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Hi, friends,

I, too, had a J night last night. So, I've felt kind of quiet today.

Y'all have a wonderful rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

I believe there is a strong connection between so many people feeling "off" and having trouble sleeping, and the blasted time change!  It really messes us up!

Larry, glad you are enjoying your company; never doubted you would!

Darrel and I have made a circle today from here to Dodge City to Garden City and back here again.  All related to getting the 5th wheel hitch for the new pickup and other items similar in nature.  So far, he is quite satisfied with the handling and the mileage the pickup is getting.  But, boy!  can a person spend a bundle in a hurry on vehicle stuff! 

Tomorrow is my monthly painting day, and I want to get the background started on my project, so won't stay on here long.  I want to get to bed early, too, so I won't be dragging tomorrow.  (I hope!)
  Pat and Paul---stay safe on the highways!!   

You know Janet you have something there, it has been since the time change that I have had problems sleeping.  I am sitting here yawning, will go to bed and eyes will pop open!   At this point I am feeling it is better to get up and work on the 'puter!

Have a great night folks and "see" you later.

At least for me, the time change has nothing to do with my sleep patterns.     It is an ongoing situation, a couple of hours sleeping, an hour or so awake with restless legs, a couple more hours sleep, another awake period.... and with a completely sleepless night every now and then.   Just something I've come to accept, and my doctor's only response was "It will be worse when you're 100."   

Hi everyone.  We had a very rainy night and early morning and it is cloudy today but suppose to get up to 74.  I had a very busy morning as went to Walmart to get Pat a couple of prescriptions and also to get a 65 inch smart TV for our living area.  The 47 inch one we have just wasn't big enough for the space.  I wasn't sure it would fit in my PT Cruiser but by moving the driver seat all the way up and putting the other seats down it did go in.  If I had been any larger I wouldn't have been able to fit behind the wheel and drive.  The Walmart manager said if it wouldn't fit in my car he would put it in his pickup truck and follow me home.  Needless to say I was very impressed.  They have the nicest employees in this new Walmart.  Our son will be over tomorrow morning to get it set up and move the other one into my office.  It has a wide base so it is going to have to sit on the piano.  I will stay in the rest of the day and watch some more college basketball games.   

Happy to say I haven't had any trouble sleeping due to the time change that some of you have experienced  Jeanne, it sounds like your doctor could have kept that news about it getting worse when you are older as that was no help at all. 

Janet, what kind of truck did Darrel get?   Hope you rested well last night so you could really enjoy your painting day today.

     

Darn!  Lost my nearly completed message!  Hate when that happens!

I was replying to Larry:  The new pickup is a Ford, diesel, 4 WD, 4 door, Platinum series.  It's a beauty and has all the bells and whistles.  We are learning how to find the various stuff on the dash, etc.  I drove it for the first time yesterday, and it handles really nicely.  It is white, with black interior, which we don't like, but all the ones in the Platinum series are black interiors.  Not good for the hot sun and high winds of Kansas.  Oh!  It even has air conditioned seats!  And heated, of course--and heated steering wheel!  What don't they think of?    It's a 2014 model, looks like new, only 24,015 miles on it!

And yes, thanks, I did sleep well last night, but woke in time to get to Lakin and ride the rest of the  way with my friend Winona.  I learned today that I have gained a reputation in that group--of being a bird painter!  That surprised me, but as I thought about it, I have painted a number of gifts for our gift exchanges with birds on them, and I really do enjoy painting birds.  The project we did today is a birdhouse hanging on a square post, with a water faucet sticking out of the birdhouse, and a cup hanging on a nail below the faucet.  Then there is a little bird standing on top of the faucet.  It had lots of detailed leaves, which I do not enjoy painting, so I employed some new techniques and did mine differently.  It looks like a leafy area of shadows, all mottled.  I got it all finished except the cup.  In the example, the cup was yellow, and that was the thing you saw first.  I wanted to see the bird.  Anyway, I had changed all the other colors, so I'm going to paint a red enamelware cup.  If I don't like it, I will change it!  One of the gals asked me, jokingly, if I'd like to paint her bird.  So I did, and she loved it! And now, Larry, I hope you aren't sorry you asked!

Oh yeah!  In our Ways and Means drawing, I won five hand painted porcelain eggs done by one of our gals, in a hand-painted wooden basket--and she even included a chocolate Easter rabbit!  I was so pleased, I collect hand painted eggs and really was hoping to win those!

And now I want to get to bed early, also need to call Abby.  So ttyl!

Time to start a new "Thoughts".

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