today, i am again acting like a grandmother that loves here grandchildren. It is 1:05 p.m. This morning i prepared the "healthy" bacon which does not have as much fat and thus not as much flavor as the regular bacon. Consequently, this bacon is not as popular with the grandsons. This mornig i fixed the last of the "healthy" bacon and the rest was the old standard greasy and oh, so , good regular bacon. They were thrilled the choice and we also had toast with peach butter jam and a half banana apiece along wmith apple cidar for drink. Remember this is apple cidar season and we newburghers like our cidar.

This morning we had a lovely drive to school. They seem to appreciate the drive more than catching the bus in the morning and the only sacrifice i have to make is in using the extra gasoline and the fact that the drive is an hour long one round trip as oppposed to a thirty minute turn around if they catch the bus. Oh well, we are making some good memories.

I stopped by walgreens on the way home to pick up some milk,orange juice and i wanted to get some biscuits. Rats! walgreens didnt have any and i just despise going to the grocery store, which i may end up having to do . I purchased some items that Aidan's class is collecting for a "gift basket" for the teachers with a "spa" theme. I purchased a "ped egg" to scrub one's feet. I will put it in a bag and give it to aidan to take to school tomorrow.

Aidan informed me this morning that he wanted to buy a bracelet for Mrs. Brothers, his teacher. He said other kids are bringing her gifts and he would like to too. Since his grandpa and grams had sent him $30 for his birthday, i suggested that he could used some of that money to purchase a bracelet and i would take him to get one if he wished. We may do that today on our way home. i will let you know.

Today one of the felons who was on my original work team was released from the slammer and he is down working on finishing up the downstairs. Since he is such a good worker, it may actually get fininshed in just a few days. They were here when i got home this mornig at around 8:45a.m. they have been working ever since, hammering, sawing, and jack hammering all morning except for when they went on their lunch break at 11:30 to noon. They also called Matt Jones, my yard man, on their phone, since Matt never answers the phone when i call him, and Matt said he gave me his word that the work would be complete by this saturday and he would return money to me. We shall see. The reason Tony and Jerimiah (My good workers) called Matt jones for me is because they are the ones who suggested him to me as a good guy to do the landscaping because they knew he was trying to start up a new business and he had evidently talked a good game to them. Evidently Matt didnt realize that to start up a business one has to work really really hard in the beginning and that one's helpers may not be as reliable as one needs in the breginning and you , as the owner of the business, will have to take up the slack if your workers do not show up. oh well. Matt Jones gave me "his word" that it will be completed by saturday. My workers just said to me "Well, you know he is from Kentucky". They said that when i told them that matt jones calls the dwarf chery tree a "darf" cherry tree.

Michael just left for work and i need to leave to go pick up the boys so i wont be late. Today is a better day for the grandmother of the boys. She is contiuing to act like a grandmother who loves her grandsons. I am getting around a bit better today than even yeterday. love to you all. jk