The thing I love more than anything about the young children is the beautiful innocence one see in their expressions, and their eyes. At least, the ones who are loved, and live in a home where there is love, warmth, and food. One of the saddest things is knowing that not all children have the opportunity to possess that innocence.
Our granddaughters went sledding! The youngest had to call us as soon as they returned home to tell us how awesome it was! They will be with us tomorrow. If it does snow instead of rain, then we will find a hill someplace so they can do more sledding. We might even go out into the back yard and build a snowman!
I am now on page 625 of Don Quixote. Only 270 more to go! Then, on to "The Three Musketeers", or "The Count of Monte Cristo", or "The idiot" - that last one is also a book, not someone I know. I'm about halfway through "To Serve Them All My Days", and am really enjoying "Americans in Paris During the Occupation". I also purchased a magazine called "France" because it has a long article on Renoir.
I read some time back about an instance where Renoir and Manet were visiting Monet at his house in Giverny. Monet and his family were the models, Manet and Renoir the artists. It seems that Manet would walk around behind Renoir every once in a while to see what he was painting. After a bit, he went up to Manet and whispered in his ear..."He's your friend (meaning Renoir). You need to tell him he should give up painting as he's not any good."
We are now investing n Powerball as well as Mega Millions. I call it an investment because it sounds better than "we're not only throwing our money away on"...
We ate lunch at Firehouse Subs today. They are the best subs I have eaten around here. I like Subway, but Firehouse is the place to go if you want a big, thick, well prepared sub. I guess I'll not lose any weight today. I know, I'll leave one foot off the scale!
