Monday! MONDAY!!!

 What a blessing it is to be feeling better!

I hope I never take good health for granted.

We had our morning routine together, Louis Dean and I, and then I headed over to Dallas to meet up with Amber and the Quads at the library. This was their last day off before school starts again tomorrow.

Louis Dean took my picture when I was leaving so I would have some 'Blog Fodder!'

I had the best afternoon.

I love the ambiance of a good library. 

Just being surrounded by so many books is enough to make me happy.

The kids played with iPads and picked out the 30 book limit!

Kailey is the designated 'Chooser of Books!'

Amber says she picks out the BEST ones and I heard Trystan say the same thing.

I read in and nearly finished my Nicholas Sparks book.....

Amber brought snacks and the afternoon flew by!

Right there in the library!

It brought back a lot of good memories of when I would take Amber and Benjamin when they were young.

We went to the library every two weeks and brought home books, movies and audio books.

I especially loved all the Audio books - which back then I called 'books on tape!'

Catherine, Called Birdy was one of my favorites!

'By God's thumbs' was one of her expressions......

and there were so many feast days!

It was published in 1994 and won the Newbery Medal and Golden Kite Award for fiction in 1995.

We read - or listened to - all of Paul Paulsen's books, starting with The Rifle.

Well, almost all. I see now when I Googled him that we missed a few and I intend to check those out for myself. I dearly loved his books.

Back when I was driving back and forth to Houston, I listened to the audio books from the young adult and children's section of the Irving Library. Four or five hours driving down and four or five hours back was good for an entire book or two!

Then there was Julie of the Wolves.

And The Face on the Milk Carton......

and so many more!

I suppose I had another 'Walk Down Memory Lane' today!

On the way home from Dallas, I stopped at a park on North Story Road and walked a good 20 minutes.

This park has uphills and downhills and was heart healthy!

It has been recently renovated and much nicer now.

I loved the new playground and this sitting area features vintage seats from the old Texas Stadium.

This would be a good place to bring the kids to play!

When I came home, Louis Dean was in the guest room napping.

I put my things up and went out to the gazebo to do some more reading and have a quiet time.

See the little radio there? 

That was one of my Christmas presents from Louis Dean.

I still love WRR 101.1 on the FM dial.

Classical radio at its finest.

Louis Dean had fried up some chicken while I was gone and left a platter of it on the stove.

I boiled some sweet potatoes and that made a fine supper.

Confession!

We're still watching some of the Christmas movies we recorded!

Seems appropriate since we are still decorated for Christmas and still enjoying it, I might add.

I love being 69! I'm finally old enough that I can do what seems eccentric and I don't really care!

 I admit that I leave a few Christmas things up year round.....and a few fall things, too.

Funny, no spring or summer ones ever remain past their time. Those are my least favorite seasons. Go figure.

Although the summer may be becoming more of a favorite with me.

The older grands are wanting to do MiMi Camp again and I am already planning some things for them. And the quads will be able to visit more once school is out so the last day of school may just be my FAVORITE day of the year! After September first, mind you!

Good Night, Folks! 

Louis Dean and I are going back to the den to finish our movie!