Conversations with Mom

I usually call my mom every weekend. The time varies, but the tone of the discussions are usually pretty constant. This past weekend, I called Mom on Saturday while driving to dinner. With my iPhone headset on, I talked to Mom for 20 minutes, sitting for most of it in the parking lot of the restaurant and taking notes on what topics she chose to tell me. Here they are:

1. They had snow that morning. Not much, but enough. It's everywhere, except for Florida who got tornadoes.
   
2. The sister-in-law of her ex-husband has broken or bruised her ribs. Her daughter has to help her to the bathroom. She'll be laid up for three weeks.
   
3. The doctor of said former sister-in-law (S-I-L) also had bruised ribs and told the S-I-L that she was in for a rough time.
   
4. My cousin missed two days of work due to athlete's foot. He hasn't taken care of it and it's getting infected.
   
5. The daughter-in-law of the apartment building manager died of cancer this week.
   
6. Fred, the bearded guy down the hall from her that she calls Santa Claus, has cancer under his beard. The hairs must have gotten into the sore and it got infected. She told me to be careful as I have a beard too.
   
7. aceofspace's dad will be performing with his bluegrass gospel group on a local church broadcast. She'd heard he's been in bad health (which isn't true, I saw him over Thanksgiving).
   
8. My nephew has a cold. This is somehow due to him running around in shorts in a heated gymnasium while he practices with his basketball team.
   
9. More snow is coming.
   
10. She asked what I did today, then interrupted me as I tried to answer.
    
11. My sister and the twin both keep their houses too cold. They'll not do that when they get old and their blood doesn't circulate as well.
    
12. She complained that her neighbor comes over to watch TV and promptly falls asleep. When I asked why she asks her to come over to watch TV, she replied, "well, she's good company."

It's Cold and Dreary Outside...

... so brighten up the day and tell me something that makes you happy...