Hello on Sunday Morning

Dear Friends,

We had another pleasant day in the Curley home.

I left for my parents home a little after 9 AM. "If you make it, they will come" which is exactly what happened at my parent's home for a lunch time meal. I prepared a steak dinner with all the fixings including some mushrooms and onions to go on the meat. They were both members of the clean plate club. "Franny on wheels" can't be doing this every day of the week.

Our friend, who was on a business trip in New York City, had a difficult time getting back to the Berkshires because of the ice storm in the Albany area. She had to take a train from New York City to Hudson, New York because trains don't go from Pittsfield directly to New York.
There were power outages at railroad crossings, downed trees, etc., so they had to combine the 7:30 AM, the 8:30 AM, and the 10:30 AM trains to eventually get to Hudson. It would have been easier if her husband drove to New York City, and picked her up except for the fact that her car was parked at the Hudson train station.

Linda and I went off to Walmart during the middle of Saturday afternoon. I knew that we were in trouble as we approached a nearly full parking lot. I can see why Walmart was the only retail store where profits rose instead of tumbled. It was a challenge finding a shopping cart. Some people were using the Home Depot shopping carts since the store is right next door. The cart attendants were not happy!

We ended the evening by dinning at a restaurant in a neighboring town with the husband and wife (who had the "Train ride from hell!"). We went back to their house to help to trim their Christmas tree, but I feel asleep on their couch.

We only have three events to go to today: A Make-A-Wish Children's Christmas party from noon until 4 PM, a members party at the golf course which I belong to from 3 until 6 PM, and a 7 PM election of officers at the Italian American Club.

Next week, either one of us or both of us have something every day of the week right through the weekend.

One of our friends took a video of a bird that was at his bird feeder on Saturday morning. It was standing upright on a perch, but it looked like it was just about ready to to die because of the low temperatures which occurred on Friday night. The bird was a Chiccadee.
My friend stuck a hair dryer out a window, and warmed the bird up enough so that the bird could return to the wild. My friend had to use a shoe horn to prompt the bird to leave the bird feeder which it eventually did.
We had another cold night on Saturday evening. I hope the bird made it through the night on his own.

Politics -- Linda told me to cool it with controversial subjects for a few days.

Well, I have to skim the Sunday newspapers before our day outside the home begins.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad