2/10/07 Crazy dream, washing diapers, coping with cold weather....

Dear Daddy.... if you buy me diapers you'll be sorry!

Steff got your card and the cash! She's touched that you always remember... and she got a card from the Lewandowskis this year too. That was sweet.

We had a lovely time in Madison. Steff's car is still in the shop, they don't have all the parts yet! Poor Steff. But we took her to a Japanese place. She said... "Do you want to walk? It's only four blocks away." FOUR BLOCKS in that frigid air sounded like ten miles! And I'd come straight from work... didn't have a warm sweater or good walking shoes... so NO, we DROVE! And the meal was fantastic. Jolan wasn't able to join us... but it was still nice.

Yesterday was also my appointment with my Assyrian women, mother and daughter.... they are such wonderful people. It continues to amaze me. The daughter had baked me a cake! The mother had made me a whole potful of dolmas! That's stuffed grape leaves incase you don't know. All that work! She grew the grape leaves in her yard and oh the fragrance... it was heavenly! They were DELICIOUS, the best I ever had! And she made me a huge bowl of tabouli to take with me, too.

I was so touched. Why they love me so I can't tell you. Such beautiful people. The mother tells me all kinds of fascinating stories of her life in Europe... she's even lived in a castle! When she was making the tabouli she asked me to help and we had such a great time, there in the kitchen, chopping and slicing and squeezing lemons and tasting. It's another way of life... much more earthy and from the heart about all aspects of life.

Awwwwwww... you might have had a touch of the flu! Glad you're better! And here you were blaming my lovely furry collar on my beautiful coat!

I'm off to tai chi this morning.... and I love it. Stay warm and enjoy your day! Since you don't have heated seats in your car... I thought of another solution to keep your butt nice and warm! Diapers! Ha ha ha ha ha... hey, try it!
Love, Dottie
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dear Dottie when is this weather going to warm up , it was zero this morning , of course I go out and start up the car , clean the windows and then Bob comes out for his ride to work , something is wrong with this picture ha ha , Non of this snow has even melted , Can you imagine what those people in New York are going to have when it does start melting , Nine feet of snow wow .

Do you buy Diapers by size or by VOLUME , you should know ha ha ha ha .Remember when you were born we still had cloth Diapers and usually one or two would serve the purpose , by the time sandy arrived , the diapers were like cheese cloth , your mother would use five or six to do the job and then they came out with the disposal ones, to late , But the diapers would be put into a bucket of water And soaked till they were ready to wash , times have changed.

Glad you got together with Steff , Boy if she can walk Four Blocks her ankle must be healed , How was the traffic /By the way what happened to American Food huh , or is it all Imported like every thing else ha ha .

Boy those people must really think highly of you to treat you the way they do < count your blessings ,

Had this crazy dream last night , dreamt I had my car in the companies parking Lot and it was stollen, along with another Car , Finnally got a lift home and there was My Car in front of my house , My neighbor must of stole it and wasn't aware that it was my Car , Now how do I treat my Neighbors ha ha , weird and funny .Anyway stay warm in this weather , this is the first year that the weather made me want to stay inside , Getting Old Nah

Keep smiling love dad