Current Temp: 101

Hello from M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I!

Day one of the summer program is going great! In the morning I helped out in arts and crafts and painted a great flower. I spent the afternoon in the pool flopping around like a beached whale teaching kids how to swim. It made me thankful for all the hours my mom and dad spent with me in the water teaching how to swim.

Yesterday when it is only 99 outside we went to the horse races. It was fun to people watch and I think I lost 6 pounds just sitting outside in that heat. We then went to the Do-Drop to get a bit to eat. The Do-Drop is a double wide trailer out in the country that is half bar, half dance floor. I was the only white person in the joint and was the center of everyone eye for the first 20min. or so that I was in the club.

The first time I was down here four years ago we took a bus trip up to Ohio, half way home the air quite working. This trip my 2nd plane did not have air on it nor did the Do-Drop club. Air is a MUST for down here in late June!

Pictures to come soon. Ta ta for now!!

God Bless

So many first in the month of June

There have been so many first this month already and it is not even half over.

For the first time ever on Friday June 5th I locked my key's in my car. I was happy to find out that my car insurance company will be paying that $47.70 bill. Maybe the 5 sets I have should be not all in one location.

Another first is no cable TV. That's right for the first time in over 5 years I will no longer have cable TV. This is a BIG step for me. I am hoping that it will make me more active and save a bit of money as well. So far it has been a hard few days but is working on both goals. I will be a lot happier when they turn back on my Cable Internet that they shut off without being told on Tuesday morning. Not having cable and not having Internet has been hard!

On Saturday I went out to the Van Meter house for my last meal there. I made pork chops, salad and potato packets. It was very lovely and was glad to eat my last meal with my parents together on paper plates, sitting at a card table in the middle of an empty living room.

Ray and Mary also had their auction on Sunday June 7th. It was my first auction to ever attend and was interesting. I however don't think I will be one of those people that go to auctions daily to buy other's items. I would however like to say that my Pink Flamages Floyd and Florance Flanagan sold for $25!!

On a side note you might want to know why I never update my blog. I never have anyone to read over and make sure the spelling and grammar is ok so they just sit in my file under saved drafts, there are over 10 in there. It's

kinda sad because some of them are good post!

One last picture of the black shitter...