Verry Intterestting...

Cool start on a warm day. Walked the dogs, set about swapping a picnic table with a neighbor and fiddled around setting things right after the rainstorm Sunday. I got visitors. Bob,who is a hoot, is a retired fence contractor who for years spent the winters in the Keys being a commercial fisherman. His wife is a treat too but just Bob came wandering in. He is president of his Lion's Club back home and he filled me in on their good work. In his town they screen all preschoolers for vision problems and detect about 10 percent with problems. They buy exams and glasses for the destitute kids. I asked what they did with the glasses they collect. They strip the gold from frames and turn it into cash. They have machines that can read the prescriptions. They mark them with the prescriptions, bag them up and off they go to third world countries. Since they have chapters in every country accountability is excellent. Their $18 million was the the first to get there after the tsunami. The organization was inspired when Helen Keller spoke at their national convention many years ago. She asked them to become "The Knights of Sight" and they did.

Tony came by. People need to talk. His first marriage, produced three kids and in the early 2000's his wife became very religious which she felt exempted her from many wifely duties except the spending of the family income. They divorced. Alarmed at the prospect of growing old alone he hit the Internet and spent 10 months flying to Europe and South America meeting prospective wives. He finally settled on one from Colombia, imported her and her teen-aged daughter only to discover that something was fishy. The daughter's daddy was suddenly back in the picture. He became further alarmed when he discovered immigration laws will provide visas to women who complain of domestic violence and also to women whose citizen husbands die. That marriage lasted six months and he felt lucky to get out of it alive and for $20,000.00. He no longer fears growing old alone. He has the Jack Russell terriers to spill his affection on.

The Latours stopped by with her sister Cindy. Cindy and her husband had been on a ballroom dancing cruise. Her husband encouraged her to stay for another week. Cindy has had extensive "work" done since I last saw her. She looks good but I wouldn't have recognized her. Boobs next. Cindy is sweet and peppy and I like her. She spent a lot of time down here last year. (something fishy going on at home?) They mentioned that they had a great meal at the Pizza Palace-a little bistro in my nearest shopping mall. I saddled up as quickly as they left. I have been hankering for good spaghetti. Of course, Latour-recommended it was a great "value" and it was very good food. I am glad to know of it.