November 25, 2006 We thought the holidays would be really sad, but Thanksgiving was actually a good day. In fact, I would rate it pretty high. I missed my children and grandchildren, of course, but our volunteer family was wonderful to celebrate with. It was a rather odd Thanksgiving day because we worked. The teams that were here had come for Michigan, Illinois and Tennessee and they wanted to make their time count. I worked a short day with the hope of watching a football game, which seemed the cultural thing to do. While I was working, the "man of the house" was watching the game in his FEMA trailer. His Thanksgiving day activity was the only thing I saw that resembled my cultural concept. As I sat in my truck eating my lunch I observed the neighborhood. This is a poor, black neighborhood in Biloxi. Seeing how they relaxed on a holiday gave me a great appreciation for Alden Ave. There are no nice porches with nice furniture or even nice yards. There is trash everywhere and...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
i have to stop by the house to get all the stuff we forgot. it's creepy when the girls are all there.
We had a relaxing day in Cocoa today. Floyd and I went to a tool sale while Anitarae rested.
We're going to the space center tomorrow. Life is good here.