In my Jan. 17 news, I left out Jess Tillman as a brother to Paul Hill Tillman, who passed away Jan. 13 in Las Vegas. My sincere apologies to you, Jess.
Frank Manzo finally had surgery to fix his broken tibia Wednesday morning. He will go directly to the rehabilitation department in the hospital where he has been. Now he can begin his return to health and home. The family wants to thank you all for your prayers. They have been a great source of comfort.
My up the road neighbor, Debbie McCool, said she stayed in all weekend with a sinus infection. All stopped up and sneezing, so she stayed in and took medicine to keep it from getting worse. Tommy, her husband, came in last week with it and for the first time in several years she catches it from him. Debbie was feeling better by Monday morning.
Diane Dukes, Sam and Anna Pullen and baby Joanna shopped in Tupelo last Sunday afternoon.
Martha Box and sister, Joyce Stevens, made a girls’ trip to Palestine, Texas, to see their brother, Ronnie, and sister, Pat. They had a great time. They saw Pat and a couple of her grands and a house full of Ronnie’s kids and grands. Joyce said they were treated like we was royal. They had a wonderful time but wished they could have had more time to see all the nieces and nephews of such a large family. They cooked and fed Ronnie, and he really liked that home cooking.
Ronnie took Martha and Joyce out for breakfast to send them off, but not before it took four men to change her wiper blades, said Joyce. She thought that was funny, but I bet they didn’t because it was in the rain! She and Martha made it home safe and sound in spite of the rain keeping them on their toes on the way home!
Ginger Harrison said, “It’s all nice and quiet in my neighborhood. Not much going on. Boys are back into their school routines and rocking along.”
Happy anniversary to Barry and Doris Hoop on Feb. 3. I hope you two have many more years to celebrate!
Logan Rose had a great birthday lunch at No Way Jose Sunday, the 29th. Logan is growing up way too fast. Seems like only yesterday Jake and Roseann were announcing his birth and now he is a big 4 years old!
Belated happy birthday to Mike Robinson on the 29th. You snuck one in there on me, Mike. Also, Donna Box celebrated another one the 29th. Starting out February birthdays are John Lippincott on the 1st; Amanda Hailey on the 2nd; Romona Pryor Beardain the 4th; Wayne Simmons the 6th; and Wanda Crawford, Jeff Staten and Jonathan Dees, who share a birthday on the 7th. I hope you all have a great day of celebrating your special day.
Mark and Faye Hartley had a birthday dinner for their son, Nathan, last Sunday. Those attending were Kristie, Chase Swope, Nathan, Mary Brett, Rowland and Mclendon Hartley.
Recipe for the week: Pineapple Carrots.
10 medium carrots
1 cup orange juice
1 TBS. cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 15¼-ounce can tidbits pineapple, save juice
1 teaspoon salt
Green grapes
Cook carrots until tender and drain. Combine pineapple juice, orange juice, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Cook until slightly thickened. Pour over carrots. Add pineapple and grapes just before serving.
Thought for the day: The best way to get even is to forget.
