April 28

Well the cat finally decided for the safer environment of his house Friday but not without a bit of encouragement. He was sitting under the porch and I tried to talk him in but to no avail. In fact, to show his contempt for my futile beseeching attempts, while looking at me he began some very deep gagging and then threw up twice. This very quickly dropped the confidence in my already questionable verbal abilities down way below the not any of my typing.

Thought about it for awhile then remembered seeing him eating an unknown in the yard, so making myself feel better, I told me that was probably the reason for his puking his guts out.

He continued to ignore me so I devised a plan. I left the door open wide and asked Glenda to sit just beyond the door from where he would come from if he opted for the porch instead of across the lawn, in hopes she might be able to encourage him thru him the door. I then went to the garage and started up the leaf blower, which he hates, and began blowing in the lawn behind him.............It worked great!

We had an enjoyable day Saturday going with the Struebbe's to their home near New Haven. Mary 'Super Lady' Jo chauffeured us, including Mikey, the two hour drive to get there. Then while Dale took us for a real nice tour of the area, Mary 'Super Lady' Jo packed a few things to bring back to the lake and mowed their two plus acre lawn. She then took a couple hours driving us back home after which she whipped up a really great grilled steak supper. . . . . . Mary 'Super Lady' Jo!!!! THANKS DALE AND MARY JO!

Yesterday was good despite the nasty weather which still hasn't decided to leave the area. Instead it is said the plans seem to be to bring back a cold temp of 29* degrees tonight.

Perplexing are the thoughts of this global warming stuff. While Al Gore is making a fortune off the improbable worst case scenario of an unproven idea we're all sitting around freezing our asses off! The man wasn't too successful in selling himself but wowee, he's a whoop-ass on this idea.

Glenda says, "as a goose this time of year goes us." We're heading north to Jeff City and an overdue visit with Lena being the goal.

"It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there." - Peter Nivio Zarlenga