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How cute.  I didn't know bananas had such personality, great way to start your day with a little potassium.
I wondered what potassium was so looked it up in the dictionary . . . go look,  it is quite enlightening and I found no words that spelled healthy.  Guess we need a medical dictionary to find out what it is suppose to do for our bodies.

I didn't add this picture of a house we rented in Branford, Connecticut.   It doesn't look the least bit familiar as the house I remember was old and dilapidated and our one year was froth with all kinds of interesting events.  The heater kicked on and went from cold to hot and cold in seconds.  The walls had outside clapboards on them and the floors were tilted.  The furniture was tied with ropes and we called it home for a year.    Patricia remembers having to sleep in the porch in winter  but I don't remember that.  I do remember having to hike up the street carrying clothes to be washed and dried.    I remember it being the first snow that Patricia and Michael ever saw and they danced with joy.  I remember John tripping as he came up the front stairs and his hand went through the glass in the door.    A local doctor did a great job in fixing his hand and worried about him as much as we did.    At the end of the street was the sound and we could walk out on the rocks and check on the lobster traps.   Cornelius thought he could trap a couple for our dinner but found out the game warden lived across the street.  We learned quickly that the short cut filled with the tide so had to find our way around it to get up town.   Yeah, it was a memorable year for all of us.

Sargent Craig Pasley  got into trouble by wearing desert fatigues.  He did not carry weapons.  He decided on his own to stand watch at a nearby school.   The Principal thanked him for his desire to be of help in these troubled times.  His reward . . . The Marine Corp Reservists say he violated protocol by wearing fatigues and not a dress uniform in public.  He faces a ten-thousand dollar fine, and five years in prison, along with a dishonorable discharge.  He served two tours in Iraq.  He is writing a letter of apology to the president for his actions.  

Hopefully the tweets will be in the millions and he will be applauded for his stand.  He most likely read about the latest assault on schools and wanted to protect the children in his town.  Too bad he didn't have a buddy or two to stand with him.   In our free country he should be able to express himself but then times have changed and our freedoms eroding by the minutes.   Hopefully good will come to him.  I think the Marine Reservist who felt the need to punish should get a taste of it for being overly zealous in his duties for a Marine doesn't 'dress up' to go to work defending his principles.     

Hump Day . . . a day to catch up with yourself.     The latest balloon puzzle is finished and will be on the blog soon.   Patricia walked in with a new one this morning that looks like a really tough one, but aren't they all?   Yeah!  and we wouldn't have it any other way.   The puzzle board is terrific and makes it so much easier to do puzzles anytime .   We can pick it up and move it if we need to set the table for company.   If you haven't done a jig saw puzzle lately, buy one and have some fun, frustration and attitude change as it makes for patience . . . or does it?    Only you know the answer to that one.    Just go try it, you may find you love it or hate it, the choice is yours.  

Don't forget the rules of the road today.   Smile and brighten up the world for someone you love.     Open up those arms and share a hug or two.    Don't forget to say a prayer for those who are ill and need a moral boost.    Enjoy today.    Hugs to all.