Sunday morning, April 23, 2006

Good morning everyone,

Did you have a good week? Here in Ohio the weather was great! It is so nice to hear the birds singing their beautiful songs in the morning. It is my favorite time of the day.
Herman is doing well so far. The toads are doing their thing in the pond, and the four or five frogs that survived are out and about croaking and doing their thing too.
I removed about 25 fish the other day. (Way to many in our little pond!) It took me several times to catch the little buggers. They are so leary once I put the net in. It is a test of wills, believe me. I took the fish of different sizes and colors down to the neighbors' large pond. While I was putting them in the water, the children came and we watched the fish swim away. One of the little girls said they see the fish I have brought, down at the far end where the stream enters the pond out of the hillside.

I received an email from Pam this morning about Tom. He is doing much better, had his trach removed, and is now home! Yeah! He will have a lot of therapy to endure, so please continue to pray for him and his family. He is able to feed himself now and is talking. Praise God!

I had to get another car. It is only two years older than the one I had, but only has 37,800 miles on it. It is a Buick LaSabre with all the trimmings. (Electric everything!) My good and faithful Ford Taurus just was getting to expensive to keep up. Could we return to the horse and buggy? Cars. How exaspirating when they start to go bad. In fact, the day before I was to get the Buick, my neighbor and I were running around town to various stores and when I dropped her off at the local drug store, I took my car up to the car wash. While I was sitting there I noticed the temperature gauge getting warmer. I shut it off while it was being washed. I returned to get my neighbor and the gauge kept rising. I drove to my mechanic, Steve, and he checked it out. He said the fan behind the radiator froze up. We finished our driving around, going in and out of various stores, and I drove us home. I had to meet the lady with the Buick at school, so I drove my Ford to Steve's, left the car with him, walked to the school, and waited. We drove to the Courthouse, changed the title, and she took me home in my new vehicle.

That night I had a meeting from 6p.m. to 9p.m. for the Primary Election. I am a Presiding Judge for my precinct. I went to the meeting in hubby's car.

The next morning I went with hubby at 6:20 a.m. and he dropped me off at the square in town. I went and had breakfast, and waited until I could get into the courthouse at 7:30 a.m. to go to work. After having lunch with an associate, I walked back to Steve's and got my car. Whew! A nice walk, but I was tired when I got there.

Friday night, I cleaned up my old Taurus and parked it by the driveway. Hubby put a "For Sale" sign on a stake and put it in front of the car. Hope I sell it soon!

I drove my Buick to work yesterday for the first time. Really a nice riding and driving car. It will take a little getting used to as it is a bigger car and I feel like I am in a very large boat/tank/whatever.

I due hope it is as good on gas as my Taurus was. I will check on that one.
The gas situation is just getting riduculous! How are people coping with it? I am so blessed I don't have far to drive to work, but what about so many that work far away? Something must be done, and soon. What can be done, I am not sure at this point.

I sent in my first book to the printers with the new corrections. I will be getting a proof-book soon to approve.

The second book, the sequel, is almost completed. I still have not decided on where to get it published. I would like to go with Infinity Publishers again, but it is sooo expensive! I have to really think and pray about that one. Maybe you could too????

Got to go. Laundry awaits, and I have to work today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
I love seeing people I have not seen in a long while. And it is good they are coming in and saving lots of money on so much. With the price of gasoline being so high, they have to save somewhere!

Have a good week, folks. Thanks for visiting and for your emails.
P.S. Keep a sweet young lady in your prayers too. I just received and email from her that her Mother passed away. Her name is Marcy.

Until next time, Blessings to you! Peace, Love, and Laughter to you all!
Becky :)