Has anyone missed me? Did you even realize I was gone? Gee whiz, my last post was exacty a year ago yesterday...I didn't realize until today that I had been M.I.A.
In 2009 my son Geoff returned from his two year LDS Mormon Mission, my husband and I were sealed together in the Portland Oregon Temple, our two children were sealed to us, Geoff got engaged to a lovely girl, Chanel moved to Chicago with the Malley's, Geoff and Alexis got married in the Portland Oregon Temple, we had a reception here in our back yard, we went to Colorado for a reception in the Wilkerson's front yard, my mom had heart surgery in October after a heart attack, and Christmas came and went. It was a remarkable year, with nary a mention of anything significant on this blog site. What a fickle poster I turned out to be. The purpose behind my blog was to serve as a journal. So much for that, eh? I guess I better improve if I want a a cyber record of my comings and goings and daily doings.....
Some things haven't changed...still going to work every day, church every Sunday and taking it all as it comes....Northwest Book Club still meets each month, Geoff and Alexis live with us, and we are glad of that....our old Jeep, Black Beauty, broke down a couple months ago, so we bought a pretty blue Grand Cherokee....we sold Mark's old Focus, and have yet another car to sell...it's like King Solomon's choice between our old Civic and the other old Focus...neither of them are in A1 condition, but neither of them are beaters, either.....
We are going to host a a backyard gathering and outdoor movie to celebrate the 4th of July next Saturday. Hopefully Mother Nature will wipe that smug smirk off her face long enough to smile down upon us and grant us sunshine. We've had record breaking rain and cold this year....DON'T get me started on the weather!!!!!
The Ol' Coonster and I play online scrabble and text each other on our IPhones....Oh yeah, did I mention we got Iphones for Mark's birthday? I guess we're not such old dogs that we can't be taught a new trick or two...Also, I got my dad a web cam for his 87th birthday.....coolest thing ever...we see each other all the time now....
So, that's the last 18 months in a nutshell....a filbert probably cuz a peanut wouldn't be big enough...and now I resolve to write more often to truly make this a journal...what's that you say? You've heard it before? Yeah, yeah.....I know.........I know.........