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Saturday was one of those days where I felt I needed to be quiet and somewhat lazy. I somehow picked up a slight cold with a fever, and that just seemed to zap me of any desire to do much of anything.

I did cruise the Web, and did some online shopping, and I watched some HGTV shows, as well as a Documentary about the short life of Harry Nilsson.

For those of you who can’t recall Harry here is a video clip of him singing. What a wonderful voice.

Harry wrote over 400 songs in his 52 years of life. His gift was not just for writing the music, but the poetic lyrics as well. He was a self taught musician, and he was able to record all the background vocals for his songs.

Hubby and I watched the documentary together. It was well done, and it included Harry, his family and his friends. It’s called “Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?” It’s available on Amazon Prime, and definitely worth the time.

Saturday night we “Fall Back” time wise, so I hope that you all remembered to do this, or you will be up early and missing your chance at a little extra sleep.

Dayton, Ohio. I never thought much about this place, but there is so much here. So much history. From Wilbur and Orville Wright, to The Packard Automobile, to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and home to the Air Force Aviation Museum. And all of that, is just the start!

Al Capone’s Packard. His last car.I think you could stay for a week or two and never see everything here. We did go off with our friends Jim and Geraldine, to see a few more things today, but we quite simply ran out of time.

Orville and Wilber Wright.

So, we stopped at a little Pub Restaurant and had lunch and then returned to the hotel to make our plans for the return trip to New Hampshire, and prepare for tonight’s banquet.

We had the annual membership meeting and Memorial service this morning. I teared up a lot. Several of the men who passed this year were men I have known for a long time. Sad to see them go.

However, our organization gives out scholarships to the grandchildren of our members. It was wonderful to see the youth being enriched by all that these heroic pilots have done.

Here is a funny story. At lunch today our waitress was trying to entice us to have bread pudding. Alas, if we had not had such a big and wonderful lunch, we might have indulged, but no….So she asked if we might like to take some home. I said no, because home, was a long, long, way.

She asked where? I told her New Hampshire. A moment passed and then a man came over. “Is that your Cadillac outside?” he asked. “Why yes.” I answered.

“It’s a 2004 Sedan DeVille, right?” he said.

“Yes.” I answered.

“I have a twin to your car! Right down to the color!”

The only difference is that his car had over 200,000 miles and ours just went over the 100,000 mile mark.

I know, small world!

Now it’s time to finish packing and go home.

This trip went really fast.

Can you believe it is November 1st? Where did the month of October go? Or for that matter, the year 2014!

I have started to put items in shoe boxes as I prepare for our trip. Since I have lost a little weight the shorts I wore last winter on our trip, no longer fit me. Too big. And it is November, after all, so there are not many stores carrying shorts.

But, I did find an online catalog selling them in an array of colors for $6.99 each! So I ordered Navy Blue, White & Black. At this point, I am all set for the trip!

We’re going to see “St. Vincent” with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy today. I’ll let you all know what I think tomorrow.

Have a wonderful and blessed All Saints’ Day!

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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This weekend I actually watched more football than I normally do. I know it is playoff season, but even I do not watch football until the Super Bowl. So this new habit of mine, of watching the playoffs, took me by surprise.

Hubby enjoys watching, so he usually does, but this year he has had me right by his side, cursing and swearing, when I thought a call went the wrong way.

Our team played the second game on Sunday and won 41-28! Now they advance to the AFC Championship and hopefully the Super Bowl!

I managed to get a few errands done this weekend around town. I needed to stop at the Pharmacy, and as they’d recently moved I had a chance to see their new store. I was shocked! In their previous store they had a lot of floor space and in the new store, only about a quarter of the space. I asked for some over the counter medication that I take and they do not carry it any more! I’m afraid that I will need to drive to the next town to find a good Pharmacy now.

I have decided to switch the dogs to treats that are only made in the USA. Previously I was not as careful and gave them ones that has been manufactured in China. After a few dog food scares with things made there, I am now reading all labels for my gang. (And myself too!)

As I was walking around the house this weekend I noted that we really need to paint the trim on our house. And guess who does that? I’m not crazy about heights, but it really needs to be done. Perhaps for the section over he garages, we can rent a cherry picker truck, so I have a firm platform.

I’ll be working this week at the Hair Salon. Just answering phones and making appointments and doing laundry and cleaning. My friend is ill, and this is one way I can help her out!

Have a great week Everyone!!!

On Saturday I worked at the local Greek Festival. They hold it every year on the last Saturday in July. I love working on it, as I said yesterday and this year,we had great crowds.

Now the set up was so much better this year than in recent years. Usually we have people out in the street waiting for the Pastry Line. This year we had two lines to control the crowds.

This worked out so well, because people could see what we had, and then walk down and we would fill their containers.

As usual I was in charge of the bars. Lemon, Fig and Raspberry. These bars were huge! About 3X3 inches and just $1.50! I bought Hubby his, as well as some other goodies and tucked them away in the cooler I brought, to keep them cool.

I worked pretty much non-stop until Hubby arrived and once he was close to the Buffet, I slipped over and had lunch with him. He had a lamb shanks dinner, with rice, a Greek salad, and stuffed grape leaves, and I had Spanakopita, stuffed grape leaves, and Pastitsio.

There was singing and dancing and a lot of merriment! What a great day!!!

Greek Festival 2012 from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

I also had my coffee grounds read. Three years ago this woman read my coffee grounds and told me that someone close would recover from a serious illness. Well, my cousin recovered from cancer! yay!!! Last year she told me that someone new would come into my life…a month and a half later Mandy called to tell me she was pregnant, and now I have Savannah!!! So this year, I was interested to see what she would say.
“She saw a Bride in my cup. Wearing a long beautiful gown, but not a typical bridal gown. She said the bride had long flowing dark hair, and that she was very happy”

Well, she got it right. My Niece/Goddaughter is getting married and she is happier than I have ever seen her and yes, her gown is unusual, but that is all I will say. Once she gets married in April I will tell you how beautiful and stunning her gown is!

Meanwhile, By 2 PM, things were winding down, and yours truly was feel exhausted. Since my bars were practically sold, and I’d paid my tab, I decided that the best place for me was home where I could sit with the dackels and have a nice hot cup of tea.

Now I’m not sure what it is about hot tea, but it can be 95 degrees and when I am tired or not feeling up to snuff, I want my tea. Somehow a cuppa just makes it all right.

Today is my sister’s birthday. She has been both my mother and father, and taught me everything from how to tie my shoes to what love is all about.

I am grateful to have her for my sister and best friend! How very blessed I am!!!

I love you!!!

Happy Birthday, Melodie!!! from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.