A Flag is flying to celebrate.

Another week has passed and our health is
improving.  Robert feels much, much better.
We are both convinced that his total lack
of energy was due to the shingles.

I am now taking gabapentin for my nerve
pain on my head.  It doesn't make all the
pain go away, but it does make it more
tolerable.

Robert and Selena (the daughter of my
house cleaner) came Friday and she and
Robert went up to Salina and brought
back a car and trailer load of stuff.
This morning Robert and I unloaded it
all and brought much of it into the
house to go into the cellar.  I never
realized what a hoarded I had become.
I have enough rice to feed all of a
Salina for a week, at lest.  I admit
I was and am that the electric grid
will go out and food will become in
short supply very quickly.

I am anxious, for that reason and
others, to get the solar system up and
running again.

We have a handyman coming on Wednesday
to see about building a closet door
for us in the laundry room.  I'm hoping
he might be able to help get the panels
up in the back "40."

The weather has cooled off which helps
in many ways!  We can work outside
without melting.

I found a flag in our stuff and we now
are flying the good ole stars and stripes.
I also bought a large geranium in a pot
and planted Jared's political sign in it.
When I take down the flag I also move
the pot into the yard and out of sight
of the street.  I'm hoping to get an
Obama sign soon and then I'll buy
another geranium!

We watched both conventions; sometimes
it was hard to watch the Republicans.
I missed some of the best speeches, but
did watch all of Obama's.