More Odds and Ends

A woman at Dad's work reported the results of a study she read about recently: Centenarians were studied to see what common lifestyle choices they might have made. Of the various hypotheses the researchers dealt with, only one indeed proved to be universal....What was it?....Can you guess?...They all flossed their teeth!

Emma to Mimi: I a big girl now, Mimi. Look, my hairs is all big!

Anna to her mommy, on hearing Will cry: Mommy, the crying baby of doom!...
Mommy to Anna: Are we a dramatic family?

We rented our orphan trailer today to a couple wanting to move immediately. They say their last trailer had water running down the walls and the landlord would not fix anything...I assess them to the best of my very limited ability...They drive up in a nice SUV, borrowed from Mama. ( Their car's engine block was damaged by the same extreme cold that cost us a couple of plumbing repairs.) He has longish, stringy hair, dirtyish t-shirt, but well-enough spoken. She has acne-type eruptions on her face. Meth? Could be....I check their reference with last landlord and she speaks well of them - always paid the rent, not destructive, would rent to them again... So today I arrange to meet them again to pick up their first week's rent and damage deposit...Their little girls are with them...Little waifs by appearance, indeed, though their parents seem gentle enough with them...I notice, as with almost all the little ones who come through, that their speech, and probably general development, is delayed...How will this rental situation go? Time will tell. Certainly, people who have looked much more socially acceptable have proven irresponsible...We will see!

Rick and Susanna gave Dad Gap jeans for Christmas. They didn't fit, so went to the outlet mall today and got...two pairs of jeans, one pair of khakis, one long-sleeved shirt,(all for Dad) and a birthday gift for someone with the money - 26 cents left over! Thanks, Guys!

BEAUTIFUL springish day here today...