It's a sit around, drink coffee, visit with our daughter Julie, Saturday morning. It doesn't get a lot better than that. Of course if the rest of our girls were here that would cream off of the top! But, thankfullu, Julie will be here through Thanksgiving with the pupperonies. Jim will join us on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, depending upon his work schedule.

Last evening we had dinner with my nephew and namesake, John Neil, and his family. We don't get too see them very often so it was great to visit with them. They had come in town to visit with my mother.

Its much warmer this morning; 42°, and the sun is shining brightly. I fille the feeders yesterday and right now they are fairly covered up with Finches. There have been a few Cardinals out there. Julie said there were more earlier. But they come and go. The pups are continually going in and out and that is keeping the squirrels at bay. Julie has a sweater on each dog so they are very comfortable being out there.

We need to go to our meat market today, Dewig's, to pick up our turkey for Thanksgiving. They are such a great family to deal with and their place is always spotless. It is no wonder they have won National titles consistantly for years. I'm sure there will be more places to travel to once the car is in motion.

So, this is just a short blog today. My world is full of peace (except for a certain two dogs that constantly want in or out) --- and love. What more can a person ask for. My prayers go out this morning in thanks to God for a great week. I also pray for the folks up in Buffalo New York today. That six or seven feet of snow they got is probably going to start melting today with the onset af a couple of days worth of warm weather. That will cause some major flooding and then when the temperatures again drop to below freezing it will all turn to ice. I pray God will protect them and keep them safe.

Ms. Kate is ready to head out the door which means I'm running behind and better get busy. Have a great day.