Drum roll, please . . .

Here, finally, is Sweet Tulsa's Mother's Chocolate Gravy Mix:

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
8 Tblsp flour
salt

To make gravy -- put into skillet or pan 1/2 cup mix and 2 cups milk (add slowly). Stir well, cooking until thickened. Add vanilla and butter to taste.

I think this calls for some Haagen Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream.

Today I judged some elementary piano students at my old school. This campus has atmosphere. It's tucked away and draped in Spanish moss. Well, the highlight was when I asked one little girl how many kids were in her 4th grade. She, who was chubby and friendly and jolly looking, with rosy cheeks and a long blond braid down her back, said, Sixteen. I said, Do they have two 4th grades? Oh yes, she replied earnestly, with big eyes and wisdom beyond her years, One class would be a train wreck.

Ha, ha, I can see stuffing the two classes into one would be nothing but a train wreck. It's interesting to me how classes have personalities. My class was really laid back, even sort of boring (the individuals were far from boring, but somehow has a unit nothing much happened), even in high school the guys sat on one side of the room and the girls on the other. Mr. Allison our teacher thought something was wrong with us, LOL. My sister's class was super silly. Some classes are really rowdy. But 32 kids in a classroom, HELP! Of course, in days gone by I do believe that was an average size class.

I worked hard getting ready for my mother-in-law to visit. And in the end the only thing that happened was the sheets on my bed got changed. Hoping for better things tomorrow.

KEM of unceasing hope