Thank you Mr. Bell February 7. 2008

I made a phone call today and received a phone call.  The call I made was to my Cousin who lives in Arkansas.   Tornados had hit parts of Arkansas and I wanted to make sure she and her Husband were OK.  I have not been in touch with them for 4 or 5 years.  I am sorry about that.  I hope never to let that happen again.  She did not even know that I had moved to North Carolina.  I have promised to write and give her my new address and phone number.  I also asked for a picture of the two of them and she will send it as soon as I get the address to her.  I want the picture for my Album because I have pictures of my other three Cousins and this will complete the Family Album.
 
The call I received was from Adith my friend from St. Pete.  She is so good about calling me.   We talk about everything, right now the Presidential Debates.  She listens to all of them, I don't.
She brings me up to date on the folks at our Church.  So we are never at a loss for words. 
 
So, even though it was raining and miserable out, things went well inside.  A few more days like this except without the rain please. 
 
Love and prayers from here to there
Basically Betty  Thursday, February 7. 2008 @ 10:04

Memories February 5. 2008

True story.  Back in the early days in Florida we had a neighbor named Carol Ann.  She had a Husband and two Daughters.  She was young enough to be my Daughter. 
 
I have so many fond memories of this neighbor.  My Husband and I would always do the Jumble in the St. Pete Times every morning.  He would do it while finishing his coffee and I would be fixing for the girls.  There were times when he would get stuck on a word and he would call me over to the table and say "please sit down help me with this word".  This one morning Carol Ann, who also did the Jumble every morning, came over for help.  She, too, was not able to get this one word. 
 
Well, comes time for me to take the girls to school so Carol Ann said she would be back later.  As she got to our back door I shouted out "pepsin".  She turned around and I told her I just remembered my Mother took something with Pepsin in it for her stomach.  It just came to me out of the blue.  Needless to say I had to go way back in the Memory Bank of my brain for that one but it saved the day for the three of us. 
 
Love and prayers from here to there
Basically Betty  Tuesday, February 5. 2008 @ 21:39

Super Sunday with Basically Betty February 3. 2008

Well, it's Half Time of the big game.  I really don't have a favorite of the two teams.  Guess I should root for New England because of Son-in-law John, and I should root for New York for my friends Barbara and John.  May the best team win.
 
You might not believe it but today was a beautiful day.  Sixty degrees with the sun shining brightly.   A trip out to the Patio to check the plants in the Flower Box revealed an amazing discovery.  The snow is gone, the ice is gone and what do you think  - the Pansies are still blooming.  I am thinking Bill must have put new plants out but he informed me they are the original ones.  They are winter plants.  Now if the Deer don't find them they will be there for me to enjoy for a long time. 
 
Going through my old calendars (I wondered why I have kept them all these years) I found one for Thursday December 16, 1999.  There was a notation on it that "Nica (Veronica) drove over alone for the first time today".   She was 16 and had just gotten her license.  It brought back some precious memories. 
At my age it's the little things that mean so much.  
 
Another precious memory came to light today - I had an e-mail from a friend from Steubenville days named Cindy.  We had been out of touch for much too long but are back on track and she and her Husband Dom have promised to come for a visit.
 
Game is back on. 
 
Love and prayers from here to there
Basically Betty  Sunday, February 3. 2008 @ 19:47

Another weather report from Pisgah Forest. February 2. 2008

If you had been here yesterday morning when we opened the drapes you would have thought Santa had been around again and decorated the trees with Icicles.  Oh but these were real ones. 
 
During the night we had a freezing rain and the limbs of the trees were iced and with the icicles it made for a beautiful sight if you were on the inside looking out.  So early in the afternoon the sun came out and melted the ice.
 
I was hoping the sun would not come out today so that little rascal up in Pennsylvania would not see his shadow.  Six more weeks of winter has been promised since he did see his shadow.  Oh well, there is always the pink jacket right inside the closet.
 
I had a call from my friend Terry today.  We always have a lot to talk about.  Wouldn't you know the topic of conversation got around to the weather.  She said they had a wind storm that just about took her off her feet as she went out doors to pick up things that had blown into their yard from neighbors yards. 
 
Oh, before I close this out, Joann and I went out on the Patio this afternoon.  Me in a long robe and that pink jacket. Even though it was 60 degrees it was windy and the sun was just about on the other side of the road.  It was so good to get out.  We walked back and forth on the Patio.  I was surprised to see the ruts of the cart that the Paramedics had me on were still in tact.  Guess that freezing rain preserved them. 
 
Love and prayers from here to there
 
Basically Betty  Saturday, February 2. 2008 @ 20:14
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