A FIRST

Had dinner with Emily Clark.  Her son sells wine remember.  Two other ladies joined us.  Emily brought a very nice bottle of wine and they brought us wine glasses.  Wine in the dinning room was a first for me. She said she did not know a thing about wine--she just drank what her son gave her.  It was nice and everyone wondered what we were celebrating.  It is rare to see wine there but I have seen it once or twice. Apparently some frown on it.  But we enjoyed  it. 

Betty Boop

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

The weather is threating, of course the weather men are excited.  Excited enough to scare the rain we need off.  I do love cloudy days and hints of bad weather.  It puts me in a cooking mood.  Since I have soup in the freezer from the last weather threat, I baked Morning Glory muffins.  I have  had the ingredients a while but could not get around to making them.  I had Halloween cup cake liners, they were perfect.  Maybe you have made these muffins.  Made with Betty Crocker carrot cake mix with added pineapple and nuts and raisins.?  I took them around to my close neighbors and will take the rest to my coffee club tomorrow. Just trying to spread a little sunshine.  Everyone likes home made stuff.  I am having lunch with Darlene and dinner with Emily Clark--so I am set for the day.  I live a good life, don't you think?  I do.  In fact I am very blessed to have "work" to do and strength to do it. 

Betty Boop

ST. CATHERINES' HALLOWEEN

While nothing is really planned for Halloween here, except decorations in the main hall and at peoples' doors, you still hear of parties in some apartments.  I have never been invited to one, I am glad, who knows what goes on behind closed doors?  However the candy dishes are being refreshed  at doors by the hour.  I know we are on a sugar high.  Back to childhood I guess.  We are expecting stormy weather for the night of Halloween.  That fits, but I am sorry for the real trick or treat children.  At least we can roam the halls.  Some perks for growing older.  Well hears to fun--have more of it.!!!!

Betty Boop

SWEET MORY

I decided I wanted some home cooked food.  I am cooking black eyed peas, boiled okra, turnip greens and a little skillet of cornbread.(my style).  I thought of how my sweet mama, when she cooked cornbread would always slice a sliver and eat it hot with butter.  She would give me a bite when I caught her.  I just pulled a small skillet of hot wonderful smelling cornbread out of my oven and in her memory, cut a small sliver , buttered it  and ate it hot.  Oh it was good. 

Betty Boop

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

Yes, yes I feel happy as a bug in a rug.  Some very nice men came and put the final touch on my disaster this morning.  I made myself a steak sandwich and iced tea and topped it off with a Halloween Snicker bite.  I felt I deserved .  I had to dust and put everything back in place and when I came to the computer, I just sat down and caught up.  I guess I missed it the most.  Kind of like talking to you all.  I guess I should be clever and write something cute, but this was not very funny.  The people here have been super nice and for that I am  thankful.  Surely I will have some good Halloween stories soon.  You really should see some of the decorations, mine included.

Betty Boop 

COULD THINGS GET WORSE?

As I write this, I am in my little nest at the end of my living room.  First I nursed my back injury back to health, then my knee took over.  That fixed and my eye said I will now take over the controls of this train wreck.  I am still fighting that one/  With new treatment, I am hoping for the best soon.  They say trouble comes in threes.  No fours for me.  The sprinkler system had a malfunction and backed up in the ceiling till it found a weak place and dripped and dripped till it broke through .  Water and ceiling all on the carpet.  Leaked in the bedroom where Lind, who was spending the weekend with me, was sleeping.  Woke us us at 3:oo Sunday morning.  I wont go into any more details but two big fans were brought and cleaning is done and we are now waiting for the sheet rock to dry to decide how to pro cede.  Looking at a while.  I  was calling Linda Henny Penny because she woke me with the news Sunday.  What a visit for her. 

Excuse me now, I think I will go read my Bible--How about the book of Job?

Betty Boop

BETTER BETTER BETTER!!!!

Thank you Lord.  I did a mild version of exercise yesterday and I don't seem any worse for the effort.  So if that is progress--so be it.  I will take it.  I am not a very good couch potato.  Whitney's blog about Karis dressing up took me back to the bag of old clothes and shoes and scarfs in the toy closet at Riverwood.  I loved it as much as my granddaughters did.  Most little girls love dress-up.  I told Whitney that the old night gowns were the favorite.  Don't forget  the flowers to finish the weddings.  I guess they were weddings.  Looked that way to me.  Spend the nights were fun to me too.  Nothing like little girls.  Oh Boys are great too.  Just had to learn how to relate to them. 

Better Tomorrow (always)
Betty Boop. 

P. S.  I saw a birthday card with Betty Boop.  Almost bought it --just because?

DULL DULL DULL

I declare, I will have to make up something or stop writing.  I can't come up with anything of interest.  All my blogger  friends come up with something worth reading.---me---just still pain in my back.  Now I ask you, who wants to read  if  ibuprofen is the best pain reliever and how much is safe to take,  How it is possible to burn your back with too hot of a heat pad.  Also this pain rub (equate) does not get it like the real thing. Another question, should I go to exercise class and how much should I do?  AND  How much GOLDEN GIRLS can you watch?  I have seen them all.  Love their outfits. 

I did go to Church and that was good.  Paul, Sophia. Amy and M. G. and I had Japanese  food for lunch.  Last night as I checked the outside light before I turned it off for the night I opened the door and someone had left me flowers!!!!  Since my admires are all female, I think I know who left them.  So that is the latest chapter in my exciting life. Stay tuned, it might get better.

Betty Boop

TOO QUICK

I bragged too quick.  I overdid  my new exercise moves with the weights and pulled a muscle in my lower back.  Since Wednesday afternoon, I have been taking pain pills and generally living on the heating pad.  Some better, but not well.  I should have known better.  I have been alright for a week and into the second week, I had to do this.  I am so embarrassed and mad at myself. 

Well I have at least written a poem for my next Creative writing class.  Not about pain, altho it might be my next title.  It is about humming birds--going and coming.  They have really put on a show for me.  I think I told you about that already.  But this is a poem.  Somehow  things just come out a poem lately.  They used two of them in this month's VILLAGER.  They are desperate to use my stuff.  My stuff seems sort of silly but that is what you get.  Comes out that way. 

Amy came and brought lunch from CORNER BAKERY.  My was it good.  Saved some for supper.  If you are interested--I will keep you up on my progress.  Even my maid told me what to take for my pain when she came to clean this afternoon.  Maybe I will not be tied down too much longer.  I hope not.

Betty Boop

NOT MUCH NEW

Have not written in the blog much lately,   Just in a dry slump I guess.  You know writers are like that.  Not that I am much of a  writer.  Just like to think I am.  

Betty Boop