Friday, May 16, 2008
END OF THE WEEK.....
Guess what? The sun is SHINING!! I woke this morning with bright sunlight coming in the window…….couldn’t believe it. It was only 6:30, it looked more like 8:30.……OK, so much for the weather talk from the Ozarks. I’m sure you’re tired of that after much of the week.
I visited with John and L J last night before their planned evening of watching the Hornets basketball game. L J had invited friends in for snacks so it was a guys night at the Strain house. Barbara has lived in a male-world ever since she married John, and does it with grace. Always good to hear from my New Orleans family and George,, KC, is ever getting closer to his R-Day. He retires in August and will be glad after working extra hours and getting up @ 4:00 AM for months.
Becky will be coming home this afternoon and I’m sure she will be ready to relax a little. (She just called and said she made 99.6 score for the week.) Very relieved, of course. She is heading home.
My Rockenbach kids are doing well. Rocky’s son lives in north Arkansas and is happy beyond compare with his little two-year old. His wife, Julie, is a good mother and that makes little Quintin a happy boy.
Holly, who lives south of Neosho with her husband and critters narrowly missed the tornado that did so much damage in Neosho and Joplin. She and husband, Eddie, spent their Sunday picking up debris and helping to search for keepsakes at her employers home. Holly, like Rocky, never turns her back on anyone needing help.
Rocky’s youngest daughter and family live in Moreno Valley, CA. and spend much of their time commuting to their jobs. The traffic there is a nightmare if you’re used to a 3-minute drive to the middle of town. I pity their gas bill….it has to be terrible every month.
Here, we are like everyone else. Buy the necessities and skip the frills. It’s just a case of creative bookkeeping as Becky says. It is actually fun to see how it’s possible to do without things. Actually, we have very few “needs” and it doesn’t hurt to cut back on some things we call “staples.” The ones of us who grew up in the 20’s and 30’s recall what Mom and Dad did and believe me, they did a lot of “doing without.”
Have a great weekend,
Essentially Esther
I visited with John and L J last night before their planned evening of watching the Hornets basketball game. L J had invited friends in for snacks so it was a guys night at the Strain house. Barbara has lived in a male-world ever since she married John, and does it with grace. Always good to hear from my New Orleans family and George,, KC, is ever getting closer to his R-Day. He retires in August and will be glad after working extra hours and getting up @ 4:00 AM for months.
Becky will be coming home this afternoon and I’m sure she will be ready to relax a little. (She just called and said she made 99.6 score for the week.) Very relieved, of course. She is heading home.
My Rockenbach kids are doing well. Rocky’s son lives in north Arkansas and is happy beyond compare with his little two-year old. His wife, Julie, is a good mother and that makes little Quintin a happy boy.
Holly, who lives south of Neosho with her husband and critters narrowly missed the tornado that did so much damage in Neosho and Joplin. She and husband, Eddie, spent their Sunday picking up debris and helping to search for keepsakes at her employers home. Holly, like Rocky, never turns her back on anyone needing help.
Rocky’s youngest daughter and family live in Moreno Valley, CA. and spend much of their time commuting to their jobs. The traffic there is a nightmare if you’re used to a 3-minute drive to the middle of town. I pity their gas bill….it has to be terrible every month.
Here, we are like everyone else. Buy the necessities and skip the frills. It’s just a case of creative bookkeeping as Becky says. It is actually fun to see how it’s possible to do without things. Actually, we have very few “needs” and it doesn’t hurt to cut back on some things we call “staples.” The ones of us who grew up in the 20’s and 30’s recall what Mom and Dad did and believe me, they did a lot of “doing without.”
Have a great weekend,
Essentially Esther
