Happy Friday morning! It is just another gloomy looking day. This reminds me so much of my days I spent in Germany. As I look back on it, many of the days there were cloudy and grey day. I was only there for 7-10 day stretches at a time but it was a fact that many of the US personnel assigned there suffered from depression simply because of the lack of sun shiny days.

it is another cool morning with a wind. Winter is not giving up easily. It was so late in arriving but now we are having to keep the sweatshirts out. We have another freeze warning for tonight. that's why it isn't a good idea to plant stuff too early. I know all of the big box stores put their potted plants out early and everybody rushes to get them on the first warm spring day. But --- this kind of weather will just make you go out and have to re-purchase unless you take the time to cover up your plants.

It is laundry day around here. Ms. Kate already has one load washed and in the dryer and the second load in the washing machine. There will be a third load today because we bought some new clothes and stuff and it needs to be washed before we wear it. I never thought much about that until I read an article one day that talked about the making of our clothes. It said that the stuff might look totally clean but we really have no idea about the manufacturing process of the item. In that much of what we buy is from third world countries, (and much of it in sweatshops frankly) the health and cleanliness standards of the workers in those countries may not be what you want them to be. So, wash your stuff before you wear it.

We are going no to take a "wild kids" day today and head over to Metropolis, IL and spend a night at the local casino over there. Yes, Metropolis is the home of the creator of the original Superman comics. They have a Superman statue that you can have your picture taken beside. We haven't taken a  day trip like this in a long time and we are caught up enough to do so. Maybe that third load of laundry will have to wait until we get back home tomorrow afternoon. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, I'll be sitting by the Ohio River watching the barges go by. There is also a couple of resturants that I heard about over in Paducah, across the river, that are highly rated and I want to try one of them out. What can I say; Ms. Kate and I are just wild and crazy people.

I hear the dryer buzzing so I better go switch the load out. It's Friday --- do something wild and wonderful for yourself this weekend. When you leave work today --- turn it off mentally. You'll be so much better off when you return. Have a blessed day my friends. Peace.