SOGGY SOGGY DAY!

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO THE POURING RAIN.  I AM THRILLED THAT THE STORM MISSED US, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK OUR YARD COULD HANDLE MUCH MORE RAIN.   MY POOR PRISKA WENT OUTSIDE IN THIS DOWN POUR-I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT.  SHE MUST HAVE REALLY NEEDED TO GO!! NORMALLY SHE WON'T GO OUTSIDE IF IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT RAIN!!  ANY HOW, I AM UP EARLY, AND READY TO FACE THE DAY.  IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SOGGY ALL DAY LONG, SO I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH I WILL GET DONE OF THE THINGS I HAD PLANNED.  MY SISTER VICKIE AND I WERE GOING TO GO TO A FEW PLACES AND TRY AND GET SOME GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR THE BASKET DAWN (MY NIECE) IS MAKING TO RAFFLE TICKETS AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK.  WE HAVE ALREADY RAISED OVER $2,000. DOLLARS FOR OUR TEAM, AND THE KICK OFF IS NOT UNTIL THIS THURSDAY!! ALSO I CAME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION TO HELP ALL THE TEAMS GET MORE DONORS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT (AND SHOW IT) AT THE KICK OFF PARTY.  NOW, ABOUT MY WEEK END.  ACTUALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, OUR NEIGHBOR MARTHA THAT HAD HIP SURGERY INVITED MY SISTER VICKIE AND MYSELF OVER FOR DINNER.  I WAS SURPRISED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO COOK SUCH A LOVELY MEAL ALL BY HERSELF!!  IT WAS REALLY GOOD.  THEN WE JUST SAT AROUND AN TALKED FOR A BIT.  SHE SAID SHE WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY TWO DOGIES WITH ME, AS SHE NEEDED A DOGIE FIX.  SO CUTE!!  THEN ON SAT. I WENT OUT IN SERVICE AS USUAL, AND HAD A VERY NICE MORNING.  WENT TO AN ESTATE SALE, AND A GARAGE SALE OR TWO.  WENT WITH MY SISTER TO COSTCO TO FILL UP MY TANK WITH GAS, AND THEN TO THE STORE.  LASTLY I TOOK MY DOGIES AND WENT TO MY SISTER VICKIE'S HOUSE FOR DINNER. THEN CAME SUNDAY.  I HAD MY MEETING THEN I CAME HOME AND RELAXED WITH MY TWO FAITHFUL COMPANIONS.  THE WEATHER WAS YUCKY, SO I PUT MY P.J.'S ON AND WATCHED A LITTLE T.V. WITH BOTH MY DOGIES AT MY SIDE.  I THINK THEY ARE AFRAID I WILL GO OFF AND LEAVE THEM AGAIN, AS THEY FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I GO.  RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF ME. PRESLEY TO MY RIGHT, AND PRISKA TO MY LEFT.  DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITH OUT THEM.  THEY HAVE SEEN ME THROUGH SOME PRETTY ROUGH DAYS AND NIGHTS SINCE MIKE PASSED.  SOME OF THE SIMPLEST THINGS CAN BRING ON THE TEARS, LIKE FILLING OUT PAPER WORK.  WHEN I GET TO THE PLACE WHERE IT ASKS FOR MARITAL STATUS, IT IS SO HARD TO CHECK WIDOW.  SO MANY NEW THINGS TO DEAL WITH, BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE CHILDREN WHO LOVE AND TAKE SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME.  FIRST FONDA CALLED TO LET ME KNOW HER PLANE HAD LANDED AND SHE AND ART MADE IT BACK SAFE AND SOUND.  ALSO THAT THEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH OUR FRIEND CREOLA WHO NOW LIVES IN NASHVILLE.  THEN MY DEAR SON MIKE JR. CALLED TWICE YESTERDAY AND I GOT TO END MY DAY WITH A WONDERFUL SIGHT-MY TWO GRAND BABIES, MY SON, AND LAURA (WORKING HARD IN THE KITCHEN GETTING DINNER READY).  THAT WAS SUCH A NICE WAY TO END THE NIGHT AND THE WEEK END.  SO TILL TOMORROW-BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE RAINBOW!! JUST ME