This was a home day - we went grocery shopping first.
Then Dick hopped on his tractor and proceeded to de-thatch the entire southern half of Grand Traverse County. Well, almost.
Inside, it was laundry, fixing a foot elevation box for Mother, etc. etc. It was a nice day for working outside, and I did a little cutting back in the garden, too. Our spring flowers are finally blooming. We have crocuses, daffodils, and narcissus - very beautiful against the brown of everything else. We're anxiously awaiting green-up.
Jim drove up from Saginaw today to visit Mother and to take some things from the house. And also bring some of their crystal for the sale. We invited him to dinner Monday night so we can discuss all of the real estate/estate sale business.
I've been scanning pictures for my Kanitz Family Tree project - I have a lot of historic pictures from Mother's house. The Family Tree is on hold - I'm waiting to hear from Lisa and Jeremy so I can compare my tree to theirs. It's a very enjoyable project.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Tour of Torch
This morning we met with the Estate Sale people, Antiques Appraisers. They toured Mother's house from top to bottom, and agreed to run the sale for us. Because Mother's possessions are modest, they'll be bringing in consignment items to kind of punch it up a bit. The Appraisers do everything - cleaning, washing, rearranging, displaying, selling, wrapping, and the clean-up afterwards. We don't even have to be there during the sale. In fact they encourage you to stay away. It's an absolutely painless way to handle the closing of Mom's estate. I'm so glad that she is agreeable to doing this.
Everybody seems to agree that the time to sell the house is around the time of the Cherry Festival because of the volume of people through the neighborhood that week, so we're moving things up a bit. The Festival is early this year - July 2-9, so we'll want to have the sale towards the end of June. The house will be empty and clean after everything is over and done with, and it will be ready to be shown.
In the afternoon, we went caching around Torch Lake. It was an absolutely gorgeous day - we had a great time. We found a great new natural area with nice paths, and boardwalk and overlook. We want to bring Dylan back there this summer. It's off M-88 down Traverse Bay Road. There was a multi-cache at Barnes Park, which turned out to be a really nice campground. We walked in the woods at Hayo-Went-Hah - I just went in a short way, but Dick went the whole distance, and up a huge hill to find the cache. Meanwhile, I was back at the car meeting the man who put out the cache! He was returning home, which is just across the road from the trail head. He was very interesting - quite new to caching but enthusiastic. He is TeamMotivated. We both enjoyed meeting him.
On the way home we checked out our Rocky and Porky cache and everything was in order.
Everybody seems to agree that the time to sell the house is around the time of the Cherry Festival because of the volume of people through the neighborhood that week, so we're moving things up a bit. The Festival is early this year - July 2-9, so we'll want to have the sale towards the end of June. The house will be empty and clean after everything is over and done with, and it will be ready to be shown.
In the afternoon, we went caching around Torch Lake. It was an absolutely gorgeous day - we had a great time. We found a great new natural area with nice paths, and boardwalk and overlook. We want to bring Dylan back there this summer. It's off M-88 down Traverse Bay Road. There was a multi-cache at Barnes Park, which turned out to be a really nice campground. We walked in the woods at Hayo-Went-Hah - I just went in a short way, but Dick went the whole distance, and up a huge hill to find the cache. Meanwhile, I was back at the car meeting the man who put out the cache! He was returning home, which is just across the road from the trail head. He was very interesting - quite new to caching but enthusiastic. He is TeamMotivated. We both enjoyed meeting him.
On the way home we checked out our Rocky and Porky cache and everything was in order.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Evaluation of House and Body
We met with John, the real estate salesman, at Mom's house so that he could begin the process of establishing a reasonable price for the house. Everybody agrees that the location of the house is going to make it a fast sale. Whoever buys it will have to spend lots of $$$ to bring it into the 21st century as far as wiring and plumbing are concerned. It was a productive meeting and John helped us decide that we had picked the right outfit to run the estate sale. He has worked with them before.
We ate a late breakfast at the Hard Luck Cafe (get the patties, not the links), and took a drive around town to kill time until Mother's doctor appointment.
It takes two of us now to get her to the Doctor. Thank God for Dick, who is in charge of the wheelchair at both ends of the expedition. She had a good visit with the Doctor, and had a blood test. We picked up a new med at Thompson's, and deposited her safely back at Concord Place none the worse for wear, although tired.
We ate a late breakfast at the Hard Luck Cafe (get the patties, not the links), and took a drive around town to kill time until Mother's doctor appointment.
It takes two of us now to get her to the Doctor. Thank God for Dick, who is in charge of the wheelchair at both ends of the expedition. She had a good visit with the Doctor, and had a blood test. We picked up a new med at Thompson's, and deposited her safely back at Concord Place none the worse for wear, although tired.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Perm Day
Finally got a perm and a trim today - long overdue. Not overly happy with the result - I think Colleen wound everything too tightly this time! I like a more natural look - oh well - this too shall pass.
Dick got a haircut - power of suggestion!
Visited Mother.
Dick got a haircut - power of suggestion!
Visited Mother.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
The Leelanau
Took a nice ride today to do cache maintenance and to have lunch at the Friendly Tavern in Empire.
The caches were all in good shape - we just replaced the log books so they're ready for the new season.
It was a nice day for a drive - warm temps - around 70 - but there's still snow in the woods, although not as much as last week. Lake Michigan was pretty. At the Empire Beach they were cleaning up the sand that had blown into the parking lot over the winter. They were using a front-loader and a dump truck! The amount of sand was amazing.
Drove to the Dune Climb - there were actually 6 or 7 people up on top In April! In Glen Arbor there were shoppers that looked a lot like tourists - but the season can't be starting already!
We have an appointment to take Mother to the doctor on Friday - it takes both of us and a small boy to get her wheeled out of her building and into the Doctor's.
We have an appointment on Saturday with some Estate Sale people to look through Mom's house and give us an estimate.
Tomorrow I'm finally having a perm, about 14,000 weeks overdue. Can't wait!
The caches were all in good shape - we just replaced the log books so they're ready for the new season.
It was a nice day for a drive - warm temps - around 70 - but there's still snow in the woods, although not as much as last week. Lake Michigan was pretty. At the Empire Beach they were cleaning up the sand that had blown into the parking lot over the winter. They were using a front-loader and a dump truck! The amount of sand was amazing.
Drove to the Dune Climb - there were actually 6 or 7 people up on top In April! In Glen Arbor there were shoppers that looked a lot like tourists - but the season can't be starting already!
We have an appointment to take Mother to the doctor on Friday - it takes both of us and a small boy to get her wheeled out of her building and into the Doctor's.
We have an appointment on Saturday with some Estate Sale people to look through Mom's house and give us an estimate.
Tomorrow I'm finally having a perm, about 14,000 weeks overdue. Can't wait!
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Miss Congeniality 2
Mary and I went out to lunch at Applebee's and then to the Mall to see a movie. The reason we go on Tuesdays is because it's cheap popcorn day if you bring your own container. I forgot my container. What's the reason we go on Tuesdays again?
We saw Sandra Bullock in the above mentioned film. It is not Academy Award material, but there was really only one part that I didn't like, even though it did get off to a slow start. I thought it was funny and entertaining - it had a nice turn at the end. Nothing special, really, but a nice way to spend a couple of hours.
We saw Sandra Bullock in the above mentioned film. It is not Academy Award material, but there was really only one part that I didn't like, even though it did get off to a slow start. I thought it was funny and entertaining - it had a nice turn at the end. Nothing special, really, but a nice way to spend a couple of hours.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Errands
A Day of errands - pick up shirts, go to Library for Mother, visit Mother, etc., etc. Not much exciting - except the weather was beautiful.
North Carolina won the NCAA mens' basketball tournament.
Darn it - we really wanted Illinois to win - the Big Ten and all ya know. Oh well
North Carolina won the NCAA mens' basketball tournament.
Darn it - we really wanted Illinois to win - the Big Ten and all ya know. Oh well
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Aloha !
Aloha!
There was a big luau today at Concord Place for all the residents and their families and friends. The community room was decorated with all kind of Hawaiian paraphernalia - they really went to a lot of work getting ready.
Mother agreed to participate - we took her on the elevator in a wheelchair, so moving her was relatively easy. She seemed happy to be there - made an effort to socialize with others at the table, and ate everything in sight. And here I thought that she didn't like a party! (jk)
Mother was anxious about when she was going to be served some food. She asked the Director's husband what was on the menu, he told her, and she said, "How do we get it?"
The food was really quite good - she kept remarking "It's not always like this."
The Director's brother was there to entertain with his singing and guitar. He was actually very good. But Dick and I almost fell off our chairs when he started singing "Detroit City" because the chorus is "I want to go home, I want to go home, Lord how I want to go home." !! A good choice for Assisted Living? Maybe not. But it certainly entertained Dick and me, and Mother couldn't hear it anyway, so no harm done.
We were glad that she agreed to go, and she really tried to enter into the spirit of the thing. She recognized most of the other residents, and remembers their names. Except that she keeps calling Mrs. Lather "Mrs. Luther". No big deal. Mrs Lather probably can't hear anyway!
She stayed at the party for 2 hours, and then we wheeled her back to her room for a rest. Then she was worried about maybe not getting any supper because of all the food at the party! For a woman who is very slight she really does like to est!
It was an experience. I think they have parties like this 3 or 4 times a year, so now we have something to look forward to!
Aloha!
There was a big luau today at Concord Place for all the residents and their families and friends. The community room was decorated with all kind of Hawaiian paraphernalia - they really went to a lot of work getting ready.
Mother agreed to participate - we took her on the elevator in a wheelchair, so moving her was relatively easy. She seemed happy to be there - made an effort to socialize with others at the table, and ate everything in sight. And here I thought that she didn't like a party! (jk)
Mother was anxious about when she was going to be served some food. She asked the Director's husband what was on the menu, he told her, and she said, "How do we get it?"
The food was really quite good - she kept remarking "It's not always like this."
The Director's brother was there to entertain with his singing and guitar. He was actually very good. But Dick and I almost fell off our chairs when he started singing "Detroit City" because the chorus is "I want to go home, I want to go home, Lord how I want to go home." !! A good choice for Assisted Living? Maybe not. But it certainly entertained Dick and me, and Mother couldn't hear it anyway, so no harm done.
We were glad that she agreed to go, and she really tried to enter into the spirit of the thing. She recognized most of the other residents, and remembers their names. Except that she keeps calling Mrs. Lather "Mrs. Luther". No big deal. Mrs Lather probably can't hear anyway!
She stayed at the party for 2 hours, and then we wheeled her back to her room for a rest. Then she was worried about maybe not getting any supper because of all the food at the party! For a woman who is very slight she really does like to est!
It was an experience. I think they have parties like this 3 or 4 times a year, so now we have something to look forward to!
Aloha!
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Dismal
This has been a dismal week in the world. Pope John Paul II died, Johnnie Cochran died, Howell Heflin died, and so did Michigan State.
Like Terry Schiavo, State needed life support to stay alive, and didn't get it. They lost decisively to North Carolina, 87-71.
They have proved themselves to be the 3rd or 4th best team in the entire NCAA. I hope they realize that and hold their heads high.
Monday night Illinois will play North Carolina for the Championship. It should be quite a game.
Like Terry Schiavo, State needed life support to stay alive, and didn't get it. They lost decisively to North Carolina, 87-71.
They have proved themselves to be the 3rd or 4th best team in the entire NCAA. I hope they realize that and hold their heads high.
Monday night Illinois will play North Carolina for the Championship. It should be quite a game.
Living Will
Haven't been in the mood for the past couple of weeks - don't know exactly why, but here we go again .
The big news as we speak is that Pope John Paul II is reportedly dying serenely, Terry Schiavo has died from lack of life support, and tonight the Spartans play North Carolina in the Final Four semi-finals.
The Pope has been so ill for so long that it's really not a shock that he appears to be on his deathbed. The Terry Schiavo case is something that was never any of our business, but evidently became the business of the federal government somehow. If you didn't have a living will before, it's definitely time to do it! Otherwise, it seems that it's possible that the media will show you in your most vulnerable situation to everyone on the planet. Everybody should read the extremely satirical column linked to the above title. It really reflects the way I feel about the whole scenario.
Las Vegas says that North Carolina is favored to win the NCAA basketball championship. I'm of course rooting for Michigan State. Originally I picked Illinois to win it all - I think a State vs Illinois final would be the most fun - an all Big Ten championship game.
We had a very pleasant Easter. We went out to brunch at Freshwater Lodge and it was delightful. We spent the afternoon with Mother and had a great visit. She has decided that she wants to sell the house and the contents. We're thinking that in late July or early August we'll have an estate sale and sell the house. The next door neighbor has asked long ago to be informed if we're planning to sell, so we'll offer it to him first. Our friend Kathee said her husband would be glad to check it out and come up with a price. Jim's family and our family are busily trying to decide what we want to keep from the house. We already know that Kris and Dan get "Laugh, Laugh Phonograph"!
The big news as we speak is that Pope John Paul II is reportedly dying serenely, Terry Schiavo has died from lack of life support, and tonight the Spartans play North Carolina in the Final Four semi-finals.
The Pope has been so ill for so long that it's really not a shock that he appears to be on his deathbed. The Terry Schiavo case is something that was never any of our business, but evidently became the business of the federal government somehow. If you didn't have a living will before, it's definitely time to do it! Otherwise, it seems that it's possible that the media will show you in your most vulnerable situation to everyone on the planet. Everybody should read the extremely satirical column linked to the above title. It really reflects the way I feel about the whole scenario.
Las Vegas says that North Carolina is favored to win the NCAA basketball championship. I'm of course rooting for Michigan State. Originally I picked Illinois to win it all - I think a State vs Illinois final would be the most fun - an all Big Ten championship game.
We had a very pleasant Easter. We went out to brunch at Freshwater Lodge and it was delightful. We spent the afternoon with Mother and had a great visit. She has decided that she wants to sell the house and the contents. We're thinking that in late July or early August we'll have an estate sale and sell the house. The next door neighbor has asked long ago to be informed if we're planning to sell, so we'll offer it to him first. Our friend Kathee said her husband would be glad to check it out and come up with a price. Jim's family and our family are busily trying to decide what we want to keep from the house. We already know that Kris and Dan get "Laugh, Laugh Phonograph"!
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Birthday Road Trip
Today is another beautiful day with blue sky and sunshine. There is still way too much snow for springtime. Lots of cache sites are not winter friendly, and we ran into 3 or 4 this morning that couldn't be done. We had a fantastic drive, though. On Green Road west of Alpena, we found a farm sawmill, where a man and a boy were making boards and posts. We watched them for quite a while. That cache was totally buried and frozen in the ground.
We went to look at the famous sinkholes, but it was just sight seeing - cache was under drifts and drifts of snow.
We found 3 caches in Rogers City - one quite by accident. Dick just happened to check his GPS to see if there were any in the area, and found one 44 feet away! That was at Quarry View.
Mother Nature was at her best and worst - the day continued full of sunshine. And then in Aloha Township, an eagle flew right across the road in front of us. That was closely followed by your dead skunk in the middle of the road. Do eagles eat skunks?
On the way home we found 2 caches in Indian River (the one on the bridge was my favorite), one in Wolverine, where Dick lost his cache bag, and a virtual cache in Onaway. We were home at 6 p.m., tired but happy.
Country Folks found Dick's cache bag on the road, and sent us an email. They're going to leave it with eb_ii in Gaylord and we can pick it up there. It's just a fanny pack, but it has our stamper in it.
Happy Birthday to Me!
We went to look at the famous sinkholes, but it was just sight seeing - cache was under drifts and drifts of snow.
We found 3 caches in Rogers City - one quite by accident. Dick just happened to check his GPS to see if there were any in the area, and found one 44 feet away! That was at Quarry View.
Mother Nature was at her best and worst - the day continued full of sunshine. And then in Aloha Township, an eagle flew right across the road in front of us. That was closely followed by your dead skunk in the middle of the road. Do eagles eat skunks?
On the way home we found 2 caches in Indian River (the one on the bridge was my favorite), one in Wolverine, where Dick lost his cache bag, and a virtual cache in Onaway. We were home at 6 p.m., tired but happy.
Country Folks found Dick's cache bag on the road, and sent us an email. They're going to leave it with eb_ii in Gaylord and we can pick it up there. It's just a fanny pack, but it has our stamper in it.
Happy Birthday to Me!
Monday, March 21, 2005
Road Trip East
We left around 9 or 9:30 on a beautiful "Spring" day with blue skies and sunshine. Drove across the State - our first caching stop was in Mio at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Woods. This shrine is the most elaborate and strange I've ever seen (although I must admit I don't spend much time at shrines). See link above.
We had lunch at Harrisville at a place called "The Flour Garden". The food was really good, and the waitress was a character out of a bad novel.
Lake Huron was blue, blue, blue - absolutely beautiful. When we got to Alpena, Thunder Bay was blue, blue, blue as well. We were surprised at how much snow they had. It was especially deep in the woodsy areas - on one trail, Dick waded through snow over his boot tops. The cached was buried, but luckily he found it by poking around with his walking stick.
We stayed at the Best Western in Alpena, and ate dinner at Mr. D's Steakhouse which was right across the parking lot. I learned from a lady on a cell phone at the next table that we were eating at Best Western. Poor Mr. D.
We did a total of 7 caches - 3 in Alpena, 2 in Harrisville, and 2 in Mio. Our favorite was in downtown Alpena near a city park. The cache was hidden in an old pipe which had been sawed off at ground level. The container fit right down into the pipe and was really hard to see. We had to use the hint because it was so well concealed. The funny thing about it was that there were muggles taking continuous cigarette breaks behind the pizza shop across the alley. We had to be very stealthy and covert - at one time actually parking our car in front of the pipe so we could not be seen. Lord only knows what they thought we were doing. While we were twiddling our thumbs waiting for them to go inside, a delivery man delivered pizzas on three different trips. It took us a while. I think geo-cachers could work for the CIA. Maybe.
We had lunch at Harrisville at a place called "The Flour Garden". The food was really good, and the waitress was a character out of a bad novel.
Lake Huron was blue, blue, blue - absolutely beautiful. When we got to Alpena, Thunder Bay was blue, blue, blue as well. We were surprised at how much snow they had. It was especially deep in the woodsy areas - on one trail, Dick waded through snow over his boot tops. The cached was buried, but luckily he found it by poking around with his walking stick.
We stayed at the Best Western in Alpena, and ate dinner at Mr. D's Steakhouse which was right across the parking lot. I learned from a lady on a cell phone at the next table that we were eating at Best Western. Poor Mr. D.
We did a total of 7 caches - 3 in Alpena, 2 in Harrisville, and 2 in Mio. Our favorite was in downtown Alpena near a city park. The cache was hidden in an old pipe which had been sawed off at ground level. The container fit right down into the pipe and was really hard to see. We had to use the hint because it was so well concealed. The funny thing about it was that there were muggles taking continuous cigarette breaks behind the pizza shop across the alley. We had to be very stealthy and covert - at one time actually parking our car in front of the pipe so we could not be seen. Lord only knows what they thought we were doing. While we were twiddling our thumbs waiting for them to go inside, a delivery man delivered pizzas on three different trips. It took us a while. I think geo-cachers could work for the CIA. Maybe.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Tax Time
Today we sat down with all of the 2004 records and attempted to do the income taxes. God Bless the IRS. Not. We got a good start on it, and after we clear up a couple of things tomorrow, we should be finished.
I'm starting to do some research for the Kanitz Family Tree - it hasn't been updated for 25 years. I'm hoping to get everybody's information updated by next September. I've had 4 responses to my family email, and I'm optimistic.
State advanced in the tournament - they will play Duke next. Go Green. NC State beat Connecticut - the defending champions. That was a surprise!
We're taking a Birthday road trip - leaving tomorrow, spending the night in Alpena, and coming back on Tuesday.
I'm starting to do some research for the Kanitz Family Tree - it hasn't been updated for 25 years. I'm hoping to get everybody's information updated by next September. I've had 4 responses to my family email, and I'm optimistic.
State advanced in the tournament - they will play Duke next. Go Green. NC State beat Connecticut - the defending champions. That was a surprise!
We're taking a Birthday road trip - leaving tomorrow, spending the night in Alpena, and coming back on Tuesday.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Cache Spying
Leftover pancakes for breakfast - a rare treat. Unless Dylan is here, that is!
We went to visit Mother early today because a big snow storm was predicted, and we didn't want to get caught in it. She directed me in writing checks for her bills, and she wanted to sign the MESSA bill herself. She thinks that someone will notice that she's still able to sign checks. She's still OK, and still alert and on top of things.
We had so much fun today. We drove around to the new cache sites and watched for cachers. We saw lots of footprints in the snow! We saw various people at the F&M Park - nobody has found that one yet. I don't think anyone will until Dick decides to give a hint. It's so unique and complicated and different and hard to spot!
The NCAA tournament has had a lot of surprises. Nobody ever thought that Bucknell would beat Kansas, or that Vermont would beat Syracuse. My selections were way off, and I think I'm dead last in the bracket competition. The games have been really exciting. I had predicted that State would lose to Syracuse, but now I think they can beat Vermont. Good for State!
Corned beef and cabbage in the crockpot - a late Irish dinner.
We went to visit Mother early today because a big snow storm was predicted, and we didn't want to get caught in it. She directed me in writing checks for her bills, and she wanted to sign the MESSA bill herself. She thinks that someone will notice that she's still able to sign checks. She's still OK, and still alert and on top of things.
We had so much fun today. We drove around to the new cache sites and watched for cachers. We saw lots of footprints in the snow! We saw various people at the F&M Park - nobody has found that one yet. I don't think anyone will until Dick decides to give a hint. It's so unique and complicated and different and hard to spot!
The NCAA tournament has had a lot of surprises. Nobody ever thought that Bucknell would beat Kansas, or that Vermont would beat Syracuse. My selections were way off, and I think I'm dead last in the bracket competition. The games have been really exciting. I had predicted that State would lose to Syracuse, but now I think they can beat Vermont. Good for State!
Corned beef and cabbage in the crockpot - a late Irish dinner.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Up and Running
The T.C. cache series is up and running. Cylops drove up from Warren, arriving at 1 a.m., to try to be first finder. He found 9 of the 12 and promises to come back. We ran into him at the Visitors Center. We went out to a late breakfast at Harbor Watch. I didn't order pancakes, because Dick promised to make pancakes for supper.
Basketball is getting crazier and crazier!
Basketball is getting crazier and crazier!
Thursday, March 17, 2005
March Madness
It's time for college basketball again. U of M never had a chance to be in the tournament, so we're cheering for MSU and Illinois and the other Big Ten teams. It's really fun and entertaining, and there are always lots of upsets and "Cinderella" teams.
Kevin and Sharon have us all signed up in a tournament competition again this year. No money is involved - it's just for bragging rights. I think there are 15 of us competing - mostly Lue's family, plus John and Sue, Dick and me, and a couple of extra friends and relatives. It's always a hoot, and it adds a lot of fun to the tournament.
Dick's T.C. cache series was approved this evening by Rusty at MiGo. It will be very interesting to see whether anyone can find them all!
Happy St. Patrick's Day.
Kevin and Sharon have us all signed up in a tournament competition again this year. No money is involved - it's just for bragging rights. I think there are 15 of us competing - mostly Lue's family, plus John and Sue, Dick and me, and a couple of extra friends and relatives. It's always a hoot, and it adds a lot of fun to the tournament.
Dick's T.C. cache series was approved this evening by Rusty at MiGo. It will be very interesting to see whether anyone can find them all!
Happy St. Patrick's Day.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Tweaking
We spent a good part of today checking out Dick's new series of caches in Traverse City parks. He only had to tweak one or two things - we were glad we double-checked everything. I think he'll release the series before the end of the week - what a lot of work it has been. The caches are all hidden, the pages are all created, and the coordinates are all accurate - so here we go! It's been fun getting it ready, now we'll see if anybody can find them all!
We visited Mother, and she actually agreed to walk with us down the hall (using her walker). She had never been in the dining room, and she thought it was quite nice. She now knows where the elevator is, and which room belongs to Mrs. Lather. (Mrs. Lather is the mother of Dave and Pauline, who are also TCHS class of '53). We had a good visit.
Dick cooked steaks on the grill in the middle of a snow storm. I'm not sure how much snow we had today, but it was quite a bit - now everything looks fresh and white again - it covered up the old dirty piles of snow, at least temporarily!
We visited Mother, and she actually agreed to walk with us down the hall (using her walker). She had never been in the dining room, and she thought it was quite nice. She now knows where the elevator is, and which room belongs to Mrs. Lather. (Mrs. Lather is the mother of Dave and Pauline, who are also TCHS class of '53). We had a good visit.
Dick cooked steaks on the grill in the middle of a snow storm. I'm not sure how much snow we had today, but it was quite a bit - now everything looks fresh and white again - it covered up the old dirty piles of snow, at least temporarily!
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Save Your Money
It was Tuesday, cheap popcorn day, so Mary and I headed for the mall for lunch. We met at Jonathan B.'s - I hadn't been there before. I liked it - the food was good. I have to take responsibility for picking this movie - more's the pity. We saw "Because of Winn-Dixie". The preview looked cute, the trailer on the internet (see above) seemed interesting, but no. It's a waste of time, actually. The story was very disjointed and slow (I fell asleep in the middle of it), the characters and the setting were very weird. Jeff Daniels likes to do the weird things, like "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" and "Purple Rose of Cairo" - but this one missed the mark. Even the very attractive young girl and the talented dog couldn't save it. Save your money. Next time, Mary has to pick!
After the movie I went to see Mother. She's holding up very well. Then to the library.
After the movie I went to see Mother. She's holding up very well. Then to the library.
Monday, March 14, 2005
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