I had to change my membership to an upgraded one instead of the Premium one I have had for the last four years here.

Today I noticed that I had not gotten any email since May 15, when my membership switched over. I failed to notice the limit on the upgraded memberships email.

So, if anyone emailed me after the 15th. I did not receive it. Sorry.
 

We went to Honolulu again in the middle of April, 2011. This time we took a tour of Pearl Harbor. It was very interesting and we really enjoyed the history lesson in the movie ahead of the tour.

We have had a late spring here at home and the escape to a warm tropical climate was much needed and appreciated!




 

We lost our beloved Russian Blue cat, Bentley, in the early spring. Although, we still have our sweet five year old Beyonca, who is jet black, with fur like velvet.We missed our male kitty so much that we couldn't resist these two kittens from Petco.

They are a Russian Blue mix, just 13 weeks old. Ron picked one and I picked the other from a litter of three males.

He named his Ozzie and mine Ringo! Here are the latest additions to our family.


Ozzie is in the foreground on the left side and Ringo is in the foreground on the right side.
 

I am discouraged with these new and complicated additions to WDC. What is the purpose in making all these changes that some may find rather discouraging?

I clicked on an auction that I had posted to and the lettering there was so HUGE that I could scroll forever and still not make "heads nor tails" of it!!!

I doubt that I will be keeping my membership here when my year is up.

Does anyone else feel this way...or is it just little ole me?
 

We arrived home yesterday from a wonderful vacation in Honolulu! A first time for both Ron and I, and what a great time we had!

I have sent out my donated packages for jeweloftime-images are comin! 's auction. So I am caught up there.

I might add that I DO NOT like the new changes to our portfolio's!!! I wish we could go back to the way it used to be.
 

Shingles are gone! Thank God.
Now, I am taking a step back for awhile. I'll be checking back in from time to time, though.
 

Well, I certainly started off the New Year with a BANG! I've got shingles and they HURT!! OMG. What next? Getting older is really full of surprises. Seems like those things you caught as a child can come back to haunt you in later years...oh no!

We had a wonderful Christmas in Moses Lake this year. Plenty of food to eat which included Patricia's Christmas cabbage along with a pork loin roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, Waldorf salad, green bean casserole, baked yams with onions & olive oil, and dinner rolls. We watched David Foster's Hit Man Concert, what a treat that was! Hope everbody had a very Merry Christmas!

Christmas sure came fast this year! We are leaving early Christmas Eve morning for eastern Washington. We are going to spend Christmas with Ron's sister Patricia. Mom will be spending Christmas day with us at Pat's also. We are looking forward to seeing them both again.

We have no snow this year. But, we will have our white Christmas at Moses Lake. Right now Stevens Pass is bare and dry. Not good for skiers up there yet...but just fine for traveling over the mountains.

So, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! And I'll see you when I get back.

Well, it's that time for a blog update again. It's after midnight here. I'm tired and going to go to bed now, but first I thought I had better do another blog entry. I haven't been on here much lately. I'm getting over a bad eye infection. Got to heal up good before the trip east of the mountains for Christmas.

No snow here yet! Just plenty of deep freeze weather. It did actually get up to 40 degrees today though. My daughter's pump froze up on them last week and they just got it repaired today. Sure took a chunck out of their Christmas $$$! Poor girl.

It was much too cold out this morning for the guys to go riding motorcycles, so Ron and I went to town and Christmas shopped instead. We had a real heavy frost on the ground and the decks this morning. The guys are smart not to ride when it freezes like that. You just never know where those patches of ice will be on the blacktop, when you're out on a motorcycle.

We needed to get more of our Christmas shopping done and today was the perfect day for it. It was cold , but it was sunny out. A far cry from the stormy wet days of November. I think we are drying out some here now. The colder air is moving down from British Columbia and bringing with it frosty mornings and colder nights. Just the kind of weather to get you in the Holiday mood. I was able to get the rest of my shopping done for my kids and grandkids. Now, I just have Ron to buy for. Oh, and his Mom, also. I will probably end up buying something online for Ron like I did last year. I really like to shop online for him, and so far I have succeeded in being able to please him that way.

I saw nothing in the stores we shopped in that I would consider getting him. So I have been looking online at what Zappos carries in fleece for men. Sure, I have to pay a little more for it , but they have free shipping and I love their fast deliveries. Order it one day before 2:00 PM and it is here the next day! Seriously! Last year I found him a gorgeous thick fleece black jacket. Almost, like a Berber, with a mock leather on the elbow. I loved it and he loved it too! It fit perfectly. He will have to get it out of the closet and start wearing it soon, because the jacket he wore to town today wasn't really warm enough for these temperatures we are having now. We plan on going east of the mountains to his sister's to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day with her and his Mom this year. That is if we don't get snowed in like last December! I hope we don't get snowed in this Christmas.

I am looking forward to spending Christmas at Moses Lake this year.

I sure hope everyone in the states that's here had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was great...except for one thing - I have an eye infection in both eyes and I have to limit my time spent on the computer.
 

My daughter out did herself for my birthday dinner last Wednesday. She fixed TWO big rib roast's and baked me TWO Devil's Chocolate cakes with nutty frosting! Yummy!

All of my kids and all of my grandkids were there for dinner to celebrate my birthday and Thanksgiving all at once! I was very overwhelmed with their love and devotion.

We had a real fun day and I was able to take lots of pictures of them all. Those grandkids of mine are growing up so fast. All of them are teenagers now but two - Jayce & Christian. Christian has a birthday tomorrow and he will be eleven years old. He is my youngest grandchild. Then Jayce, his brother turns thirteen the day after Christmas! So that is when eight of them will all be teenagers! Gosh, it doesn't seem possible. Where did the years go?

The boys were playing rock band and foosball most of the afternoon. What noise!!!

I came home on Thursday to a quiet house again. I have to admit...it was nice to have peace and quiet after all the noise.


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I'm leaving on the train out of Mount Vernon tomorrow morning. I am going down to Port Orchard to stay with my daughter for a few days. She is planning a celebration dinner for me to celebrate my upcoming 66 th. birthday and Thanksgiving all in oneday with my kids and grandkids!

I'm sure it will be fun and interesting to see what all the dinner has to offer!
Just as long as there is NO CAKE with 66 candles on it!!!


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Yesterday was a dry day. Atleast most of the day was dry. I was able to get outside and sweep all the leaves off of our big front deck. I also used the dry time to dead head some of the late bloomers in the flower beds. I even trimmed back the rose bushes.
Ron was busy with one of the motorcycles. He ended up going to town for a new battery for the Honda VFR. The one it had was three years old. He likes to keep them both tuned up constantly.

Next week I am going down to Port Orchard to stay a few days with my daughter. I will be leaving on the train out of Mt. Vernon on Tuesday morning. Take the train to Edmonds and walk over to the ferry terminal to take the ferry to Kingston. She will pick me up there. She has two days off and her husband Justin will be in Las Vegas teaching classes for the Navy all next week.

I am looking forward to our visit then and so is she.

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