Friday

It's been a while and I've been busy as usual. The flowerbeds look wonderful in the back yard. The front of the house is so so. A small veg. garden has been planted and wouldn't you know it. the lettuce is up but probably should be eaten during the time I'm in Kenya. Can't win them all. I planted tomatoes, peppers and one egg plant along with parsley, dill, rosemary and some other things. I'm waiting for the digger to redo the flowerbed along the driveway. I've got the plants ready to go. We spent a long weekend in Michigan with JB, Kimmy, Adam and Jacob. What a fun time with those little guys. I'm constructing piles of clothing, shillings, important papers, etc. in preparation for the month of June in Kenya. I need one more doc appointment for malaria pills. It's all coming together and just two full weeks till it all begins to happen. Time at this end is going way to fast.

Monday evening

Oops...it's Tuesday evening. Days stay busy. Yesterday a group of us finished the last mailing of the churches' North Notes. It's going on line on the web site. Yahoo. Best decision ever. One thing less to think about. Then I had lunch with my old teacher friends. It's been a while. I had a two hr. meeting at 5 with the Umoja group which is planning the second carnival at Sec. Presbyterian Church Labor Day weekend. This morning I met Alan at church and we packed away a bunch of flower arrangements we used at Easter. It's back in the box. Wow...glad that's done. But really first thing this morning was a PT appointment for my neck muscles. I wish I could say my neck is perfect but it isn't. It's better but certainly not the best it could be. Worked in the yard this afternoon edging some of the flowerbeds. I took it easy and stopped to stretch my neck when the pain came. I'm working in littler bits. Picked up more donated yarn at church this morning and finished a wild hat all in neon colors. Great for little girls. I'm up to 81 hats now. My fingers just keep on going like the everyready bunny. Thank goodness knitting doesn't seem to bother my neck very much. Tomorrow is my morning to work at the church desk. I'll do more knitting. Tomorrow afternoon I hope to get a few plants in the ground. And bell practice is in the evening. The weather is beautiful. Cool but sunny days reminding me of Eldoret weather. Not to much longer before I'm on the way.

Never, Never, Never

I will never again put onions down my garabage disposal. What a mess. We hooked up to Carmel disposal...no more septice tank so I thought...anything goes. Well, onions get stuck in the pipes. After some do it yourself stuff. I got the sink unstuck. How could I be so old not knowing that onions do not belong in the garbage disposal. Reminder to the readers!!! Now you all know. Friend SEM is here from Kenya. We had a wonderfu meal together at Rick's Boatyard Sunday with friends and relatives of SEM as well as the three Kenyan medical students here for 6 weeks of working at the medical center. What fun, what fun. I love those students. Such eager minds. Still knitting hats. Yarn supply is going down but not gone. I'm up to 75 stocking hats for distribution this winter to folks who need hats. Planted tomatoes and peppers along with lettuse and radishes and a bunch of herbs from seed. They do as well or better then plants. To cool to grow very fast. Still spring in Indy. I was called to fill in this afternoon at the churches front desk. I usually do Wed. morning but this is an emergency. I'm taking my knitting and searching the internet for what ever I can find. That includes the NY Times, Washington Post, Daily Mining Gazette, Indy Star and more. . Keeps me busy. Two days at church is what I call my limit but this week will be more.