LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN HAS LEFT US!!

WOKE UP TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DRY MORNING-FINALLY.  THE SKY IS NO LONGER GRAY BUT BLUE, OH HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU!!  NOW WE CAN GET SOME THINGS DONE THAT HAVE BEEN ON OUR LIST FOR DAYS.  MY SISTER VICKIE AND I WANTED TO GO TO SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AROUND US AND TRY AND GET SOME GIFT CARDS FOR THE BASKET THAT HER DAUGHTER DAWN IS MAKING.  WE WILL THEN SELL RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE BASKET, TO BENEFIT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE 2012 WALK IN OCT..  IT'S ALMOST 8A.M., BUT I AM STILL SLEEPY.  I SLEPT PRETTY WELL LAST NIGHT, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO BAD MY ARTHRITIS IS ACTING UP, AND I AM IN MORE PAIN THAN USUAL LATELY.  I HAVE TO CALL MY PAIN DR. TODAY, AND SEE IF MY NEXT EPIDURAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED YET.  I WENT OVER TO MY SISTER VICKIE'S YESTERDAY FOR LUNCH.  I MADE US SOME AVOCADO SANDWICHES, THAT WE BOTH LOVE ON CUBAN BREAD.  EARLIER IN THE DAY WE WENT TO PUBLIX AND ALDI'S FOR SOME OF THEIR SPECIALS BEFORE THE NEW SPECIALS COME OUT TODAY.  WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING THAT SAVES US BOTH SOME MONEY ON OUR GROCERY BILLS.  WHEN WE GET THE BUY ONE GET ONE FREE ITEMS, WE SPLIT THE COST, AND EACH OF US GETS ONE.  WITH ONLY ME IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO GO THROUGH TWO BOTTLES OF MAYONNAISE OR OLIVE OIL WHICH THEY OFTEN HAVE ON SALE.  WE EVEN SHARE THE NEWS PAPER COST.  I GET IT, AND THEN AFTER I LOOK AT IT, I TAKE IT TO HER.  WE TRY AND COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE WAYS TO SAVE A BUCK HERE AND THERE.  TODAY WE PLAN ON GOING TO THE Y AGAIN TO START UP ON OUR EXERCISES.  THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE IT EASY SO NO ONE GETS INJURED AND THEN HAS TO STOP AGAIN.  MARTHA OUR NEIGHBOR WANTS TO GO WITH US.  SHE HAS BOUNCED BACK SO WELL FROM HER HIP SURGERY.  WE ARE SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR HER.  WELL, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL JUST SAY HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME