Continuing....

I have to try to keep this up.

Mother still in nursing home. She is losing weight, but not much. She seems to be in much better shape than the beginning of the year, and certainly than most of the rest of the residents. Still, this is not the way she would want to live. I miss her terribly. On my recent trip to California to see my cousins, we discussed how their mother (my aunt) had difficulties with short term memory after har aneurism (sp?). It was good to see them, but difficult to be away from Gail and the kids. They have so many resources, it is not hard to be jealous. They are very generous, though, and I am glad to have them as family.

Kids are growing quickly. It appears that Matthew is developing, or fighting the development of asthma. Things could be a lot worse, so we will not complain. They are all generally happy. If we can get throught the next two years until they are all in school, that would be great.

Market is recovering nicely. My speculative play on CREE is turning out nicely, for once. Average share cost is below $62. Current share price around $72. Must not hold on too long, however, or set formal limit price, or rate of rise to pull out.

Considering everything, we are blessed, and have a great deal to be thankful for.