Submitting my first story

Today I am submitting my first Story "Mickey Mockingbird" to three editors. My teacher is pushing me into it. It is a new experience and a learning experience. I don't hold much hope for it being accepted, but I have carried out the assignment.

Thanks, but NO thanks

I have decided that my coughing is due to Ms Kitty. I want to train her to sleep in a cat bed. I bought a lovely red cat bed. I placed it on the bed. Ms Kitty lays on anything that is on the bed. She gets in my open suit case, lays on my computer case. She was not interested in the cat bed. When going to bed I placed it next to my pillow, where she likes to sleep. She slept at the foot of the bed. The second night about 3:00 AM I found her next to my pillow and the cat bed was on the floor.
I have lost this battle,but will continuing to fight the war.

Honored

On Tuesday I went to the Los Angeles temple. It is beautiful, but is difficult for me to walk from the parking lot to the front door. It doesn't have a large dressing room for the handy capped. I also noticed that some of the chairs have wooden backs, not molded. A sign on the lawn said it was built in 1952.

Nick Twigg asked me to attend. It was in preparation for his mission. I was the only grandma person to be invited. He came to my house a couple of years ago. I beat him at Ping-Pong. After that day I always got a tight hug when we met. After the temple we had hamburgers at the Apple Pan in L.A. Brother Twigg treated the group of eleven.
I car pooled with the Twiggs.

I went to Kati (Kitts) for Easter. I car pooled with Paula and her family. It was a lovely dinner.

Easter Eggs and Pizza

Last evening I went to an Easter egg dying party at Paula's. The house was full of cousins. About a dozen kids and some adults colored eggs. I watched and ate pizza. I have a very large, loving family of cousins living within a 30 mile radius. This group is all descended from my aunt Lydia, mothers younger sister.

Busy Day

Yesterday I had my eyes dilated. Melissa provided transportation. The optometrist detected what he thought was a beginning cataract in my right eye. After the exam he said cataracts are rated 1-4. Mine is now less than 1. Michele Watson and girls took me to lunch. I went to supper with my church sisters. The day was full and so was I.

A Busy Day

I painted a picture this morning, gave a painting lesson to Alison after lunch, and played domino's with Charlotte and Sarah Watson from 3:00 to 4:30 PM. Its been a full day and I am tired. I love kids.

Ocean Clean up

Wednesday I painted with oil. I have been using acrylic paint for several years. Oil is expensive and takes days to dry. I sat it on the front porch,in the sun to speed the drying. It got turned over wet side down. I ended with a angry ocean and a cloudy sky. I guess it was authentic because the ocean is full of trash. Because the paint was wet I was able to retrieve most of the dirt and cover the boo boos.