slowly but surely--

PILES ARE GETTING SMALLER---BAGS ARE GETTING FULLER--WASHING MACHINE EMPTY--BEDS MADE--DISHES DONE--TEMPERS CALM--PUTTING COMPUTER IN THE CASE SOON-----ONE TRIP TO BANK AND DRUG STORE TO GO AND SON TO PICK UP LEFT OVER FOOD IN FRIG--AND OFF WE GO. WILL TRY AND WRITE FROM DAUGHTER'S IN SOUTHERN MN. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL!!!!

TEMPER TEMPER!!!

THE USUAL (AHEM) DISAGREEMENT BROKE OUT TONIGHT. ONE YEAR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND THE KIDS WERE WORRIED THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE GONE THAT SOMETHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN. BY NOW I AM SO TIRED THAT I DON'T CARE IF WE GO OR NOT. IN FACT I OFFERED TO LET JERRY GO AND I WOULD STAY HERE ALONE.

P.S.

SUNDAY--P.S.

WAS SO NICE TO FIND COMMENTS FROM LISA. JIMMY, MARTY AND PAULA---I DO MISS THE ALERTS TELLING ME THERE IS A COMMENT. THANKS FRIENDS--BARB

SUNDAY NIGHT-

IT IS ALMOST 11PM AND I HAVE BOTH THE DISHWASHER AND THE CLOTHES WASHER GOING. JERRY IS ASLEEP ON THED COUCH---HIS USUAL PLACE IF HE IS IN THE HOUSE. THERE ARE THREE SUITCASES OPEN ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR--ONLY FILLED WITH UNDERWEAR SO FAR. HAVE OUR IMPORTANT PAPERS PACKED---HAVE THE FRIG TO DO YET AND HAVE TO GIVE AWAY SOME FOOD---THEN WE TURN OFF THE WATER AN LOCK UP WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE ON OUR WAY. YESTERDAY I COOKED FOUR BAGS OF CRANBERRIES TO TAKE FOR DINNER ON THURSDAY. DAUGHTER PROBABLY HAS ANOTHER 25 POUND TURKEY PLUS A TURKEY BREAST. THERE IS ALWAYS PLENTY OF FOOD AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE! AFTER DINNER THE GRANDKIDS PUT ON THEIR SHOW AND SANTA COMES TO VISIT TOO. OUR SON IN LAW ALWAYS MISSES SEEING SANTA----KIDS THINK HE HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING----WELL, NOW DAYS THEY KNOW WHY, BUT WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE THEY THOUGHT THAT.

OUR STEW AT CHURCH WAS GOOD TODAY. ALL THE CLASSES BRING VEGGIES ETC AND THE CHURCH PROVIDES THE MEAT----WE COULD SMELL IT COOKING DURING THE SERVICE. THEY EVEN HAD PUMPKIN PIE AND SOME OTHER DESSERTS.

IT WAS A GOOD DAY!

SATURDAY NIGHT

LAST NIGHT YOUNGEST SON AND FAMILY CAME OVER TO SIT AND TALK AND TELL US GOODBYE AND TONIGHT OLDEST ONE DID. OF COURSE WE WILL SEE THEM IN A FEW DAYS DOWN IN ROCHESTER AT OUR DAUGHTERS---BUT THEY LIKE TO SEE HOW FAR WE ARE READY---NOT MUCH. WE HAD PLANNED TO PACK OUR OVER NIGHT CASES TODAY, BUT GOT INVOLVED IN A GOOD MOVIE ON TV---SO THAT JOB POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON----MAYBE---WE HAVE THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING STEW AT CHURCH TOMORROW SO WILL BE LATE GETTING HOME FROM CHURCH---WELL, HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE BY TUESDAY MORNING AS PLANNED.
IT IS STILL COLD HERE AND SNOW ON THE GROUND. PICKUP WAS SO DIRTY FROM DEER CAMP THAT JERRY DID TAKE IT TO CAR WASH, BUT WAS TOO COLD TO CLEAN OUT THE INSIDE----SO WILL DO THAT SOMEWHERE SOUTH.

EXCUSE THE CAPS, ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY THEM, I AM SORRY---BUT MAKES TYPING SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME---AND SEEING ALSO.

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I JUST TRANSFERRED SOME PHOTOS TO THE NEW PLACE--ALL WITH ONE CLICK. WHY OH WHY DIDN'T AOL MAKE IT THAT SIMPLE TO TRANSFER OUR JOURNALS???? NEVER DID GET MINE CHANGED OVER!!

a good day

WEATHER IS COLD AND GETTING COLDER. SLIPPERY LAYER OF SNOW ON THE GROUND, MAKING JUMPING (HAHA) INTO OUR BIG PICKUP A CHORE. FIRST HAVE TO GET RIGHT FOOT ON THE RUNNING BOARD WHILE STANDING ON LEFT FOOT IN THE SNOW, SLIPPING AND SLIDING,GRABBING THE HANDLE, GETTING LEFT FOOT AND BUTT IN--FINALLY PULLING IN RIGHT LEG. I ALWAYS SAY IT IS LIKE SWINGING IN LIKE A MONKEY! AND THAT IS MORE TRUTH THAN FICTION.
CHURCH WAS GOOD, IN FACT GREAT, WE HAVE SUCH A TALENTED MAN AS OUR NEW PASTOR. HE IS STUDYING FOR HIS PHD---AND THAT WORRIES US, FOR FEAR THAT HE WILL WANT TO TEACH AT A UNIVERSITY OR SOMETHING. I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE HERE UNTIL AFTER OUR FUNERALS -----AT LEAST THAT LONG!!
WE WENT OUT TO EMBERS FOR OUR NOON MEAL WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS AND SPENT OVER ANOTHER HOUR VISITING. THEN HOME, SUNDAY AFTERNOON NAP AND THEN SUPPER OF LEFT OVERS IN THE FRIG.
NOW THE COUNT DOWN REALLY STARTS---WE MUST GET BUSY AND GET READY TO GO TO TEXAS. EACH YEAR WE TELL OURSELVES IT SHOULD BE EASY--JUST UP AND GO---BUT SEEMS THERE ARE MORE CALLS TO MAKE AND THINGS TO SECURE BEFORE WE GO.
ONE THING, ANY WHO PRAY, I COULD USE A FEW ABOUT MY LEFT HAND. I JUST CAN'T TYPE WITH IT AND MAKE WHAT I TYPE RIGHT WITHOUT GOING BACK AND DELETING EXTRA LETTERS ETC.
GOOD NITE ALL!