Good Morning,

I can say I hope my plateau period is over. I went to WW's last night. I thought I had done pretty good, but I'm always nervous. My scales and theirs aren't always in agreement. I lost 6.6 pounds. I was elated!!! I have lost a pound, gained two pounds, lost a pound, gained a pound (I think you get the picture) for over a month. The leader told me last night it looked like I was over my plateau. I sure hope so. I want to finish getting this weight off and I was getting depressed. I know I won't lose that much again, but if I'm going down that's the right direction.

We canned apple-pie filling Wednesday night. Linda got hung up with a client and so it was just me and Natalie. We did 14 quarts and they looked beautiful after they came out of the cooker. It makes all the work worth while when those bottles of fruit look so perfect. I'll have to take a picture and show you. If I sound pretty proud of myself it's just because I am. I haven't done this sort of thing for a long time. I still remember how to do it and I can still do a good job.

The critters are all good. Lacey is my latest aquisition and she's great! She and Zoe are so cute together. They want to play with the cats. Milo will put up with Zoe, but none of them want to put up with Lacey.

I have to tell you where my indoor kitties came from. First I got Pill from my son and daughter-in-law. They sold their house and moved into an apartment. No pets; so I took Pill. Then Allison got married. Her kids each had a cat. Scott has a pug and he and the cats didn't get along too well so Grandma (me) took in the cats. All three of them have been neutered and declawed so they can't just be outside kitties. So I have Pill, Milo, and Oreo. They are great!! That's the story behind my inside cats. I have four outside cats. When you live in the country you have to have cats. I do have to say that Milo had a mouse the first of the week. He and Pill still get those mice every chance they get.

I'll tell you more about my other critters another time.

Have a great day!!!