Homestead Report Number 57

This is Thomas R. Welch reporting to you once again direct from the homestead on the south side of Atlanta, Ga.

I found this site on Reddit:  http://www.freerice.com/index.php.
It contains a word meaning game that you can learn word meanings and donate free rice to the worlds hungry at the same time.  Open it up and read what it is about.  I don't think you will regret it.  Every time you select a word meaning the founders of this site provides 10 grains of rice to the UN for distribution.  Caution, it does consume a lot of time you may want to use doing something else.  Also, I have no idea idea how many grains of rice it takes to add up to one pound.   So, when I read that this program started on 7 October 2007 and, as of 17 November 2007, 2,457,120,420 grains of rice had been donated, it didn't mean anything, and still doesn't.  I am thinking that I can figure it out by extrapolating how many grains are in an ounce, and then a pound.  Or, I would if I had a scale that weighs grams and ounces.  Maybe there is another way of doing it.  I don't know.

Michelle asked Yun and I to bowl on the Wii the other day when we were at her and Steven's place.  That Wii is something else.  Yun and I are addicted to bowling on it.  It's a lot of fun, plus, if you use it as it was intended, that is do the same motions you would if you were actually bowling, or playing baseball, or boxing, etc., it is a really good workout.

We are trying very hard to  make things as easy for Sassy as we can.  I carry her outside, and then back inside, because her back thighs and legs hurt her so much.  There are times she makes an attempt to run like she used to, but only for a brief few seconds.  We are so sorry for her, but there's nothing we can do but continue to love her as we always have.  I want to mention that,in reality, Sassy is Michelle's baby.  When Michelle got married and moved out, she saw how attached we are to Sassy, and Sassy to us, that she let Sassy stay with us.  It is a wonderful kindness that Michelle gave Yun and I.  We can never repay her for that.

More later (There is always more, later not so much)