Have been working on my paintings again.  I changed the backround of the big bird.  Now I 'm pleased with it.  There was to much going on in the backround before.  We have  hung all three and now the wall doesn't look so bare.

Uncle Dick and Bette  shopped last week for a new refrigerator.  They found one just like ours not stainless steel though) that they liked so well.  It had the  filtered water and  ice despencer in the door and the side by side  frig  and freezer. They had it delivered and call  me over to help  move stuff  from one  ref. to the other.  They will have to have someone come in and run a water line for the  ice and filtered water but they  are so pleased with their new  fridge! They came over to our house for Thanksgiving and an a exciting game of TRAIN,  we really do enjoy that game.  We have set  up a evening once a week to get together and play the game. Have ask the neighbors to join us after telling them how much fun we have  they  we in for the fun aswell!  Now there are six of us going at it every Friday night.( we enclude a light dinner party before the game with everyone bringing something to contribute).

This last weekend brother Jim came over from Jacksonville with his family.  We had a wonderful time eating the last of the turkey and fixings and caughting up  on the family news from a  long summer away.  Dick gave some more paper work to Ben about the  family tree and Ben  show us some of his  summer race car videos he took at the track.  Jim also told us some of  his Navy stories that we had not heard before.  He really saw the world those many years ago.  It was so facinating to hear where he had been and what he did.

Yesterday we went to town.  That was an all dayer!!  Got a lot of stuff done.  Went to Sam's and stocked up for the holiday and got the stuff to make for the Christmas Tea a church on Saturday.  Then we went to a  store I was anxious to go to.  A conseignment  store.   My kind of prices!!!  They had beautiful furniture and of coarse I could not pass up a deal to get at rug for the family room and some sconces for the walls.  This will cut down on the hollowness in the room for sure. Have not moved those pics  yet.  Will post them  next time.  Anyway I was thrilled with the  things I bought .  Also saw a dinning room table and  six chairs that I have my eye on that we  really need as we are  entertaining on a  fold up table that is really quite narrow to play train on as well as  have dinner guest  sit around.  I may just go back and get that table.  The price was right  but do I really want to put that money in that spot right now?  Like all my big buys,  I think about ot for a while and if it is to be mine it will still be there  if  I decide to get it  later.  We will see.......