Good Monday Morning on this first day of Fall.  Although it feels like a summer day. It could stay like this forever.  I know a lot of you prefer the colder weather.  Buy, I am sure not looking forward to the winter.  I hate the cold.

I am just marking my spot. I need to get a move on as I have an appointment to get my hair done at noon.  And, I am so slow moving in the morning.

I will try to get back later today.  Have a great morning. !!1

Joy

I've been in Indianapolis since Friday and I'll head for home today.  We'll leave here about noon and meet my nephew, Tom, at Merrillville and he will take me home.  We had a nice gathering of some of the family down here - my second family - with a kind of pizza party.  I think there were ten of us all together. 

In a few minutes, I'll get dressed for the day and get my luggage arranged.  The last thing to get packed is this computer.

Mary Ann

Good Morning everyone. yes ladies it is not good to not fall and  stay asleep. It is almost nine A M here and I just woke up and have not ate the morning meal. need to eat a little at least. I do how ever need to push away from the table and loose some more weight and the fat tummy. we got only a 1/2 " rain yesterday. but it came slow and easy ll day. I suspect we got more but think the wend blew some of it past the rain gauge, Have a good day everyone I hope just as you like.

Lloyd

Mary Ann, glad you have had a good visit, thought about you (missing your posts) but remembered you said you were off to visit that "other family".

Lloyd, sounds like you are finding a new way of life at last. Plenty to do in spite of being retired, right?

My week just got a little more complicated with a call from the roofer. Not only going to deliver the shingles but going to start taking the old off. Thank goodness the mowers will come today so the yard can have a week without attention. I have the pool pump running, already dipped out leaves & will run the vac tonight... so it can go until the roof is done. Can't run the pump with nails & pieces of "stuff" in it. The new washer can be delivered any time from now to 7:00 p.m. & I have the utility room floor scrubbed & litter box plus laundry detergents moved to the bathroom next to where the washer goes. I am making progress but would love a nap! Have to "up the jacks" & move the RV before 7:00 am tomorrow for roofers to come. I won't leave it across the street overnight so an extra job morning & night. Depending on weather, hope to be done by this week end.

Hi, Joy.... had to smile at your slow moving in the morning & for me it is slow moving all day. If not for the cats, I think I am ready to let someone else worry about maintenance where I live! You sound so content with life, being as busy as you want. Good for you!

Phyllis, much as I enjoy visiting with family I find I am exhausted when they leave.  My mother used to say Dad was worn out because he talked all the time (we did hear those hunting & fishing trip tales enough times we could repeat word for word). Mom was the listener.... Dad only talked when he was comfortable with who (whom?) ever was there. Mom & I would sit up until the wee hours to catch up with our gossip.

OOOh... the clock is ticking so I'd better get a move on. Had a wonderful cool night with door open in the bedroom. As usual, Tom & Tiger wanted in & out every hour or so. My fault, but do love the cooler air & didn't want to miss it. Not here for long, "they" say.

MONDAY, MONDAY.......a little Mama's and the Papa's humming from me! 

Happy Fall to all!  Leaves are falling.......the falling leaves, slip by my window....now I can hum this one for a bit!

Laundry is going, although it took me awhile to decide I just had to get up and get it started. 

JANE and SHIRLEY, I missed both of your posts last night......

AMY, I do hope you got that egg in your boot and beat it😘

JOY, I know by the time you read this you will be feeling good.....a nice hair do always makes us feel better!

MARY ANN, safe travels back home today.  When I spoke to my dad this morning, he went on and on about why my kiddos want to travel out of the country with so much strife going on?  I told him they are just as safe in other countries as they are here with all the nasty stuff that goes on.  As my kids always say..."if something happens to them at least we know that they were doing what they wanted to be doing, and not just caught up in some being in the wrong place at the wrong time" and I have to agree with them.  They have travel in their blood, as we love to travel and have been very blessed to see as many countries as we have.  Our Boston Son and DIL are leaving for Portugal on this coming Friday....I think that news is what sent my dad on his rampage! 😩😘

SHIRLEY, I wish you the best with the roofing going on......you will be SO HAPPY when that is over!  I can sure appreciate that you always wanted to go back to where you lived in England, as we did too, but sadly when we did, it was NOTHING like it was when we were there, in fact we could hardly find anything that we. Old even recognize, including the military base....it was gone, and it was a nature preserve!  Beautiful but not the place we had hoped to see! 

PHYLLIS, smiling as I read about your nice weekend with your family. 

JANE, I do hope your people coming through your line were nice to you today!  I am happy you enjoyed meeting Kyles lady friend.  I will certainly tell Matt hew what you have said and I will also tell him that I truly wish he could meet you and get tha5 hand shake and the pat on the back in person! 

Dryer is buzzing......off I go to get the. Lot he's out, hung and folded.

Enjoy the rest of your day, EVERYFRIEND.

Jenn

 

I am back - since 6 pm tonight.  I'm tired.  I know each time I travel that it will take me a couple days to recuperate and there is a man coming in the morning to look at the TV modem or whatever to see why my TV doesn't work.  I think Tom will be here to mastermind things, though.

It was a busy long weekend and I loved the kittens.  Are they lively!!!  They're about four months old. 

It was good to see my niece who lives in Indy; I seldom see her. 
 
I know I should respond to things in your posts, but I am so tired. 

Mary Ann

I came home from work and shopping so tired I didn't even want to put stuff away.  I've taken the doggies for two walk, had lunch and supper and fed the doggies, picked the last tomato of the season of my very prolific vine and took a short nap.  I'm still tired.  But I have the night and the morning to recuperate.  Then I'm going with friends to see the movie of DOWNTON ABBEY.  I've seen the entire series on TV and I'm looking forward to the movie.

When I come home from the movie, I'll see to the doggies and then I'm off to dinner with my previous work mates from Pennsylvania House Furniture.  We do it about 4 times a year and it's really fun to see where they've gone and what they're doing.

MARY ANN, welcome home!  I'm glad you had a good time.

SHIRLEY, as usual, you're overbooked!  I wish you well with all your projects.

JENNY, I wish your kids happy travels and safe journeys home.

AMY, are you still "beating it" or have you returned home?

Anyone I missed, I love hearing from all of you.  Our lives are so different yet so much the same.  Who could have ever imagined that I'd be friends with people in Maryland, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Canada, Alaska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Maine, Rhode Island, Michigan, Texas, Israel, England, and so many other places without ever meeting those people face to face!  My mother would be astounded and my grandmother wouldn't believe it!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow

And good night from Kansas.... my tongue is hanging out tonight. Got to have the RV out of the driveway by 7:00 am so will be up before birds to get cats & me fed before action starts. Washer arrived & set up, appears entirely different instructions OH, NO! I hate reading instructions, but bottom line says it will empty water if paused to debate too long. I am used to filling water & add detergent before clothes going in, this one says water will not fill if top open. I may just sit down & cry before I get the first load done. I'll think about it tomorrow............ Cats fed & out for the night, may not open the door if I hope to get any sleep. Sweet dreams. Love ya all........Shirley

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I feel great this morning!  I went to bed last night and slept 7 hours straight through!  Mother Nature didn't even bother me during the night! 

This morning I have to go by the ATM and get a wallet refill and then pick up eye drops and since the pharmacy is practically next door to the meat market, I'll get my soup bone for the veggie soup while I'm there.  And that's it for this morning. The rest of the day is LOADED!  But I'm ready.

I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!

Good morning everyone...

Looks as though we had more rain in the night. Today has a lot of running about then home to do beets. Need to make a quilt delivery also this morning.

Jane, have fun at the movies, I am going back to bed to wake up!!!

Shirley, Kyle would say you read those as a last resort!!!  He was having a problem with a blade staying in his jigsaw and said we would have to take it in for repairs.........then HE read the instructions and found out this one is different than the others and now knows how! 

Mary Ann, welcome home. Nice to be home and in your own bed.

Jenny, I for one think it is great when kids spread their wings as long as they come home to roost.

I had better cut this short and get ready..

Enjoy your day everyone..

Yes, Amy, it was good to sleep in my own bed.  In Indy, I slept in Tom H's bed.  He is 6'5" tall and, of course, has a king sized bed.  That was not my trouble.  But I am less than 5' tall and his bed sits high off the floor.  It was all I could do to get a small part of me on the bed so I could swing around to lie flat.  After I got into position, I was fine.  My bed is a bit higher than I need but at least I can get into it easier.

Tom T and I are both up earlier than usual to await a TV repairman to see why my set does not work.  I'm not needed, but I have to pick up some things that are in the way.

Kendrick ignored me for about a half hour after I got home  yesterday but ever since, it's been hard to get rid of him.  He missed my attention and is trying to make up for lost time.  He jumped on my bed at least a half dozen times during the night and left just before I had to get up.  Fortunately, his "mother" (Annie) came over during the weekend and she pays more attention to him than I do. 

Have fun with your new washer, Shirley.  Appliances are very different these days.

Jane, take time to breathe!

Time to get my act together.

Mary Ann
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Good Morning everyone. 57º and clear here today shooting for 76º and sunny.
Hope you all have a great day just as you like it, two hitches and I got in 7.5 hours sleep. not bad for this old Man.

Lloyd.

I had a great night of sleep.  I hope that means I will be a little more "with it" today.  There is a bright sun shining and the humidity is lower so that makes a good beginning to the day.  Hope it keeps going that way.

Shirley, even though I told the Lowe's salesmen I didn't want a lot of bells and whistles on my new washer and dryer, it seems to be what I got, anyway.  Sounds like mine is like your new one.  Read the manual and still had trouble understanding what to do.  It's better now after several months but there are still some new features that I don't understand why they made them that way.  Nothing is simple anymore.

I've had no vertigo for 4 days now.  Oh, please, let it last.  Probably will never be able to drive again since an attack can happen anytime, with no warning.  Thank goodness, David is here and he is a good driver.

Take care, Everyone.

While I was out with the doggies this morning, I saw and heard my first flock of geese fly over.  They must be roosting somewhere for a while because they were on a path from the river in a northwest (a little more west than north) direction.  Definitely NOT flying South.  The first sign of FALL!

Good morning everyone, back to the AC running again. Turned it on late yesterday morning and just shut it off. Sure happy it was not put away yet. A few cold days and so many put away theirs for the cold months.
Well saw my medical professional -now doesn't that look impressive?-another words my doctor. Changing one med and getting 2 new ones. How nice ==NOT. Oh well if one helps with the constant pain I will welcome it. I was just coming into the building and my son pulled into the parking lot. He came with a couple of bags and one was of potatoes from his garden and the other was a bag full of small Acorn squash, just enough for one person. He cut one in half and I cleaned it out and stuffed the centers and baked it for my supper, really enjoyed it.

I read all the posts but so late I have to get showered and dressed before CNA gets here and also need to have breakfast. That is what happens when one wakes late in the morning.
Have a good day.

Good afternoon. Not much going on around here.  We are headed out shortly to run some errands and blow the stink of of us as we have not been out of the house for a couple of days until last night.

Last night we decided to go to one of our local craft breweries for dinner as they had a food truck with German Food.  It was OK.  I normally only get a schnitzel as I love it plain, but opted for the Yeager Schnitzel and it was a bit too much for me.  It came with fried potatoes, and I just was not in the market for them, so I brought them home.  I am a spatzel lover, and it just is not right without spatzel😩


Welcome home, MARY ANN. 

GLORIA, you are right, the extra pill will be worth it IF you get some pain relief!  Nice of your son to bring you the nice home grown potatoes and squash.  How nice of him to fix one of the squash for your dinner.  I hope you enjoyed it!  The weather can be fickle, so it was good that you did have your A/C unit still in the window.  I hope by now the TV is up and running!

PHYLLIS, wonderful to read that your vertigo might just be gone!  I sure hope so! 

AMY, everyday you have involvement with a food item that makes my mouth water......I love beets.  I do not care for pickled beets, just fresh beets.  I got some at a farmers market in California that were called candy cane beets, and they were spectacular.  Hope your delivery and all else that you have planned will go well for you? 

JANE, happy for you that you are going to see the Downton Abbey Movie.  No wonder you have to go to the ATM to refill your wallet.....pharmacy, meat from the butcher, movie and then a fun time with the friends from work 🤑🤑. Have fun and get home safe to your doggies! 

LLOYD, sounds like you are doing well! 

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Jenny

Well, I opted out of the movie.  Just decided I was overprogrammed for today and something had to go.  I stopped this morning at a Amish farm stand and got a pie pumpkin, a head of broccoli and a little box of cherry tomatoes.  When I put them I the counter I told the farmer I had a snack (the tomatoes) dinner (the broccoli and dessert (the pumpkin).  He laughed and said it would be a good day's meals. 

I'll be going back there for apples.  He has Honeycrisp and they're CHEAP!  And boy do they look good!

Want to tell you that my pumpkin is all cooked and put away.  I did it in my Instant Pot.  I don't feel like I've really given it a good tryout because I was so hung up on summer veggies and canning all summer but it took 9 minutes to cook the pumpkin, 15 minutes for it to cool enough to handle and another 20 minutes to peel, puree and pack it.  I've never done it that fast before.  I might make a pie this weekend.  Or maybe I'll try that pumpkin thing in the IP that I saved a recipe for.  We'll see!

Dinner with the people I used to work beside was so good.  We laughed so much and remembered when!  Nice people!

I'm going to try to get to bed early again tonigh.  Tomorrow is a work day and I'm hoping for another good night's sleep.  I wish you all a peaceful night and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Jane, I am right behind you as soon as the dogs come in we are also off to bed. 30 lbs or 35 pint jars of beets later..

Sweet dreams everyone..


night.

Me, too.... off to bed. My head is still ringing with all that hammering (staple guns?) Such a nice bunch of guys, so hard working & did a super job cleaning up their mess before leaving. I told them it didn't matter if they left the stuff in the pool area until they are all finished but they insisted they had to do it every night. Up again by 7:00 am to move the RV and the little car out of the garage this time. They need to get into the attic to replace a pipe that goes to the furnace (I think)... My daughter is flying in & will stop for lunch & oldest son will join us & since the youngest is to come by tomorrow after work, I'll give him a call or text to see if he'd rather come for lunch to see the others. Going to be a little crowded on the street, but the roofers get the driveway! 

Storms heading our way, MamaCallie wanted in HER garage after their last meal, Tom sticks by my side but Tiger went out to explore. She is the curious/fearless one.

well it is time for me to bid you all sweet dreams and goodnight. I pray god keeps all safe and sound,lets all wake up in the morning well rested and safe.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, once again I did not sleep all night. Got up after twisting and turning for a couple of hours, read awhile and then decided I would come in here in case I do get sleepy. Oh well it has happened several time before so I will survive a sleepless night.

PHYLLIS  hope the cool temperature and lower humidity helps you feel much better.

JENNY  I had read several times that one pill for depression can help with pain and that is what my new med is. Took one yesterday and will t take another after breakfast. Reading the list on the pill it said can make one more depressed. If I start getting depressed I will stop them. I have never been depressed.Might also give one an appetite. Now that I would like. The other pill is a new calcium pill to take twice a day. Hope I don't forget the second one. My son did cut the squash in half for me. The skin is very thick and hard. I did enjoy it and ate the whole thing. The ones he brought are just big enough for one person.

JANE  if that farmer has Honey Crisp at a nice price grab some . I know around here they are the most expensive ones. My son and DIL will be going Co.. and a huge orchard to pick apples next week. They want some of the later ripening ones that are good keepers. He said he would pick a bag full for me of different varieties for eating and applesauce. Of course I will have to make an apple crisp, too.

AMY  my daughter never cared much for beets but she bought a jar of pickled ones that have vanilla in it and she loved them. Never found them again. I told her to put the beets in a jar add vinegar and some vanilla extract to her taste, she did and now she has them often. Beets are one vegetable that my SIL likes. He never had different kinds of vegetables before he married my daughter  and the only fruit he ate were seedless green gapes and golden delicious apples and bananas.
Now he eats a wide variety of what is good food and not TV dinners his mother fed him.

SHIRLEY  I hope it doesn't take too long for the roof to be done. You waited too long as it was.

Still wide awake so might as well make my breakfast and get dressed for the day.

Have a great  day everyone.

We had a storm brewing last night before I went to bed so kept Tom & Mama Callie in, Tiger parked herself not far from my bedroom door so when it started to sprinkle she came on in. She & Tom don't like to share my attention so if one is being cozy the other goes off to another room. I fell asleep but woke up to Tiger crawling into bed to sleep on my arm, when it is stormy Tom lays by the side of the bed so he can't see the door. Not a lot of sleep, Fitbit won't even tell me, so little~~ Finally got up about 4:00 am to feed the cats & myself to move those vehicles before daylight. That's my world today.

Phyllis, think we are all relieved when "one of our gang" has a turn for the better. Sorry it means no more driving but good that you have such a handy person around to do it for you.

Gloria, my mother pushed the veggies as well...  Dad loved to plant stuff he grew up with & we had some things (collards, kale & some other little pod like thing kinda furry (okra)... Cas loved the fried ones when he found them on a menu, but not my kind of food. Mom thought beets, pickled or plain & green beans were a must. Not so strong on corn, peas & beans. Dad grew sweet potatoes & would bake a whole tray full of the baby ones & eat like a snack. Dad was not a fast food junky or even a snacker... but Mom loved salty snacks or M & Ms, but that was after we were all grown.

Jane, I've got to ask my daughter again if she uses the IP... I'm pretty sure she said she has one but this week & some weeks before with all the roof mess.. had got my brain begging for air. Can't remember anything because I know I don't concentrate when talking. I am amazed what you & Amy come up with when using the IP (but still holding out for myself).

Amy, yesterday, being in & outside so many times, I noticed a lot of great blue herons flying around, single ones, so I don't know if they fly in formation when going south. I love hearing the ducks & geese over head. My dreams used to always include being able to fly & float around in the air.

Mary Ann, yesterday when I was busy in & out, I left the TV on in the bedroom after trying to get a nap, Tom came to lay by me, upset with all the strangers around.... so he stayed on the bed when I got up & left. Had I turned the TV off, he would have followed me around. I had forgotten it was on & was surprised to find him happy as could be still laying there an hour or so later.

Jenny, you would love the October Fests in central MO where so many German families settled. It's been a few years since I got there to enjoy Oct Fests, but at funeral dinners they still serve some of those special dishes. Most of the little towns in that area were French & German & the last time I tasted, they had passed the recipes on down.  I get one of the old songs in my head & hum it all day. Most I remember word for word & as long as nobody around to hear me, I sing along. We have an oldies station that I have on a lot when I'm alone.

Lloyd, you are near enough to those little towns along the MO river, you & Nancy could drive down in the motorhome & stay in campgrounds in the Lake area & not have to drive so far. How did it work pulling a car? I was sorry the one place we stopped so many times was closed... home made pies & only a couple different meals each day, so people when on the day they liked what was on the menu.

I'd better get a move on, cats fed & on out but I'm the one that has to be dressed & ready to move vehicles. Company coming for lunch so a little house cleaning also. Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Everyfriend! 

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm afoot early this morning, too.  The doggies haven't acclimated to the fact that it gets light later, yet.  Maybe they will and maybe they won't.

All this talk of beets is making me hungry.  I might have to get some and have  a mess of beets one of these days.  I've always leaned toward the pickled beets and I like a couple of hard boiled eggs dropped into the juice.  Makes for a quick, healthy snack.  OK!  Now you all did it!  I'll have to make some pickled eggs today!

I'll be off to Wally World later this morning so wish me smiles. 

I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!

Good morning everyone.

Looking to be a lovely day here. Need to put away all the jars after I label them . Jane, did you hear me say thank you, thank you ,thank you yesterday? I sterilized the jars in the canner instead of on the stove. Works great!

Will work in the garden and see what needs to be pulled /dug before tilling it.

We will be looking after "our" dog next door today, his Mom fell and has three broken bones in her foot and they are taking her to a specialist today.His Mom is 92yrs old.

Gloria, I love the smell of apples,and the different tastes. Can't eat them raw but can when they are cooked??? Hope the new meds work for you. Some people will put cloves in the jars but we don't care for them that way.

Shirley, that is good workers when they clean up their mess each night. We have worked behind other workers that leave their mess till the end and you were always tripping over what they left. We always clean up each night, much nicer going to work the next day and having a clean work place.

Jane, we love beets ,Kyle could eat a pint in a sitting but usually two days. lol. I like them cooked with butter and could make a meal out of just them.

Need to move it..can't get the work done sitting here..

Enjoy your day everyone.
 

well yes we are close to several points of interest. Jefferson city and the tom sawyer cruse ship at Hannibal MO. now for heritage mine is germane and Irish scotch Irish and even tho mother denied it great grandmother was full blood cheerer Indian. and in current blood Line our youngest sons wife is full blood Navajo. so our grands are half pure and half mixed up. Have a good day.

Lloyd

AMY, I heard those "thank you's" floating around but just couldn't place where they were coming from! You're very welcome.  My mother taught me that and I've always done it that way so.....Thanks, Mommy!

Good Wednesday morning.  I was able to sleep in for a long sleep this morning, getting out of bed at 9 am.  I haven't been able to do that in a long time, even in Indy.  I had a cat at the foot of my bed, sleeping away.  He got up just before I did.

I'm not fond of beets, but I can eat them.  I have an idea Tom doesn't like them because he doesn't order them and I don't think about them.  My mother used to make Harvard beets once in a while and I have no idea what they taste like.

Mother's sister married a man from a German family and I think they lived in Benton MO.  Shirley, would that be right?  If not, I'll have to look at my genealogy.  His given name was not German, but his father was Dietrich.  My aunt met him when he was in the Navy and they settled in northern Wisconsin, then Illinois, then Indianapolis.  My family always considered themselves to be Danish but the area is now Germany.  When the family came to the US, they settled in Wisconsin, which is much Scandinavian.  I'll bet if I looked, I would find the two families were not far from each other in Germany.  My mothers family was English and Irish.

I haven't looked out, but it sounded like rain a few minutes ago. 

Mary Ann

Good Afternoon,

I've missed quite a few things for the past several days.  Sister-in-law in Amarillo died in the wee hours last Thursday and I went with sons/dils to the funeral. Got home late yesterday afternoon and am "leisurely" catching up on computer sites because I could not get the wi-fi to work on my Tablet from the motel room.

Several relatives commented on how a funeral can often bring give a family more time to interact than even a reunion can do.  Such was the case for this one. Four generations of SIL's family/extended family really enjoyed the opportunities for conversation and "getting to know you better" time.

The weather was gorgeous and we all enjoyed two long evenings of visiting outside - particularly at one great-niece's home built on the rim of Palo Duro Canyon.  It's been ages since I've been where there were no city lights blocking the stars.

Saw mention of green beans in one of your posts and that reminded me of the green beans served by SIL's "church lady" friends after her service. They had bacon in them and were slightly sweet. Yummm- Oh! (as Rachael Raye would say).
Also saw mention of beets.  I use cold canned beets as a salad because I can't eat raw veggies.  Also like pickled beets.

Shirley,  I learned to fry okra after I married a Mississippi Man.  My boys would eat it like popcorn!
All the roofs in this complex were replaced a couple of years ago and the workers did the same as yours did - cleaned up after every session.  I was able to be at the opposite end of the condo from where they were working so it wasn't too bad.

My ancestry is Irish and German....period!  No wonder I've been told "you're the most stubborn person I've ever known" 

Exciting news is that granddaughter Miss Ellen has signed a contract to be in the cast of the Christmas Show at the Palace Theater in The Dells, Wisconsin.  She will fly there from her home in NYC late October to begin rehearsals for 31 performances between Nov. 1 and Dec. 29. 
There are no performances on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day but she won't have time to come home. So....we are all going to Wisconsin!!!  Her Dad and I have booked our flights and show tickets for the performance on December 23 (which is my birthday).  He/Miss Emily are looking at vacation rentals for the 5 nights we'll be there.

I was so pleased I had no 'issues" on the trip to Amarillo and am looking forward to the best birthday ever watching this beloved granddaughter in her first major "gig" as a professional. 

That's enough from this corner!  Back to catching up....

I will make this short to be the first to congratulate OUR Miss Ellen. We've watched a lot of Grands grow up & blossom during the years we've been computering.... and what a thrill when one has a dream fulfilled. Tell her we'll be wanting some way to peek in, even if a still photo!

Roofers think they will finish up tomorrow but the "Gutter guys" are more than a week behind, some time in Oct. I do have to move that RV by 7:00 am so off to bed early. No nap today & exactly 5 hours sleep. (Fitbit says, Sandy    )...

Mary Ann, I Googled Benton, MO & "due south of St.Louis" so agree it probably is/was a German settlement.

Lloyd, my 3rd grade teacher told me when we discussed where everyone's ancestors came from, that "since mine were mostly French I probably had some Native American in me because the French & Indians got along well". I did have black hair & eyes, so all all these many years I assumed I did... until I did the 23 & ME test.. and they tell me I am 100% Northern European. That fits in with the French, German & English, but I was disappointed no Indian. Thought that was why I loved the woods & wildlife.

Off to bed. Sweet dreams to all and God Bless. Shirley

This day just plain slipped away.......
So I will wish you all a good night of rest and then I will turn off the lights.

See you in the Mañana,

Jenny