Yesterday (January 25) was our parent's anniversary. It was 80 years since they were wed (in 1942). Our sister Sue (Susan Charlene) was born on January 31, 1943 (one year later, in other words).

Dad died in 1998 (he was 77), and Mom died in 2000 (she was 76). When you think about it, they were both quite young. People frequently live into their 80's ( Read more... )

After pulling a very unwilling Colin out from under my bed on Tuesday, I knew I needed to clean. I've stored things there for years. But when Mom and Dad were both gone, I put a really large, flat box there to hold family mementos -- including the letters Dad wrote to Mom during World War II ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Mom. If she were alive, she'd be 93 this year. (She passed in January of 2000...) I suppose it's silly to bring it up, but I was thinking about her (and Dad) today ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I ended up doing a bunch of errands today, so it wasn't our usual FUN 'Marilyn Monday.'

We started out by getting up very EARLY to go with sister Sue to see Dr. Markin at Good Sam hospital. Dr. Markin is her lung doctor who deals with Sue's Pulmonary Hypertension. (Sue is very lucky to have this amazing doctor treating her.) Sue drove ( Read more... )

I slept in VERY late again today. But Marilyn finally managed to drag me out of bed so we could go and get our manicures and pedicures (finally ( Read more... )

I slept very, very late today. (Making up for not sleeping the night before and not napping during the day yesterday!) When I got up, Marilyn and I decided to try going to a holiday bazaar. There was one in Gladstone, Oregon, at the high school there, so we headed off (it was getting late, and we didn't want to miss it ( Read more... )

Marilyn was up early enough to leave the house by 7:30 (!!!). She had Court Orientation this morning ( Read more... )

Marilyn left the house VERY EARLY today! (She had a 7:00 meeting at the office: GFP Creative Team ( Read more... )

It's heading toward midnight. I had a short nap after dinner and just woke up around 20 minutes ago. And I can't seem to stop yawning! Oh my ( Read more... )

First off, many THANKS to my sister Marilyn for setting me the task today of beginning to research our family history. And thanks, too, to my sister Sue for her help today ( Read more... )