Weather turned chillier today. Mostly cloudy. No rain and no chance of rain.

I started the day by burning the tips of 3 fingers on my curling iron. Truly not fun. Trying to get ready for work and did not have time to mess with them but I took the time. I soaked them in aloe. Hurt like hell for a while. Look fine tonite and no pain or blistering. Idiot.

Work was boring. No tours. Long visit with the artist. He leaves tomorrow. I will miss him. He is one of my faves to have around. Later I had a long visit with 2 friends. Good day for chatting!!

Downloaded a couple of apps on my Nook Color to help me be healthier. See if it works. Something has got to get me motivated. Just has to.

Rest of the day quiet. No tv for me tonite. All basketball. Don’t really care. One team I dislike lost. Whoo Hoo! But then a good team lost but 1 or 2 points. Rather watch a good movie or a good futbol match.

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Weather turned really windy this afternoon just like we were warned it would. Not real cold out though but felt rather cold. Still a desert here.

Had my Swedish group this morning in Lindsborg at the Bethany Lutheran Church. I was sooo surprised when I got there that this week’s hostess already had the coffee made and the table set. Wow. No one ever does that!! How very nice. And then she got up a bit early at the end of the program, and cleaned all the kitchen/table/coffee pots up. Very very nice. She made my day!

I met Paul and Sally at Pizza Hut. They are getting new kitchen floor and new carpeting. How lucky. I can only dream. Our carpet is ruined because of our dog but no chance of getting it changed. I cannot have anyone come over here. No family get togethers here ever again. I am just too embarrassed. And I am not allowed to do anything on my own to make our lives better. It is soo hard to watch everyone else I know get new homes or get to remodel the home they live in. And they all have actual houses. It is not nice to be jealous but hard not to be. Oh well. Too late for me. I am glad my friends are lucky.

I had some shopping to do in McPherson. Had trouble finding what I wanted but finally did. Then I went to Lakeside Park. Hoping to take photos of geese, but none in the water. All too far away.

Took a nap this afternoon and woke up with my acid reflux in full swing. Felt awful. Took a couple of pills and now ok.

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Weather has warmed up a bit here. Missed rain the other nite. Of course. Chance again tonite and tomorrow. Ha. I do not believe it. Was in Wichita today with howling winds. Nothing here at home. Tomorrow we will get high winds. They are never wrong about winds or heat. Ever.

We got our furnace fixed on monday very early. Nice to have heat again. Not too cold during the day, but nites are cold.

Wednesday I met with 4 classmates in Salina at Moka’s for lunch and coffee. We talked for 4 hours. Such fun!! And what memories. Great times. And love Moka’s. Awesome place! Certainly feels one is anywhere but Kansas!

Today I went with Dirk and Naomi to the Crown Uptown Theater in Wichita. It is a dinner theatre. The play was Steel Magnolias so the meal was Southern food. We had sallad, gumbo soup, mac ‘n cheese, rice and beans, fish, and the best fried chicken I have ever had. For dessert I had chocolate cake with chocolate sauce over it. It was sinful.

After the play we drove to Bradley Fair to check out a chocolate place we all have looked at. It is called Cocoa Dolce. OMG!! Check their website!! Never seen so much chocolate. And all sorts of drinks. Will be my new go-to place to relax when in the city.

So nice to have 2 good days. And with people who are so dear to me and who make my life great. I had a ‘friend’ --- known her all my life --- who truly had turned into someone who made me feel so bad inside. She got in a snit and refused to spend time with me. I have made the decision to cut her completely out of my life. I feel 1000% better. My real friends are the ones I have been with the last 2 days. And the ones I see every sunday. Mutual love and support, no drama, no games. Life is too short to put up with crap from anyone.

I got such a surprise today. My friend Lan rang me on my mobile phone ---- all the way from India!!! He has been there for 4 weeks and gets home next week. How great to hear his voice. We were both very close to John. And I think we are both mourning his dying and as a result we have grown a bit apart. No more. When he gets home, we will grow close again. What a pleasant surprise.

With John on my mind, I stopped at the Smoky Hill Cemetery to visit him. Gives me peace. I drive by there almost daily and always talk to him then. I will never quit missing him in my life.

We lost all our cats a year or so ago. Think we had a bobcat here. We have now seen a couple of orange cats hanging around and they come to the house to eat the cat food I put out. One looks older and looks younger. Now there is a grey cat with long hair. I hope it is a female. Huge and fluffy. Wish it would get tame. Got a photo the other day. Keeps the mouse population down.

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Weather stays quite cool and tonite we have SNOW!!! Real snow!!! I went out in it for a bit. Have to enjoy it while I can since our drought is to only get worse. Has very strong winds over nite and this morning.

I worked yesterday. I had 4 people come in but not for tours. Nothing to do with me. It was nice to have some action in the studio but still had a boring day.

Last nite we went to Marquette for steak nite. Been a long time. The bar has been closed. Could not sell it so it is open again. Best steaks in the world. The salad with it sort of sucks, just lettuce. I forgot to bring my own dressing and a baggie full of crouton, dried cranberries, feta cheese, etc. Now that is a salad!!

Met Sally, Paul, and Kenny at Pizza Hut for lunch today. Easy to eat there when I have to work. Nice to visit.

Worked again at the Red Barn in Lindsborg. It was beyond boring. Not one person came in. The artist left as soon as I got there. He will be back tuesday. Boring. And caught up on my computer work. Did I say it was boring.

NOT a good day for me. The pilot light on our heating/ac unit went out last nite. It will not relight. We have no heat except for out portable heaters. We had trouble all last summer with it. And now we are having trouble in the winter. It is older than dirt. Literally. There is a simple solution but….. I have no say. My stress level is again through the roof. Repair guy will be here early monday morning. Very frustrating. Sort of feel I have no where to turn. No can understand and no one cares, so I will quite whinging.

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Weather is really really cold again. In the teens at nite. I almost roll myself up like a mummy at nite to get warm. But much better than being too warm. Of course, no rain or snow. Nary a chance. Very sad. Today was cloudy most of the day.

Swedish Group today in Lindsborg at the Bethany Lutheran Church. Had a couple of members who had been gone for a while. Good to see them. And we got to sing Du gamla, du fria with piano!! That has not happened for a long time! Our program was to watch a video about Birger Sandzén. Very good!! Lots of old photos of where he lived in Sweden and of his family. We got about half of it watched. Will finish the next week.

I met Sally for lunch at Jalisco’s after group. Had my usual Arroz con pollo!!! With a dieta. And the key word there was frio!!! Mucho frio!!! Great good. Better visit.

I made a quick stop in the White Peacock before going home. Got an ice tea. AND. A new painting. It is awesome and I love it!! Painted by Jackie who is part owner. I had a painting there picked out and then I saw this one. Now it is mine. MINE!!!!

Stupid Word Press deactivated my blog yesterday for violation of their TOS. I emailed them but no answer yet. Now I don’t care. Have switched it to another site. Screw ‘em. I like to link to places I got whether a town, state, business, or whatever. Someone reading in France my have no idea what say Walgreen’s is. I am not advertising for them or anything but I think WP thought so. Well, if my life violates them, I will stay away.

Trying --- TRYING --- to watch American Idol. What a challenge. It started with some kind of scraping sound instead of sound. Then I got sound but the picture was black. Then the screen turned bright yellow. Then normal then black and then yellow. See how long the normal lasts now. Not my tv. This channel frequently turns yellow. Well, it is Fox so who knows.

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Weather is really really cold again. In the teens at nite. I almost roll myself up like a mummy at nite to get warm. But much better than being too warm. Of course, no rain or snow. Nary a chance. Very sad.

Last weekend was really quiet. I had the stomach flu so I stayed home from work. No lunch out on sunday. Everyone was busy elsewhere.

I did watch the Arsenal game over the weekend. A good game but we came up a goal short. Still fun to watch.

Monday was my hair app’t day. Got my hair cut, coloured, and styled. Very nice to be pampered. After my app’t I picked up Beth and we ate BBQ. And talked!! Had a good visit.

Tuesday I went with Elly to the Webster Conference Center for a luncheon given by Bank One. The do the bus tours we go on to see plays in Kansas City. Good food. They told us about the tours for the coming year. There is a Canadian train tour I would kill to go on. But no such luck for me. Far too much money. And a Colorado trip is doable but no one to go with. Sad. Would be fun. We are doing 3 trips this coming year.

Yesterday I spent in Wichita. Shopped at Sephora. Ate at Jason’s Deli. Will eat there much more often. Their food is organic without all the additives the American food is full of. I had Chicken Alfredo. Excellent. Then I saw my diabetic dr. All is well. Then I drove across town to shop at Ulta. It was a disappointment. I love the ones in Denver. The one here was bad. No one greeted me or asked to help. And they had all the cheap brands of stuff I can get at Walgreen’s.

On the way home I stopped at the White Peacock for some peach ginger iced tea and to read a bit. Love it there. The best place ever!

At my dr app’t I told him about my 5 week cough. He said from my symptoms I probably had Whooping Cough. Wow. He said it would have done no good to see my family dr as there is nothing to do buy ride it out.

About food additives. One of the best thing about being in Sweden is all the food is real food. No additives or anything fake. My friends/family there have never heard of HFCS. Amazing. It is in almost everything we eat. And so harmful. Why do we let the food corporations do that to us? And all the imitation flavours instead of the real thing. And MSG. And on and on.

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Weather has stayed fairly cool. Snow was gone by morning yesterday. Still windy but today was calm and a bit warmer.

Met Sally for lunch at Jalisco’s yesterday. Good food, great conversation. I had time to kill before my acupuncture so I went to Lakeside Park in McPherson. Took some duck photos. It was so cold it did not take me long!!!

Had acupuncture yesterday. Back is better. Thank God!! Not perfect but then it never is. It is the thanks I got for many years of being a nurse. Too much lifting, pulling, and tugging.

Not much today. Have a touch of the stomach flu. Got worse as the day went on. So-so tonite. I called in sick to work. Did not want to wait till the last minute. Had a fun lunch planned for tomorrow I will miss also. Dang. This is going around town. Heard of several cases. Great. Like I am a crud magnet!

Yesterday I ran into a nice man who struck up a conversation with me. In chatting he said he grew up in Lindsborg so I asked who he was. I remember his name but he was quite a bit older than me so I never knew him. And tonite my cousin from Texas called for some ancestor info. We talked for 75 min. Family and lots of old Lindsborg memories. Fun conversations.

Here is a slide show with photos from Lindsborg. There were taken a couple or years or more ago and are in a Swedish American publication. See them here.

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