I've got 2 bags of clothes ready to donate. They usually call about every other month & offer to pick it up, so I'll just wait to hear from them. I fixed the hem in a dress; it's been on my to-do list for months.

I've noticed a lot of dampness in my basement, so I had a plumber out. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a problem with the water pipe coming in from the street. But the guy said the galvanized pipe should be replaced, and offered to do it for $2400. Yikes. But he said the dampness was just groundwater seeping in thru the walls. It's anybody's guess what it will cost to fix that. I feel like I've been re-building this house piece by piece.

I had some sweet cherries that were getting very ripe, so I pitted them, put them in a jar, and poured brandy over them. That'll keep them. Yummy on ice cream.

Maryanne