While the Eastern sea board was having blizzard conditions,
we were having weather in the balmy seventies. It doesn't
seem fair. I loved every minute of our faux summer and
regret that we only had three days of it. Mike and Fredo
sent me pictures of the snow piled around their school
house. The pictures were lovely but the shoveling and
the cold was not.

Things at our house are just the same. My friend, Phyllis
had a lumpectomy and a wire to take care of her breast
cancer, much the same procedure that Teal had with such
good results. Fortunately she is doing fine.

Bobby has decided to go on half does of that evil drug,
Strivarga and hope for a clinical trial. Half doses
should not cause many of the horrible side effects. We
can only hope that it helps.

Rex sneaks around and digs holes in the back yard out of
my line of sight. He has a tremendous one that I will
have to fill in this spring. He doesn't dig when it
gets hot. I am anxious for it to get warm enough to
work in the yard.

Ted has chronic pain syndrome and I think if he did his
exercises it would be relieved. Unfortunately he has
gotten stubborn and won't exercise because it hurts.

We have many leaves in the fall and Renee loaned me a
device to pick them up called leaf hands. It is a
tremendous help. I bought one for me and one for Ellie.
It has made such a difference and is such a simple idea.
Two plastic discs with grippers and handles. Needless
to say, the two of us have to do all the yard work at our
houses.