November 17th

Another day in beautiful Lansing, KS. The cold weather arrived and I decided that it was time to test the old adage that we should bundle up in cold weather. If we don't we will get a cold or worse. So Tuesday I decided Not to wear a warm coat over my sports coat when we went out to do our chores. It was probably the coldest day since last winter. The temperature was in the 30's and it rained and snowed at the same time. The wind was gusting at about 35 MPH. It was damned cold and clammy.

We had a good meeting with Phil our financial advisor. Our investments are better than a year ago. We will be making a few minor changes to improve the portfolio.

We then had lunch with a former neighbor. We didn't realize how much we had missed seeing her until we did see her. She used to live across the street and we would sit on her front porch, weather permitting. It was nice to catch up and the lunch was very tasty.

After that we did some shopping and I finally was able to replace the French press coffee maker that had been broken. However, with the cold, I haven't felt much like drinking coffee. Perhaps tomorrow I will feel more like it. One thing about it is that it is larger than the last one.

I have also been communicating with my brother who lives in El Paso. He has a new Mac Laptop. Because we can chat with iChat we do just that. It is an audio instant message. He is learning how to use this one more than the older model this one replaced. It is fun to guide him along. Some of the time he is the guide. The nice thing about it is that we can be viewing the almost identical screen.

It seems his latest project it to lay out a template for a letterhead or prepare a brochure. He has spent most of his adult life as a graphic designer. He is finally looking to the computer to be of assitance. He is also painting more than ever. I hope that we will be able to get his art studio web site up and operational by the first of the year.

More later.

Serve well!