Ah, thanks for the explanation, Andrea. We had to haul all of our water for years on the "mini-ranch" in Wyoming, so can empathise!

I have finally done it! This morning was a rare one with no appointments or interruptions, so after dropping Morgan off at school (they went on a field trip, see the Desert Rat picture posted on FB), I sat down with the hard copy of Prairie Child and finished the copy editing! All 297 pages. It's been sitting on my desk, like an accusing lump, bugging me to "get to it!" Now I can go through it on the computer, fix the few things I noticed and have it ready, I hope, to send to Create Space at Amazon and have it published. They are a little picky about formatting, but I think I have it well-done with their template. Wish me luck!?

Also watered outside all by myself and have done a load of laundry. Soaked my feet and then hands in a foot bath with epsom salts last night. Seems to have helped and will repeat later today. Doc will take a look tomorrow.

Yesterday afternoon, Morgan called to see if he could come over. Instead I picked him up and we went off t the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. He'd never been there. Oh, boy! We took some photos along to match picture frames. They were all half price, so I got three beautiful ones for a couple of bucks. We were there at least an hour looking at everything. He loved it and wanted old adding machines, a piano, and a few other sillies. The adding machines didn't look as though they were workable, but I'll keep an eye out for one. They can be so much fun for a kid. So, I got even more exercise, yesterday, and, as a consequence, the big, dark chocolate bar I ate from the health food store did not add any weight.:-) I've lost another three pounds in the past ten days. Breaking 200 is coming close, almost 60 lbs lost since the first of the year. I love it!