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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hi folks,<br>
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Well, this weekend turned out much cooler than I wished for, and the
week ahead is looking pretty chilly, also. I don't think temperatures
are supposed to get in the warm range until about Friday, (another
great reason to look forward to Friday). My daughter and I were all
ready to get out and play in the dirt, planting flowers, etc. but it
didn't take much time outside to decide that it was just a little
chilly for that sort of thing Saturday. <br>
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Evidently the chilly weather didn't affect our baseball team yesterday,
as I heard Doug report on Mountaineer Radio (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.radio.eosc.edu">www.radio.eosc.edu</a>) that
they defeated Carl Albert 10-8. Be sure and tune in to hear the WHS
softball team take on Pittsburg today at 4:00.<br>
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I've always heard that everything has a purpose, and I was beginning to
think that the only purpose our mean gander would ever serve is to keep
us on our toes every time we left the house, keeping an eye on him to
keep him from sneaking in a nip when we weren't looking. We finally
found a really useful purpose for the ornery old bird though, when my
brother-in-law and two nephews came by and said they wanted to take it
to their house to guard their chickens. Some dogs have been bothering
his flock of chickens and that ornery bird is certainly not afraid to
chase off a dog, so he may have found his purpose in life. I was
afraid the peacock would leave if the gander wasn't there any more, but
it still seems to be interested in sticking around, especially when I
go out and feed it. And it hangs out with the little tail featherless
rooster we took in recently from one of my PAWS buddies who had had it
dropped in with her chickens. (Her rooster had a problem with having
another rooster in his henhouse, so she needed to find this pitiful
little fellow another place to call home.) We have an unusual
menagerie of birds, I admit, all of which seem to be male and can't lay
us any eggs. <br>
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Since I'm going to be off tomorrow, I want to remind everyone involved
in the Biggest Loser contest to go weigh in tomorrow between 11:00 and
12:30. I hope you're all sticking to your plan of getting healthy and
losing weight to improve your quality of life. <br>
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</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="+2">Our menu for today includes:<br>
Hamburger steak<br>
Mashed potatoes and gravy<br>
Green beans<br>
Carrots<br>
Stewed tomatoes<br>
Wild rice<br>
Hot rolls<br>
And for dessert, have a piece of luscious Lemon Cake.</font><font
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Have a great day at Eastern,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
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