I won tickets to a concert. It was called, Alan Freed’s Big Beat show at the I.M.A. auditorium in Flint, Michigan, on April 13, 1958. The show featured 17 top attractions, including some of rock and roll’s biggest stars: Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Diamonds, Frankie Lymon, the Crickets featuring Buddy Holly, Shirley and Lee, the Big Bopper and several others. (I hope I didn’t forget nor add any act.)

I also took my two daughters to their first concert at Pine Knobb. It was the first concert at that venue and featured David Cassidy. They each got to bring a friend. Click on this link: First Concert for my daughters The price for the best seats in the house, the expensive ones up front under the pavilion, you would have to part with seven hard-earned dollars. (We were way up in front.)

In the past couple weeks I’ve been tending to my health. My checkup with Dr. Marquez showed that all my “numbers” are ok. My blood pressure is a little high, cholestraole better than last year.

Yesterday I had a chest x-ray to see if there’s a reason why I’m always out of breath. Also had a mammogram. Both reports show I’m “normal.”

I am pleased to hear that the tests haven’t discovered any problems, but I’m still fearful that running out of air isn’t “right.”

Sophie has been “butt scooting” for too long. I took her to the vet about a month ago and her anal glands were drained but she’s continued to be miserable and I finally took her back. One of her glands (the right one) was full and bloody. The vet mentioned the possibility of surgery but we’ll first try some oral medication.

It’s stressful for her when we go to the vet so she’s now worn out. She’s napped right beside me since we got home. Hopefully the scooting has been solved.

When Kelly was here my biggest disappointment was our Christmas dinner. I’d planned a homemade turkey dinner with dressing, cranberry salad, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls and relishes. When my turkey burned up in the oven, we ended up going to the only place serving in the area, Denny’s, which wasn’t anything to brag about about and lots to complain about! The turkey was ok, but limited. Dressing skimpy and potatoes just acceptable.

For lunch/dinner today I’m fixing a turkey Hormel Square Table meal. If it’s as good as the Square Table beef meal was, I’ll be really happy. I’ll have the whole Christmas meal we missed: Stovetop dressing, cranberries, mashed potatoes and more gravy, with olives for relishes. I don’t have any rolls. I did bake some nut bread.

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I’ve now eaten. It was very good. Took about 10 minutes to fix the whole meal.

Every eight days I work at the Sun City Center Emergency Squad. I try to be there shortly after 7 a.m. although the door doesn’t officially open until 7:30. Being at the Squad that early means I need to be up by 6:10. I leave the house before 7:00.

When I don’t have a reason to be up early, I generally stay in bed until after 8 a.m. I love having mornings when I can just sleep in. Often I’ll wake up and read for an hour or two.

Knowing I need to be up early tomorrow, I’ll head to bed about 7:00 p.m. and from bed, I’ll watch a couple favorite game shows (Switch and Split Second). I might read a little on my Kindle device. Everything will be shut down by about 9 p.m. Since I generally wake up several times during the night, I’m lucky to get the suggested eight hours of sleep.