No pets

For one of the first times in my life, I have no pets. For those of you that remember our turtles, they were getting bigger and we "set them free" into the lake at our farm. They almost looked gleeful to swim out into that big lake after being in a tank in our house for three years. It may be time to get another dog. It has been a long while now since our poor Molly met her death. Susan has been opposed to another dog, but I think she may be coming around!

Oinking!

This is the brilliant medical term ascribed by a friend of ours to our recent condition. We all had the infamous swine flu last week. It made for a week full of having kids home from school. Then, I was unfortunate enough to get it just in time to have to miss our church men's retreat. NOW, the kids school has been closed for the week because so many kids in their small private school have had it.