a bath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Holiday Rambler had a lovely big tub; we used it for a âcribâ for
Caleb at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvlBOlSoQUZLN5j_Cf5sfh_LZ6NGvg5zXo0Y1WeRyZEE3nU9iUzrU4YaUAAmlmJXnmVz8xdpspWGPyTtKdnCegKV2HwnO_oQ_DruXcSg5W1gYaZp78l0PKupSYqaDQQhXxZd-oJw4Dyx5ANf9gJzSPzTju-MdF4Lam_vWTI2r8V0NAj_V9aXL5-pOJgg/s627/Picture26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvlBOlSoQUZLN5j_Cf5sfh_LZ6NGvg5zXo0Y1WeRyZEE3nU9iUzrU4YaUAAmlmJXnmVz8xdpspWGPyTtKdnCegKV2HwnO_oQ_DruXcSg5W1gYaZp78l0PKupSYqaDQQhXxZd-oJw4Dyx5ANf9gJzSPzTju-MdF4Lam_vWTI2r8V0NAj_V9aXL5-pOJgg/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hannah
sent pictures of Aaron working on some sort of snow sculpture â and later, when
it was complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs a tank!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAb7__kk_PmfMsOZliXX5HpP8rhAnRrw3xrR5WpeTek3qBJ4fA4KSgzzvNTRH4Jd-kjXrRl4x27LMFxBmLchYOZwGZR0gbYcPAVHkhRN2YPCwru-f-qbnDTvCLly4Zf4Qnc6FtRHiLmKMO2qIwxLKfeEBV1Tg9x7X72wZR4X3aaAikrNxNzkwHU96d44/s1075/Picture28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1041" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAb7__kk_PmfMsOZliXX5HpP8rhAnRrw3xrR5WpeTek3qBJ4fA4KSgzzvNTRH4Jd-kjXrRl4x27LMFxBmLchYOZwGZR0gbYcPAVHkhRN2YPCwru-f-qbnDTvCLly4Zf4Qnc6FtRHiLmKMO2qIwxLKfeEBV1Tg9x7X72wZR4X3aaAikrNxNzkwHU96d44/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fzBI7R8uQsMHNUHqMTN3Y_BOEFt-BKIGb3_M7DuFAkTINw3xkySPnFV6poURv608T9v58akRVgcNRyxAMyDpYo1cKCXx2RE8ctWzqTGYDw2C1uw4B0taROdS2mK0KGRhBhmGXCvnkwL4ewie_7UHZ1WCY9RmBlM9WxU2Kmp3g0zjn54W_NYdS417aGw/s944/Picture30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="944" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fzBI7R8uQsMHNUHqMTN3Y_BOEFt-BKIGb3_M7DuFAkTINw3xkySPnFV6poURv608T9v58akRVgcNRyxAMyDpYo1cKCXx2RE8ctWzqTGYDw2C1uw4B0taROdS2mK0KGRhBhmGXCvnkwL4ewie_7UHZ1WCY9RmBlM9WxU2Kmp3g0zjn54W_NYdS417aGw/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5YSAQYGqWV9iwy9vMuJsdtHhHzfyiINH0IKKxIRMM30kGTPXUhJilT25r7Iy3G_13aQ6rUwVN4G6ruHSRdaYeXu3vSP_aoZ4BJBiIsM9Xv1-Zy48-qlOR75LeLyKv24vIOH1OJgqsdhhHJ3XQsSUQIu1YzKhzIK5RRyeHv3Yjn4l82b21V4ISbP9c54/s982/Picture31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5YSAQYGqWV9iwy9vMuJsdtHhHzfyiINH0IKKxIRMM30kGTPXUhJilT25r7Iy3G_13aQ6rUwVN4G6ruHSRdaYeXu3vSP_aoZ4BJBiIsM9Xv1-Zy48-qlOR75LeLyKv24vIOH1OJgqsdhhHJ3XQsSUQIu1YzKhzIK5RRyeHv3Yjn4l82b21V4ISbP9c54/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry went hunting
with his brother Kenny that afternoon, and got a deer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the last day he would be able to hunt
this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
sewed the binding on Baby Arnoldâs quilt, then machine-embroidered a label and sewed
it on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49qCoEG7D-7vENCVXCgpcx99Cu8Yy6VcSCYk-RDJz9lDv1YptQsarMphyphenhyphenhedad5GhzzZZ8OOmiamoyP54-FNOstOVQ1RUFczO1F5vT8akw6xv3KvVZTm-zOWFU5rzkTX5BbBsB-0n-VrmtLXCMBxyRVWJHS1u3BlKQLzW9XFt-XyGAj7QSnCGbaX3QpA/s770/Picture35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="770" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49qCoEG7D-7vENCVXCgpcx99Cu8Yy6VcSCYk-RDJz9lDv1YptQsarMphyphenhyphenhedad5GhzzZZ8OOmiamoyP54-FNOstOVQ1RUFczO1F5vT8akw6xv3KvVZTm-zOWFU5rzkTX5BbBsB-0n-VrmtLXCMBxyRVWJHS1u3BlKQLzW9XFt-XyGAj7QSnCGbaX3QpA/s320/Picture35.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6CGqPqLWlbP-nhzOCOb4-5a_X47SVkgui6iJeymqqrGiltYdWAwO8TVrcvmoVLKpnaFmN-NfkgjMedzn9wth4RRI2XsCqf3Suk-8aQt7wr5PEsJiKtQVY8zd-MXYiVy-0lzGsRTuFDagUFfu0DeJKPHcTZ86xyG41d166B7jEDJc2iiQKDHygaYHo7A/s350/Picture34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6CGqPqLWlbP-nhzOCOb4-5a_X47SVkgui6iJeymqqrGiltYdWAwO8TVrcvmoVLKpnaFmN-NfkgjMedzn9wth4RRI2XsCqf3Suk-8aQt7wr5PEsJiKtQVY8zd-MXYiVy-0lzGsRTuFDagUFfu0DeJKPHcTZ86xyG41d166B7jEDJc2iiQKDHygaYHo7A/s320/Picture34.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3o050I7f6tkHWV6cwVnOtkxwRI5uNyPEwObx2P73OnhlU6V0dnkuR55CriAbJS5VcCoAyk-VAA7R1b0AyNWMsQZ9ir2ekyFI3lB8xjxW3YzN1OIQnZQbo-N8WW8uH0OL_WtnjTGu8m5ru-ITXRurFdHvES_w0XbPNfU6bc6UVCKU6nv_4BfWncsv1bSE/s288/Picture32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="288" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3o050I7f6tkHWV6cwVnOtkxwRI5uNyPEwObx2P73OnhlU6V0dnkuR55CriAbJS5VcCoAyk-VAA7R1b0AyNWMsQZ9ir2ekyFI3lB8xjxW3YzN1OIQnZQbo-N8WW8uH0OL_WtnjTGu8m5ru-ITXRurFdHvES_w0XbPNfU6bc6UVCKU6nv_4BfWncsv1bSE/s1600/Picture32.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1LwV2DXdh-iivv1a3r49yi4SFn6H167np5Rm6ib5R0whk3dnaa48KuOeAJsaNLzVbBTwHktqYkA6fxhXBpj_ganVsHGm7McVVS_ekPwIMZ0YCkeVhyphenhyphenjsTUaQrlTWLVpVwZA07SQCwaWfSUwRHcD7QH6AV50_lrEfwbJFIxln1o7ronXNAHY3uDHxCLc/s347/Picture29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="347" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1LwV2DXdh-iivv1a3r49yi4SFn6H167np5Rm6ib5R0whk3dnaa48KuOeAJsaNLzVbBTwHktqYkA6fxhXBpj_ganVsHGm7McVVS_ekPwIMZ0YCkeVhyphenhyphenjsTUaQrlTWLVpVwZA07SQCwaWfSUwRHcD7QH6AV50_lrEfwbJFIxln1o7ronXNAHY3uDHxCLc/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><a name="_Hlk157300586"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The quilt is called Poohâs âDays of
Hunnyâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the piece of fabric in a
bin of fabric my late sister-in-law gave me in 2013, a few months before she
passed away. The fabric was manufactured for Disney by Springs
Industries. I quilted around the animals and the squares to make it
looked pieced and appliquĂ©d, but it isnât; itâs a solid piece of
fabric. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157300586;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In the same bin, I found
the white with green stripes that I used for the backing, and the solid blue
that makes half of the Prairie Point edge. The striped fabric I used for
the other half of the Prairie Points is from a work shirt of Larryâs that he
tore beyond repair on the first day he wore it; so, since it wasnât stained, I
cut the seams out and put it with my fabric.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157300586;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It seemed like the
perfect time to use a fabric that was once a shirt of Larryâs, since Baby Arnold
was given Larryâs middle name! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157300586;"></span>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The quilt measures 44â x 45â. The batting is Hobbs
Heirloom 80/20. I used Signature Blue Ice 40-wt. cotton thread on top,
and Bottom Line White Lace 60-wt poly thread in the bobbin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs Dorcas with
one of her roosters â a very special rooster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She tells this story about him: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1x0bsjEXrQzUYZl4l-IXrmInAPWjKH5iKJuAViWHl-wS_xmfdD8kuDMPgWWElWwMRQn4o6BD2I0SXxNbDJTFvBum5fDyHyjBXjCI127F2oCu_zfsur_GBb0M4K8JoBoFuyXyVV7K58tSpZfJs0pfiNNRp10HETjUxc24dLvERCoJUAkB_UErOZxyLuc0/s423/Picture33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1x0bsjEXrQzUYZl4l-IXrmInAPWjKH5iKJuAViWHl-wS_xmfdD8kuDMPgWWElWwMRQn4o6BD2I0SXxNbDJTFvBum5fDyHyjBXjCI127F2oCu_zfsur_GBb0M4K8JoBoFuyXyVV7K58tSpZfJs0pfiNNRp10HETjUxc24dLvERCoJUAkB_UErOZxyLuc0/s320/Picture33.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIt starts back
almost a year ago to when this rooster was hatching. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was struggling to hatch, so I got a water
spray bottle and got it wet again and helped it hatch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come to last week: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the coldest day, I came to feed the animals,
and he was almost frozen to death. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had
heard some time back that red pepper flakes will warm up chickens, so I did
that, so afraid he would die. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put him
out where the sun was shining, and I was absolutely shocked he made it through
the next night. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now every time I come to
feed them, he jumps from the cage right into my arms making sounds at me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess I have a spoiled rooster! <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It has just occurred to
me that I never did get back the Christmas card I sent to Todd and Dorcas that I
thought I sent without a stamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe
instead of forgetting the stamp, I forgot that I <i>had</i> put one on??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ”</span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">â<span style="mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ«</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The stitch I used on
the binding of the Winnie-the-Pooh quilt is called âslant overlock stitchâ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started with my usual method of just
stitching in the ditch from the front, but because of the variation in
thickness, I wasnât catching the edge of the binding on the back uniformly (and
sometimes was missing it entirely). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About
6â of <i>that</i> was enough to make me choose an alternative method. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">There are dozens and
dozens of decorative stitches to choose from on my machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Back in 1978 when I got
my Bernina 830 Record at age 17, I was thrilled with the 21 different stitches
it could do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the first things I
did was make myself a blouse â and I gave much effort to using every fancy
stitch on that machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came close to
getting it accomplished, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mighty
close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were decorative stitches
around the pockets... the collar... the cuffs... the yokes... the button
placket... and even covering the side seams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wow, I was proud of the job I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had a store-bought
skirt to go with it in cadet blue, a soft faux suede.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had gathers in the front â but none in the
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why would they make it that
way?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was <i>flat</i> in the front, for
cryinâ out loud, but certainly not in the back!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Therefore, I wore the
skirt backwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Problem:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it had curved, cut-away pockets at the side
front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only now they were at the side <i>back</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I didnât care; the skirt
fit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perfectly,</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> so long as I wore it backwards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
wore that cute(?) little outfit to church â and one of our middle-aged
parishioners scurried to tell me my skirt was on backwards, whispering
frantically in my ear as if she thought it quite obscene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
grinned at her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIt </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">fits
better that way,â said I.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She stared at me, aghast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">You know, I didnât ever
actually <i>use </i>those pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
didnât I just sew them down, and then sew a matching topstitch on the <i>other </i>side
of the skirt?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hee hee<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>That</i> wouldâve left âem all scratchinâ
their respective heads, wouldnât it have?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">While Larry fixed some
venison loin after church last night, seasoning them and then baking them just
until they got to 155°, I cooked a couple of big sweet potatoes in the Instant
Pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had cottage cheese,
cranberry-watermelon juice, and some generous slices of a scrumptious Flan
Bundt Cake Larryâs coworkerâs wife made for us for dessert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the coworker with whom Larry was
moving snow a couple of weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After supper, Larry
hooked up the new washing machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâd
used a handcart to bring it in Friday night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This
morning, I opened the window in the bathroom, as I always get piping hot when I
blow-dry my hair. It was 43°. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Moments
later, a squirrel came racing along the deck railing, leaped for the side of
the house, scrambled up to the window, and came right in! (The screen is
out, so I can get good pictures of the birds at the feeders.) I
reached over and flapped the shower curtain, and he whipped around and
skedaddled back out, flipping his tail up and down indignantly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2j2Y3SczFqlk1_I_bEzKCM68aeQumVLF9G71FeRvia_MPJhVGvUUwDi6LEUImSAanBlICi5lvYASKykaMh_Qau1obPKHPRGp7ZSlawZK7XqW2R7dT6dEdU21dZfAJEY07CYnxMZnlShgh8KVBBVNxLbdAJviixJb_1R9xkKVv_ExQPghvj4rny2duTg/s881/Picture36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="673" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2j2Y3SczFqlk1_I_bEzKCM68aeQumVLF9G71FeRvia_MPJhVGvUUwDi6LEUImSAanBlICi5lvYASKykaMh_Qau1obPKHPRGp7ZSlawZK7XqW2R7dT6dEdU21dZfAJEY07CYnxMZnlShgh8KVBBVNxLbdAJviixJb_1R9xkKVv_ExQPghvj4rny2duTg/s320/Picture36.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
lowered the window to 2â. According to National Geographic, squirrels can
get in through a 1 Âœâ opening... but maybe itâll deter him momentarily (while
birds, rats, voles, mice, chipmunks, and murder wasps flutter, traipse, or buzz
in and out without so much as a squeeze).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Raccoons
can squeeze through a 4â opening â and octopi can squish themselves through
openings as small as 2 centimeters wide!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Today I put the very
first load of clothes into my new washing machine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pressed the buttons, and it started into all
the proper steps:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âAdd Garmentâ,
âSensingâ, âFillingâ, â except it <i>didnât </i>fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I called Larry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âOh, I forgot to
turn the water on,â he said, and told me where the lever is, back behind the
machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I squeezed between
the machine and the wall, reached behind the machine, felt around, found the
lever, and pulled it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Water came spewing
out of the wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âWater is spraying
all over the place,â I exclaimed, flipping the lever the other way, grabbing a
towel, and mopping up water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âTurn it back off!â
said Larry. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSomething must not be
hooked up.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI already did,â I
grumbled, attempting to dry my sleeves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The washer is too
heavy for me to move, so I couldnât see what the problem was back there behind
it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIâll be coming in a
little bit,â Larry promised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI havenât
taken my lunch break yet.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He came in few
minutes, slid the washing machine out â and found the cold-water hose that hadnât
gotten hooked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Soon everything was
put to rights, and the washing machine was chugging away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds so... luxurious and nice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DsdVMn1JNVo9dIM-APUGV2vL297nbrWrYgHHNgQr-aR6ZTtzg_KyGBUE6ayyNURssFWxIzY374fOme4X9Qyrvm6VwFFuMhrJsxoYqfQTzNCdkDAuu_iZLoiS_FqxwzYNHNuX39JpZ9e_KYoDthyaQPahpkbbfzVYyQ-EQXsSZQrGY0IGxH960H5WKhg/s320/Picture37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DsdVMn1JNVo9dIM-APUGV2vL297nbrWrYgHHNgQr-aR6ZTtzg_KyGBUE6ayyNURssFWxIzY374fOme4X9Qyrvm6VwFFuMhrJsxoYqfQTzNCdkDAuu_iZLoiS_FqxwzYNHNuX39JpZ9e_KYoDthyaQPahpkbbfzVYyQ-EQXsSZQrGY0IGxH960H5WKhg/s1600/Picture37.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Tiq3lwBXZE5TEf627mDWsJgGBT5PtQMEnOLKZdcZ4e0KWp_sWjCFiGZJEgz-i9T2NDH0yFl8BrPgvs-qbOFJzJH3yF3hGazQZGntwgXG91ZP8jhVQFYjIfDxHSv1Oc-KsNyFvpiTiUId4OTqvE4_ebEwSa3y3bBkZeTPxcTSfxnJh9erk2aiV-846Ks/s749/Picture38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="749" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Tiq3lwBXZE5TEf627mDWsJgGBT5PtQMEnOLKZdcZ4e0KWp_sWjCFiGZJEgz-i9T2NDH0yFl8BrPgvs-qbOFJzJH3yF3hGazQZGntwgXG91ZP8jhVQFYjIfDxHSv1Oc-KsNyFvpiTiUId4OTqvE4_ebEwSa3y3bBkZeTPxcTSfxnJh9erk2aiV-846Ks/s320/Picture38.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">In his rush to take
care of the washing machine, Larry forgot to take off his boots, and he tracked
mud right through the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He <i>did </i>grab a
paper towel and swab at it, but he still had the boots on, so... </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One
time shortly after Bobby and Hannah were married, Hannah arrived home to find
Bobby cleaning up mud he had tracked in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was down on hands and knees, scrubbing away. BUT. He
still had his boots on. And he was crawling forward as he scrubbed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
will leave you to ponder the logistics of that Mode of Operandi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Iâve
enjoyed pitching heaps of clothes into the washing machine today â without
anything getting stuck on an agitator. There were a lot of clothes to
wash.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">They are now all washed, dried,
folded, and put away.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Everything seems
to be all nice and clean â even Larryâs work clothes â despite the lack of an
agitator.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At suppertime, Victoria
sent a picture, writing, â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This is the loaded cornbread you gave
us! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs so good.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lB-eGi5qWXivOPdnINrYUhfgfwcU6Z2VtopFwJRNvlfjEkJbOKiaNIFF6lEjIdHlmThf7amCUYqGwJz7bWzk7EZjrkm0hDqcuExMJmIovBbeVbEagx2WPsgwu3-ohXt0CJ2nfBpGGIDhMJ_PqS2EFnSj23oUtOweXP8cdd8LjAQ0x5by0Xd9LOhSyTo/s880/Picture39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="880" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lB-eGi5qWXivOPdnINrYUhfgfwcU6Z2VtopFwJRNvlfjEkJbOKiaNIFF6lEjIdHlmThf7amCUYqGwJz7bWzk7EZjrkm0hDqcuExMJmIovBbeVbEagx2WPsgwu3-ohXt0CJ2nfBpGGIDhMJ_PqS2EFnSj23oUtOweXP8cdd8LjAQ0x5by0Xd9LOhSyTo/s320/Picture39.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I have a livestream up of
a </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE"><span style="color: #0d0dff; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0DFF;"><span color="windowtext">bald eaglesâ nest in <span style="background: white;">Big
Bear Valley</span></span></span></a><span class="yt-core-attributed-string"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> in the San
Bernardino Mountains of Southern California. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
is about 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The nest is the current home for Jackie and Shadow, a local bald eagle
pair. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two eggs in the
nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Egg1 was laid on 1/25 at
16:55.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Egg2 was laid on 1/28 at
13:59.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pip watch begins on 2/29.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The chat
is up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And some woman writes, âOh, no, I
hear coyotes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can coyotes climb high
enough to get to the nest??!â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Now I have a 65-year-old
quilt/comforter to repair for a friend â son-in-law Bobbyâs father, John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was made for John by his mother, and the
binding has come off (or maybe there never was any, and it had only a âknife
edgeâ), and there are tears here and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Itâs made of the same flowered fabric front and back, has some sort of âbattingâ
with what looks sort of like cotton netting covering it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fabric is a dark yellow with orange,
white, and teal blue flowers and olive-colored leaves printed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I searched through my fabric bins for
something that would match that background fabric, but found nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I found a piece of </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">dark
blue </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">teal that would make a nice contrast</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">ing
binding, as it matches the blue flowers and yarn. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRETuRSoLyiAny1icdKItDNpaeFZsLUreaBEze9M3nMP-Ln9amBCRL60T-ogCh5DvF0HgW9D5cr6-8e4CtdflOUjgU1uCY4SZkDxP4MldTMOzV_lYMsEBq3JDDT7A-4ts5BWgtHayJKyRjK_qMGmXjDe-W4mf2hyjqqkPHQz2KWIAavdnbn8gXVR3J6zM/s269/Picture40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="269" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRETuRSoLyiAny1icdKItDNpaeFZsLUreaBEze9M3nMP-Ln9amBCRL60T-ogCh5DvF0HgW9D5cr6-8e4CtdflOUjgU1uCY4SZkDxP4MldTMOzV_lYMsEBq3JDDT7A-4ts5BWgtHayJKyRjK_qMGmXjDe-W4mf2hyjqqkPHQz2KWIAavdnbn8gXVR3J6zM/s1600/Picture40.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I like contrasting
things, but feared it might be too startling to him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I donât want to ruin a much-loved quilt that Iâm
sure has many memories. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took a picture
and sent it to him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He likes it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So tomorrow I shall get started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must be planning to give it to his sister
Linda, a dear friend of mine since I was just a little girl, because he asked
me not to mention anything about the quilt to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is very sentimental about things her
mother made.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Johnâs</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
late mother was one of <i>my</i> late motherâs best friends. Bobbyâs
mother Bethany, one of my very good friends, passed away just a few months
ago. I have offered to make Bobbyâs sister Esther, who still lives at
home and helped John take care of his wife (her mother) while she was so ill
for the last several years, a memory quilt out of either their motherâs clothes
or the fabrics she had collected. She sewed clothing and quilts, and made
many beautiful things. Esther is pleased with the idea, and will choose
some things for me soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One time about 20 years
ago, Bethany was making our mutual granddaughter Joanna an adorable Raggedy Ann
quilt. She said to me, âOooooh, youâre going to be green with envy when
you see what Iâm making!â hee hee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She knew I would laugh,
and laugh I did. She was so funny. We used to write each other the
most hilarious notes when we were in Jr. and Sr. High together. I saved a
couple, and anytime I find one and reread it, I laugh all over again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">There are <i>three</i>
Raggedy Ann quilts in this picture of Joanna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bethany made the one on the wall, my
mother-in-law Norma made the one draped on the left, and the fleece blanket on
which Joanna is sitting was purchased.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KA_RCChmV2WkFeH9T949AZuHx-WmiZTFCxflGGhJ1VYWaygDJQAqAt9PzbxU4XbLAaPh3Dwd8qbU7BzjzCRk30hla3KyYXa3qOg69cmPIf1PNF5jK-Dy06_qEoeZ9GOB0pwqBn5Td6sXLjxnQcH8vuv3Is0VtG2zhjiI9_wi707b8rGCuqBykoWtG0Y/s734/Picture41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="625" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KA_RCChmV2WkFeH9T949AZuHx-WmiZTFCxflGGhJ1VYWaygDJQAqAt9PzbxU4XbLAaPh3Dwd8qbU7BzjzCRk30hla3KyYXa3qOg69cmPIf1PNF5jK-Dy06_qEoeZ9GOB0pwqBn5Td6sXLjxnQcH8vuv3Is0VtG2zhjiI9_wi707b8rGCuqBykoWtG0Y/s320/Picture41.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I got an answer from the Quilt Company regarding my Bernina:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 49.5pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 49.5pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hi Sarah,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 49.5pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Typically, if these
machines are skipping stitches, it is usually the needle, the bobbin thread
isnât in the tension, or the top thread isnât completely in the tension. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neat part of our service is we make sure
to sew it before we ever service it and make sure the timing is good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wonât change the timing unless it is off. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you would like to bring it in and we can
look at it, let us know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am heading to
tech school at Bernina next week so we can try and meet this week or in a
couple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 49.5pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thanks,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They âmake sure to sew itâ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>What</i> do they sew?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Mind you, since the first time this happened, I have tried
multiple needles of different size and type... rethreaded the machine... tried
different thread... readjusted the tension, top and bottom... cleaned the
bobbin race... oiled it... changed bobbins... over and over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I told them all this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When I picked up the machine after they worked on it the
second time, they had sewn with it on a simple quilt sandwich â no variations
in thickness at all, just fabric/batting/fabric, even though I had been very
specific about when the machine skipped stitches. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâd brought along some fabric of my own, with
several thicknesses of seams, and I gave the machine a try. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed all right â but I think I didnât
give it enough of a test, because as soon as I tried sewing multiple layers at
home, continuously traveling from thin to thick, it skipped just as much as
ever, and when I tried sewing the Prairie Points onto Arnieâs little quilt, it
would hardly sew at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The girl who worked
on it both times says she did not change the timing, only the âbalanceâ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked what that meant, and she said it was
the alignment of the needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And they donât count
âalignment of the needleâ as part of the timing?!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It shoâ </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">nuff seems
like the timing is off, to </span><i style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">me.</i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">But
what do </span><i style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">I</i><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> know?! </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">I apparently donât
know enough to check whether the thread is between the tension disks, put in a
new needle, or make sure the bobbin isnât backwards or somethinâ!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I have not answered
that email, though I received it this morning, because the only thing I can
think of saying is, âHas anyone ever boxed your ears, and if not, <i>why</i>
not?!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThe âneat part of
our serviceâ,â indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Reckon they do this
to <i>all</i> older machines, in order to then sell the customer a <i>new</i>
one?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Time for bed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shall continue to consider my
options...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mañana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091444357771041970.post-43882614296648761512024-01-22T23:12:00.083-06:002024-01-23T17:29:12.709-06:00Journal: â« âȘ Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful! âȘ â«<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E8E6V1wkLDaGwyg3wdbzbQtTF2gOC8tXNV76HxuJAarGOjaHIHo79NGt_VzWgzw7W8UPQN-3v6O0PFcYxT7Qkpse-7U_a7AbhQCDmdIsZWmy_v-CjBti9QBUFnd29LZP333Wdeqm1r0ZI0OvvS2Jdi0MQNj8Ob-panCf2aqi8zHpjwcRF0rs3LTiJ3Q/s380/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E8E6V1wkLDaGwyg3wdbzbQtTF2gOC8tXNV76HxuJAarGOjaHIHo79NGt_VzWgzw7W8UPQN-3v6O0PFcYxT7Qkpse-7U_a7AbhQCDmdIsZWmy_v-CjBti9QBUFnd29LZP333Wdeqm1r0ZI0OvvS2Jdi0MQNj8Ob-panCf2aqi8zHpjwcRF0rs3LTiJ3Q/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Last
Monday evening, <span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Teddy sent pictures of the road to their house, piled with snow on both
sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His house is back there, <i>some</i>where!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
decided on a puppy pantograph for Trevorâs Nine Puppies quilt rather than
custom quilting, because <i>1)</i> this quilt has already taken a
long time (I started on it December 19), <i>2)</i> I would not like
stitching in the ditch around all those logs, <i>3)</i> I will be
sending it to Trevor for his birthday February 26, <i>4)</i> so it
will therefore not be in any quilt shows, and <i>5)</i> Trevor, Iâm
sure, would not notice a difference. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I found a
couple of cute pantographs, but the first one was drawn in straight rows, and I
donât like pantographs that donât interlock; they always tend to make an
unquilted âlumpâ between the rows of quilting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hereâs the one I wound up
choosing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See how the design moves in up
and down waves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thatâs always best, even
if one has a computerized longarm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4-LEHgy_9u_3tR5HesUH1TGZHpj-mjpg5wcbu0NCAuWcFx3a6Gh36d2PpQcKZ4m0pdNJ1k_IoEDJn9t_yatSrXSJWy_rIN3VLkStc1fiLi5zB_J9KDgchOnJ5bMoor52CUppqxpuqa_lT7g0_6INB0j7SBmM1xBYFqqg4nQJezMZJZHQDrpChm9Inhg/s300/Picture2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4-LEHgy_9u_3tR5HesUH1TGZHpj-mjpg5wcbu0NCAuWcFx3a6Gh36d2PpQcKZ4m0pdNJ1k_IoEDJn9t_yatSrXSJWy_rIN3VLkStc1fiLi5zB_J9KDgchOnJ5bMoor52CUppqxpuqa_lT7g0_6INB0j7SBmM1xBYFqqg4nQJezMZJZHQDrpChm9Inhg/s1600/Picture2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I saw a video some time
back where one of the more well-known pantograph designers (no idea what her
name was; Iâve plumb forgotten) pulled out a big sketchpad, grabbed a pencil,
and drew a pantograph, presto bingo, just like that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Amazing. I can
barely <i>follow</i> a pantograph, let alone <i>draw</i> one! haha <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The wind began picking up
that evening, and the weathermen began warning of blizzard conditions from the
blowing snow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roads here and there
across the state were closed â again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were so very thankful Kurt and Victoria and new baby Arnold were safe in the
hospital where they had intended to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tuesday morning, Victoria
sent pictures of Baby Arnold. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And his feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cute little feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has always loved taking pictures of tiny
baby toes (including her own, way back when, if she happened to get ahold of a
camera).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWiw3VVth45YyjOjkX2-XikQPQBu3LD43F-5yUuZEwzsc2vmnGKWxzASpcQiEy_hKR9e96WM7IVVjSUb7w147AI_3Kp_KW8_2iSyeY8X5hvejkZmuCkDtxOvCZoksuod234eFFuiY_N8H_qE6xRsNp7tymc5nOCrsctY3uS334myDebDHuREz8-QYmmI/s737/Picture3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="553" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWiw3VVth45YyjOjkX2-XikQPQBu3LD43F-5yUuZEwzsc2vmnGKWxzASpcQiEy_hKR9e96WM7IVVjSUb7w147AI_3Kp_KW8_2iSyeY8X5hvejkZmuCkDtxOvCZoksuod234eFFuiY_N8H_qE6xRsNp7tymc5nOCrsctY3uS334myDebDHuREz8-QYmmI/s320/Picture3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I finished
a bit of housework, then I headed upstairs to rummage up a backing for the Nine
Puppies quilt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around noon, our Extreme
Cold Warning expired, and we were no longer in any sort of weather warning or
advisory, for the first time in a week and a half. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a sunny 4° with a windchill of âonlyâ
-9°. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be snowing again by
Thursday, though.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I opened a bin of
fabrics my late sister-in-law Janice gave me at Christmastime, 2013, a few
months before she passed away â and found a piece printed with Winnie-the-Pooh
characters on plaid, plain, and polka-dot squares to look like patchwork, in
pastels. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was the perfect size for
a baby quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A
little outlining and rulerwork, and itâll look like I went to a whole lot of
trouble. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
found some fabric that will make a cute backing for it, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">As I sorted through
the fabric, I found three more pieces that would work for baby boy quilts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve looked through her fabrics before, but
had not taken note of these, apparently because I was not in need of them at
the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of Janiceâs fabrics are printed
in small florals. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thatâs the trouble
with my small stash, too â an overabundance of small florals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOOk0muQKhp-mSxwALMP9EdTkVSAZECBn-hmRoVh1BrxmLykuRgWNxqzmDGwnsZkgBzoENZQOzZd0AToF365-UnC4VSv6uDRn02Frl9HxiJCtrZ2aiH6XNtusbnf3JwU_9NFOhR1SAXbbROrRdT9YYUp_AEDfov-mk0ddn_N3O6PEtpUgvH7YSIM5gRY/s976/Picture4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="976" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOOk0muQKhp-mSxwALMP9EdTkVSAZECBn-hmRoVh1BrxmLykuRgWNxqzmDGwnsZkgBzoENZQOzZd0AToF365-UnC4VSv6uDRn02Frl9HxiJCtrZ2aiH6XNtusbnf3JwU_9NFOhR1SAXbbROrRdT9YYUp_AEDfov-mk0ddn_N3O6PEtpUgvH7YSIM5gRY/s320/Picture4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One of these pieces
has toys printed all over it â boats and planes and Raggedy Andy and
Jack-in-the-Box and old cars and blocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cute!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So, obviously, I
need to call up Maria and tell her Iâd like to order a boy, to go with this
fabric I found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A helicopter flew
over, low. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Nebraska Department of
Natural Resources is in partnership with the Nebraska Emergency Management
Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers, and theyâre checking ice on the
rivers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Smith Falls area in the
northern part of the state has been issued a flood warning, because thereâs a
big ice jam on the Niobrara.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWb3-IpsFfdt4mHbjtzqUtGNRjTF8j_-W4ZU-SPei8lzDfYuSkzxnuskRcIhLKlNDMcUGDqd8ES5f3tG2gA3Yv_Is9Fs0wMLu8g2peamU8m8xv6AODPJBR_OFQOHK5fbkcFclytv2T1oHxQkpJ__Pl627ddAwdMpMIs6ZXcALqPeeTSnClTe_zIwakA/s856/Picture5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="856" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWb3-IpsFfdt4mHbjtzqUtGNRjTF8j_-W4ZU-SPei8lzDfYuSkzxnuskRcIhLKlNDMcUGDqd8ES5f3tG2gA3Yv_Is9Fs0wMLu8g2peamU8m8xv6AODPJBR_OFQOHK5fbkcFclytv2T1oHxQkpJ__Pl627ddAwdMpMIs6ZXcALqPeeTSnClTe_zIwakA/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Aarrgghh, Janiceâs
fabric often foils me, because she cut hunks out of corners â like a 6â x 8â
piece! â to take with her to the fabric store to get something to match it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Now Iâm trimming,
trimming...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Eventually
I got the backing for the Nine Puppies quilt ready, added a few more inches of
batting to the Frankenbatting {</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">} Iâd already sewed together, and loaded everything onto
my quilting frame. I aligned and taped the pantograph to the table,
dropped the needle into the quilt, pulled up the thread â and quit for the
night. Everything was ready for me to begin quilting the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQiZ8Absvba-DsoVLak7652OU7HgU264UxcrrBkAxA0LUXgeiz-3HJ_vJeA_Ql6WHLouTUph_p8v3DiiMB-zpiNMTnbjQfLRLYT8u9yC132pAsf28Tr1ZO5TjbSWo7Tkw5xdZH_A8GuRIgmDY4QsKwVXQEp9-7iyfEAEDpLMHjtji5Tpzs5XspmuMJHQ/s868/Picture6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="868" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQiZ8Absvba-DsoVLak7652OU7HgU264UxcrrBkAxA0LUXgeiz-3HJ_vJeA_Ql6WHLouTUph_p8v3DiiMB-zpiNMTnbjQfLRLYT8u9yC132pAsf28Tr1ZO5TjbSWo7Tkw5xdZH_A8GuRIgmDY4QsKwVXQEp9-7iyfEAEDpLMHjtji5Tpzs5XspmuMJHQ/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Tuesday night for supper,
we shared a Marie Callenderâs chicken pot pie and Panera Bread broccoli cheddar
soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had kiwi watermelon juice to
drink, and peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream for dessert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After supper, Larry went
out and shoveled the Mercedes out of the drift it was buried in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had to charge the battery; it was plumb
flat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then gave it a try on the
snow-and-ice-covered roads, and concluded that it goes well through that stuff.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaI0TZiCvK5wD-36w7p98KlS5O0YcRNnZG6xMV-LU0byLVd8_DPJBKNkb9gPNbfyi4Dod5aDmcFP9ycuc3JF0nxJRpX3xNSQfAviM340rhyphenhypheneMwVHYChDts2j1dGpQCrsoAjgwkj7dg8vVK5LWcWj9RGoPxElC6OtXZLj6S-Efr8I4HgWwXX66hk8s2KE/s885/Picture7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="885" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaI0TZiCvK5wD-36w7p98KlS5O0YcRNnZG6xMV-LU0byLVd8_DPJBKNkb9gPNbfyi4Dod5aDmcFP9ycuc3JF0nxJRpX3xNSQfAviM340rhyphenhypheneMwVHYChDts2j1dGpQCrsoAjgwkj7dg8vVK5LWcWj9RGoPxElC6OtXZLj6S-Efr8I4HgWwXX66hk8s2KE/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When we drove it in
snow and ice on Christmas Day, it behaved strangely, feeling all... ? âwobblyâ,
I guess. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We kept slowing down... slowing
down... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were only going about 35 mph
on that 75-mph highway! â but everyone else was going about the same speed, so
it was all right. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6N_1vTmH7tdQSsC09khhgMDYQ3aXV_hFTouJO_LPIxEh8X6hNVmm_j1jJ8p8Vmg3gqvqE29EbTRi2wrlBYhaEkq8OvwLJ65deo1yFh4I3nTRouckCCpJEAGFjpU901dLIg0Tz8gnQ9iFLB7-YtJjMkOx_MYWpe_u3Lpil0QYtb5JzuKfJwkGjvkV_IA/s880/Picture8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6N_1vTmH7tdQSsC09khhgMDYQ3aXV_hFTouJO_LPIxEh8X6hNVmm_j1jJ8p8Vmg3gqvqE29EbTRi2wrlBYhaEkq8OvwLJ65deo1yFh4I3nTRouckCCpJEAGFjpU901dLIg0Tz8gnQ9iFLB7-YtJjMkOx_MYWpe_u3Lpil0QYtb5JzuKfJwkGjvkV_IA/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We were behind a
snowplow part of the time, and the car in front of us started around it â
without checking their side-view mirrors (which may have been iced over). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They ran a Yukon that was in the left lane
right off into the median â then saw them and swerved back to the right, nearly
side-swiping the snowplow. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">What with the
strange-acting Mercedes and the near-miss (should be ânear-<i>hitâ,</i> shouldnât
it?) directly in front of us, we got to the Christmas dinner with our tails a
little bushier than usual. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I think the sensors
in our vehicle were misbehaving, because the previous day it had rained, and
drain holes in the roof were plugged, and it leaked a little on the dash. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The electronics were putting up a bit of a
fuss, with the temperature knob on one side not working right, and a couple of
other switches doing odd things. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry
blow-dried the dash and unplugged the drain holes later that night, and things
got back to normal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Cars with so many
electronics shoâ ânuff have more things to worry about than the Model T did! </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larryâs experience
driving it that day made him decide the BMW with its new studded snow tires was
the better choice; but I drove the Mercedes to Omaha days later, and it behaved
fine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuesday night after he drove it,
Larry proclaimed it âeven better than the Beemerâ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, I thought so, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The Beemer is a
2002. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs a good little SUV, but I say
itâs a âlog wagonâ in comparison to the 2016 Merc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wednesday morning, Victoria
sent pictures of the older children with baby Arnold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing like a new baby, to make your other
babies look lots bigger and more grown up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They would be on their way home that afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK3zLNFO6NZHCS-GpUKfbup1yB9lopw8cMC8zpwoTcGUw4cJ0BcaoH_EJiJ-Z1hq8hpgWLhG85eFLDYy1IbNVvbtB17UKGm4usU_CYC5JVZKigTSsZelf42V2JimiNDYYng-wa8RF6ZKVeW3pLVxHf3Rf2jBr3S_X5pD6ZAksmAT5NFDTyDWKbB_ChjE/s992/Picture9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK3zLNFO6NZHCS-GpUKfbup1yB9lopw8cMC8zpwoTcGUw4cJ0BcaoH_EJiJ-Z1hq8hpgWLhG85eFLDYy1IbNVvbtB17UKGm4usU_CYC5JVZKigTSsZelf42V2JimiNDYYng-wa8RF6ZKVeW3pLVxHf3Rf2jBr3S_X5pD6ZAksmAT5NFDTyDWKbB_ChjE/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOjKmmEf77WrA_0hIc0hprGpSqt79DqDQOzYFmGJwW3xRFhfJdHlQQ75r0leklU4uhZfCWKC6fpfX_b_CL6v_9tAUK7kpzOz6O0LKrxB9S4nZXzNn2ESuRPepYBNmLV02a4ALbwkEBKdmcKe7jWW_HIhv0gmqd2fD3kKHCWsH664D8yz7-Za1-koiAMo/s1012/Picture10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOjKmmEf77WrA_0hIc0hprGpSqt79DqDQOzYFmGJwW3xRFhfJdHlQQ75r0leklU4uhZfCWKC6fpfX_b_CL6v_9tAUK7kpzOz6O0LKrxB9S4nZXzNn2ESuRPepYBNmLV02a4ALbwkEBKdmcKe7jWW_HIhv0gmqd2fD3kKHCWsH664D8yz7-Za1-koiAMo/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I quilted the Nine
Puppies quilt from the bottom up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve
done it both ways, but, especially when itâs a directional pantograph that I
havenât used before, I prefer to use it right side up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to quilt with a directional
pantograph and start from the <i>top</i> of the quilt, one must put the
pantograph on the quilt table upside down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">One drawback to doing
it this way is that it throws placement of panto at the top edge of the quilt
to the wind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows, the pups might
be missing their heads, on that last pantograph row! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided not to worry about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Once upon a time,
back in the early days of my quilting, I was quilting a directional quilt for a
friend. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had mountain scenery and
mountain animals on it, so I was using a pantograph with bears, moose, and
trees. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had finished the first border
when I realized.... ... ... <i>the pantograph was upside down.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When things like
that happen, it first makes my heart thump hard a time or two, and then I get
boiling hot from head to foot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I stood and looked
at it, and considered my options.</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Somehow, that
pantograph had perfectly fit into the border. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soooo... I flipped the pantograph around,
marked where I should start and stop so as not to quilt into the side borders,
and proceeded on through the quilt until I got to the border at the other end,
making sure to stop in time to again fit the panto into the bottom border.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5OW3ZTKNheshkAioE-VDf2VSQ2ijUbMvjlJcUtYtpM5CHwP7Kv8kNTQrE8lxGN92wcCAc8yvOnfZTevS_txOCQ76WqThIL2W2H8xaA4Kide7FZdHQUgCuuIABF0n2bvYafkXLCNuZmLrQRzsH4AJwFoYFwg07CMYLldZXULQkjYn14ET4uS19Ty5N9M/s990/Picture11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="990" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5OW3ZTKNheshkAioE-VDf2VSQ2ijUbMvjlJcUtYtpM5CHwP7Kv8kNTQrE8lxGN92wcCAc8yvOnfZTevS_txOCQ76WqThIL2W2H8xaA4Kide7FZdHQUgCuuIABF0n2bvYafkXLCNuZmLrQRzsH4AJwFoYFwg07CMYLldZXULQkjYn14ET4uS19Ty5N9M/s320/Picture11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Then I removed the
quilt from the frame and reloaded it sideways, so I could quilt the pantograph
into the side borders, making sure its orientation was outward-facing, all the
way around.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My friend, upon
seeing her quilt and taking a good, close look at it, was right properly
delighted over how Iâd done that border. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept still, and let everyone think I was all
artsy and talented and stuff, as opposed to just blunder-prone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0ps_MgNdJTdxsUDAKOqa-wyxfznS9Osdod319Tyi1FKnOAgMpANJvyfqDQDiJJJeIa1-FeeT1RFMpaCFcNrZIEGhgQn1SWqV6rOA6vZ7sRFoxMK05xGrpZ1okqULpZexjrnAmCntr0hkymrIizP4i67RGr5NDtcG5nxIgrT_hsTjQKVOgWiUtw0szRw/s944/Picture12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="944" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0ps_MgNdJTdxsUDAKOqa-wyxfznS9Osdod319Tyi1FKnOAgMpANJvyfqDQDiJJJeIa1-FeeT1RFMpaCFcNrZIEGhgQn1SWqV6rOA6vZ7sRFoxMK05xGrpZ1okqULpZexjrnAmCntr0hkymrIizP4i67RGr5NDtcG5nxIgrT_hsTjQKVOgWiUtw0szRw/s320/Picture12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The photo on the
left shows the back of the Nine Puppies quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">By the
time I quit quilting when it was time to go to church, I had reached the
midpoint of the quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorBdMet5MrEAgUiuIon9-b41rTnxDwxfAY599Ls5HSA-oY4PwYzZXM_vOx3ynbqaMk6QCStefr5MU7xOnL0fV5ZON5u2nG3Pz0dRsbrRz8faOWmW39BrQKUA9tgxJbeTBSneWFqjFj_4cmsTI5Ayb-K6hiZIsZbUbNqkcbHjo1avanRdWcek_RfXq9e0/s958/Picture13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="958" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorBdMet5MrEAgUiuIon9-b41rTnxDwxfAY599Ls5HSA-oY4PwYzZXM_vOx3ynbqaMk6QCStefr5MU7xOnL0fV5ZON5u2nG3Pz0dRsbrRz8faOWmW39BrQKUA9tgxJbeTBSneWFqjFj_4cmsTI5Ayb-K6hiZIsZbUbNqkcbHjo1avanRdWcek_RfXq9e0/s320/Picture13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After the service,
we doled out a couple of graduation gifts and a birthday gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Emma, a crystal plaque with a Bible verse
etched into it; for Nathanael, a pair of gloves; and for Joanna, who is now 21,
a set of four vintage brass birds, collectorsâ items from Avon.<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Joanna soon sent a
thank-you along with a picture of the birds displayed on a white wooden jewelry
box she has on her wall (not this photo).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTSPbPK64V494LwGt0A0E1mMsPSx-Q9ZaMnhwEHNzICaR4ZONWR5AD5BQGJXgdQGhmmgZGYaP1e38wVl3fhRkz45zzSR1P8rEhiKe61OFfRvovsQi2QgXthBroJOEzzSG_GPwRfDKN0kDbNfiWRgnYdMj5ydC-rGk1ZGfLI1EWjVURHUEjgifSlfF968/s1051/Picture14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="1051" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTSPbPK64V494LwGt0A0E1mMsPSx-Q9ZaMnhwEHNzICaR4ZONWR5AD5BQGJXgdQGhmmgZGYaP1e38wVl3fhRkz45zzSR1P8rEhiKe61OFfRvovsQi2QgXthBroJOEzzSG_GPwRfDKN0kDbNfiWRgnYdMj5ydC-rGk1ZGfLI1EWjVURHUEjgifSlfF968/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThey look neat
there!â I responded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI hope one doesnât
fly off and peck you on the head when youâre least expecting it.â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After
leaving the church, we went Kurt and Victoriaâs house to see Baby Arnold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Victoria
was caring for the baby, so we entertained Willie and chatted with Carolyn and
Violet for a few minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found some
school papers of Carolynâs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheâs in kindergarten,
and on these papers she was learning the letter Z and words that start with that
letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She prints her name very neatly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
complimented her on it, then told her, âThatâs really nice that youâve already
gotten to the letter Z, because thatâs the very last letter, so now you wonât have
to go to school anymore.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She turned
and looked at me quickly, a small grin on her face, and then she set out to
explain to me that there was a lot more to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âNo, Z
is the very last thing!â I told her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She
giggled, âBut <i>Grandma!</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
other things besides letters of the alphabet!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She
pretty well <i>knew </i>I was kidding, yet she carefully explained things to
me, very much reminding me of trying hard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to explain things to my father, who was
purposely being quite obtuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <i>knew</i>
it, yet I explained. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">đ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Little
Willie looks like a big boy, next to his baby brother! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stood and watched as we took turns holding
the baby, a cute little smile on his face â and then each time we traded off,
he held up his arms to whichever one of us was baby-less, in order to
have <i>his</i> turn at being held.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Todd and Dorcas had
8 or 9 inches of snow where they live near Blaine, Tennessee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dorcas sent this picture of the view
from their house.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvv_Eb-H8e1j_spj6Sqxe0Jt-EGeO76rceWk0gww5dWub6RrYU3rC8BEoO5q0e5r3yplZfRpORs2J7AKSFURnGQMryzTtedwwFeqRaMV_i50zAd8cg90EgZyRgywp70X14kmsYGBjX2FxuxoryobP59uTcwgvxMqIH5OTmFIpowyijc4vVUENTTVfHWs/s386/Picture15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="386" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvv_Eb-H8e1j_spj6Sqxe0Jt-EGeO76rceWk0gww5dWub6RrYU3rC8BEoO5q0e5r3yplZfRpORs2J7AKSFURnGQMryzTtedwwFeqRaMV_i50zAd8cg90EgZyRgywp70X14kmsYGBjX2FxuxoryobP59uTcwgvxMqIH5OTmFIpowyijc4vVUENTTVfHWs/s320/Picture15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThe snow was over
the Tennessee Valley instead of the Smoky Mountains,â she said, âso we got more
snow than the mountains did, which is very unusual. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people are stuck in their homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A firetruck overturned on one of the roads
nearby.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She has
a bruised nose, because she went to </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">get an icicle off
the side of the house for the kids, sliding open the top of a window to reach
it â but the blinds fell down and hit her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It brought tears to her
eyes, and her glasses flew off. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Little Brooklyn kept
saying, âItâs okay, Mommy; itâs okay!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Trevor went and got
the ice pack for her nose, which had quickly turned black and blue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âBut the icicle
filled the whole sink and went almost to the wall!â she finished.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Meanwhile, Larry went
out to knock down those big icicles that were hanging over our back patio door,
âso they donât fall and hit you when you go out to fill the bird feeders!â he
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIâve already been
out there and taken pictures of them,â said I.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âFigures,â muttered
Larry, rolling his eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">When I was little,
gigantic icicles used to form off the corner of the old church, as big around
as a manâs leg. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother nearly had a
heart attack one day when she looked out the window and saw me, at about age three
or four, standing directly under one, catching water droplets on my tongue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She rushed to the
door, calling, âSarah Lynn!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get out from
under that icicle before it falls and knocks you out!â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âOut of what?â I called
back, hurriedly moving away from it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThat thing is big
enough to <i>kill</i> you if it fell on you!â exclaimed my mother. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âAnd that water is filthy dirty,â she
added.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âIt has washed down from the
roof, taking all that dirt with it.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The dirtiness made <i>much
</i>more of an impression on me than the fact that it could kill me. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Yuck, dirty water! </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">đ </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> (After all, I was quite alive â but I <i>had </i>swallowed
down dirty water. Bleah. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I heard
that story a number of times as I grew up, and years later, I found it written
in my baby book, in my motherâs pretty cursive handwriting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Late Thursday
morning, we had a little snow coming down, and it was 16° with a windchill of
-2°.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #F8F9FA; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By a quarter after one, it was snowing up a storm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not see the top of the hill half a
block to the north. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much for the âlittle
skiffâ of snow weâd been expecting!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Dorcas<b> </b>sent another
picture, writing, â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Look what I found when I went to feed the
goats this morning.â</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YFpA0vAby_5SuEFjM-_qvCcQrMxGIMxdBHVDYtAsheOVe5SXvXRmDAagmHlnP_7c7EVfvCAzzw8FcWQRmoiufFk8KrjdkFKSbQ3Tt93-pbnFQvNN6vCBK0BSITjr5QdJ-PnFfB4rkVUeASuIG3IW9qv2cL-iuicdgdttj6UwV7RsL-CcW50tJ26EWko/s415/Picture16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="415" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YFpA0vAby_5SuEFjM-_qvCcQrMxGIMxdBHVDYtAsheOVe5SXvXRmDAagmHlnP_7c7EVfvCAzzw8FcWQRmoiufFk8KrjdkFKSbQ3Tt93-pbnFQvNN6vCBK0BSITjr5QdJ-PnFfB4rkVUeASuIG3IW9qv2cL-iuicdgdttj6UwV7RsL-CcW50tJ26EWko/s320/Picture16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GZ_OB5uamXTbBpnwTYwY7lqLYAax9lgrv9nj3zeIijaPGwFZY-BiJrhyphenhyphenBhuVNYSAchEF1WvUsIMsiWQfwNakwpOEXt4zavKyPiFWt-NHt0n5eXuAZuu29vECD5hbjQfkwCpbbybJUcVrcbUtUQqsbTHYMVonv0ndvaijKkl_iStZY9rmyyuIjgjjlwA/s414/Picture17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GZ_OB5uamXTbBpnwTYwY7lqLYAax9lgrv9nj3zeIijaPGwFZY-BiJrhyphenhyphenBhuVNYSAchEF1WvUsIMsiWQfwNakwpOEXt4zavKyPiFWt-NHt0n5eXuAZuu29vECD5hbjQfkwCpbbybJUcVrcbUtUQqsbTHYMVonv0ndvaijKkl_iStZY9rmyyuIjgjjlwA/s320/Picture17.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It was a</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
new baby goat!</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">They are</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">
so happy to have another little goat, because last year they lost 19 goats
after someone put a bunch of wild cherry branches, cut into small pieces, in
the middle of their barnyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wild
cherry is poisonous to goats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The person
or persons had also put wild cherries in their water barrel, and Todd and
Dorcas didnât realize it for a while, and couldnât understand why goats kept
dying, no matter <i>how </i>they tried to save them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They now keep water
right by the fence and fill it every day, keeping watch to make sure such a
thing doesnât happen again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They reported it to
the police, but nothing has come of it, even though it happened to some of
their neighbors who raise goats, too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone was obviously targeting them â someone
who knew enough about goats to know what would poison them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isnât that horrible?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Just before 3:30 p.m., a
huge gust of wind rattled the whole house. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked out the window â and found a regular <i>blizzard</i>
out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, it was a total whiteout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind was shrieking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Thank goodness Kurt and
Victoria and their little family were home safe and sound!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">If Baby Arnie hadâve
arrived on time, it wouldâve been in the middle of a blizzard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he wouldâve been four days late, it
wouldâve been during <i>another </i>blizzard, with all the roads they wouldâve
needed to travel closed and impassable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then, had they waited one more day to come home from the hospital, they
wouldâve gotten caught in that fierce snowsquall!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We had prayed every
day that they would be protected, and I believe God answered our prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little Arnold was eight days late â but safe
and well, traveling between blizzards!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My laptop fan began making
alarming noises that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
has a turbo fan, and I turned it on for a bit, hoping that would jar it back
into its senses; but it did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs so
high-pitched, Larry wonât be able to hear it, and will therefore think there is
nothing wrong with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I cleaned it
thoroughly with canned air, but the noise didnât stop; so </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
took about 15 minutes to back up all my latest photos and documents onto my
three external hard drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve continued
doing that each day, and will keep it up until I can get another laptop and
send this one off to be repaired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youâll
perhaps recall that it was replaced with a new one last spring when the
charging jack went kaput.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That jack is
hardwired directly to the motherboard in this laptop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major design flaw, if you ask me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe Acer thinks theyâll sell more laptops,
when the jacks go bad?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to me, they
wonât!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The warranty is still
good, so they should fix the fan at no cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I donât want to be left with nothing but that two-bit thing that
used to be Normaâs, <i>ever again.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ugh, that was awful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might as
well have had an abacus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew better
than to even <i>try </i>to use EQ8 or PaintShop Pro on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those programs wouldâve put that poor laptop
down in smoldering ashes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had months earlier
reformatted the thing, and I thought it would be a good little computer with
which I could make do until the Acer was fixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aaarrrggghhh, <i>aaarrrggghhhh.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I hope to get a new HP,
and get it all set up and loaded with my data before sending the Acer in for repairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, the Acer is still working fine,
but it sounds rough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs not
overheating yet, so all is well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That day, Bobby and
Hannah went to Omaha to take a large number of Bobbyâs late mother Bethanyâs books
to the Half-Price Bookstore. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had hoped
to get back before the snow started, but it took the workers a good two hours
to process all the books and pay them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThis was one of the
scariest drives home!â wrote Hannah.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">She sent this
picture, saying, âMy phone sees through snow and fog better than we can, so it
was even worse than this shows.â<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCI7vSD03Sekb2qv96TOW1bSjq9n9hdhJYaldVR8NEFglpNALsjKGXpHH9RsijCFPrmHpvITSN3JwjR9ZD6aMVDG62-74wnggqf8SIM6sOAFdtmS_gPzuFt_GEPt3QBiDY2vQWC7ctug5zWKFNzsVGBOY_Vkj7Cb49XVkWR0sM-JRT-rLEuCEWlsEZGg/s393/Picture18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="393" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCI7vSD03Sekb2qv96TOW1bSjq9n9hdhJYaldVR8NEFglpNALsjKGXpHH9RsijCFPrmHpvITSN3JwjR9ZD6aMVDG62-74wnggqf8SIM6sOAFdtmS_gPzuFt_GEPt3QBiDY2vQWC7ctug5zWKFNzsVGBOY_Vkj7Cb49XVkWR0sM-JRT-rLEuCEWlsEZGg/s320/Picture18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âYikes,â I exclaimed,
âyou were <i>driving</i> in that???!!!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
IS scary. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldnât even see the neighborsâ
house across the lane at times, and to the south and east it was a total whiteout.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âWe kept moving to
avoid getting hit,â Hannah said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It got worse after
the Schuyler exits, so there wasnât any good place for them to pull off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were relieved to finally get home safely
â and have their beef stew Hannah had made in her Dutch oven. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw71NIjPJGomwmPTY-GiOF_S8cJixm-RA7Xfobh0hDGQSSyjDDENN_WhD1wGQrHkLoM4bDhFpUGMg5VmlQRaKDSAaZIH9IfpadYgCRPSA2VKrTkLTIc5qRBjiKDODlPJLge3Atgx3HhKDJlC38PUMZaDJ5PBAyqFSirF0lelrdD0vnooIoxBzl7y_HwA/s348/Picture19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="348" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw71NIjPJGomwmPTY-GiOF_S8cJixm-RA7Xfobh0hDGQSSyjDDENN_WhD1wGQrHkLoM4bDhFpUGMg5VmlQRaKDSAaZIH9IfpadYgCRPSA2VKrTkLTIc5qRBjiKDODlPJLge3Atgx3HhKDJlC38PUMZaDJ5PBAyqFSirF0lelrdD0vnooIoxBzl7y_HwA/s320/Picture19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I learned right
about the same time that Larry had been on his way to Genoa when the snowsquall
hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âNo one could see
anything at all,â he told me, âand all the cars on the road just came to a
complete stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hoping a truck
wouldnât plow into everyone.â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We soon found out
that there had been a vehicle pile-up between Humphrey and Lindsay, about 25
miles to our north, involving around 25 cars, with 75 more backed up and unable
to get through or turn around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXxIBbU9fqp9QdVDRafboKfJ0nnnotmIor4KlKJYtxCQ5CRogSxEIsXKkVGXzvEN7eOlSq05Am47dT-nb1kfGSNOOHVtHgrVuL_VF7mZ-ZzcqS9QIg7eOYAHjf-VXYlUTcd1PWYZc64hGmooG4VGh-W-Y4B5rqoKXSkAMn41NxtFdGM1beOYemCr5_48/s393/Picture20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="393" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXxIBbU9fqp9QdVDRafboKfJ0nnnotmIor4KlKJYtxCQ5CRogSxEIsXKkVGXzvEN7eOlSq05Am47dT-nb1kfGSNOOHVtHgrVuL_VF7mZ-ZzcqS9QIg7eOYAHjf-VXYlUTcd1PWYZc64hGmooG4VGh-W-Y4B5rqoKXSkAMn41NxtFdGM1beOYemCr5_48/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Fortunately, no one
was seriously hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Hannah has crocheted
a cute little layette set for Baby Arnold, and now she is working on a blanket.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXg_Pb0Dq2zQkR7XpNcS-XImhmMGk2xRo5uE7UF0bTBNeW-dvQZhNF347YVKVMVhTB2CJ-Eu_tTyGH62b9EaNa6KuXQgLvTVE0MQJAR5Ian8cxF3-tCwRbK6duvURSrckNx41WiE4UAircCbYXbp12Q7VFlcW_O_oee2ENURmnA3GU-w1XCEnLHDbOLE/s424/Picture21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="424" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXg_Pb0Dq2zQkR7XpNcS-XImhmMGk2xRo5uE7UF0bTBNeW-dvQZhNF347YVKVMVhTB2CJ-Eu_tTyGH62b9EaNa6KuXQgLvTVE0MQJAR5Ian8cxF3-tCwRbK6duvURSrckNx41WiE4UAircCbYXbp12Q7VFlcW_O_oee2ENURmnA3GU-w1XCEnLHDbOLE/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHVdss3BQlt7Rm-EiGyW2SUwRgDXsB07oj_5YKFfT818heMhQ2k3naEeVruatgf_75yHwtloyviNr1GOd68KcAWk1_mJUZTJ-ZwCkm5O3V7gIE0TJju6ECqN_RHmpeDke1AoW9YSMPIbL-uFR4IlJLv1IPeSHNXCV8IBUx0zxM4ZV2m71NAHivJzoJDY/s427/Picture22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="427" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHVdss3BQlt7Rm-EiGyW2SUwRgDXsB07oj_5YKFfT818heMhQ2k3naEeVruatgf_75yHwtloyviNr1GOd68KcAWk1_mJUZTJ-ZwCkm5O3V7gIE0TJju6ECqN_RHmpeDke1AoW9YSMPIbL-uFR4IlJLv1IPeSHNXCV8IBUx0zxM4ZV2m71NAHivJzoJDY/s320/Picture22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I got a call from
one of the staff at Prairie Meadows telling me that a water pipe had broken and
flooded the hallway by Lorenâs room. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
lady said Loren was fine, and if it took too long for the hallway to dry, they
had another room where he could stay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
were trying to be extra careful, so no one slipped on a wet floor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A water main broke
near Methodist and Childrenâs Hospitals in downtown Omaha, too, pouring out
water as deep as six inches in some spots and resulting in heavy ice on the streets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That afternoon, I
wrote to SquareTrade concerning my washing machine, âThe latch/ lock you sent
arrived right between two big blizzards that hit us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband Larry got it put on, and itâs
working correctly, and the error message is gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âHowever, it didnât
fix the glitch that has been occurring ever since we got the machine up and
running again:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter what setting I
use, it gets stuck on the final spin at about 35 minutes (or 50 minutes, on the
longer settings).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It spins slowly enough
that the water does not drain well out of the clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must stop the cycle and put it on Drain
& Spin to finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âAarrgghh.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">For our supper that
evening, I cooked some pork side meat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
tried cooking it in the microwave like I do bacon about a week ago, and I
inadvertently made several pairs of Italian shoe soles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This time, I put it
in the Instant Pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also put some
carrots in there, wrapped in alooon-uh-mum (as the spoiled kid on the Andy
Griffiths show said), and with salt and butter added. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put them in aluminum because I donât like
them tasting too much like pork.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The meat was very good
this time, so tender it was hard to get out of the pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But next time I fix pork sides, Iâm going to
try crisping it in the cast iron skillet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I had placed a Wal-Mart
order earlier that day, and chose 9-10 p.m. as my pickup time (indeed, it was
the only time available).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">At 8:45 p.m., I got this
notice:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sorry, your Walmart pickup is delayed until 9:29pm, and weâll keep you
posted.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">At 9:34,
this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âSorry, weâre still working on
your Walmart pickup. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weâll let you know
when itâs ready.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">No more
texts arrived, but I did get an email from them at exactly 11:06 p.m.:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âYour pickup order is ready, Sarah Lynn! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weâre sorry again for the delay with your
curbside pickup, but your items are now prepped and waiting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can pick them up in the next hour. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Download and use the app to let us know when
youâre on the way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That helps us make
sure you can get your items as quick as possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep in mind, some oversized items might not
be able to fit in bags at pickup.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yeah,
well, thatâs nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the thing is, the
store closes at 11:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What in
the world??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The
quilting was done on the Nine Puppies quilt by 11:30 that night. The
binding was cut and sewn together, ready to be attached to the quilt the next
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisssv-gVJF60Mw_p2EwOebpaF3sgytWQpiFeS0sjRmUdSm1AOhg9Ylhw__rsvq3G1dLYu8WesuYaO2FWIjs25nSGJHUqnMmjM-Ll0fMwUH6ZbttAx-nXrhmOjqqZwEGZTy3SSrXQppMdr60fpAWu-LLOmRHtbQZt-ozw3HfcD2KhRav7SUN74_jSIdG8/s929/Picture23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="929" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisssv-gVJF60Mw_p2EwOebpaF3sgytWQpiFeS0sjRmUdSm1AOhg9Ylhw__rsvq3G1dLYu8WesuYaO2FWIjs25nSGJHUqnMmjM-Ll0fMwUH6ZbttAx-nXrhmOjqqZwEGZTy3SSrXQppMdr60fpAWu-LLOmRHtbQZt-ozw3HfcD2KhRav7SUN74_jSIdG8/s320/Picture23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I checked the temperature
before heading to bed:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was -2° with a
windchill of -31°, and wind gusting up to 34 mph.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I received a text from
Wal-Mart at 6:10 a.m. Friday morning, telling me my pickup order was
ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They sent it again at 9:26 a.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry picked it up that evening after he got
off work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I also
got a cheery email from SquareTrade:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hi Sarah,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">âCertainly!â<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(âCertainlyâ, <i>what?)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">âAs soon as you hire a technician
and send me the paid repair invoice after repair is complete, Iâd be happy to
reimburse that for you right away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">âKind Regards, Allstate Protection
Plansâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">All that
cheeriness did nothing but annoy me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âAs you
discovered for yourselves,â I retorted, âthere is no technician to be found in
our area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">âI
repeat, <b><i>there is no technician to be found.</i></b>â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I got a
response in three minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Three
minutes!!!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">â</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In that
case, my team will instead refund you for the price you paid for the
appliance.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wow, <i>that</i> changed my attitude
in a <i>hurry.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">âThank you,â I wrote back, all
humble and sweet. âI appreciate it.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I received an email today telling me
the check has been sent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Astonishing.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Weâll go
on using the washer until we get a new one, though itâs an aggravation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps weâll save ourselves some time and
get the washing machine and a laptop at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">That
day, I put the binding on the Nine Puppies quilt, then machine-embroidered the label
and attached it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkMJ_zUucRnBd4E3lw6ctmn8vqzVx1NJBaeeYaBkNKaA9K08Gd3IuIwdjoVitqzBvTXFMuKLoEzNS3JcA5VGJyY-s89n79JZ37StBVwdymkqTlkPpxaBy8vhzmFZ9oVVglduR_YaDrpZLC09LYe5gxjZbbXzfd2okfshASpLW05qXQy_9vDJR5tKbYzk/s939/Picture24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="939" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkMJ_zUucRnBd4E3lw6ctmn8vqzVx1NJBaeeYaBkNKaA9K08Gd3IuIwdjoVitqzBvTXFMuKLoEzNS3JcA5VGJyY-s89n79JZ37StBVwdymkqTlkPpxaBy8vhzmFZ9oVVglduR_YaDrpZLC09LYe5gxjZbbXzfd2okfshASpLW05qXQy_9vDJR5tKbYzk/s320/Picture24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9WdrdrBEdWZ4Qf0uZGQZwbXDNXXGL_o_UhF3Z1TYW0K4644RGrTw6KsxKPYZtbfCoftBUp-wAqgaJ1acRtrNJE4PHX233ZtRis-3qTpKT4RShUy8WFMN43sW-lRBSzBnJLNWz9b_rycKusY6xLC_BZBZBGiuVc8qTTtraxna2Xk4trB4o0olTvLvpwU/s889/Picture25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="737" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9WdrdrBEdWZ4Qf0uZGQZwbXDNXXGL_o_UhF3Z1TYW0K4644RGrTw6KsxKPYZtbfCoftBUp-wAqgaJ1acRtrNJE4PHX233ZtRis-3qTpKT4RShUy8WFMN43sW-lRBSzBnJLNWz9b_rycKusY6xLC_BZBZBGiuVc8qTTtraxna2Xk4trB4o0olTvLvpwU/s320/Picture25.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">We managed to go a few
hours without any weather advisories or warnings, but by nightfall we were back
in a windchill advisory, with windchills down to -30°. The actual
temperature at 2:00 a.m. was -15°.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Saturday
was a cold day, with a high of 5°. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the
wind was only blowing at 10-15 mph, so the windchill was just -6°, instead of
the -35° to -45° weâd been having during the last few days. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got ready to go see Loren â and </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">then
discovered my phone wasnât charging. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried
a different charger, but it still wouldnât charge. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried a different cord, and finally, after
wiggling it around, whistling Dixie backwards, and crossing the two middle toes
on my left foot, it began charging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">That was a little worrisome, in view of the fact that after
a couple of nights hitting -40° and -47° temperatures, respectively, the
battery on the Mercedes had been flat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore,
Larry wasnât able to come to Omaha with me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I decided Iâd better
stay home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I headed upstairs to my
quilting studio to make Trevorâs pillow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Looking for a piece of
piping to go around the pillow, I opened one of Janiceâs bins that I had in the
corner of my sewing room, and discovered all <i>sorts </i>of things I either
didnât know were in there, or had forgotten all about:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Rowenta iron that looks brand new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A pair of Gingher duck-bill scissors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A pair of Gingher 8â Featherweight (only 2
oz.) scissors with the âsofterâ black plastic handles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A yard of beautiful 2â Venice lace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buttons, snips, Sharpies in various colors,
glue, envelopes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A set of Klassé
scissors â shears and snips, with gold handles and a stork crafted into the
snipsâ handle, and a gold thimble, all in a black velvet case inside a box. <span style="background: #F8F9FA;"> Itâs a 25-year commemorative set from Sewing
with Nancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>I have a feeling I
once gave that set to Janice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">No piping, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I opened the next bin â and found the piping I needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Curious, I pulled out the <i>next</i> bin (all
three were Janiceâs) â and discovered itâs plumb full of thread!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Wheee, this was as good as Christmas!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0_ymEJWmesIs4fbhkbuUIGkMBLdMVHK1tfJs-VIVVMnrw2EGmyn_c83M8dO_fv0zKt7yREPdnH4KCZFf2aAYymnGnFxsqylgmzU3py5IQmCoIIA2SMvbNnIoyAmHRTj0EnyYxI3oHjMa4cb5ZnsGpEqvafK_d6PTKgJm6L_KIvFxKKmpY7ulRvXzpVg/s1008/Picture26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1008" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0_ymEJWmesIs4fbhkbuUIGkMBLdMVHK1tfJs-VIVVMnrw2EGmyn_c83M8dO_fv0zKt7yREPdnH4KCZFf2aAYymnGnFxsqylgmzU3py5IQmCoIIA2SMvbNnIoyAmHRTj0EnyYxI3oHjMa4cb5ZnsGpEqvafK_d6PTKgJm6L_KIvFxKKmpY7ulRvXzpVg/s320/Picture26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry, however, wasnât
having as good a time as I was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had
gone to Wayne, 77 miles to the northeast, to pick up a Jeep with a bad clutch
for his friend in Genoa, for whom he often works on vehicles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loaded the Jeep on his trailer and headed
home â but was only on the south side of Wayne when the clutch went out in his
pickup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He knew the clutch was
gimpy, and had purchased new parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, those very parts were sitting in the back seat of the pickup right that
moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that didnât do him (or the
truck) any good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Since both Teddyâs and Calebâs pickups are needing some
repair, he called the friend heâd been helping with snow removal, and asked if
he could come help him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He could, and he
did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">By 7:30 p.m., the Nine Puppies quilt and pillow were done. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pillow used up a good chunk of batting
scraps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will send these to Trevor for
his 8<sup>th</sup> birthday, which is February 26.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiGSLu7Rib53znmKZGuI4lb7GfvF6Ni9S8F-BwJKiVwyIV8FELvWxCsbdavBejcbFfJDo7In2Y80yitQGFbnJJGQEWFt5k79DgAKZzviAUTiAgQVquzGB9bZmSzZvtbyIKhgv2MCjYrlLZg3chUYpkOIm2z1S-d-b81JwX2C5Yp6QEHPDpdE0JTCIsWg/s901/Picture27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="901" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiGSLu7Rib53znmKZGuI4lb7GfvF6Ni9S8F-BwJKiVwyIV8FELvWxCsbdavBejcbFfJDo7In2Y80yitQGFbnJJGQEWFt5k79DgAKZzviAUTiAgQVquzGB9bZmSzZvtbyIKhgv2MCjYrlLZg3chUYpkOIm2z1S-d-b81JwX2C5Yp6QEHPDpdE0JTCIsWg/s320/Picture27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The quilt measures 76.5â x 76.5â. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sewed together a whole lot of scraps of
80/20 (poly/cotton) for the batting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is 40-weight Blue Ice Omni thread on top, and 60-weight Cream Bottom Line in
the bobbin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pantograph is âHalf Pintâ
by Patricia E. Ritter & Denise Schillinger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Now, since new grandbaby
Arnold interrupted my orderly progression through the list of grandchildren
from youngest to oldest, and particularly since I found that Winnie-the-Pooh
print amongst Janiceâs fabrics, I decided to interrupt my progression in order
to make a quilt for <i>him.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Baby
Arnold, that is, not for Winnie-the-Pooh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The piece measures 44â x 45â.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I pieced
together the backing, then some batting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The batting only took a couple of seams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do <i>not</i> wish to sew together strip after strip and square after
square of batting pieces ever again, especially for quilts that are twin-sized
or larger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really is not worth my
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Next, I
loaded everything onto the frame, and dropped the needle into the starting
point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I collected a couple of rulers,
debated a moment or two â and decided it was time to go to bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6zvxpBenK9xLk4oiKOI_xWppeerS9phux5Drftq8ENw9TdrOmNglfLDR6unmj8CohacrtCraNvOA3Dl7skOJcC1vxu5Ah45oHDfy34uTy6nQe3f3Z0gR5ASanflYd4ctuT79SCJLWnTTh-3QHKrnWUWMzAhLFSSUR-ul26udDdtTc-oE2OERHUgYuJg/s796/Picture28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="796" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6zvxpBenK9xLk4oiKOI_xWppeerS9phux5Drftq8ENw9TdrOmNglfLDR6unmj8CohacrtCraNvOA3Dl7skOJcC1vxu5Ah45oHDfy34uTy6nQe3f3Z0gR5ASanflYd4ctuT79SCJLWnTTh-3QHKrnWUWMzAhLFSSUR-ul26udDdtTc-oE2OERHUgYuJg/s320/Picture28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdTLwhUGVVM46etTMhswm7C4UpuyM4nV1Yv_0UcKrrnG0FIdFvYxweRjmt8RK1hN0ldxQts-dwxQus0DCKLhyphenhyphenZYBVQHJ3WCfBIHQZs9Ty8VmySPcaCjMw67JF_v_UTugxxoUEbsmuMdbPzQc6vDVsgHSRuEgrj-8CUyngDHBN3-gIb-JNoUm4SLqOKfI/s920/Picture29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="920" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdTLwhUGVVM46etTMhswm7C4UpuyM4nV1Yv_0UcKrrnG0FIdFvYxweRjmt8RK1hN0ldxQts-dwxQus0DCKLhyphenhyphenZYBVQHJ3WCfBIHQZs9Ty8VmySPcaCjMw67JF_v_UTugxxoUEbsmuMdbPzQc6vDVsgHSRuEgrj-8CUyngDHBN3-gIb-JNoUm4SLqOKfI/s320/Picture29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Since I
wound up not sleeping the majority of the night, I was sorry I hadnât put the
time to good use and just started the quilting of that little quilt!<span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A friendâs stories of her
cat that looks and acts so much like our Socks did, reminded me of some of his
exploits and escapades.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPiWjlr4eeF0xC6-cLVToan0nr1lE9CsW-sA_a37dOFPuWMo3ObWmf4V1dP8a06JPPYBbqKMSAawvz8OonSS32XuFRw_BVdwwQOQpS41bLa16wdZ9RK0-PLXFJL3j8RelpPlwiOfR8hqRUzpInijZ3qRLPkbmfePgtNh1wnpakT0sw_7Xd_R_1_m0FcU/s942/Picture30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="942" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPiWjlr4eeF0xC6-cLVToan0nr1lE9CsW-sA_a37dOFPuWMo3ObWmf4V1dP8a06JPPYBbqKMSAawvz8OonSS32XuFRw_BVdwwQOQpS41bLa16wdZ9RK0-PLXFJL3j8RelpPlwiOfR8hqRUzpInijZ3qRLPkbmfePgtNh1wnpakT0sw_7Xd_R_1_m0FcU/s320/Picture30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Socks used to get ready
to pounce on one of our other innocent, unsuspecting, nice Christian cats, ...
and then he would pause, turn his head verrrry slowly, and look at me. If
I was looking his way, his eyes would get wider than ever, and track slowly
down my arm to my hand. (I was known for throwing things, if the beast
wasnât in range of my hand, haha.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO24-z0ln8kzwwYvwox0Qi4ckexFxaK1QVDjn5f_gGyZeWwL-UB-8EEHUCcvxDStp5R_FJfxTgaU9wJWxK9ULnLuWaDaeIolX2-SiVRlyYt-9hdd6fRH4lVuVsneOEEeFfc5swRdADw-2WeNk8BbXV9A7F7uRjDGb3xAeWxJA3CVetE7NS2itY3UMtGoM/s730/Picture31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO24-z0ln8kzwwYvwox0Qi4ckexFxaK1QVDjn5f_gGyZeWwL-UB-8EEHUCcvxDStp5R_FJfxTgaU9wJWxK9ULnLuWaDaeIolX2-SiVRlyYt-9hdd6fRH4lVuVsneOEEeFfc5swRdADw-2WeNk8BbXV9A7F7uRjDGb3xAeWxJA3CVetE7NS2itY3UMtGoM/s320/Picture31.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">If he decided against
whatever dastardly deed heâd been plotting, he would turn his head, and, acting
all nonchalant and casual, sniff the cupboard or couch or whatever happened to
be near him. <i>I was just doing this, nothing more. </i>And heâd
give me a side-eye, to make sure he was still safe. (And no, I never
threw anything that would hurt a cat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Startle, yes; hurt, no. I didnât
appreciate him raking a quiff off poor Tabbyâs head.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhOhxb3pXEFcFIGB1nYRBmXCWs1EuWihkYz7iMHA-YIs12PqmUKll05TFABlvJ3_IMGhzsW_0wPBjkiy8zjA3NKaxxbwRIAaff3vcFD5DSf2VQS7VwKfEkvog5g4rQ3-DTXZs85b-ecJdp1f1gsUmhZNXXHQxQ2KGx1AUr2O5WuyBOJMWporwRLKkbhA/s875/Picture32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="875" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhOhxb3pXEFcFIGB1nYRBmXCWs1EuWihkYz7iMHA-YIs12PqmUKll05TFABlvJ3_IMGhzsW_0wPBjkiy8zjA3NKaxxbwRIAaff3vcFD5DSf2VQS7VwKfEkvog5g4rQ3-DTXZs85b-ecJdp1f1gsUmhZNXXHQxQ2KGx1AUr2O5WuyBOJMWporwRLKkbhA/s320/Picture32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">(Gotta admit, those nice
Christian cats musta been Arminian rather than Calvinist, though, since they
sometimes lost their salvation.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zVf1zbBOmmkHR4fMnpcveOUWqSPm6Z96O7SOacfcbjdz6MqkSSsjRILow7i1UDYIPujuWfKGUdmX8HqVkdZNVznAFRn_v9kPe_mmwFCR3hMTQevGhGQpAuqjHbT66wwXLxtzee-EnBPZr8jCIhuk9FVf20LT7Rcwbdl9vVVZdEbpu89cqq-3K6-LubY/s928/Picture33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="928" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zVf1zbBOmmkHR4fMnpcveOUWqSPm6Z96O7SOacfcbjdz6MqkSSsjRILow7i1UDYIPujuWfKGUdmX8HqVkdZNVznAFRn_v9kPe_mmwFCR3hMTQevGhGQpAuqjHbT66wwXLxtzee-EnBPZr8jCIhuk9FVf20LT7Rcwbdl9vVVZdEbpu89cqq-3K6-LubY/s320/Picture33.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry
called a little after 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was nearly to
Genoa, where he would drop off the Jeep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His Dodge was still in Wayne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
would have to go back to his friendâs house in Columbus to get the BMW.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">It
was over two hours before he got home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">A friend recently told a story
about a quilting lady who had spread a big quilt âsandwichâ out on the floor,
and was on her hands and knees pinning it. She was about three-quarters
done when she chanced to look back. There was her cat coming along behind
her, pulling out the pins with its mouth and spitting them away. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">After church last night,
we went to Wal-Mart for some groceries and to get something else for Arnold,
since the fuzzy outfit Iâd ordered was out of stock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found those same fuzzy outfits, but not in
a small enough size, and the âfuzzâ looked sort of like a matted pup that
needed a good brushing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So Iâm just as
glad it <i>was</i> out of stock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
instead got a tan and gray set of top and pants with a Winnie-the-Pooh print on
it, and little tan âsneakersâ to go with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Letâs hope the little shoes fit him sometime around the same eon as the
outfit does.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Iâd brought along a
box containing some little onesies/pants sets and a teething ring, so I put the
Winnie-the-Pooh set and the little shoes into the box, taped it shut (Iâd
brought tape, too), and then we dropped it off at Kurt and Victoriaâs house
before coming home. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt9kX-9Z1anmDtbH_tbGARalzlOzp5_Ckwak1Cvsd-MHD51zRnM73YG8AHcNKLjphQeWadU6VJ2TIBRXo-oCJKd4fAz_Xe7dmr12ncOIrZ6H1Vrg04a1Rty_klnwYQC4E74JhoZxB4w2BFgfX7KJcypIlTdOdFONvG6Bko0fMu6a7juXMFd5H9hdr1ww/s866/Picture34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt9kX-9Z1anmDtbH_tbGARalzlOzp5_Ckwak1Cvsd-MHD51zRnM73YG8AHcNKLjphQeWadU6VJ2TIBRXo-oCJKd4fAz_Xe7dmr12ncOIrZ6H1Vrg04a1Rty_klnwYQC4E74JhoZxB4w2BFgfX7KJcypIlTdOdFONvG6Bko0fMu6a7juXMFd5H9hdr1ww/s320/Picture34.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Every time I post pictures on Facebook of birds at my
snowy feeding stations, a lady stews and frets over it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l1KY3QuFZKn81GFyjkUPjOlnRFwjFLBK9i-iV3s-jmVp3lbtchZjghmZTyJANMFb43NKEU9gpxpfbmFy4BCLPwaTneEmGwVV9BD6ytVxHUkkwu0TvugSGUPuZuMmHRM4z4JJI7BaRQKZwecSCfZiMCfI-7PyXM1pqTTLbe22fdXHdFkfOy22LgcVlGY/s881/Picture35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="881" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l1KY3QuFZKn81GFyjkUPjOlnRFwjFLBK9i-iV3s-jmVp3lbtchZjghmZTyJANMFb43NKEU9gpxpfbmFy4BCLPwaTneEmGwVV9BD6ytVxHUkkwu0TvugSGUPuZuMmHRM4z4JJI7BaRQKZwecSCfZiMCfI-7PyXM1pqTTLbe22fdXHdFkfOy22LgcVlGY/s320/Picture35.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âHungry-!â she wrote. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âBut are they cold?â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">â</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">They feel the cold,â I answered, âbut they are well equipped to deal with
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âI hope so- with their feathers- â she responded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âsome go in a hole in a tree- enuff food? Idkâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âThereâs plenty of food around,â I assured her, âwhat
with all the fields of corn and grain and dried berries on trees. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it definitely gets harder for them to find
food, when thereâs so much snow on the ground.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âbut itâs covered with snow and soo cold,â she said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âI always for years, wondered where the birds
go.â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I attempted to reassure her, explaining further:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âCavity nesters like nuthatches, titmice and
downy woodpeckers use tree cavities and nest boxes to stay warm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cavities and boxes provide protection from the
weather and help birds hide from predators. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At night, birds reduce heat loss by
seeking shelter in tree holes or other crevices, and by reducing their body
temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The smaller the difference
in temperature between the bird and its environment, the lower the rate of heat
loss. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their down feathers provide plenty
of extra warmth that is necessary when the temperature drops. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birds will never find a warmer spot to sleep
than in their own down feathers, nestled in a nook small enough that they can
warm it up with any extra heat that does escape.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The lady answered a bit incomprehensibly:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âbut shelters or holes are available- maybe
their eyes a place to go! Iâll ask Cornell<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I donât agree everything but maybe you have more experience- Living it
was find where they went in Massachusetts but New Hampshire was </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">full of holes in trees and leaves </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I used to have a book on feathers
but I didnât get when I had those grrr stone and movedâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Funny she would say she will âask Cornellâ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âThe information is from the National Audubon
Society and other reputable ornithology organizations, including my favorite,
All About Birds, which is a division of Cornell Lab of Ornithology,â I told
her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My information didnât help much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>âok,â she responded, âIâll look it up/ I just
to follow Cornell everyday and was doing a class - but book is in storage with
my treasures so Iâll go what you have- my intuition says they hide somewhere Maybe
the Audubon will give my more detailed infoâ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I gave up on reputable information and switched to Fun
Mode.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âMaybe the birds all go down the chimneys at 5201
Davenport Street, Omaha, Nebraska, each night,â I offered, posting this
picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RbSoxVvpJdrh3OcJHIqQ7-JwcV7vD4cY8LApoH_U43jPxfBnfUwP9D-M9N4WRA4XJuu23Dl7G6mQd2aMWhagsu9hbk6IODxQP2BmB6r53paIxKmcySR4QutFrOT8rVeE0WIPGdagVyI6TGLNHWSu1GxYieMeNwGugfPAc8ViTeuMYoB-NNEwy4Sf8Kg/s781/Picture36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="781" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RbSoxVvpJdrh3OcJHIqQ7-JwcV7vD4cY8LApoH_U43jPxfBnfUwP9D-M9N4WRA4XJuu23Dl7G6mQd2aMWhagsu9hbk6IODxQP2BmB6r53paIxKmcySR4QutFrOT8rVeE0WIPGdagVyI6TGLNHWSu1GxYieMeNwGugfPAc8ViTeuMYoB-NNEwy4Sf8Kg/s320/Picture36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">âIâm still wondering- the racoons go to the chimneys,â
said she.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So
then I had to post <i>this</i> picture (didnât I?):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsdNfHDfkGff1p-cfCQI3r2-9Tg1NeCmMZOrT6adJSsOf9IE6Bkj-DsQ3Ce1ZEpCefceO0NzPKSvrlf1mpYbOPTGsDRM2AFiH7BTtClS5rhm-C_Kwfv9NZPzyK2-7yFqn2_cCw-uU1U_nEJ6lowobczfWtDgf4W_L3obf74Prolw8XCKynEjmShmgxWs/s274/Picture37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="274" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsdNfHDfkGff1p-cfCQI3r2-9Tg1NeCmMZOrT6adJSsOf9IE6Bkj-DsQ3Ce1ZEpCefceO0NzPKSvrlf1mpYbOPTGsDRM2AFiH7BTtClS5rhm-C_Kwfv9NZPzyK2-7yFqn2_cCw-uU1U_nEJ6lowobczfWtDgf4W_L3obf74Prolw8XCKynEjmShmgxWs/s1600/Picture37.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">My niece
Susan, who with her husband Charles is again in Scottsdale, Arizona, for more
treatment for her cancer, is not doing well. She is having trouble
walking and breathing. After having fluid drained from her abdomen, she
felt a little better, but the fluid started building up again soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hereâs her family; the picture was taken at
Christmastime. In the photo are (back row) daughter Danica, 24, her
husband Ryan, son Nathan, 17, son Matthew, 26, his wife Josie; (front row)
granddaughter Charity, 3, daughter Rachel, 14, Charles, Susan, 50,
granddaughter Brooklyn, 3, and grandson Martin, whose first birthday is today.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HwBnR2VB7TKSKnHEAEQXOmYiGDrjFyRvY9Lp2Y7U6yPJsNpeyA46_r5jy4UWmNZu-k5yrPF21DBucMWSda6sqFINnkW0cluW-qgkqh2RwhcyBwRwZaSwTcb7SbiN1Ngqg3db8vBJS3KY3ZYu1zeLboH_n99FuP-hT5GHfxc-wbaXmcY_wtKbq74Ad7s/s397/Picture38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="397" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HwBnR2VB7TKSKnHEAEQXOmYiGDrjFyRvY9Lp2Y7U6yPJsNpeyA46_r5jy4UWmNZu-k5yrPF21DBucMWSda6sqFINnkW0cluW-qgkqh2RwhcyBwRwZaSwTcb7SbiN1Ngqg3db8vBJS3KY3ZYu1zeLboH_n99FuP-hT5GHfxc-wbaXmcY_wtKbq74Ad7s/s320/Picture38.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Below
are Susan and Charles with their son Nathan at the graduating seniorsâ dinner a
week ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ49PocUWE3kzZejUIivb5OydWJ1BppPfLkIMyrtKDjjUKdjZha0v2mkHKmtz2WfQxsCaRAyj6GTQ0NAdby5hBh0Xen8zm98GtzVYjBQ7AY2LF9rS9otspR4dA26X-IAWSrHhfGY3eQmi26dHlDN8uPgmte6WNrhw4goJbFegi-N_NhBoM0IrsHpnu4o/s845/Picture39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="845" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ49PocUWE3kzZejUIivb5OydWJ1BppPfLkIMyrtKDjjUKdjZha0v2mkHKmtz2WfQxsCaRAyj6GTQ0NAdby5hBh0Xen8zm98GtzVYjBQ7AY2LF9rS9otspR4dA26X-IAWSrHhfGY3eQmi26dHlDN8uPgmte6WNrhw4goJbFegi-N_NhBoM0IrsHpnu4o/s320/Picture39.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Oooookay,
now the coffee maker has quit working! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
the washing machine, then the laptop fan making ominous noises, now the coffee
maker. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another one out in the
camper, but there are chest-deep snowdrifts between here and there. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sooo... I filled the pretty Pioneer Woman
coffee pot from Kurt and Victoria and put it on the stove, and soon it was
whistling merrily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I pulled
out my French press; it makes really good-tasting coffee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I use it so seldom, I usually have to
look at a YouTube video to remember how to use it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDVeUzu7quMmAgs4SaIylFxopAgheD7fYTFOqdnImBizLuWVI3UQf6QuqG7EcBKKZp1FUbyAOjVNBuCujqaYSpK6l1wqtcFziF__Yemyxq1LcA8odkhyphenhyphenW_koPlbU8WotGWYNjNvWRBJ7NvSRVmenXwLQQvI4m-mEOCb0L2buckK7Ucps4ogkq2eT8M0c/s338/Picture40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDVeUzu7quMmAgs4SaIylFxopAgheD7fYTFOqdnImBizLuWVI3UQf6QuqG7EcBKKZp1FUbyAOjVNBuCujqaYSpK6l1wqtcFziF__Yemyxq1LcA8odkhyphenhyphenW_koPlbU8WotGWYNjNvWRBJ7NvSRVmenXwLQQvI4m-mEOCb0L2buckK7Ucps4ogkq2eT8M0c/s320/Picture40.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I ground
coffee beans â Amaretto flavored, from Bobby and Hannah and family for
Christmas â followed instructions, and in less than ten minutes I had a cup of
coffee. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mmmmm,
itâs good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâd use that French press
more often, if it wasnât so fiddly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
always like the coffee it makes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
it only makes a couple of cups at a time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, because I donât press the plunger and
filter down slowly enough, and because I donât take the additional step of
pouring the coffee into a carafe before pouring it into my cup, I usually have
a wee bit of âmudâ at the bottom of the cup. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I know
how to âfixâ this problem. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But will I?? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I also
poured hot water over the coffee in the filter in the defunct coffee maker, so
Iâll have a potful of coffee there, too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gotta have coffee! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plenty of coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I donât
like strong coffee. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compared to the way
my sons make coffee, I figure I can drink an entire potful, and <i>still</i>
not be consuming as much carbohydrates, proteins, fats, tannins, caffeine,
minerals, and other trace ingredients as they do in one solitary cup. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>heh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Coffee
diatribes are free on this channel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thereâs <span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">a
whole lot of snow outside. 13â two weeks ago, 8â more a few days later, 3
or 4â on top of that, maybe a little more. None has melted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are enormous snow mountains all over
the place in town, and itâs hard to pull out from stop signs and be sure no one
is coming, even if one is in a truck. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Aaaccckkkk,
a Cooperâs hawk just swooped into the front yard and grabbed a little
bird!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heâs doubtless thanking Larry for
hanging a couple of bird feeders out there on the shepherdâs hook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">đđđ</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was unable to get the big lens on my camera
before the hawk flew off with his prize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This picture is from the National Audubon Society.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrMP8hm95qYhWlq2JB4BQwpNCa05yZAxxef2rmfKtvNqXkLN8VBzeS6A1fKJPKiuhgjIRuptNmZscizXf2G94Pb9gMKzfGLmRN3ksWSbtYqklAzC43zIUFJ_q9K4RvhFcVVPF3XRpFH9pmDnkIGstSLzYcULYXBnPjPB3rGrQ6X6Tpv0Jtx6v-Oe9cLg/s978/Picture41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="978" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrMP8hm95qYhWlq2JB4BQwpNCa05yZAxxef2rmfKtvNqXkLN8VBzeS6A1fKJPKiuhgjIRuptNmZscizXf2G94Pb9gMKzfGLmRN3ksWSbtYqklAzC43zIUFJ_q9K4RvhFcVVPF3XRpFH9pmDnkIGstSLzYcULYXBnPjPB3rGrQ6X6Tpv0Jtx6v-Oe9cLg/s320/Picture41.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We were once
in Elkhart, Indiana, in the wintertime, picking up vehicles back when Larry had
an auto-rebuilding business. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theyâd had
so much snow, theyâd run out of places to put it, and the streets were narrow
with piles of snow, and we had a hard time getting around, what with a six-door
pickup and a 48-foot slant trailer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hmmm... I
canât find pictures of the pickup and trailer during that snowy time, but hereâs
the truck, and the front part of the slant trailer with another truck loaded on
it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xa_Sg5oDAt8pMQKBlCZz_y_M-vnzhucpzNenvFS_j9X17DvWW_nFBY2vmJGLz2e22PuO1TMEqSmrg0UVjq78ZAXixD9tSU3wybi-7Fp9QaAO22z-TUAq-px3GSRK_tQvOxxzn-L9wr4tQIgr325R9QJom6OxA7F2h8MfX134YJLNU1wMH1Ixii56MhI/s1058/Picture42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1058" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xa_Sg5oDAt8pMQKBlCZz_y_M-vnzhucpzNenvFS_j9X17DvWW_nFBY2vmJGLz2e22PuO1TMEqSmrg0UVjq78ZAXixD9tSU3wybi-7Fp9QaAO22z-TUAq-px3GSRK_tQvOxxzn-L9wr4tQIgr325R9QJom6OxA7F2h8MfX134YJLNU1wMH1Ixii56MhI/s320/Picture42.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Just
this afternoon I was telling my coffee story to a cousin, and he wrote the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">A week or so ago Angela and I went out to eat
at Martha Janeâs in Monticello. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we
were leaving the waitress told me someone had ordered a to-go coffee but forgot
it and would I like to have it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For free
of course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">I thanked her and took it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Angela did not want it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">My first coffee not of my own making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was warm, but not hot, so I took a sizable
swig.<br />
.<br />
.<br />
.<br />
Dogs withing a one mile radius all howled at once.<br />
My shoes untied themselves.<br />
My nasal hairs and ear hairs switched places.<br />
.<br />
.<br />
.<br />
Apparently my home brewed coffee is weak.<br />
Martha Janeâs coffee is, ... not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: .25in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">What was the question.</span><span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
retorted, âYou do need to at least write âwarningâ or something of equal value
before stories like that. I had just taken a big swig of coffee myself,
right before reading, âDogs within a one-mile radius all howled at once,â etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pass the laptop screen cleaner.â<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">However,
that described exactly how I felt (except for the nose hairs and ear hairs;
ladies never have such things) when Caleb so very, very nicely made a pot of
coffee at Hesterâs house during our family get-together Dec. 29<sup>th</sup>,
and assured me (quite lovingly, of course) that heâd done it especially for
me. He even poured me a cup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I
took a swig... spluttered... bugged out my eyes... (even made Andrew laugh; I
mustâve looked <i>funny</i>)... and informed Caleb, âYouâve lost your
touch.â (He used to make it for me now and again when he still lived at
home, and it was always really good.) (Except for the time he knocked a
bottle of pumpkin pie spice into it and the lid popped off, but thatâs another
story.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">This picture is on the
pages of a notepad Hannah once gave me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZ0QRUnmvE72vFhoDL3x3VEXibSoLcRV5093XXG9AYWk76aSoKDdTzDD4E1_8p6ff3RWom0oI_SFeHbfPlCqhS8FRYpGu1tTaP7W57GoszVAZ4okRGGzJMnq5QG80ePrXFYxncsl6gFKPKeVeI_EfcTAPgHr0NwQm4goWV1hXG7G62xiI2iXWhrz2r5Q/s417/Picture43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="417" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZ0QRUnmvE72vFhoDL3x3VEXibSoLcRV5093XXG9AYWk76aSoKDdTzDD4E1_8p6ff3RWom0oI_SFeHbfPlCqhS8FRYpGu1tTaP7W57GoszVAZ4okRGGzJMnq5QG80ePrXFYxncsl6gFKPKeVeI_EfcTAPgHr0NwQm4goWV1hXG7G62xiI2iXWhrz2r5Q/s320/Picture43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Larry went to retrieve
his pickup in Wayne this evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will be home around midnight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">I just got a notice that
Smith Falls is no longer in a flood warning, evacuated people have been allowed
to return, and the campground and walking paths across the bridge and on the
boardwalk to the falls have been reopened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Evidently the ice jam has broken up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">And now I must break up
this party, and work on our taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">,,,>^..^<,,, Sarah Lynn </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;">,,,>^..^<,,,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah Lynn (Swiney) Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323977158496817490noreply@blogger.com0