The Old Oak Tree

The Old Oak Tree

Good morning all!

Here's the latest --

Aunt Cheryl had cataract surgery this morning. I haven't heard anything yet, but it was supposed to be routine. Things will be looking much brighter for her.

Annie is doing as well as can be expected but quite pathetic. We will all be glad when she is healed and back to normal -- truly normal.

Amy and Bobby, Luke & Tyler will all be in sometime tomorrow. We're looking forward to their visit -- although as usual, I'm not ready (house-wise, and garden-wise). We're planning on having a birthday party while they are here for Amy's (May 15), Tyler's (April 7) and Luke's (June 7) birthdays. I was going to try for Tuesday, but we may have rain all that day, so maybe Wednesday will be better.

Beth, Zack Ryan's wife, has been in the hospital. The diagnosis was stress -- made her heart do some "funny" stuff. She's doing better and going to try to tone down her Type A behavior. She finished law school at Texas Tech a couple of weeks ago, so maybe that will help. She has a good job lined up and they will be living in Roswell, NM. Zack got his teaching certificate.

Hunt and Hannah, Sam and Maddie are moving to Amarillo. Hannah is a wonderful teacher (English and drama), and Hunt's mother wants to babysit for them. Sam (age 4) has been diagnosed with autism and there are a lot more resources in that area than there were in Childress.

Randall is now officially retired and thrilled he can now work on his farm full time. His dad helps him some. Cheryl plans to teach one more year and then retire. Hope she makes it. She has been sick a lot the past 2-3 years. Her immune system isn't all that strong and she takes every "bug" that comes along with student contact every day.

It's a beautiful day here in northern Michigan. High supposed to be 72-75, sunshine all day. Wish I could order those kind of days for all our company -- we'll do the best we can.

I got my curtains in, Bethany -- they're awful -- have to return. We may be hanging sheets on the windows!!!

I'll leave you with these words of wisdom:
Old Chinese Proverb: "He who goes out of his house in search of happiness runs after a shadow.

Love to all
K