Glory be . . .

Oh my! Such a glorious day. Went for my second rehab day and I'm going to be pushed up to max workout either Friday or next Monday. It feels good. When I got home Puppy's Pop was waiting for me and we went to the Brooklyn flying field. Another feeling fantastic part of the day. The weather is June like and I got in three good laps around the the fields. Then we took off for Oakland Beach in Warwick where everyone in Rhody had also decided to congregate! We ate at the Top of the Bay: hot rolls, chowder, clam cakes, baked haddock, rice pilaf, squash,brownie and coffee for $11 each. Just have to add one Bud light and a Margarita to make it perfect. Gased up the Élantra at $3.69 a gallon and got 40.7 mpg on the trip home. Can't beat that!

Spent yesterday ordering new transitions glasses and then picking up Kiddo early. He had a half day. I let him spend more than an hour playing in the school yard with a bunch of his friends before we went to Richoni's for early supper. Later we rode bikes all around the dead end street. I'm riding older brother's Mongoose! That's a riot. We had a perfect day. He beat me at Monsuno ( a new Japanese characters game, I think) but I beat him at hallway soccer before we took turns reading to each other and bedtime. He zonked out as his head hit the pillow!

Quote: I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. ____Dickens

It's a 1902 penny . . .

Dug out Ma Tante's nice magnifying glass.

Those men ! ! !

Yep, those men can't be trusted. While I was at Mass and taking my wonderful hike around Moosup Puppy's Pop was at the flying field in Brooklyn dragging a monster grating of some sort over his control line field to flatten it out. He was home when I returned and because he needed grass seed for his flying field I managed to get half of my garden seeded. I decided to cut the garden in half because it's getting too big for me to handle. Thank goodness the flying site needed grass seed. He also found a 1902 Indian Head penny. We think it's 1902 but have to study it more, it may be 1802. It's pretty worn out. Neato! Puppy's Pop is going to borrow the neighbor kid's metal detector and look for more! Now . . . after a quick snack of home made ginger bread (not gingerbread) and coffee he is off again ostensibly to try out the only remote control plane he has, one built by the youngest child quite a few years ago. I asked if he intended to get back into remote control flying. "No," says he. Ha! I don't believe it. All the guys were there today and they fly remote control. I'll bet Kyle will need a real remote control plane very soon, not just the Vapor which is really too light to fly out of doors if there is a hint of a breeze. The man is incorrigible. He will never come out and just say what he's up to!

Quote: O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. ___Walter Scott

Yearly check up . . .

Well, that went quite well. Dr. Slater says I'm very healthy! That's good. But . . . there is a but . . . the pain that I'm now getting in my upper chest is an ulcer. So . . . bland diet, small meals and a medicine to calm it down. Yikes. What a pain in the neck. That is pretty literally true. Oh well, the medicine is only for a week so I have high hopes. It seems the amount of aspirin and Effient I'm taking can cause this mess. C'est la vie.

Puppy's Pop is off to his Yankee Flyers' Club Meeting in Grosvenordale. Pretty soon they'll be able to have it at the field in Brooklyn. We had a gorgeous, blessedly beautiful day today and even though I stayed in at noon to watch my Husky Men get beat by Syracuse Puppy's Pop and I went for a walk up the street after the game. No jackets! That's a wow for early March. I'll be going to lunch duty at Sacred Heart tomorrow and then taking Kiddo home with me at three o'clock. Looking forward to some outdoor fun. Hope the weather holds.

Quote: The heart is an astrologer that always divines the truth. ____Calderon

Damnation . . .

I have an eye doctor's appointment this morning. I had planned to go to the Mall in Warwick to get new glasses from LensCrafters and . . . roam around looking for a few Spring clothes. Haven't done that in years, actually, since Angie died. But . . . UCONN men are playing in the Big East Conference at noon so there is no choice. I'll come home and root them on to victory! Then I'll be off in the late afternoon to sit with the Kiddo. I'm afraid he's going to have to tune their new flat screen to the UCONN vs Notre Dame championship game at 7. We'll probably have to play hallway soccer during the timeouts.

Played a lot of cribbage yesterday. Won some, lost one. Cousin S. gave me a really nice handbag that she had quilted. Now I'll be afraid to use it because I won't want to get it dirty. I may turn it into an iPad carry bag. It'll be perfect for that and books. I also went for one of the best walks I've had in a long time. Younger sister-in-law and I walked in Preston. It is such a beautiful country walk. Walking pass the birthing pasture we saw a cow lying down casually waiting for the birth of the calf whose outline could be discerned stretching her side. Wish I could have seen the birth. She looked so calm. Sure she'll be good Mama! The rest of the cows were busy eating. We had the dog with us and she is allowed to run free, as is only right. We could see the Quinebaug through the bare trees. It's nice walking because the road is only used for the workers at the dam ie. no traffic. I hope to be able to walk there again with my wonderful companions.

Quote: In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth. ___Milton

Best Of Groton: Richoni's Lounge Wins Best Fish and Chips - Groton, CT Patch

Best Of Groton: Richoni's Lounge Wins Best Fish and Chips - Groton, CT Patch

So glad everyone helped out to put Richoni's over the top. So many good people out there.

Bill's Bread and Breakfast . . .

Dans la photo, c'est moi a droite.

Rather gloomy, grey, slushy day so we splurged and went to Putnam for brunch. Puppy's Pop had fish and chips; I had a very berry pancake with real maple syrup. Scrumdeliytious! Had to walk inside today. Almost finished my latest audio book so I've already bought the next book in the series A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, the sixth in the series. When I sell The Fiery Cross I'm going to make sure I send it out priority express! No more 40 days to get to its destination.

Didn't have to go to Groton today but will pick up Kiddo tomorrow after lunch duty. He has a half day so we may have a small feast at Richoni's before heading home.

Quote: The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural. --It is neither tedious nor frivolous. __It is instructive without pedantry; gay, without tumultuousness; polished, without affectation; gallant, without insipidity; waggish, without equivocation. __ Rousseau