A Sign

 We were both up by 5:00 am and today there was no coffee wars. You see when Mark gets up at 2:00 or 3:00 am and starts the coffee by the time I get up the pot has turned off and the coffee is luke warm. So last night I filled a jar of left over coffee and told him IF he woke up early he could just heat up the jar of coffee and leave the coffee maker alone. That jar got dumped out. The garbage truck arrived while we were on the walk, it came zooming up so quickly we were all surprised. Not only did it come early but the driver was in a big hurry.

After the walk I was cleaning up the kitchen and doing laundry when Ruth called. She stopped in on her way to mom to rehash the party. Then at 11: 20 am I drove over to mom's so Ruth could take her mother-in-law out for lunch. Karin had a meeting with her realtor for her Maquon house. Karin has been working on a portrait of mom.

She isn't finished but already it is an amazing likeness. Mom and I went through all of her birthday cards. I took a  picture of the card Bonnie made and mom asked me to send it to Aunt Jinnie.

She also got a new book to read.

We were watching a big fat squirrel eating a walnut on the stump right outside the living room window.

When I left there I had to take the golf cart down to the road to see the new sign.

Mike and Diane put that up. We liked it so well that it is a sign that Mark and I should put one up on the barn. Diane is going to take a look at the barn to see where and how high it should go. When JULIE came out to mark the ground for Mike, he told the surveyor we have been in business for 22 years and am finally getting around to putting up a sign. 

We had an offer on Titus last night.

They offered to pay full price but make payments for 12 months. After talking it over we declined the offer. If we have to wait 12 more months we will start him under saddle and he will be much more valuable. The motorhome generator didn't get done today. The man that checked it out thought it should be done by what he called 2-ISH. It is an hour away so hopefully we CAN pick it up close to that time as I plan on leaving for Gulf Shores in the evening tomorrow.