Turning 54 isn’t so bad! I got calls from Bill, Erin and Katie. Connected with my sibs and mom, and wrapped up the day with a birthday serenade. We finally bit the bullet and forced ourselves to get our packing done for the Europe trip. After a couple hours of pulling items from drawers and [...]
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Tonight we invited some friends over to help celebrate our birthdays. Bill had whipped up two apple pies and I put together that easy mock tort recipe. Decorating was easy. Forget the balloons and streamers. We decorated the house with this week’s Eagle Quality sales adds to dazzle our friends. About 10 [...]
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Happy Birthday Bill! Double Nickles: The Big 55! And was he ever excited. He now can shop at Eagle Quality on Senior Discount Day, (every Thursday) for a 10% discount. Here he is perusing his first adds….. As soon as I returned from my trip south I called Eagle Quality and talked to supervisor Janessa [...]
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I did’t get back into Anchorage until after 8:00 pm. After Bill got a little dinner we headed to Chris, Robin and Aron’s place. Here’s Robin showing off her latest knitting project. Pretty fun!
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I have fallen in love with Oregon and am ready to go back. June is a beautiful time to visit because the floweres are in bloom and the cherries are ripe. The cherries are amazing! We picked cherries from trees in Steve Richardson’s relatives and Angela’s property. The trees were loaded! Angela and Ryan’s home [...]
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What a nice wedding! The weather cooperated, the park was pretty, the wedding party and family relaxed and having fun. Katie and Riley Norris posing before the wedding. The Norris family were 6 of the roughly 20 Valdez guests. I took this picture as Riley was heading up the isle throwing rose petals. The [...]
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I had an opportunity to meet up with the parents of the groom and some fellow teachers from my staff at a little bistro in downtown McMinnville. Sara and Brenda go way back. What a fun reunion for them! I touched base with Katie when I returned to the hotel. The girls in [...]
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Steve’s job in life right now is the official taxi service for this Richardson/Austad wedding. Yesterday he spent about 7 hours shuttling people from the Portland train station and airport down to McMinville. He was at it bright and early again this morning. All he says he needs is a spreadsheet to follow and he’s [...]
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Mark dropped me off bright and early Wednesday morning at the MPLS Airport. My flight to Seattle was uneventful. I had a brief stop at Los Vegas where I was all set to try my luck on the slot machines scattered throughout the terminal. But I learned there are no coin operated slot machines at [...]
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After a wonderful time with Bill & Erin at the cabin they headed down to Brainard on Saturday for the baptism of their new god child. I know how busy this summer has been so far for them. It was great having a little of it to share! Sunday, after sprucing up the cabin, I [...]
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