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Hope all is well. Had Mother as a guest for a week. Almost been a year since I saw her. I had a good week. Week typically started with the usual greetings of hugs and followed with her motherly observations from long periods apart. I put on weight and my nose had become “jewelry” large. Ooooooh geez!! (I had shaved off my lifelong mustache a month earlier but that had escaped her..LOL). I had long ago blocked out her demeaning waves usually pointed at Pop or her daughter in-laws and would do so once more. I had planned a week of activities so I got things rolling. Church mass and BBQ with the LeBlancs on Saturday, drove 2 Indiana on Sunday for reunion with her family, drove home Tuesday stopping on POI, shared drinks with friends Ondejko on Wednesday and shopping Thursday and voila. I delivered on her airplane yesterday and lived to tell about it . Called this morning and checked on her plane ride home and I got a speech on being "to old" to winter in Asia and shou...

Aieeeeeeee Mothers coming to visit. Housekeepers welcome. Apply within!! I am just kidding. spent the week moving furniture and appliances to get a mop in around and under everything. Not my forte. I am a cleaner in the line of sight. I work hard at the gym and on the bike trails and the links but at home, the couch and the remote are my my domain. I had a lake-shore B&B all ready for her stay but the couple is on hiatus so she will have to tent in the back yard. No no no...I am just kidding. Pleeassssse I make a joke!! I'll get Mother settled in and then load her up in the car and drive to see her sister in the US. Should be fun watching them together. Over the years my Aunt has always had a warm bed and a hot meal for me in my travels andit always marveled me to see the similarities between the sisters. It should be a hoot. I love catching up with my cousins too. In 2005 I blew my gearbox outside Chicago and my cousin trailer my Harley all the way back to his local bike...