One thing I do miss about Kanawha is the wonderful grilled chicken dinner held each Memorial Day to support the swimming pool. I suppose it wasn't quite as fun this year because the weather was not ideal. But, you could always go get your 1/4 or 1/2 chicken dinner (potato salad, roll, etc.) and take it home. On the nice days, the town turned out. It was an annual feast, and welcomed by people who were back in town for the weekend, and by those who rarely leave. Yes, I do miss the grilled chicken feed, and thank the firemen who did all the grilling each year. What a great idea!
David and I just hung around the house because the weather wasn't much good for anything else. We did do the laundry (and dried some of it in the dryer, although it quit raining long enough for the jeans and a few other things, like the pillow cases, to get dry on the line.
I tried to type a letter to my only remaining sister, and got that part done. Even was able to print out a collage of photos from our recent trip. But, when I went to print out my letter (typed into Word), the pages came out blank. I had this problem the other day when I tried to print out a ledger from Excel, but was able to copy and paste the information into Word, and got it printed out that way. Now, today, Word is giving me fits. Dang! I had wanted to get that letter in the mail tomorrow. David said I could always hand-write it...and I can, but I sure didn't want to do that. Now, I'll have to ask my Facebook 'techie' friends if they know what is going on with my computer not talking to my printer...
So...since I'm frustrated over that, I guess I'll go watch another video-taped movie. We have a bunch of old video tapes, and I'm looking at all of them (that will take me all summer, I bet...) and plan to give the movies to Goodwill and perhaps tape 'how-to' programs over the stuff on the other tapes, unless, of course, they are family videos and I want to keep them. In that case, I'll consider having them put on DVD by someone who offers that service.
Ever realize that life is almost always a series of organizing 'stuff?' Sure seems like it since we tried to 'condense' our belongings when we moved. Still doing that, and I don't see 'a light at the end of the tunnel' yet.
So, on this Memorial Day, I will be glad we are not in a full-scale war anywhere right now, although I know there is always the risk of another war. Being a World War II baby, I am so very grateful not to have any of my children or grandchildren fighting anywhere. Such precious lives, they are... I do feel deep sorrow for those who must endure 'remembering' a serviceperson from their lives who did not come back home. That kind of grief must be so very terrible to bear...I don't know how they are able to go on... With that in my mind, I am thankful to those in our government who have made every effort to keep our young people out of conflict and hopefully building lives in peace.
Peace...what a wonderful word!
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