Visiting Cookie Baker

I'm sick again--blah! Yucky cough. Putting Vicks vapor rub on the soles of your feet really does help, though.

Jo's 12-year-old niece came over today and they baked cookies. I was sorry that I felt so horrible and didn't make her very welcome, I'm afraid. Jo says she had a good time. She's very sweet--and incredibly tall!

There was the funniest episode when I finished feeding the dogs the cheerios (treat recommended by the vet) and decided to read do the "knock knock" joke on the back of the box with Mary. The joke went like this:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
A little old lady.
A little old lady who?
Oh, I didn't know you could yodel!
Well, we couldn't get past the "knock, knock" part because Mary just kept repeating "knock, knock" to me or asking what she was supposed to say. We finally jumped to the "a little old lady" part. Her response was, "well, I am an old lady!" I don't think she ever got that I was trying to do a joke with her! We were all rolling, of course, and Mary was just getting more and more frustrated. I tried switching to another "knock, knock" joke but she couldn't understand what I was saying and so I finally gave up.

It's very late and she still up. We stayed up till 2 in the morning yesterday watching a Bill Cosby special. Mary really enjoyed it, and we enjoyed her laughing. I've been joking that I have her in training for Christmas and New Year's Eve ;-)