Wednesday 3rd April

I think 'enjoying' much needed rain is a bit of an understatement, everyone is ecstatic, and in this part of Oklahoma the last two days of heavy drenching rain has made a dent in the drought.

 And Shawnee seems to have had more than most.It

 It starts getting better tomorrow, but then severe storms are on the way by Sunday.  You wouldn't think, would you, that the temperature could go from 72 to 39 in a day.

First thing, I went to Kiwanis Pancake Day, which is the main fund raising event of the year.  It is organised I think by the other, bigger club in the town, our little group doesn't really contribute to it.  It is held in the Municipal Auditorium next to the Senior Centre.

I think sausages were being served up with them here, but I took my lemon.

 The pancakes were very nice, thicker than we have them, and soft and fluffy.    Then hurried home and organised my toys and my thermos to take to the hairdresser, had my perm, which I think looks very nice, an improvement on long and straggly.

Went straight from there to Emmanuel for the Shawnee Peace Fellowship meeting, I was over an hour late but got there for the important part of the meeting.

Finally, after all this rushing about I had a little nap.  I had left the brownies from the bake sale in the kitchen in the morning, and after my nap went back to Emmanuel to set them out, but the children had already done it. I had intended going back for the meal, but just didn't feel like going out again in the cold and wet.

From the news......I am sure you've heard N Korea has declared war on the south, closed the factory on the border which was jointly operated, and announced they are launching an attack on the United States.    I get the impression the US is ready for them.

April 12th apparently would be the 101st birthday of the founder, the young leader's grandfather, and it is expected that would be the most likely date for the attacks.

I haven't got any details but there was a shooting at Fort Knox in Kentucky, a huge US base covering 109,000 acres. 

The mother of the defendant in the murder trial said that after her daughter shot her boyfriend, stabbed him 27 times and cut his throat, she was 'a little strange'.   She also said she had mental health issues, would frequently 'freak out' and shout and scream.  One wonders why on earth didn't she get her daughter the professional health she obviously needed.