Hello on Tuesday Morning

Dear Friends,

It never made it to 30 degrees on the North side of the house on Monday. The poor Robins were not successful finding a worm on our frozen lawn. The Robins had to turn to another source of food on Monday.
It is in the teens as I start this e-mail, and we are going to be a little warmer today than yesterday, but the warmth (mid forties) won't arrive until the mid-afternoon.

I made it through two radio broadcasts on Monday before visiting Mom at the hospital. I have a feeling that Mom might be discharged today. She is not ready to go home right now so she will be transported to the Laurel Lake facility.

After leaving the hospital, I headed home to help Linda haul and rearrange buckets, and clean up the storage area in the basement. Easter and spring decorations are in every room of the house, but we have to get the weather to cooperate. Warmer weather is coming our way toward the end of the week.

I just read an article about cutting down on red meat if you want to live longer. We had pot roast last evening, and it was wonderful. We couldn't invite any friends to join us because the roast was on the small side. The crock pot did a wonderful job cooking the roast and all the vegetables. It was so yummy, and those good odors permeated the house all day long.

Linda and her girl friends had a great time playing Mah Jongg at our house last evening.
Today Linda is going to overdose on Mah Jongg. She has her usual Tuesday session (11:30 AM until 4:30 PM) as well as an evening session at a friend's home in a neighboring town. Linda has now entered the super sub category.
Her Pittsfield High School Red Hat group wants to learn how to play Mah Jongg. There are 12 to 16 women who have expressed an interest to learn the game. Linda will be one of the teachers for sure.

I don't have anything on my social calendar except to deal with dear old Mom. I thought that she was in good spirits on Monday. The medical staff thought that she was doing well. The swelling in her leg is almost nonexistent. The antibiotics must be working very well. Now we have to get the strength in both of her legs back so that eventually she can return home. She hasn't been in her own home since Christmas.

Politics -- AIG, the Stimulus Plan, the Republicans finding fault with every move the President makes (which the Democrats did when President Bush was running the country, but for just causes) seems to be the constant themes of the day. The stock market did go up almost 500 points on Monday. Somebody must have confidence in President Obama and his staff as well as the direction which the Democrats have this country heading in. Like I said in previous e-mails --> Give this administration a chance to right the ship.

Sports -- I didn't watch the Boston Celtics win their game last evening, but I did finish savoring another book. I used three days instead of the normal one or two for this book.

Kevin and The Phantom Gourmet -- The short segment about Kevin's Pizza, Paninni, and Pasta restaurant called "Dough" which was taped by the producers by The Phantom Gourmet in Boston, was fun to watch. I wish that we could have seen the clip on television instead of on the laptop, but we did get the gist of what kind of foods that are prepared by Kevin and his partner at "Dough East Boston". To get free advertising, which will reach over 2 million viewers, is a wonderful thing. I would bet that the telephone at "Dough" never stops ringing after every rebroadcast.

Well, I have to finish my morning routine before heading off to the hospital.
Have a great Tuesday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad