The wind is howling around the house and it is supposed to
get up to 60 miles per hour today. It will tear up all the
tender little plants that we have put out.

Ellie is in Moscow now and she will be embarking on her
seventeen mile train trip to Kurov. We had Bobby and the
kids over for supper last night. Pat, Bobby's step mother had the worst of it. She took Ashley to a soccer tournament yesterday afternoon and she isn't fully recovered
from a broken hip. She is being extremely helpful.

I experimented yesterday. I had a couple of white cake
mixes that need to be used up so I took one and added eggs
and oil as per the directions, then put in one fourth cup
of oatmeal, a cup of blueberries, a cup of walnuts and a
cup of raisens. It made enough for two loaves. If I make
it again, I would increase t he oil to half a cup but it
made a nice bread for breakfast and enough to send Bobby
a loaf.

The pollen and the wind have us all coughing. I didn't
sleep well last night and Ted didn't either as my coughing
disturbed him. Perhaps we can nap today.

I am in the process of changing over from Dish to Direct
tv. It will save 35 dollars a month the first year and I
changed insurance on the house and the car for a savings
of about 455 dollars a year. The county assessor has been
up to his old tricks of inflating the market value on every
one's house. I need to write a letter to the paper. Then
we could all chime in on these overvaluations and maybe
get it stopped. He is too lazy to look at it in depth. It
is easier just to go up about three thousand a year.

Ted has all the stuff to stream netflix to our tv but he
hasn't done it yet. It will be nice.

Happy Sunday!