Thursday we headed out early for Bridgewater to spend the day with Jeff's family. Shortly after arriving, we piled the food into the car and went to his grandparents house where Jennifer had already arrived. We got the food all ready then dug in. Mmmm...green beans...

As we began cleaning up I started feeling..not so good. I had the chills and my body was aching. By the time we finished, I was pretty cold and had begun to cough.

Jennifer had to leave right after we ate since she had to work. The rest of us hung out an visited for a while before heading back to the Pollards house. I fell asleep while everyone else watched Road to Perdition.

Friday Jeff had an appointment to get the exhaust on his truck worked on. After he returned we, along with Mrs P, headed out to the book fair. A quick stroll around and a visit with Mr P then we went to Costco.

By about 5:30 we were on the road for home. Later that night we both decided it would be nice to have a Frosty, so out we went. On our way back into the house we heard a loud meow. A kitten darted out from under our neighbors car. I immediately tried calling to get her to come over. But she was so skiddish, she wouldn't come close enough to touch.

We decided to go on inside and hope she would head for her own house. But as I watched from the window, she had followed us to the door and was running around near the house. I told Jeff I would give her 20 minutes, then I was going to bring her in. It was a really cold night and it was obvious she was a house cat.

20 minutes later she was still outside, hanging out in the mulch. She still wouldn't come up to me, so I grabbed an almost empty can of cat food. It didn't take too much coaxing before she gobbled that up. I was actually able to pick her up twice, but both times she jumped out of my arms before I could get inside.

So we grabbed Gizmo's carrier. I used more food to get her inside. Once the door was closed though, wow, did she move! Meowing and jumping all over the place. We put her in the bathroom upstairs and let her calm down some. By the time we went to bed she was letting me pet her with no problem.