GOOD DAY

Amy and I had some business on Lakeland today. We had lunch at a favorite place. Grants" Kitchen. The veggies are just like I and other southern cooks do them. Not greasy but not half cooked either. Just right. Cornbread like the South too==no sugar or flour. The owner said he was going to build one in Ridgeland right away. I told him we at St Catherines would be good customers.Seems as if I talk about food a lot.

Betty Boop

4TH

I had a good fourth. We sang so goooood. At least I thought we did. Had a good lunch buffet here. Almost any thing you could think of from brunch food all the way through ribs, cicken, beand salads baked sweet potato green beans breads pecan pie watermelon and soup to began with. I think I may have missed some things but I was very careful not to eat too much. I watched T V for celebrations--always good and from my balcony I watched a good fireworks show put on my Madison at Liberty Park. It was very good and beautiful reflecting over the Lake. Some sat on the terrace but I could watch it from my balcony (in my nightgown) Best of both worlds. Let us remember why we celebrate the 4th and how blessed we are to have such freedom.

Betty Boop

HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

That is the question you hear from everyone you meet. Yes, yes, yes-- Maybe a little relief in a few days from scattered showers. We practiced for our Summer Concert ( so called) yesterday. We will sing on the 4th for everyone. A mixture of old favorites and all the good old 4ths songs. I do love to sing this kind. We sounded good at practice and I hope it will be enjoyed. We are not real hard to please here at the Village. Don"t mind me. When you live 85 years, you have lived through a lot. Lot of ups and downs. I think my motto will be"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." See you later.

Betty Boop

WATERMELLON YUMMMM

Walking down the hall after picking up my mail with friend Inca, both of us are very short and like to walk together. Theo popped out of his apartment and said "Do you girls like warermellon?" Inca said "Is the Pope Catholic?" Now Theo is Catholic but he gave us each a big slice of cold red ripe watermellon anyway. I wonder if the Pope has ever tasted watermellon. Not the kind we grow is Mississippi. Maybe never even heard of Mississippi.Running wild again--I really do need this creative writing class. I might put the Pope in one of my stories.

Betty Boop

CURIOUS GEORGE

iT WAS A FINE EXIBIT. I learned a lot and am glad for all the books and writings that were saved and then the new ones written in New York. We met Sophie at the Old Capitol Inn and the lunch was so very good and I just loved remembering that it used to be home of the YWCA and I took girls for swimming lessons in the early days there. My how Jackson has changed. A man here noticed my collection (only four) of lighthouses that I decorate my entrance with. I make a beach display June and July because we go to the beach. A lot of others do too. He has a colection of them and he said after his kids get what they want of it he would give his to me.. I did not have the heart to tell him that mine all came from the Dollar Tree..I can really get in trouble sometime. It was nice of him to offer What to do?. Maybe his kids (who he said gave most of them to him} will want them back? Hope so. Well of change sheets, do a load of wash, shampoo my hair and then what? I will see.

Betty Boop

GEORGE TODAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY LOU!!!! Let's have lunch at the Museum and see the Curious George story. Jan and Amy are taking me to see it. Should be fun. I love the books. I am glad we will be inside. We are seeing too many 100 degrees. I know this is the South but this is just too much. The hot air baloons are taking off early this morning from Canton. They are drifting to the North Park Mall . I have seen them there befor. I wonder if Lindsay remembers Truman and I taking her there one summer when she visited us by herself. I bet she does. We really spoiled her when we had her as one. I call it just plenty of Love. More later on "George".

Betty Boop

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

Amy had lunch in the Cyber with me. New specials are being offered. We both had calves liver and it was good. We talked about the Beach trip and declared it a winner, tho many things were different. The highlight we agreed was our new bartender and his many stories. What fun .Well there were so many good things and they outweighed the few little dips and we can roll with the punches--yes we can. We are also glad we missed the bad weather and had such beautiful weather most days. Well Well. off to exercise class and I do need it. I will see what else I can get into.

Betty Boop