February 13, 2009

• HI!
  It’s Mimiwi!!
  Remember me??????  lol
  I am really getting bad about blogging.
  I do want to say that I read all your blogs through my e-mail subscription, just don’t come and comment much.
  I have gotten hooked on Facebook.
  But Xanga will never be totally forgotten.  I have made too many special friends here.
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  I talked to our traveling daughter-in-law.  Caught her at the laundromat this past weekend.  Normally just talk to Jeff.  She is loving her massage therapy classes.  She says they even have personal trainers on staff, and she can work out with them at any time.  Judy has some problems with tightness in her neck, and often when she gets to school, one of her instructors will give her a neck massage to make her feel better.
  Granddaughter, Gretta, was there with her.  The laundromat has internet access, so she e-mailed me pictures of Catalina right away.  These were taken on New Years—obviously.  Catalina has the big blue eyes all of their kids have.
  
  

  She would have been 4 1/2 months at the time.
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  I had talked to Jeff a few days earlier, and asked him about the elderly man they went and visited—the one with the huge house on Tampa Bay.  He was a career military man, and when he retired he went into real estate in Florida.  I was figuring that if he stayed in the Air Force for 20 yrs. and he is about 80 now, he would have retired from the AF about 40 yrs. ago, in the late 60′s—-just when Florida was really starting to boom. 
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  Back on the homefront, I have been a LITTLE more active.  The weather has improved, and there has been more sunshine.   The snow has been melting, but still a lot around.  Under the trees we see the ground now.
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  We have a Mountain Ash in our front yard.  It got more berries on it this year  than it ever has before.  The robins came around in Fall, but didn’t eat many this year like they usually do.  So, there were lots of  berries on it all winter until now.  This picture shows the way one of our heavy, still snowfalls accumulated on the berries.  Really neat!
  

  Then, last week I thought we were being visited by female cardinals.  Then I realized the coloring was wrong.  It was a flock of Cedar Waxwings.  They LOVED the berries!!
  Here you can see several in the tree.
  

  

  A  closeup of the first photo shows two of the Waxwings with berries in their beaks.
  They were here for less than a week.
  This is what the tree looks like now.
  

  Just the stems of all the berry clusters left, with a berry here and there.  The birds are all gone away.  It was fun watching them the few days they were here, though.  I do miss looking out my front window and seeing all the red berries—brightened up the drab view!!
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  This picture is my profile pic.  I have had this on here before.  But for new viewers I will explain. 
  This picture was taken on Valentine’s Day 1961.  My boss had given me a bridal shower at her home.  Afterwards, Ken came to pick me up.  My boss took this picture of the two of us.  Her hubby is reflected in the mirror behind us.This was a week before our wedding.  Thought it was an appropriate picture for Valentines Day. 
  My, how we have changed!!!!!  Wish I had that 24 1/2″ waist back!  lol  I know it is under here—-somewhere.
  
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  Happy Valentine’s Day to you all!

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