Yea, no snow. Cold, gray and windy but no snow. That works. Went out to Cozy Corner with cousins S and S. They picked me up at exactly 10 and I was home by 11:30. Good breakfast but much better company. It was so nice to talk with both. They are busy quilting, knitting, spinning and the oldest is selling the quilted hats she makes to welders! They're colorful with black inside and the welders wear them under their helmets. The youngest one's husband is a welder and he sells them at $10 a pop. He's very busy working 6 days a week. She was trying to talk Puppy's Pop into taking welding classes from her husband and then coming out of retirement. Sounded a bit good to me but Puppy's Pop wasn't buying it. Her husband makes about $75 an hour. That's pretty nice. When he has the time they'll set up some welding classes just for the fun of it. The eldest cousin is still teaching but not sure how much longer she can hold out. She's got a tough job.
Managed to book our flights to Baton Rouge for April but it took forever because I was looking for the cheapest fares and I had to use Delta because we had vouchers that had to be used. What a mess. Finally ended up with a total of $462 round trip for the two of us but we have to go from Providence to Detroit to Memphis to Baton Rouge. There are no direct flights to Baton Rouge and the one stop flight through Atlanta is in the outrageous price range. Oh well, we've never been to Detroit or Memphis airports so it'll be interesting. Canceled our new American Express/Delta card because the Delta site wouldn't take it!! They weren't too happy with the cancellation but too bad. It was free for the first year and we got 25000 Delta Sky Miles from it so we might be just a bit better off except that it's hard to find flights where you can actually use your miles! The American Express guy I had to talk to to cancel the card wanted me to call Delta and try to get it straightened out through them. I refused because the last time I got help from Delta they charged me $40 for their help on two tickets to Baton Rouge. Got our rental car through Delta also and it was better than any other way but their web site was messed up so I had to call Avis directly and we still got the Delta pricing. All this technology is sometimes painfully frustrating for me.
Well time to listen to some Bleak House and walk.
Quote: The sum of the whole is this; walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. --The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. --The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking --hale fellows, close upon ninety, but brisk as boys. ---Dickens
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