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We went to a play this afternoon

    Our friend Sam was in the Matilda cast in a children's theater production.

    The show was good.  I did have a hard time hearing the young performers.  I tried turning up my hearing aids but all that did was make the air circulation system sound like a freight train coming straight at me.

    Actually, I love plays that are all kids.  You can see exuberance, excitement, fright, uncertainty... and that's just the cast's family members in the audience!

    Seriously, it takes a lot of huztzpa to go on stage at any age.  Youngsters who do it are building self confidence,  pride, and are developing a skill that will benefit them in life.  Standing in front of strangers and performing is a skill.  In this age of screens, being able to do this in front of real people is a plus.

    Jackie just turned off the Cubs.  Last I heard it was 13-4, which means their 10 game winning streak is over. Tomorrow they can start a new one.

    I showed Jackie my Top Secret project today.  I had to.  It is sitting in the middle of one side of the garage.  I have to take the car 1/3 of the way out to get Jackie in the front seat.

    I ordered 4 metal 4 x 8 raised garden containers.  

    Friend Sheri and I assembled the first one Thursday, and it took a while.  But now that one is done, I can put the lessons learned toward making the others a little quicker.

    The problem is storing them until it is time to load them with dirt. 

    I am afraid to leave them in the yard empty because with the storms we have had recently they could become airborne and take out a couple of houses.  

    I had hoped to stack. them one across another, but I don't think that is going to work either.  Maybe I will have to put one out, move dirt into it, then move another.

    What started out to be a great idea has morphed into a "What the hell was I thinking" project.

    Heck, I am almost 78.  I should have no business doing something that should last a long time.  Yes I love the food we get, but gardens are a lot of work and attention.  

    Maybe I bit off more carrot than I can chew this time.

    I guess we'll see.

Peace and Love

        

        Especially Peace

Oh yeah??

 Who needs life in the big city

    Life in Rochelle can be pretty darn exciting.

    Like when the chase is on for a horse running down Flagg Road.  

    Seems the misplaced mare got loose from the Ag Day activities at the high school.  Seeing an opportunity to run free, it took off, leading  police and citizens on a merry chase through field and forest.  Well, no forest actually. Evidently. the horse was corralled for its owners and taken back to the corral safely.

    Then there was  a high speed car chase on Il. 38.  The car left the road and rolled, tossing at least 2 people from the vehicle.  I don't know their condition but I hope they are ok.  Il 38 and Center Road were closed for a while because of the accident this afternoon.

    As for me, I had 3 things to do today but only did 1 of them.  I did do the hardest one....cleaning our bathroom.  But I never got to filling the bird feeders or fixing my W flag.

    On the plus side, I do feel better.  I am tired, but I did not take a nap today.

    Tonight will be a challenge.  

    Cubs play on the West Coast and I will leave the tv on in the bedroom, but set the timer for 120 minutes.

    When I was a kid living on Belle Plaine in Chicago, I had a white Philco radio in my bedroom.  When the Cubs were out west I would turn it on and listen to the broadcast.  At some point I would fall asleep and somebody would turn off the radio.

    I think it was the Golden Voice of Jack Quinlan doing the games, but I could be wrong.  

    That was a while ago.  I just always associate Jack Quinlan with Cubs games out west.

    I just hope they can go 4-2 on this road trip.

    That's all I know.

Peace and Love

        Especially Peace

yikes

 Every journey begins with a step

    Or a mis-step in my case.

    I am putting a thing together in the garage.  (Top Secret!!!!)

    Friend Sheri came over to help, and Julia and Emily would have come too but I just did not feel good.  We finished up about 2:30 and I was just wiped.  Tired.  Head felt stuffed.  So I called it quits and. told the girls not to come.

    The directions were not exactly clear.  We ended up having to take part of it apart and starting that part over.  Too many parts in one sentence. 

    But Sheri reasoned it out.  At that point I was just trying to stay upright.

    Two nights ago I made tapioca pudding for the first time.

    I used the Minute Tapioca mix and almost followed the directions.

    The directions say to stir continuously until the pudding boils while stirring.  I stopped stirring, , saw it was boiling, and poured it into a bowl.

    After it cooled it was really runny, and the bottom was really thick.  I guess stirring until it boils is kind of important.  I will do better next time.

    It still tastes like tapioca, just really thin and lumpy.

    Even though it is April, I put the AC on last night.  It was 77 in the house and just uncomfortable.  Unfortunately I set the AC wrong.  I put it at 68 and it got really chilly in the house.

    I turned it off tonight.

    A benefit of not feeling well was washing the Cubs win number 9 in a row and a second series sweep!!

    Hopefully this cold is winding down.....it has been a week,.  Someone suggested I go to Convenient Care, but I don't think they can do anything except tell me to drink liquids and rest.

    I am doing that already.

Peace and Love

        Especially Peace

sex me, baby

I have no idea why this is happening

    Our Yahoo e-mail address is what  we use when ordering on line.  That way our other account does not get filled with all types of spam.

    But lately,  Yahoo is getting weird.

    For instance, Lolita sent me a message saying that I look familiar.  I did not read the rest.  Now, I have read the book Lolita and seen the movie, so I kind of have an idea where that is going.

    Katex wants  to send me a hand massage.  At first I thought it said message, but no.  And no, I did not open that either.

    I got an invitation to join Sex Tinder.

    Leanne 26 would like a date with me.  I can understand.  I would like a date with me!  I would take myself to a movie and then out to dinner.  Maybe I would even stop for ice cream.

    I got 5 messages about photos of super hot babes.  5.  And no, I did not check out the super hot babes.

    I got invites to join dating services for men over 40. over 60. and over 70!  I don't know why they skipped the 50s group.

    And of course a nice grandma messaged me that she had $5,000,000 she needed to sed to the United States..... now that was tempting.

    But no, did not open that one either.

    Imagine  100 years from now and researchers are checking e mails from now, trying to get a handle on our society in 2026.

    They are going to think we are a bunch of sexual deviants.  And people who had a lot of money to send to random strangers

    But those are mainly people in Washington and in the Epstein files, which still have not been released.

    I have a feeling that nice grandma sending me $ 5 million will happen before the files are completely. released.

    By the way, felt better today.  Mowed the yard and field.  Still am. tired, but life marches on.

    Tomorrow I start another project........right now it is Top Secret!!!

Peace and Love

        

        Especially Peace

day 5

I wish this cold would go away

    I feel ok until about 3, and then I just get so tired.  And today I had a headache to go  with the tired feeling.

    I did spend about an hour on the phone with X Finity.  We still don't have our home phone back.  If you call that number the message says this Verizon customer has a discontinued phone number.

    Nobody at X Finity seems to be able to explain that message.

    This is what I learned today from Ella, my customer service person:

    Yes, my mobile pone was returned and the service discontinued,

    Yes, my land line was restored.

    Yes, I should be able to use the land line.

    No, I can't use the land line because the cell phone was never taken out of the portal.  If the cell phone is not taken out of the portal, the land line can not be entered into the portal and restored.

    I have no idea what a portal is.  I mean, this isn't Harry Potter or Star Wars.  (To be honest, I have no idea if either of them involve portals.  Maybe Dr. Who?)

    Ella assured me the phone service entry into the portal is being expedited and we should have phone service within 24-48 hours.

    I am not holding my breath.

    Julia came over and tied to hook up my DVR downstairs.  The remote does not work.  I put new batteries in it, but it does not work.  I will try to put new batteries in again tomorrow.

    Julia pointed out most movies can be streamed.  I agree, but I do have discs that are not streamed, like the Dyin for a Drink play we did a couple of years ago.  I would like to watch that.

    If new batteries don't work, I guess I will be buying a DVD player.

    If I felt better today I was going to mow.  But I did not feel like mowing.

    Lucky thing because Emily can't get her mower started.  She replaced the battery but that did not seem to help.  So she came over and got my mower and drove it to her house and then mowed.

    Hopefully she can get a quick fix on hers.

    Maybe tomorrow I will feel better and mow my yard.

    And then again, maybe not.

Peace and Love

        Especially Peace

almost

 Today was a day of almost

    It's about 8:30 and I almost have the bed made.

    I almost have the knives wrapped up to mail.

    I almost am ready to start emptying the dishwasher and loading it again.

    I am almost ready for bed.

    I am the reason women have babies and not men.

    I constantly complain about a cold.  Imagine if it was something big, like have a 9 pound human coming out of my body!

    Anyway, took a 90 minute nap this morning and felt pretty good.  I went to the store and when I got home I was just tired.  And may nose is plugged.  And my throat is scratch.  And I am whining.  

    We got mail today. 

    Amongst the bills and ads was an envelope addressed  to Terry and Jackie Dickow.  Mailed from Minmesota.  It was empty.  There is not return on it, so we suspect it was an ad of some kind.

    If you know anyone in Minnesota sending  us a card, please let them know we did not get it.

    Gotta do dishes.

Peace and Love

    Especially Peace

progress pilgrim

 Today I felt a lot better

    Not great.  But better.  

    Folded Saturday's laundry.  Washed one load.  Let out Emily's dogs.  Made supper.

    And the dishes are done.  That is a big deal. 

    I still don't have a lot of energy.  Not that I have a lot of energy normally, but my supply is really low today.

    My nose is stuffy and my throat is scratchy.  I am about to make a hot tea.  I would make a hot toddy, but I am out of whiskey.

    Open house in the subdivision today.  House for sale has a $700,000 asking price.  Yikes!!

    Great to see the Cubs win a close one.  I was glad to see PCA on second to start the tenth.  I figured any kind of hit to the outfield would score him.  Turns out a wild pitch followed by a fly ball  would do the trick too.

    Friend Donna reported snow flakes at their place today.  

    I had the front and back doors open for about 5 minutes to clear the smoke out of the house.  I cooked pork chops.  I just never get tired of chuckling  at the "Fire!  Fire!  Get out now!" message that comes from our talking smoke detector.

    At least we know they work.

Peace and Love

        Especially Peace