No Mosquitoes!

 No Mosquitoes!

 

The nicest thing about this really cold weather coming up is the fact that we can run around outside and not be attacked by those nasty little blood-sucking skeeters! Now, if we have to TRY to have a positive outlook about cold weather, that should be the first thing on the list of benefits, don’t you think?

 

Lance and Tracy came today and did a few things for me that made me grin. They brought me a big container of Thanksgiving goodies along with cookies and a moon pie made by Tracy’s dad, Phil. He loves to cook all kinds of sweet things, and he is very good at it. Seems he and his brothers learned to cook in order to eat as they were growing up. So, Phil got to be the cookie and cake cook. Had never had a moon pie like that, but it was very tasty. Have not started on the cookies yet, but tomorrow is another day.

 

Lance covered up the faucets front and back for me. Think he also warned the neighbors across the street that it will be freezing soon. Monday night should be pretty cold, but tonight and Sunday night will only be 31 and 34 degrees. With the wind howling across this hill, even that little bit of frostiness can mess up the water lines. And the colder weather also affects some folks’ joints. And then there are folks like Roger who wears two shirts even in the summer time!

 

Tracy sat down and put the Houston Library connection on my iPad for me. Now the old woman can download books from there and not have to mess with Kindle unless they just happen to have something that really appeals to me. Houston Library is available to anyone in Texas! That is SO nice. It just amazes me at how much my daughter-in-law knows about all these different things. The woman could have a doctorate just in the different sources of information available through libraries.

 

Jennifer and Gary got home from Virginia this afternoon. At least this set of flights did not cause them to have to be at the airport by 2 a.m. That is EARLY, don’t you know! But then, the picture of the four lanes of traffic leading into the DFW airports before Thanksgiving were just about frightening! SO many people were leaving the day before Thanksgiving. Some things are worth the effort, but traveling right now just doesn’t really appeal to me.

 

Daniel Hernandez worked over my computer again to download something that kept the flashing lights from occurring. Not sure exactly what he said he downloaded, but apparently it worked. It makes me feel much less threatened by the possibility of the computer going down. So many things in my life are on my computer these days. Besides using Amazon Prime, all my banking is normally on my computer. It is just so much easier to pay bills and have things taken care of this way. Glad to have met Daniel back in college and later worked with him.

 

The kids helped me by mixing up some nuts and stuff to make little gift bags today. Sent some home with them and then one for Jennifer and Gary. Tracy made some comment about never having received the jar of apple butter that Grandma Joy made years ago. Kinda think the things that are sent down that direction have a tendency to get sidetracked occasionally. Know for a fact that it is easy to mess up who is supposed to get what.

 

The kids picked up chicken and ground beef for me at the store, so the old woman needs to get in there and bag it up or cook the beef and bag it this afternoon. Having things ready to use in a dish makes life so much simpler. Energy is never a given around here. Just moving around seems to hurt some days, so getting things done while still moving makes good sense.

 

We have so much for which to be thankful. Life and love and good health mean more than anything right now. Friends, neighbors, and good stores that cater to our needs make life better for all of us. For all the problems we might have in our nation, we are still so very blessed to have relative stability and calmness in our communities. Let us pray for those who make a difference in how our nation works and in how it is perceived. Let us reflect the love that God has given us.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.