Critters II

First off the little turtle on the right in your photos Lori is a box turtle and I believe the one on the left is a snapping turtle from your description and pic.
I too saw some critters on my bike ride this morning about a mile from the house... there were 3 deer together on the creek bank. They are so used to people and town living that they were not even phased that we were there ooohing and aaahing and talking about them. Amazing. I believe that we see almost as many deer here in town as we did at the farm house. Of course we do live right next to Mt Pleasant, but it still seems strange to see them that close and not frightened.


I have been having some very clumsy moments lately...
Yesterday I was putting up some curtain rods while standing on the bed and I fell off the darn bed hit my left leg on a chair and have the biggest bruise I think I've ever had.
Today, I was coming back from my bike ride and was trying to lift myself off the seat to avoid the bump in my drive, accidently hit the front brakes and bam... down I went. Now my right hand and elbow are all bruised. I would never have believed that I'd ever be so accident prone or clumsy. I was never clumsy or fell down until you all started it. It must be contagious or something.

I made a big ass turkey this weekend and had the family over Mel's, Kel's, and Corinne's. Something I think we all needed. We all have had some very sad, trying, crazy times lately.



After dinner, Kelly was cleaning up the kitchen while Mel was helping George use the potty and when Mel came out of the bathroom she told Kelly that was the first time she'd ever seen Kelly clean up the kitchen by herself at moms house and when they were kids it was always Kelly who was in the bathroom when it was time to clean up. Well, I just laughed and said "I used to pull that same trick growing up at home, just ask Aunt Diane." then I cried.


Wow, talk about mood swings. Diane being gone from us is still very painful and probably always will be. So many things remind me of Diane everyday, luckily alot of those are good thoughts but the melancholy still creeps in...

Thanks for the phone call Lizzie, sorry we couldn't talk longer. We'll have to try and catch up soon.


All in all this last week went quite well, we spent a nice anniversary at home had family over and some beautiful weather to boot. Life is good.

I love you sisters