Hello Out There

So...I was wondering what was going on with everyone. Please share.

I will bore you a bit with things in my every day wanderings.

Today I had a profitable day at the Mah Jongg table. I won $1.01. That was approx. $.16 per hour. Actually, if I figure in what the cost of the yummy lunch I had my purse is $2.00 lighter. We play at Sue's house and she fixes lunch and we pay her between two and three dollars. Today it was baked chicken thighs and pasta salad. Very good.

The weather has been nice here as it has there I guess. Earl and I went on a motorcycle ride to Beaufort on Saturday. That is the first time I have ridden my motorcycle for quite awhile. It has been in the shop and then Earl had to put the training wheels back on it. There are a couple people that are maybe interested in buying it. Then I think I will just ride on the back of Earl's bike. In motorcycle talk that is called "packing" and believe me when I am on the back he is definitely packing. Whew! I better slow down the eating.

Sunday I volunteered for a special event in the evening at the Tryon Palace. I was in the cellar as Mrs. Hatch, Governor Tryon's housekeeper. That was fun. People kept wanting to look in my bedchamber. The nerve of them.

Then last night there was another special event for the North Carolina magazine Our State and about 40 people came through taking pictures. I was Martha, a laundress. Will they every let me in the Palace upstairs??? Sunday night one of the visitors tried to adjust the blinds in the council chamber in the palace so he could see the fireworks when they started and the blind fell. That caused quite a commotion.

One more day at the Palace on Thursday for School groups. I will be out on the lawn playing Boules...something like Bocce Ball. I have had about enough of the TP this week.

Barb and Tim are coming to NC for just 2 nights this week. They will get here Thursday night and leave Saturday morning on their way to Savanah. Earl and I keep talking about going to Savanah, but it has just been talk.

I made our reservations to come to Ohio for the 13th - 16th. We will get there on Thursday and leave on Sunday. Gordon got us good rates at the Couryard Columbus Easton Marriott. Bobbie and Troy are going to stay there too, but don't think they will get there till the 14th. They are going to Savanah after they go to Alabama. Troy has the whole month of May off. They were going to come here, but since we will see them in Ohio I don't think they will. It would be nice if we could have a big family get together so Bobbie could meet all of us crazies at one time.

I got a haircut yesterday and it looks like she put a bowl on my head and cut it. Earl could have done that for me. My regular girl was on vacation and I thought I couldn't wait any longer. I should have thought longer on it.

I am sure there are numerous other things to talk about, but I will give your eyes a rest for now, if you haven't already gone to sleep.

Love you all.