Afternoon all.<br /><br />Rainy and cold today.<br /><br />It held off for most of the parade this morning - I got to ride int he big red convertible.  My hat got wet and my feather boa was shedding like mad&#33;<br /><br />Those cheap feathers stink when they get wet LOL.<br /><br /><b>CHERYL</b> - I had to keep my arm in a sling for about a week - then I woke up one day and it was just better.  The roughest part was driving for work - I drove a stick and it was murder.  But it was my left so it wasn&#39;t so bad.  I had several silk scarves for my &quot;sling&quot; - didn&#39;t want to clash lol.<br /><br /><br /><b>JACKIE </b>- Poor Tony - guess you will have to cook him up a good steak dinner than put it all in the blender :o)<br /><br /><b>ROSE</b> - What a shame about Howie&#39;s surgery - it&#39;s not a nice thing to face but to get psyched up and then have it change is awful.  <br /><br /><b>MARIA</b> - I said the same thing to my kids - then I realized I had become my mother - scary&#33;  But they always managed to keep out from under foot.  Mostly they played &quot;school&quot; - go figure???<br /><br /><br /><b>DEB </b> - I walked past a store today and it actually had those big red fire engines that a kid could play on&#33;  And that lead to a discussion of how we used to &quot;play&quot;.  A pile of lumber would become a fort and we would fire  &quot;stick&quot; guns on imaginary indians or pirates - wherever the imagination took us.  Can&#39;t even imagine kids doing that today - they are missing out&#33; Then we had jacks and hopscotch - OMG I am so old&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />Anyway off to games for a bit -  Dh is still hauling rocks so dinner will be late :o)<br /><br /><br />