It got down to ll degrees last night and this really hurts because of the warm days we had last week. We were supposed
to get snow but just got sprinkles of it. This was blow because it is so dry.


I made a huge pot of stew last night and in order to keep
from having to eat it forever, I gave Ellie half of it and
froze some for Ted. He loves stew and I do not but it is
alright on a cold winter's day.

I called a girl that I went to grade school and high school
with yesterday for an update on people we used to know.
It was an eyeopener because she told me she was alumni
president this year and it would be 65 years since we
graduated highschool. To her knowledge there are only 5
of us still living. There were two suicides in my small
highschool class. That was early on before the days of
antidepressants and I can't help but feel they could have
been saved if they had just hung on. I was close to both of
them. My highschool days were not my favorite times. Ted
loved his high school days and he keeps looking up old
friends and getting disillusioned.

A man came out and measured the house for carpet yesterday.
It will be two to three days of horrid upheaval. It will
be about two weeks before they start and I guess I need to
clear out closets and bric a brac gradually. Books are the worst.

Be sure to stay warm and dry.