Took a morning walk, then had a pretty crazy day at work. It felt like the stars were not aligned – everything was off-centered and uncooperating. But – here I am to tell about it, and all is well! Joe told me they had the pretzels I like at Aldi so I stopped and bought some. THAT was a happy event!
Ron sent me this picture earlier – I guess that’s most of what we need to know, right?
We went to see Mom – she slept the entire visit, but we talked to her and told her stories (Kath is better that THAT part) and sang songs to her. We were glad that she looked more relaxed and peaceful. We were told she ate her yogurt and pudding for breakfast so that was encouraging, too!
Here is the next thought from Mom’s memory book, February 21st: What is the biggest problem you remember having in Grade School? “When the boys would keep us from going to the outhouse. Our teacher said to wait and go when everyone was back in the school house after recess. We couldn’t go together. We each took our turn. We had the ‘bullies’ in our day the same as today.” (Poor Mom! That would definitely be a problem for ME!!!)
On this day in 1682 William Penn sailed for the New World, and in 1993 it was the 150,000,000th visitor to the Eiffel Tower. Shirley Booth (TV show HAZEL – Kath and I loved that show!) was born in 1898; Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons) in 1908; Kitty Wells, Queen of Country Music, in 1919, and Cameron Diaz (The Holiday – love that movie!) in 1972. Vera-Ellen, Judy in White Christmas) died at age 60 in 1981. And Happy Birthday to one of my ‘bosses’ – Ken Moore. Hope you had a great day and your year will be successful and fun! And today would have been my Grandad Crooks’ birthday. He was born in 1892. Miss you, Grandad!
TOMORROW August 31 is:
- National South Carolina Day
- National Matchmaker Day
- National Diatomaceous Earth Day
- National Trail Mix Day
- National Eat Outside Day
Let’s all eat outside tomorrow, even if you carry your toast out to the car and eat on the way to work! 🙂 Have a happy day! God bless…
I’m going to eat trail mix while on my evening walk. Yum!