This morning Mark and I went to his sacrament meeting and then we high tailed it to the forum class at Reedwood Friends. A woman who was influential in me becoming a member there, a professor of theology, was in town and led the class. 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 trust you all had a good Christmas. We had a quiet Christmas with my mother and older sister and their husbands. Mark and I opened our gifts and we called my son and sang “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”. This tradition started when he was young and would sleep in on Christmas morning. His dad and I would stand outside his door like carolers and sing him awake. I still call him first thing on Christmas morning and sing him awake! Continue reading
Merry Christmas, everyone! We had a wonderful visit with my younger sister’s family in Klamath Falls, OR. They showed us Rob’s and Nate’s school and the little theater where their family all performed in It’s a Wonderful Life. Then my sister took us to the Dollar Tree so Mark and I could do our traditional $10 hunt for gifts for each other. We don’t need much and we have fun hiding from each other in the aisles where we’re picking up little things so we have something to open from each other on Christmas. We ended the day along with Lauryn and Rob watching the original black and white version of A Christmas Carol. Continue reading
Hey everyone, we’re back in Oregon! We’re staying with my younger sister, Lauryn, and her family in their new/old home. It was built by a doctor in the early 1900s, and amazingly a bunch of his stuff is still here – his doctor bag, his license, his class picture, etc. The house itself is very beautiful and has lots of character. Continue reading
All week Mark and I have been telling each other: “Only four days left.” “Only three days left.” “Only two days left.” “Only one day left.” Continue reading
This morning, early, we took the RV in to finally have the brakes worked on. We shut the kitties into the back of the RV so they wouldn’t get away if the technicians had to leave the door open for any time. Then Mark and I went to get some breakfast. Continue reading
We have hot and cold running water for the first time in a week. Praise the Lord! We took a shower in the bath house before church, and when we got home from church Mark worked on the plumbing and finally got everything running. It’s lovely to be able to flush the toilet and wash dishes again. In fact, the first thing I did when Mark told me it was working was get a big glass of water to make lemonade. I was thirsty! Continue reading
First of all, I’ve got to tell you a joke I made up! You know the saying, “Be alert; the world needs more lerts”? I thought of that today when I was looking at a sign at work that said, “Stay alert.” Then I thought of a new saying all on my own: “Walk ahead; it could use the exercise!” Get it? 😉 Continue reading
I haven’t heard exactly how low the temperature got last night, but it was either at 0 or below 0. By the time we were out running errands this morning it was up to 8 degrees. Continue reading