The rest of my time was spent....

.....doing what else? Eating and church stuff! After the funeral service was over and folks had dissipated, Lori came back to Mom's to gather her belongings before heading back to Holmen. She had an important meeting the next morning so it was important for her to get home, and especially before dark. We are at the age when night driving is not advised any longer. At least some of us find that to be the case. Lori and I shared the guest room at Mom's which did not go as well as it should. We have quite different sleeping habits, mine includes having the TV on all night, very quietly. Lori does not know the concept of quiet and could not tolerate the flickering of the TV. Finally, in frustration, she yanked the cord from the outlet, end of discussion! We won't try that experiment again! Like Lynn said, she had an empty bed in her house....Otherwise, as always, we had a great time although we were both tired in the morning!

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Mom, Lynn, Linda, and I went to dinner at The Oar House, or Whore House, as Lori pronounced it. We could have laughed as loudly as we could there and not disturbed a soul, as we were the only customers in the dining room! Sad, but true. I am so glad I suggested going there or they would have had no business at all. Their perch was done to perfection with an almost shredded wheat-type coating and the dinner rolls were fresh made by the chef. Oh, yummy! After our meals we went to Linda's to see her newly decorated family room, completed with the pieces we had picked out at Taylor Creek only a month ago. Tommy finally got them all hung up, making the room feel even more cozy and warm. Snow was predicted for overnight which Linda claimed was Tom's fault, since he took the plow off the John Deere!

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Thursday we did wake to snow on the ground and continuing to fall, on and off all day. I took pictures which will be posted as soon as I can once home again. Mom and I were going shopping and stopped to have breakfast at Four Seasons. She discovered a new favorite, a fried egg sandwich with a fruit cup, from their Senior's Menu. I had potato pancakes and fried eggs, doing a respectable job with my meal for a change. We went to Wal-Mart first so Mom could some scrips filled, and I shopped while she got her hair cut. Once checked out, we headed to Copp's for some groceries and to see Susie. Jill's birthday was on Thursday and I wanted fruit tart for her cake. Nope, no tarts until the fruit improves so we settled for a raspberry pie instead. And no sugar cookies either...obviously they did not get the memo that I was back in town! Mom suddenly remembered something----we forgot to pick up the prescriptions from Wal*Mart! Now, how did that happen? We could not go back because Mom and I went to Ladies' Aid that afternoon and ran out of time. It was an interesting speaker that day, a Hospice person whose entire program was about laughter!

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Last night (Thursday actually) I made Jill a birthday supper which was enjoyed by Mom, Lynn, Jill, and me. We had a turkey roll, mashed potatoes and veggie mix with cheese, all from Mom's freezer. Plus the pie. Danny brought some pizza with him to Mom's to eat instead of the dinner and played video games while we ate and opened Jill's gifts. Together we watched Jeopardy! before our wild party broke up.

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Friday, I went to church to hang out with Linda and then we went to lunch with her sister, Georgia and my mom. We ended up at Harborside (I was thinking of you, Dolly!!) because our first choice did not serve lunch (?) !!! How can that be?? It was in a hotel! Anyway, we had a great time, even knew some people there, of course, who were not quite as noisy as our table. The perch sandwiches there are served on fresh-baked hard rolls from an area bakery, and were soooo delicious! Perfection! After lunch and saying good-bye once more to Linda, Mom and I went to Wal*Mart where we got her scrips picked up. We came home again and just hung out until it was time to meet Lisa and her boys, plus the rest of the family at Luigi's for pizza. I am glad she was able to come because I won't see them again until June when Justin and I return for Alayna's graduation party. Manny has his 5th birthday, which I consider to be a very special number, at the end of this month, so I gave him present in advance. He loved his pillow and cotton throw with "How to Train a Dragon" all over it. And the waitress, seeing the present, brought him a piece of cake with a candle in it! Very special indeed!

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I am going to shut this down now and go wait for the shuttle driver to come for me. Not that I am anxious or anything, but this is not the simplest place to find the first time and I do not want them to be lost. My watching for him will ensure he will find me immediately! See you tomorrow, or rather, later today, probably, back in Florida!