Just need to talk to my friends (207)

BethL

Lorita, I saw this on X (Twitter). I saw video of the buses too. They are blue and say Oklahoma City Thunder on the back and 2025 Champions on the side. Pacers Coach Rick Carlisle opens his pregame presser: “I just saw a video with open-top buses presumably for the parade, already painted with them as champions. So that’s what I’m thinking about right now.”

Iris L.

Yes, I donated it to a charity. I had donated my Toyota Sipra years prior. They take care of everything, even if you have misplaced the car title. I also got a $500 charitable deduction for my income taxes.

Iris

GothicGremlin

Oh wow, Ron! That's great news. Fingers crossed that the sale all goes smoothly.

JeriLynn - I love your photos - everything looks so serene.

HB - what a great photo!! Do you remember Liddle Kiddles? With your matching outfits, you kind of remind me of that in that photo. I love the car.

jfkoc — that's great! It sounds like it was really fun.

Iris - what are Red Hat Ladies? I'm sorry about your car. I had that happen with a car once, but they were able to fix it. (whew)

Lorita - be careful with that heat.

It was a lazy day here. I talked to Peggy's kindergarten friend D on the phone today — 2 1/2 hours! We covered a lot of ground. Its' funny, now that it's been a little more than a year since Peggy passed away, our phone calls are a bit different. We focus more on the good things now. She did admit something to me though today — she said that during the last couple of years of Peggy's life, she and M (Peggy's very best friend) would talk on the phone about how to best shield me from some of the stress. I thought that was very sweet of them.

I've been enjoying the long days here. The sun comes up around 5:10am, which means it's pretty bright outside by 4:30am, and the sun sets around 9:10pm, which means there's light in the sky past 10pm.

For those of you who like spicy food - we made chili-garlic tofu with lime rice. We started with this recipe from the chili pepper madness website. It's really good. We've changed the recipe substantially. Instead of shrimp, we use tofu, we make our own lime rice using brown rice, lime juice and lime zest. And finally we add vegetables to it. Today we used broccoli, snap peas, and green beans. Fresno peppers are amazing. Tasty, and about the same heat level as a jalapeno.