Okay, so August 5 it is. I know this is nothing to look forward to with eager anticipation, but …IT WILL FINALLY BE OVER AND DONE WITH! (We hope).

As to the uncouth squirrels, they could take lessons from my cockatiel, Pepper, who takes a bit of food from his food cup, holds it in his left claw, and chews on it. Quite a sight!

Fun:

THE WANDERING RETIRED MIND

~ I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.

~ I had amnesia once–or twice.

~ Protons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.

~ All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

~ What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?

~ They told me I was gullible…and I believed them.

~ Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge
his car onto a freeway.

~ Two can live as cheaply as one–for half as long.

~ Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

~ A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

~ If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

~ My therapist says that I’m too vengeful. We’ll just see about that!

Bwahaha! I love it. Squirrel finishing school. I have a few students who could use that finishing school 😉

Ooh…. you’ve put the fear of Alison into ’em! 😉

There’ll be other Sock Summits (if Steph and the rest recover their sanity after this one). There’s only one you. Get fixed.

A little furry army of Paul Reveres twitching: “The Alison is coming! The Alison is coming!”

Prayers will be with you on the 5th. More important that you take care of you.

Stupid squirrels. They run in front of your car, then change their mind which direction they want to go…lol. I have not seen one of those cute little red squirrels in years.

I know our health is one of our most precious possessions, but, I was so hoping I could meet you and have you sign your book. Next year! My sister and I will take you with us to our classes at Sock Summit 09. It’s our “Leave husbands at home and take a once in a lifetime knitting vacation” – maybe now we have a reason to plan to go next year – Love that……………. All the best with your surgery, you are in my prayers.

Squirrels, a pleasantly pesky diversion!
Send me some..I’ve no trees that interest them.

Ah, the fifth, thank you for letting us know.
You’ll be in our thoughts and prayers.

The 5th it is then! Good.

And my girls have other ideas on how to fix your squirrels…

Sending more positive vibes and prayers of peacefulness your way.

As for the squirrels, I find them cute as well. But then again, I don’t have a garden or fruit trees they can damage. lol

Good, now we need to teach them a job that’s more useful. No messing up our phone signals anymore, how about cleaning the yard?

Your squirrels have puny tails. teensy, skinny things! Unbelievable.

I rescued a frog in our apartment last night. No idea how the poor guy got in there, but the cat was *most intrigued*, and he did his very best bump-on-a-log impression. It would have worked better if he hadn’t been on white linoleum at the time. Good times.

Also — Lucy and I have been saying prayers a lot. You have been included in them, no surprise. Also, Mama has been working on correcting her own language a lot. This resulted in a funny moment when I said something to the effect of “Let’s ask God to watch over our friend, Alison,” and Lucy popped her thumb out of her mouth, opened her eyes, and said (with a very prudish little look, if I may say so myself), “Gosh, Mama.”

Love you much, lady.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Heal fast; visualize those cuts as blood vessels knitting up into healthy tissue. Sock Summit will happen another year for you.

Alison – sending you much love and pain-free healing from Rockville, MD.

Soozie