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Today I am writing from inside the Guppy (photo below) not far from 100 Mile House where my youngest daughter is tree planting. It is sunny and warm, and we are on a trip around the Cariboo/Chilcotins, jumping into many lakes, poking around one store towns, and sleeping in til 8am. I am on my third book and this one is depressing. At night I tell Jody he is not allowed to fall asleep until after me as I might be too sad to be all alone. He does not listen to me.  So, thinking about that sad book brings...

I am just realizing that with my left arm in a splint I can hardly type with that hand. This might be a slow process. I know you can’t see the time, but I am going to mark it down at the end of each paragraph so that you can join in my struggle. (And my arm is in a splint because I had my Ulnar bone shortened). 14:36 I want to tell you about making eggs. I make them often, but this time was a bit special as I was trying out two new silicon egg poaching houses. For...

I had a knee replacement before Christmas. It went like this: I ditched my last craft show for Elf Sylvia to finish and I took off to a trail running race Jody was in at Deception Pass, WA. I love doing support at races, plus we got to go away in the Guppy. Two days later I had my knee done. Fun right up to the finish line..  It was well planned because basically I was ready to sit on the couch for a while. Now that I am nearly three weeks post op, I am walking small distances, doing...

The week before last we were at the Circle Craft show in Vancouver and a man named Murray came in to buy two tea towels. I am guessing he was about 70 and he chose one towel about walking and another about ice cream. He then explained to us that twice a week he does a walk with his exercise group and then they all go to McDonald's for ice cream. He said that the cones at McDonald's are only $1.89, whereas they are $3.79 at the Dairy Queen. After some discussion about how good he felt about the savings...