Sunday

Well it was not our usual day as Nancy has some pain in her tummy and she was afraid she might be catching the bug that has touched many in her family; especially the ones who were at the rehab facility before leaving for Michigan. Sister Betsy, her mom and dad and even Amy has some form of a bug with upchucking and diarrhea. We thought it best to stay away from all for a day or so. We did our quiet times and then chilled relaxing in the warm sunshine and gentle breezes. I hand watered the gardens after a yummy breakfast of French toast and eggs then settled in with a book until the NFL came on at 1 PM. I spent the rest of the afternoon reading and watching some football.

I must say our team the BUCS lived up to their billings and once again got beat by a team with a worst record than us, the Panthers(luckily for us it was blacked out locally on TV). I must say I like Tim Tebow and he showed once again he is the real deal with a team that has minimal talent; but they won. The Packers are also the real deal with a great team effort and its looks like they will GO ALL THE WAY(Howard Cosell saying).I see them winning the Super Bowl again.

We just picked for a lite lunch then Nancy boiled a kielbasa in beer for supper along with a fresh garden salad and tatter tots. Once again after the cleanup I watched a little football and read. Today was just a relaxing day after the stressed fill week with her folks going to Michigan and her dad being admitted to the hospital in Ann Arbor. He is doing a little better as she spoke with him by phone. His blood sugar is out of balance and there is some pneumonia in the lungs so he is in ICU there. This is a teaching hospital and one of the best in the country. Please keep all of them in your thoughts and prayers.

With this new phone system we have been catching up on our chatting with friends around the country as well as with family in Michigan. Its so nice to hear their voices so Nancy has had the "wires on fire". We spoke with mountain mom Helen and she has a bad cold and is off to see the doctor tomorrow, she sounded bad with a deep infection in her chest and throat, keep her in your thoughts and prayers also, we also spoke with our old neighbor and friend Ray Todd in the mountains, seems he is getting ready to have another back surgery due to ruptured disc's which has him in constant pain. He said its been cold there with some snow last week but today was sunny and in the 40's.

Well that's about it here except just a note on the garden. I have broccoli heads forming along green beans a couple inches long as well as a few cucumbers starting to form. The greens and lettuces are complimenting our salads and are doing well and we are using all of the herbs now as well. I have lots of small green tomato's and peppers as well also. The squash is blooming as well are the sugar peas. Looks like healthy eatin' in the next few months if the freeze stays away. Later