It was almost 60 degrees this morning when we left the house for our walk. Since we were more rested today, we decided to walk our longer route around the fort. It seemed strange to hear birds singing after not hearing any for the past few months.

After breakfast John headed into town to pick up a couple of mouse traps. We didn't discover that we had a hitchhiker on our trip down until we unpacked one of the cardboard cartons and found a pile of peanuts in the bottom. We had some for snacking in a plastic bag and found a small hole in it when we unloaded the car. I didn't think anything about it, just thought I caught it on something when getting it from behind the front seat. When we saw the pile of nuts in the box, we knew we had a problem. Not only did the mouse take some peanuts, he, or she, also had the nerve to bite into one of my Hershey's Chocolate Bars--to me that's the greatest insult. No one touches my Hershey Bars!! There are now two traps in the Honda--one with peanut butter and the other with cheese. So far, the traps remain untouched and the Hershey Bars are safe and sound in the fridge.

Once the mouse situation was addressed, we continued with the unpacking. Mid morning Stan Metcalf came to visit for an hour or so and soon after he left, our neighbor lady, Neva, stopped over to welcome us back. She didn't come in as she is starting a cold and didn't want to infect us.

We have a dead tree in the yard, so following lunch, John spent some time cutting branches and getting it ready to come down. While he was working, Chuck Endris, a carving buddy, stopped for a visit.

Since it was such a nice afternoon, we decided to take the golf cart and head over to Unit 37 and do some visiting. We spent some time with John and Lois Carlson. Lois learned earlier this month that she has brain cancer and is currently going five days a week for radiation treatments. She has such a positive attitude and I think she lifted our spirits more than we did her's. Next stop was Wallace's shop where John spent some time looking at the carvings Wallace made over the summer and deciding what he might want to work on this winter. John will back to carving next Monday morning.

John spent some time this evening visiting with his brother in Ohio via phone and then we watched one of our new DVD movies before calling it a day.