Not doing well health-wise. Hope everyone is doing good.

Good day to all.

DIANE..I think that is so true with Christmas being the healing season. It is for me. We love Christmas and keep some up all year. We're so cluttered that people never notice and if they do, they just think we're weird. Thanks for the well wishes.

JANE...Thanks for the recovery words. Hasn't haddenpend yet, but, working on it. Have all kinds of home health workers here daily. Anything will help.

JIM...I hate that hacking stuff. However it doesn't take long with credit card to get it straightened out. Wish the hackers would get a real job.

For the rest..enjoy the day and stay safe.

Just a short note to check on everyone. Glad PATSY made the trip and sorry about the hacking. Also sorry about the family death.

JIM - your trip sounded and looked great. Wish we could still do it.

I have been in the hospital for a few days and am mighty glad to be home. Now getting signed up for all the therapy stuff and hopefully will gain a little. Very weak.

Play safe .

DIANE - Hope you are having a wonderful time and the GD is married.

ANN - We no longer do step ladders or step stools in this house. Someone else has to do it! Of course right when we go to bed one of the alarms start in and one surely can't listen to that thing over night.

JUNE - Our house is so quiet also. We had a niece and husband here for a few days and it seemed so good to have someone coming and going. They left on Thursday and went to the KC football game - racked up points with some of the family with the picture of Taylor Swift and flew back to CA late Friday night. We miss them!

JANE - Time for an update.

LYNNE: How are things in your part of the world?

Our life seems to revolve around food. Guess it is our only only entertainent now. We did Cranberry Chicken and Prime Rib while the "kids" were here.

We lost another dear friend this week...sure makes your heart hurt.

Everyone take care and have a good week.

A lot going on here. Have had company for a few days and that was good. They went to see "Shepherd of the Hills" play one night and got rained out shortly after intermission. How many of you remember that book? It used to be the second most read book and has now moved to third. Number one is the Bible. Don't know what two is right now. Anyway meals went well and I guess the visit did also. We hadn't seen our Grandson in a long time and he flew in from Denver so that was good. His wife has a brain tumor that they are battling...so sad. Just in early thirties.

Been watching our hummingbirds filling up for the flight and they sure are drinking a bunch. We don't put out feeders (our neighbor's all do) we have loads of red and pink plants.

You all play safe today!

Hope the rain helps JIM. So many fires everywhere.

Stay cool and safe everyone!

Hope everyone else is doing okay.

ANN - When we lost Gram it was almost the end of get togethers. My cousins were my best friends when we were growing up. We are down to just a few left and we are scattered. The "kids" that are visiting us are nieces and nephews and their kids. I had no children so I bought most of them off (this is a joke folks) and made sure I was the favorite aunt. When I married the current DH (seventeen years last week) he came with one son and one grandson. They are all good to us except for one and that is the way it is! She might be good to us but we never hear from her... so be it.

I'd give a lot for one of the Sunday dinners that we were altogether. Tables were filled and it was all the "good' stuff. As kids, we complained about the family reunions, called them the family rebellions. Fact was we were the rebels. The big family reunion was on my Grandfathers side and we didn't know them very well and it probably appeared as if we didn't want to either. They were really old people (like me now...lol) and I think they all had heart issues so it wasn't like they were going to join the ball game.

Enough of this...have a happy Sunday and remember our Veteran's.

DIANE Hope your labs came out okay. I had a CT scan done this week and report on it was not to ugly. Could have been better, but, could have been a whole lot worse.

JANE: What have you been up to girl? Haven't seen you on here very much. Hope you are out of the snowbank for the next few months.

ANN: I dont know if we are fun to visit or not. However, they all come! We have them scattered from NY to Calif. and everwhere in between. I think we are handy being in the middle and they all get a little spoiling while they are here. My Mom always fixed our favorite foods when we arrived home so I try to do the same thing. We love it when they all come.

Better ring off now - hope everyone is doing okay.

Got word yesterday that my Aunt had passed away. She was 93 and had had a good life most of the time. I called my sister last night and told her we were offically the "old group" of the family now as Aunt T (short for Auntie) had passed. Glad my sis is the older one!

We have company coming next weekend for a few days so that will be nice. Trying to get some food planned. I always try to fix their favorite foods. Spoiled, I know. That's what old Aunts do.

The leaves popped in a hurry around here. We have a double dogwood tree that we got at the nursery and it always blooms late. it's beautiful when blooming.

BETH - I am sorry you lost your cat. Darn animals just worm their way into your heart.

PATSY - Hope you are better after your fall. I hate all those "owies" in my old age. They just take longer to get over. Waiting to hear your total from your FOL

DIANE - Glad you helped your brother. Wish I still had mine to help.

Have to go and get busy. Hope you all stay safe!

Our redbuds and dogwoods are blooming and it is beautiful. A little late this year as we have had screwy weather. Don't know how many times we have flipped the switch from heat to AC and vice versa.

Good to see Kathleen and catch up on her "boys" which were not very old when she was on the old bookboard.

Hope you all have a wonderful day - filled with food, fun and family.

By the way, I had a note from JoAnne and she is doing okay. Staying busy.

Not much happening around here just Dr's., tests and then start over again.

PATSY - I had a call just like that one on grandson and luckily I had just read about it a short while before. Knew enough not to say any grandson's name and he kept saying guess which one. I never said a name just told him he was a jerk and I wasn't falling for his line and he should really think about getting a real job. They drive me nuts.

DIANE - Glad your brother is better. Hope the knee heals properly.

Guess I better close. Our taxes are done and I'll try to figure out whether to call the undertaker or jump for joy!!!

Have a good one and stay safe.

Sun is shining in The Ozarks and starting to green up. Supposed to have a hard freeze this weekend and I hope it doesn't damage the peach trees.

Corned beef and cabbage here for dinner

Have a wonderful day!.

JUNE - Happy Birthday to you...have a great day!

JANE - Basketball is my favorite game to watch. That young man will never forget that game. Wish I would have been there ....you would have heard me. I love March Madness.

We have also been working on taxes and I think they are going to the CPA today.

The house has been fixed after the windstorm. It had ripped a couple of pieces of trim or fascia board off. One piece was still hooked on one end and the other end kept hitting the house for about two hours. We were not sure if we had shingles missing until the roofing people got here. We have a very high roof and this was at the steepest point.

ANN - I know what you mean on the price of four tires. Almost need a bank loan to put new shoes on Bessie!

PATSY - I never got over how much your library made on your annual sale. I now notice the one in Springfield and they do very well also. Unreal!!

DIANE - Our flowers are starting, but, you are are way ahead of us. We actually had a real winter here this year for Southwest Missouri. Hope its headed for Spring now.

JIM - Where and when is your next cruise?

Better sign off and get to work. Hope everyone has a great day and stay out of trouble.

We have been surrounded by ice for over a week. I am getting mighty sick of it. Hopefully today and tomorrow it will get warm enough to start going away. It has been freezing every night so it takes a long time to get to 32 again. No one has been out of their driveways. The road crew threw all the slush stuff from the road over the end of the driveway so now we have the hump to get into the driveway. I'm starting to get "yugly" about it. Hope this is winter...we have had a real winter this year. This week we had about three days of rain - ice rain - sleet and snow. So we have several layers to melt. OK, I'm done complaining.

JANE - Loved the picture of the horse at Christmas! Beautiful horse.

PATSY - Really like the sandhill cranes. It's all that sleeping on one leg that I don't understand. Guess it's a crane thing!

Hope everyone is staying warm. Bitter in the Northeast.

Stay safe...

The heavy snow must have a tremendous effect on the roof. Wow, once it settles it is a lot of weight. Everything seems so expensive these days. We did septic tank, trees cut and car repairs between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Didn't know where to tie the big red bow!!

PATSY - Good to see you back on the BB. I don't think "being alone" on the Covid thing was good for any of us.

DIANE - I like the warmer better. Although, in Missouri I'm good with 50 in Winter.

Time to take the trees down tomorrow. We have had a busy week with medical issues. I had to have an infusion yesterday and it left me half goofy today..not sure which half!! DH had to see eye surgeon today and have little growths clipped off eyelids. Not serious, but, had to go to surgery center. Thank God for wonderful neighbors. I stayed home and neighbor took him.

STAY SAFE EVERYONE

Stay safe!

We have to be content with phone calls today. That's okay...we are often alone on Christmas. However, we are warm - eat well - talk lots..can't beat that.

Haha JIM..can just see those people bundled up. Have had several calls from family and friends and the Florida ones are the loudest!

Stay safe and have a wonderful day.

Like the pictures of The Christmas Horse Jane...cute grand also!

Stay safe and play fair!

Have you all started your Christmas shopping? Afraid most of our gift-giving will be cash and suppose they would rather have it anyway, but, do miss the individual shopping.

JANE..Love your horse tree. We have four or five up and a few more to go. One on the deck just has lights on it and its sitting here in the box yet.

I know JIM doesn't travel with his turkey anymore....read online last week the do's and don'ts of air travel and a frozen turkey was okay. Either it happens a lot or they remember Jim real well.

Hope this finds everyone safe and sane!!

Stay Safe!

JIM...I like your weight prediction...looks trrue to me says the lady who needs to lose 20 lbs.

Still having medical issues here.

Stay sate.

Been on the "puny" list and not up to much. Hopefully will start feeling better soon.

Stay safe and play fair.

Not much news on this end of the Pike. It is still very warm here. Low 90's today. Supposed to be warm all week.

Stay safe!!

Finally got some rain which has helped our drought a little. We were in Springfield on Monday for a Dr's. appt. and it rained so hard we couldn't leave the restaurant for about thirty minutes after we finished eating. Luckily no one was coming in either so didn't have to worry we were taking someone else's seat.

Not much news around here. Hope everyone is doing okay and has a nice Labor Day with good food, family and nice activities in your area.

Stay safe.

Everyone stay safe and cool...

We finally got a little rain yesterday. At least it knocked the dust balls off. It greened us a little but, still a lot of brown out there.

Stay safe.

Still hotter then the hereafter here! Got to change my ways if this is a sample.

Stay safe everyone.

As I was reading about the moving men - my late husband and I made our first move from Upstate (Northern) New York to Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Kelowna to Tulsa, Oklahoma..Tulsa to Casper, Wyoming and then from Casper to The Ozarks. Always heard three moves were as good as a fire. We lost some stuff, but, could use one of those long moves now to get rid of "stuff"...

Play Safe..

Stay Safe!

JANE - Good job on the horse and DGD...looks like a winner. We need a picture of the two of them.

A couple of years ago I asked the bookboard people to send a birthday card to my great nephew. He was going to be four and everyone was so nice to him. Today he graduated from kindergarten..woohoo now a big first grader! He lives in upstate NY, but wants to get to Missouri to play chess with DH. Planning a trip for next summer.

Play Safe,

JOANNE--Thought I read a note from you on the price of groceries. I don't know where it will end, but hope we can all eat to get to that end!

DIANE--Are you doing okay? Are you planning on going to your art group again?

It is still unbearably hot in The Ozarks! We have a new home going up next door and I sure feel sorry for the workmen. Not sure how the old folks survived without air conditioning--they were one tough bunch!

Stay safe!

Play safe!

Fifty-six years ago today I was married. It rained hard in the morning and then cleared off and the sunshine came out and stayed. We were married for thirty-six plus years and he passed away. We were involved with the Mining industry so it took us many places. My DH was pretty well all over the world. After fifteen years we bought a resort and campground in The Ozarks and I am still here. Its been a pretty good life. I married again in 2006 and this week we celebrated sixteen years together. Doesn't seem possible!
Been a great week for two of my nieces...one graduated from Sacremento State and the other one is a Junior in High School - got Athlete of the Week in the North Country for her softball skills. She also won a very nice scholarship for four years and a band award. She had one hour last week from end of game to dress on for prom.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Stay Safe.

BETH - I think we have a set of those bells. You turn your money over fast!! Way to go.

Sure good to have two days of sunshine. Was very windy yesterday and the boater's were crazy on the water. We had a couple of accidents and hopefully they will act better today.

Stay Safe.

We have had rain, hail (have to have our new roof checked again) and bad thunder & lightning storms. Today has started out cloudy and dry!

Stay safe!

Glad you are home JIM and I hate standing in one of those lines.
JUNE - Wow on the jackhammers. I might have to leave the house while that was happening.

Did anyone see the eclipse of the moon on Sunday night? We were clouded over here. However, my niece and her DH are on vacation in Galveston, and she sent me several pictures when it was happening. Wish we could have seen it in real time.

Stay safe everyone.

Glad everyone enjoyed Mother's Day as best they could.
We so enjoyed the Kentucky Derby on Sat. Really liked it afterward when they traced the route of the winner.

Have our helper guy coming today so hopefully will get some outside stuff caught up.

Stay safe!

JOANNE - Glad you are getting out a little even if you are bending the ear off the librarian.

JIM - I'm jealous, but I will get over it. Sounds wonderful!

BETH - Hope the gout is better. I take a pill and have no problem. However, I remember how it hurt when I went to the Dr. with a pain.

Play Fair.

Happy Mpther's Day to all the Mom's...you "done" good!