and if you don't like the weather.................

..........just wait a while and it WILL change!  It was a lovely 60 degrees today and now it is clouding up and turning cold with a promise of rain/snow tonight! lol

I have mentioned in the past that this is a very depressed part of Oklahoma.  The economy is poor and jobs are difficult to find.  To show how this works, I have a neighbor who has 3 boys and a older/taller boy who is her husband! lol  Feeding these guys is not an easy task on a budget such as hers.   They are well fed, baking is done at home, no store bought, etc.   The oldest boy turned 15 this week.  I didn't know and wanted to do something so I had two large bags of potato chips that we had purchased with entertaining in mind when my daughter was here.  I took those two bags of chips and a jar of cheese dip down to the neighbors.  The birthday boy was excited and took the chips right out of my hands carrying on a conversation with his dad about who would get which bag!  The next day the mom said birthday boy took a large ziplock bag of chips to school in his lunch.  That is when she told me that she never ever bought chips...... that this was a real treat and the dip went so fast they might as well had soda straws!  Most 15 year old boys in California would have thought the chips a dumb thing to bring to him.

Living here is really simple.  We had really good soft tacos for lunch from a little grocery store that has a corner for lunchers.  When there are no restaurants in a town the businesses find ways of stretching.

After our visit with the doctor today, we decided that there were some advantages to having a private doctor and not an HMO.  Jack has had a medical condition that took months to handle in California, here the doctor prescribed without having to check with the powers that be....and Jack was on the mend immediately.  Our doctor is a young man who looks like he might have been a linebacker.  He is so kind and soft spoken.  When he wanted to check Jack's back today, he politely asked if he minded?  Blood tests are: Do you feel up to it this morning?  And this is the doctor who sits in the floor to look at the ulcers on Jack's legs.  Yeah, the insurance is huge, but the benefits are wonderful!  And this smalltown/country doctor is a jewel!

Marigold Country House is warm and cosy tonight!  Peace!!!