Getting hooked up . . . (That doesn't sound right in today's vernacular.)

The electrician just came in and Puppy's Pop and he are in the cellar. The Honda generator will be ready to go next time we have a loss of power for any considerable amount of time. It will not power the whole house. We'll only power the furnace and the refrigerator. We'll still use the old camp stove for cooking out on the sun porch and kerosene lamps, candles and flashlights for lights. We'll be able to charge the iPad and cell phones with the power inverter so I think we're pretty much covered. The El Camino will hold the gas we'll need for the generator. Not too shabby. Now I hope we'll never have to use the set up but I feel better knowing that we will be warm and the pipes won't freeze if Mother Nature decides to test our survival skills.

Kiddo was sent home from school Wednesday with stomach cramps so he didn't go to school yesterday either. Grampa and I moseyed down to Richoni's for lunch and he was having a pleasant time watching TV and playing games on his Nintendo something or other in 3D. I gave his Mom some Math workbooks so he doesn't fall behind since he has actually missed four and a half days in a row. I told him not to go to the nurse when he doesn't feel well because they always send the sick kids home! He said, "I was in pain!" Grampa and his Mom cracked up. Pretty good actor we've got. I think he's got the makings of a wheeler-dealer. Who'd a thunk it? If all goes as planned I should be going to Sacred Heart for lunch duty and then picking him up at one o'clock. They have half days on the first Friday of the month. Hope he is feeling better and gets over whatever bug he has.

Quote: Between levity and cheerfulness there is a wide distinction; the mind that is most open to the former is frequently a stranger to the latter. __Levity may be the offspring of folly or vice; cheerfulness is the natural offspring of wisdom and virtue. ___Blair