Gosh, what can I say? Its already almost March of 09, and we have had Christmas, New Years, and the Feb. Birthdays. Its going to be a rough ride this year with the economy doing so poorly and people losing their jobs. Even the "wal mart greeter" jobs have about 100 people for each opening. You have to contend with laid off executives along with college grads for every job and moms out of work and dads getting laid off. Stretching money gets harder and harder with every month. People are losing their homes and cars and the new President has one heck of a job trying to fix this. Seniors have a really hard time because they are on fixed income...meaning..no more comes in, but more goes out...we feel sorta stuck and forgotten. This country has been through tough times before and I lived throug some of them, but this has everyone down and depressed. Time is the only thing we have going for everything put into place to start to work but its hard being patient. I am so thankful for the small bit I have and the family that I have. i have come to be so much closer to my gran in Orangeburg and her family and now she is taking horses in to train and ride and I am so proud of her. She has 4 and works with them all the time. my little gran turned 12 and she is so busy with her friends and school and skating that i seldom get to see her , Ijust hope she thinks of me once in a while. the neighborhood misses Lane and Jill and the cookouts we use to have. We had a small one last night and it was fun and good food...Mandy is the grillmaster now and she did the cooking. She is working on the pool to get it ready and on her back porch. The porch looks great, more like a room with some corner curtains and a new little rug and she is getting some cushion covers in a great stripe. .saw Rebecca for the first time in a while, she has a new guy and we NEVER see them come out for air! They are so in love and goofy.

Holly turned 4 and Matti 8 and thats about all the news...and the good times will come back...after all, Tippy got her burn barrell so she is set for the burning and is working hard on her back yard! I have nothing to give anyone after the crashing of the stock mkt last fall, all i have is me and my love. Good times will be simpler times and vegetables cooked on the grill!! Later, Dudes