WONDER IF BERT HAS BEEN TO THIS BAR?

GOT A NOTE FROM RITA

She says Target also has it's own brand of fabric softener that's very good.

She also said, "We love the Texas Roadhouse".

About this time of year, Thunder always wonders what happened to the "birdies".

He spends half the summer sitting in the window and watching them fly by.  Up here on the 5th floor we have a non-stop show as the birds nest on the roof and fly down, past our window, to the trees or ground looking for food.  Then they fly back up when danger approaches....like an outdoor cat!

By late fall, the birds are gone and the "birdport" closes for the season.

Donnie sent the picture below of the birds, lined up, in their back yard.  I showed it to Thunder and told him the birdies will stay in Texas, with Donnie and Linda, and be back up here in the spring.

LYNNE WRITES:

"I must try "Nice" on our clothes. Bet it is cheaper than the name brands too.

Good fine on American Eagle airlines. That would be horrible to sit on a plane that long. I want to get up and down as fast as possible.

Peanut Butter Vodka? Never tasted it but I would think I would prefer peanut butter on toast (especially slicing a banana on top).

I had a busy week as Delilah(Daniel and Jon's dog) and Mittens(nephew Carl's 19 year old cat) stayed at the same time. They got along just fine and we had many cute times with them.

Daniel and Jon were in Florida with Sandy in Ft. Myers. Carl and the family were in Ketucky. Daughter, Ellie, almost 12, competed in Horseback National Competitions and went undefeated in all. She has so many ribbons and trophies. We are all very proud of her.

We had 2" of snow the other day but it melted quickly. We are not liking the darkness so early now but nothing we can do about it."

Gotta give credit where credit is due.

Walgreen's has a new house brand called "NICE".I bought a box of their fabric softener, the other day, and used it in the wash this morning.

I've been washing clothes for 50 years and used all the brands from expensive to cheap and I've never had clothes come out of the dryer as soft as my clothes were today.

I don't know what they're doing different but this softener is beyond nice.  They should have named it "FANTASTIC".

HEFTY FINE!

Wow!  A $900,000.00 fine for keeping passengers cooped up in planes, on the tarmac, for three hours back in May.  I'll bet American Eagle won't do that again!

What will they think of next?

PEANUT BUTTER VODKA??
Sounds good but can you spread it on a slice of bread?  Hey! I'm not kidding. Check out the bottle here.

Nap time.

I never thought about this before but there may be something to it.

Tom Sietsema, a food critic for the Washington Post, says you can, usually, be satisfied with a restaurant that is named after the owner.  If they're willing to put their name on the sign they, probably, are well known and have a history of good food.

Happy birthday, Prince Charles! 63 today.

I just finished a book by New York Times best selling author Bruce Feiler.  "WHERE GOD WAS BORN" is not his latest book, it was published in 2005, but it's an excellent travel and history lesson on the Middle East.  It's also a wonderful study of the Old Testament.  You might discover a world of things you didn't know or understand about the Bible.

As Wikipedia puts it, he's a popular American writer on faith, family and finding meaning in everyday life.

Feiler will be the guest of Anderson Cooper, on his new syndicated talk show, on Friday.

I recommend the book and watch the TV show, if you can.  I'm sure it will be an interesting hour.

BLUE SKIES SMILIN' AT ME!

If you have blue skies and temperatures rising into the 50's just a week before Thanksgiving...what more do you want?

RELAX! CHILL OUT! COOL OFF!

Loosen up, lighten up day is just what we need.
Could we just take one day off?  Stop the name calling, hating and judging the other guy.  Or, as the Beatles said, "Let it be".

Aunt Wilda called around noon today.

She had tried to call Uncle Bob to see how his surgery went but there was no answer.

She had been sleeping.  She's been so tired, lately, and has been sleeping a lot.  She's also having trouble with her eyes so she can't read as much as before and, I know, she doesn't like that.

THE GREAT WHITE HUNTERS

AND THE BIBLE SAYS:

They're back!!

Carl said, "Roger, Rita, Kathy and I are comfortably at home. Good (and successful) trip but nice to be back."

Rita called and reported about the same thing.  They stopped in Mission and put flowers on baby sisters grave.  She said Carl took a picture and will send it.

And, who was the winner at the casino??  Kathy, of course!

This reminded me of the beautiful holiday windows Doerflingers used to have years ago.

I walked by Monet Florists and noticed they had their Christmas window on display.  I thought it was really nice.

A WISCONSIN FOOD ARTIST

Interesting story and pictures from NPR about a lady who turns Wisconsin cheese into art.
NPR~WISCONSIN CHEESE

I assume Rita, Roger, Carl and Kathy got home safely.

I haven't heard anything to the contrary and, like they say, no news is good news.

They say we could get some light rain this morning.

Radar is showing some patches of rain to the west but they're pretty spotty.  We, for sure, aren't going to see much sun.  Heavy, dark clouds, overhead, as the sun comes up.