Charmion, how are you feeling? Are you able to get out of the house yet? Have you made any resolutions about what you'll do once you're back in circulation? Shopping, dining, or are you going to stay distant from every social environment for a while?

Keberoxu, I read your news about attorney success pending re: cash on one of your threads. (Is that a battle with Social Security disability or with the family, or both?) Anyway, good news! Will that change anything about where or how you're living these days?

Pepper returned from the vet last evening feeling surly and disoriented, I only got bit once trying to get her out of the SUV. A step stool beside the car finally helped and I lured her to eat with some fresh fried rice picked up on the way home. She had surgery (removing a mass between muscles and skin at her abdomen) and her teeth cleaned. Either one could upset a pooch, and the rice was to give her mouth a rest. She's much more her old self this morning.

Though the tornadoes that hit Fort Worth this week didn't touch down here, the house has the look of a whirlwind passing through. I shipped a box yesterday and have a couple more to go on Monday. Part of the mess is cookie-press paraphernalia after I finished the baking. I now have to fill and distribute gift bags. No surprise I've put on a couple of pounds so need to have a day or two dining on fruit and vegetables and take it off. I'm determined to stay put at this weight - I enjoy it too much to let pounds creep back on again.