After almost a year I've decided to post in my blog again... I thought I'd start with my Friday message I send to friends. Perhaps I'll use this spot to archive my previous Friday messages. We shall see.

It's Friday! Friday the 13th but that means little to me. Yes I'm superstitious, but I try to stay positive so I look at it as a lucky day! I did wake up this morning. Great to start the day that way! That is something to be thankful for and then I go from there. I had a good week and even took in a Dr. Seuss movie with Bailey & Jenna. We saw the Lorax and it was colorful and animated enough that Jenna remarked at the end, "You stayed awake for the whole movie!" I've been known to nap through a few.

I hope you are able to enjoy the springtime... what a beautiful day in the Adirondacks today. 60 plus degrees and sunshine. I went for a walk with the grandkids - actually Jenna was on roller blades - Bailey and I walked. We both agreed we have zero interest in roller blading. We'll let Jenna have all that fun.

I saw on Facebook pictures from my sister Mary who was out climbing Owl's Head mountain today, another friend was flying into the Chicago airport on her way home from vacation. I love keeping track of you via email, Facebook or whatever methods I can. Makes me think of the vintage postcards I've collected that many people faithfully dispatched home weekly in the 1910s and beyond. I love reading their messages to their loved ones and though they may be brief they were so meaningful and I think how much their loved ones must have enjoyed receiving a postcard in the mail. I enjoy the travels of my friends and share their adventures through their photos and messages. I often go to the internet to learn more about places friends are visiting. Great fun and I don't have to go through body scans! Some of you know Life Flight paramedic Billy Martin - he is having a grand adventure on Mount Everest right now. And yes I have a link to follow his adventure and hopefully find him in the photos they post.

http://www.peakpromotionnepal.com/wms/ebctrek/everest_trek.php

Back to my postcards...

Here's a message from a card mailed from Saranac Lake on Aug. 9, 1931 - mailed to Ogdensburg. From Mrs. Charles Gervais. Back to Saranac Lake again. Good by.

Another card of the Sterling Alaska Fur & Game Farms in Lake Placid was mailed Aug 16, 1954 to Princeton, Maine. Its message: We're on our way back from seeing Stan and Bobbie. They are still looking for the fugitive. We've been stopped three times. Hope you've had a good trip. We're fine. Love, Alice, Jimmie, Rickie

Short messages but how nice to receive a greeting in the mail. Doesn't happen much anymore sadly but we do have lots of other ways to stay in touch. Like this Friday message that wishes you well, hopes you will enjoy every moment and if you get a chance mail a postcard to a friend...someone just might have it for their collection in the next decade.

I think this is a joke - hope you like it! I was mildly amused by it! Will try for something better next week.

Where have you traveled?

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.
I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.
I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.
I would like to go to Conclusions,... but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.
I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.
I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.
Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.
One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!
I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing.