Basically Betty

Just got off the phone talking with my friend Fran.   She is excited about a trip she is taking.   First stop Venice, Italy finishing up in Spain.  Safe trip Fran. 

My Daughter Becky visits Italy usually twice a year.   I wish I liked to travel.   When we came up here we left St. Pete at sundown and arrived in Brevard at sunrise.  It was a pleasant ride.  Not a lot of traffic.  

I remember when Joann, Bill, Veronica and I came up this way to South Carolina to get away from a Hurricane.  James was working in California.  The traffic was bumper to bumper all the way up from Florida.  The traffic going down to Florida was all trucks from the northern cities going down to get the power back on.   We saw trucks from Ohio and Texas and many other States.

Susan and Ron took us in and made our evacuation into a pleasant journey.

Have you noticed in the news on the computer there is a group of people that think the world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012?   I remember that was supposed to happen by 2000 but we are all still here. 

I like the way they give you the news on the computer.   You can highlight the story you are interested in and don't have to bother with those that you could care less about.

That's my story for today.   Maybe on the trip into town tomorrow I will gather some interesting facts to relate.

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This has been a perfect day.  Had left overs from the fourth for dinner and that was good.   Veronica brought me a piece of Angel Food Cake and we visited for a bit. Joann, Matt and Veronica came down after the game (we won 3-0) and visited.  There is always so much to talk about when we get together.  Only problem Becky and James were not here.

I was looking at things on my desk in my bedroom and saw a Journal that Cousin Judy gave me on my birthday a while back.   I have been reading it all day.  I only kept it up for about 2 months.    I stopped writing in it when I was in the Hospital for a week with Pneumonia.  One page is devoted to the Terrorist Attack in New York on the Twin Towers.   I was up early that morning had the TV on and saw the plane hit the building.   I did not have the sound on did not want to disturb the neighbors so did not know what was going on untill later.   What an awful day that was. 

I am going to start writing in it every day again.   It's a great way to keep records of important happenings or events.   Thank you Judy.

So the day is about to come to an end and I am very sad because Veronica and Matt will be leaving tomorrow morning.   I hate when anyone leaves.    I am lonesome for days. 

That's about it for this time.    I am expecting a very quiet day tomorrow.    Maybe I will go into the Closet and see what I can find that I forgot I had.

Hope you make it to Church tomorrow.

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Another 4th of July has come and went.  This one was a bit quieter than most I have lived through.   When the girls were young I used to take them to the Pier to watch the Fire Works.    Then when I lived at Velvet Cloake we could go out on the Pier there and watch the Fire Works being displayed at the downtown Pier.  It was always a beautiful sight.  

Joann's Bead Show was rained out.  She worked so hard on the displays but she said there will be other shows. 

One very pleasant happening today - Veronica and Matt came.   James called but could not get here due to his work schedule but he promises to be here soon.

I talked to my friend Adith and she was having a busy fourth.   I think all of my friends are having a busy fourth because I have not received one e-mail today. 

There is not much more to say except thanks for the memories.     Maybe I will have something to write about tomorrow if nothing more than that the two Crows have returned to Pisgah Forest. 

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I came across the following quote from Orville Wright:

    No Flying Machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

This makes me think of the many people in Florida who have said or at least thought the Rays would never be a good ball club.    They must be choking on those words now.   I saw in the news there is a Lady who is 90 years old and a very loyal fan of the Rays.  She has a few years on me but not more loyal than I am.   I was excited at the first mention of building a Stadium and having a Ball Team.   My Son-in-Law took me to the first game.  What a thrill that was even though we did not win. 

Orville could not fly the plane from New York to Paris and the Devil Rays could not make first place until some changes were made.

Changing Owners and finding the right Manager has brought my team from worst to first.  As I watched the game last night between the Rays and the Red Sox I was thinking these two teams are equally as good.   Boston has veteran players that know  the game from start to finish and the Rays have all young men just learning the game  but they have so much energy and spirit that is why these two teams have been chasing one another for first place.   Happy to say the Rays are at this moment two games ahead of  Boston. 

Hope you all will tune in and watch the Rays you will be glad you did.

Happy 4th of July. 

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When the Rays played the Pirates last week I noticed the seats in their Stadium.  They are upholstered and padded and look so comfortable.   Since it is not a Dome those seats might make for hard sitting in the heat of the summers up that way.   The seats at the Dome that I could afford are wooden and not made for comfort.  That must be why the Phone Company had a cushion on each seat for the very first game the then Devil Rays played in the Trop.   My Son-in-law Bill took me to that game and we still have the cushions from our seats.   I would take it with me and sit upon it when ever I went to a Rays game. 

Speaking of the Rays game (you knew I would get around to that didn't you?) it was another thriller.   Joe Magrane, one of the great Announcers, said this evening he did not know how much more he could take of this 9th inning excitement.   Both of our Closers are on the DL but the other Pitchers in the Bull Pen have come through for us and won all three of the games we have played the Red Sox.  

Just looked at the time on the computer and it is tomorrow.   So I will say Good Morning and may your day bloom with happiness.

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