It's too Cold For Me

The temperature has fallen to the low 60's and will stay this way for a week. I know that doesn't seem cold to other people, but it is to me. I'm sitting under a blanket and my legs are cold and painful. Post polio patients have a terrible intolerance to cold.

I was reading an article on the web a month ago concerning this problem, and it gave lots of suggestions, one being to add more clothes. This doesn't work for me. I am not a very strong person which goes along with polio, and I can't carry the extra weight around without it taking my strength.

It looks sunny and warm out there. Some days it's actually warmer outside than it is in the house if you get right into the sun. I'll go try it and see if I can warm up.

Did You Watch Mitt Romney Yesterday?

I hope a lot of people watched Mitt Romney's speech that was given in Texas yesterday. He did a great job! I thought he looked like a president giving his inaugural speech.

I'm biased I guess, because I really like Mitt. I wondered how anyone could watch him and not be favorably impressed. I know many people were, but I have heard a few negative comments the last two days. I don't think there is anything Mitt can do to change those people's minds no matter what he said. They look very determined to dislike him, and intend to stay that way.

Thanksgiving 2007

Although we are away from our family for Thanksgiving this year, our daughter Lisa and her family made a surprise visit. And what a surprise it was for my dear hubby. She needed to let me know she was coming so I could make preparations, and it was harder than I thought it would be to keep it a secret from Mike. There were numerous occasions where I almost let the cat out of the bag.

Lisa, Shane, JJ, Leah, and Jaxon arrived about 5:30 PM Wednesday night. I was watching for them out the kitchen window while Mike and I cooked dinner. I had him made extra which he didn't catch on to. I guess he thought I wanted more the next day.

I had the kitchen blinds closed except for a tiny crack so I could see them. I didn't notice that Mike had left the kitchen. He went into our bedroom to close the blind and an apparition appeared in the window. There at the most perfect moment was Lisa, and the gang. Boy, was he shocked! He came back into the kitchen and exclaimed, "You won't believe who's here"!

We spent a wonderful weekend with them, and it made our Thanksgiving holiday seem like home again.

We had our own dinner the next day and joined John and Sherri and their family on Friday. Daniel and Jenny were eating Thursday with his family, and of course we wanted to be with them, so we ate again the following day with the family and another friend of theirs, Robyn and her three children whom we also ate with last year.

You just can't celebrate enough.

The Brown's Halloween

We weren't in Utah this year to celebrate Halloween with our grandchildren. In the past we had a Halloween party at our home and all the children and grandchildren came dressed for the occasion. Some of the costumes were unbelievably impressive. I need to find the pictures of some of the best costumes and post them.

These pictures are of Quincy who had several costumes this year, Anna, Gwyn, and Elyse. It looks like they had a wonderful Halloween.

A Cow On The Cow Parage For Our Granddaughters

I couldn't help but think of our little granddaughter's, Anna, Emily, Katie, Gwinney, Ashley, and Leah, when I saw this ballerina dancing cow. These girls are between the ages of 7 and 3 and think they are all princess's and ballerina dancers. Probably will be someday too.

We have two granddaughter who are a little over a year and just turned a year. Elyse and Lydia are not quite as excited about being princess's, they are princess's in the making.

Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride

While we were in Nauvoo one of the fun things we did was to take a horse-drawn carriage ride through the quaint little town.

It looks beautiful here in the picture, but it just happened to be the only day we were there that it was cold. We were all wrapped up in blankets. The weather was gorgeous the rest of the time, with temperatures in the 70's. I think it would have been pleasant this day also, if it weren't for a cold wind that was blowing.

And to add to the frustration, I was having one of my deaf days. It was after that that I learned I was allergic to onions and nuts, and I ate them through-out the whole trip. So unfortunately, I didn't hear what the tour guide was telling us as we traveled through the streets. The clip, clop of the horses hooves, and the wind, would have made it difficult without my hearing problem, but between the three problems I missed every word. I enjoyed the ride though.

The Book "The Truth About Hillary"

Mike took this picture of me while we were on our 15-day trip throughout the midwest and eastern states. I read several books during our travels and when we were in Nauvoo, Missouri visiting with Mike's brother Ray and his wife Colleen, I saw this book in their bookshelf. I asked if I could borrow it and he said to keep it.

The book was very interesting! I'm not going to tell you what's in it, I think you should read it and make your own judgements about it.