After church this morning, Mark and I had a light lunch and then went over to Aunt Marg’s house for the rest of the day. My best friend from high school, Wendy Scharich, was going to drive up to spend some time with me, and Marg graciously offered her guest bedroom for Wendy to stay in. Continue reading
Today has been a red letter day. My friend, Wendy, came to my sister’s house and got to meet Mark and Sherill and Fred. Then Wendy and I went out for breakfast. Continue reading
I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. If you’d like to write and tell me about it, I’d enjoy reading about it. Continue reading
The last couple days we’ve had to turn the heat on for a few minutes in the morning for the first time in months. The temperatures still got up into the 80’s and 90’s by the afternoon. I guess next weekend they’re predicting it will drop into the 70’s. Continue reading
A friend of Jamey’s, and in fact a friend to the community of techno-geeks in Portland, recently died. Jamey sent me the link to Igal’s memorial service. So many wonderful stories were told at the memorial service, and it gave me pause to reflect on life. Continue reading
This morning Mark and I led Clyde and Kathy to the VA in Muskogee. We left early so we could go to the Five Civilized Tribes Museum. I mentioned yesterday that Clyde has Cherokee blood, but I forgot that Kathy has Native American blood as well. I think her grandmother was Shawnee. Continue reading
Mark and I are taking Monday and Tuesday off this week because he had appointments scheduled on both days at the VA in Muskogee. Continue reading
I have such a jumble of feelings right now. I’m excited about my new job, of course, and nervous about our trip (especially with reports of weather conditions in the mid-west), but I’m also feeling a little blue about leaving my friends and family in Oregon. Continue reading
I never know who is reading my blog, so I like hearing from my readers. Yesterday I had a pleasant surprize. Continue reading
For the past two days I’ve been working on editing, and Mark has been running errands. It was time for a little fun. Jamey had sent out a general invitation for a game night at his office, so we decided to go. Continue reading