Tuesday

Ah...Spring has sprung at the apartment complex. They cut the grass today. Now they didn't trim out everything, but you could smell the spring onions in the air. I was telling Alice about it and she said that we could keep Spring over here, because once you start cutting the grass you are committed for the rest of the year.

Carla had a grand time outside this evening, rolling around in the grass and generally getting 'itchy'. She'll be paying for it later, because the grass will give her a fit - allergies. I'll have to run by and pick up some Benadryl or I'll be up all night with her scratching.

I snapped this picture of Carla out in the field. She was hunting around looking for cats to chase. And I was able to get her attention just long enough to for this one shot. She was way....to interested in finding the cats.

This is one of the best photos that I've ever been able that to get of her. It is fantastic compared to her normal pictures. Usually she just rolls around on the floor and shows us her belly and wants to be rubbed or she cock her head at strange angles and poke her nose right up against the lens of the camera.

Walter was able to get out with Patrick for awhile today. It was good that he was just able to get away from the house for a few hours. It's not good for him to be cooped up in the house all day alone.

Sean has reported in on his new classes. They are going great. He tells me that they don't have homework and are able to go ahead in class at their own pace.

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15 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:
by Dave Barry Nationally Syndicated Columnist

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. (I wish I had!)
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person.
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

MID LIFE CRISES
MARRIED FOR 44 YEARS........................

AFTER BEING MARRIED FOR 44 YEARS, I TOOK A CAREFUL LOOK AT MY WIFE ONE DAY AND SAID, "HONEY, 44 YEARS AGO WE HAD A CHEAP APARTMENT, A CHEAP CAR, SLEPT ON A SOFA BED AND WATCHED A 10-INCH BLACK AND WHITE TV, BUT I GOT TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT WITH A HOT 21-YEAR-OLD GAL.

NOW I HAVE A $500,000.00 HOME, A $45,000.00 CAR, A NICE BIG BED AND A PLASMA SCREEN TV, BUT I'M SLEEPING WITH A 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE NOT HOLDING UP YOUR SIDE OF THINGS."

MY WIFE IS A VERY REASONABLE WOMAN. SHE TOLD ME TO GO OUT AND FIND A HOT 21-YEAR-OLD GAL, AND SHE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE LIVING IN A CHEAP APARTMENT, DRIVING A CHEAP CAR, SLEEPING ON A SOFA BED AND WATCHING A 10-INCH BLACK AND WHITE TV.

AREN'T OLDER WOMEN GREAT? THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE YOUR MID-LIFE CRISES