Holy Smokes what a summer and fall this has been! Celebrations all summer with multiple birthdays and open houses, then later more celebrations and someone had a 100^th birthday which took a little time to maneuver that around, and another 95 years birthday party, “whoo wee”. Now we are done with them for another year.

But wait, Thanksgiving was big this year. You could tell how big by the amount of advertising that covered the newspaper. I think everything was held back because of the Covid threat. People didn’t want to be exposed or to expose anyone else, so they stayed home to avoid the conflagration.

Nona and I got our covid shots when they were available, then we got the second shot when they were available. We felt good about that so we kept our distance and wore our masks as we were told.

We stayed home most of the summer because of the danger of spreading this pandemic. It worked, and just lately there was a follow up booster shot for assurance, so we got that and now feel safe. We returned to Florida because we are safe here, and free from those problems.  Our neighbors and friends are also happy to see us back.

One of our dear neighbors who has other problems suddenly broke out with a bad case of shingles and is in pain from that.  I had a very light case of shingles years ago and know how painful that can be. She ended up in the hospital for a few days until the severe pain was over. The poor girl really suffered from that. The skin rash is gone but the pain is still there. Uff Da!

Nona thought we should get a booster shot for shingles to strengthen the old shot we had years ago. Shots are easy to take.  I never feel the shot and never feel any after effect from them. So now we feel we are well protected from almost any and all problems, and are free to move about among people without worry.

We spent Thanksgiving here at home in Palm Bay with Dave and Val Bohmer for a few days.

We are so close but yet so far away. They also winter in Florida but they are about a three hour drive from us. We get together quite often to visit and talk business.

And now Christmas is coming. We will discuss that next week.

Hope you all had a great THANKSGIVING. There is so much to be thankful for. Right Dave?