Drove to Manahawkin to pick up various and sundry, then spent some time cleaning. Friend Mary H. called and invited me to the "Expo" in Margate next week and I accepted. I'm not enthusiastic about the event itself, which consists of a bunch of organizations promoting themselves and giving out all kinds of worthless doodads, of which I have mountains from last year, but we'll lunch after and that's my kinda outing.
Cleaned the kitchen counters with Corian stuff and did a few other chores, but aside from that, not much going on. Queen of cliches that I am, I must write this: "I can't believe it's already October!" (Geez, I can't believe we're in the twenty-first century.)

When I got up at 5:00 am, I wrote up the stuff I did yesterday, pressed "publish post" and was informed Blogger was down. Too bad, as it was DEATHLESS PROSE that would have changed the whole history of the world and led to cures for cancer and obesity. I'm too lazy to do it over--it was full of rants and resentment, anyway--so I'll just type in the high points: I bought an all-weather wicker furniture set at Boscov's for the front porch and we had rehearsal last night. Have the same tonight and tomorrow, too.
Wrote that earlier, but took three paragraphs to do it.

Most important news is that Betty came through her follow-up colonscopy fine and there's no sign of disease--yay!. I talked to her before and after the procedure; she sounds great and doesn't have to get another for 3 years.
Bob S., who lives in our community, came over in the morning to blow out, empty, and turn off our sprinklers for the winter. He charges just half of what "Nature's Way" does, so why not? We also like to hire neighbors as much as possible, and Bob is a nice guy. He met Pat, did the work, then stayed to chat for awhile.
Went to good old Santori's. Susan had asked me to pick up green leaf lettuce and feta cheese, as she's having some college friends for dinner on Saturday. She liked the salad I brought to her gathering last week and wanted to duplicate it.
Also went to Sears and was pleased to have found the overalls Patrick wants. He had sent an old pair of his, without make or size, so I could take them to the store and compare them. While there, I happened to see Halloween tee-shirts. These are bright orange and have a picture of a jack-o-lantern with its mouth taped over. The legend reads: "Here's yer treat, now shut it!" Ho, ho, I thought, and bought two--one for me, one for Susan.
For the first time in months, we're skipping our walk today. Susan, Barb H., and I are going on an "historic van ride," sponsored by the Ocean County Parks Service. I think we go to some historic houses--we signed up weeks ago and I can't quite recall--but it sounds like fun, so I'm game. Packed a big salad for lunch and will take water. We have to be at Barb's at 8:15, so I'll leave Pat's lunch and meds.
Florida brother Larry called last night. He said Helen had to go to the hospital over the weekend, as she had some kind of heart episode. She's home now, and I hope it's straightened out. Larry said Betty was going with him and his family for their annual trip to Disneyland in December--that'll be nice for her.