Saturday's Stories.....

I love starting my Saturdays without an alarm clock buzzing! I actually think I sleep better, knowing I don't have to get up until I want to.  Awesome.

We had some excitement in the neighborhood yesterday morning, that turned out to be sad news.  When I left the house, for work, there were three police cars at our neighbor's house, across the street and at the corner. I called Joe from the car, and told him to see if he could find out what is going on. 

We have known Al & Sheila since before they moved into the neighborhood. As I expected, Al had died. Their son, Al Jr., is a good friend of ours, too, and called Joe to let us know his dad had died. Al Jr. was a Sheriff's deputy at one time, and well known in the law enforcement circles. The three police cars arrived at the house, when they heard the call, because they all know the family.

I talked with Sheila on the phone last night. She said Al got up at his usual 3:30ish and went to the kitchen. She stayed in bed. The dog came in and woke her up around 5:00, whimpering. She got up to let the dog out, and Al was sitting at the kitchen table, slumped over. She called 911 and it all went from there. He was 86 years old and had not been doing well lately. Sheila seems to be doing okay. She is 20 years younger than Al, and in good health. She said the officers all hugged her and one gave her his cell phone number, in case she needed something. She has a good friend staying with her, and their two sons are going with her, today, to get funeral arrangements made. Always a sad time.

So, after a sad morning, I took yesterday afternoon off, from work, and Joe and I went to the movies.  I felt like I was playing hookey.  We saw "Jersey Boys" and loved it. The Four Seasons made some beautiful music and the story of how they came to be is very interesting, even though a bit sad, too. The music was great. We've not been able to afford tickets for the stage production, so I was happy to get to see the movie.

Afterwards, we stopped at PDQ for some chicken tenders and waited out a rain storm before going to Publix for some groceries.

Now, I am into my vegetative mode, looking at all I need to do and not doing it.  It's Saturday. I'll need to get moving, to get to church, at 4:00.

 My sister sent this to me! Loved it!!

Wishing you a good weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!