Hi Dave,

I'm not sure what the cause is and which system to blame. We may have
to contact Marc Lewis and let him know of my problems but that will
wait for another day, when I'm a bit more awake.

His "Sursum Corda" BBS was one of my regular daily calls until it
became, recently, verrrrrry unreliable. Like a hoo .... well, never
mind. I added a different board to my "regulars" list.

Today is the first Monday in several weeks that I was able to get Fido.
Maybe Mark did some tweaking to get things straightened up.

Got an e-mail from Mark yesterday to see if I was alraight since I had
rot "rung his chimes" for some time. I thought it was a neat thing to
do but I'm still not vadding his board back to my list.

We've been with him since some point (no pun intended) while we were in
Hawaii. Before that we'd been pointing off a friend in AZ for years.

Not a big deal this week as we're working on pulling everything in
place to celebrate our 50th anniversary on Saturday. All sorts of odds
and ends to do like figuring amounts of food/drink and ordering/buying, number of tables to set up in the Legion building main room, buying decorations, and so on. Couldn't get a reservation for dinner afterward
at the restaurant we wanted so will be trying another steakhouse in the Raleigh area.

I can't get my mind wrapped around doing anything for 50 years. At the same time I just realised liast week that I've been at my current job
for 20 years.

One day at a time adds up. We tried a new to us steakhouse in Raliegh
for dinner Saturday night. Food was good but they had so many tables
crowded into it, and a low ceiling, made hearing even the person beside
you a challenge. Also, parking in that part of Raleigh is a challenge, especially when there's an event going on. But, we did well by the meal;
Steve ordered a NZ elk chop, something we'd never seen on a menu before.
The place is pricy--order your meat, then sides for the table plus
appetisers, some of them by the piece. Our son in law grabbed the check
before Steve could so we've no idea of the final total.

faster than you realise. Steve's parents celebrated their 25th RH>

anniversary 6 months before we got married; my folks hit their 25 about

6 weeks before our wedding. My parents made it to 62 before Mom

passed; RH> my in laws celebrated 72 before we lost Dad.

And my folks both fell off their twigs well short of that. I had no
idea I would ever get this old. Bv)= I remarked on it to my brother
who said, "I had doubts about seeing 21 when I was in Viet Nam".

He's probably not the only one as that conflict took a lot of young men.

I don't suppose your chilren and their children) will make it for the feswtivities.

Older daughter, her husband and their 2 teen age daughters flew in
Friday night, leaving early Sunday morning to go back to Utah. So good
to see them, found out our SIL's parent's 50th will be in about 6
months so we'll see them then also.

Teenager grand daughters. You'll be a great granny before you can say
"Bob's your uncle!". Bv)=

Their older brother is married but they've said that they want to wait a
while before having children. Rachel said that the cost of living is
extremely high out there so I guess they're trying to establish a secure financial foundation first.

We had a lot of food left over so made a good sized donation to the
local fire department, sent a lot home with one family so mom didn't
have to cook, more went with one of Steve's radio buddies and his wife
who were a big help in setting up and tearing down. We still brought
some home. (G)

Does the fire department eat it or pass it out to the needy?

It was for them to eat, couldn't really pass it out the way it was set
up.

I cleaned the 'fridge yesterday. Amazing how much space can be freed
up. And how many bowls and containers can be put back into service.

I know the feeling. (G)

Here's a pair that should go well together ....

Title: Great Grandma Rita's Meatballs
Categories: Beef, Pork, Meatballs, Herbs, Cheese
Yield: 8 servings

Close to what Steve's mom made and gave me the recipe but I use Romano
cheese and no pork.

Title: Great-Grandmother Genevieve's Spaghetti Sauce.
Categories: Sauces, Vegetables, Herbs
Yield: 1 Gallon

Not quite the one I make but interesting, might have to try it on a
smaller scale.


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