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expect more than others think is possible. - Anonymous
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the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be
made except by a steady, long continued process." - Phillips Brooks

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Rockaway Beach



There were no clouds in the sky so the sunset was very simple in appearence, but still very beautiful. Once it reaches the horizon it disappears so quickly that it makes you aware of how fast the earth is really moving.



Our weekend at Rockaway Beach was wonderful as always. It was a family weekend with Big Bear's cousins and we enjoyed their company, the beach and of course the seafood. Everyone pitches in to help with the preperation and the cleanup and then we sit down to enjoy the food and catch up on each other's lives.



Maybe someday more of the family will decide to join our yearly excursion.

Garden Update

Yesterday and today I spent some time in the garden weeding and watering and admiring the growth and the greeness of it all. It's just a small salad garden, but I enjoy it and it gets me outside in the sunshine. I'm not much of an outdoorsy type and limited in my gardening skills, but enjoy the planting and watching it grow. I'd just as soon sit at the computer, watch TV or read a book and yet I really do enjoy being out in the sun. Plus I'm using the increased sunlight (now that summer is here) to cut back on my anti-depressant in hopes of eliminating it at some point especially now that my thyroid level is being kept higher.

Now to make you all green with envy - I'm off to the beach tomorrow! Big Bear and I will be meeting his cousin & wife at a little cabin in Rockaway for two days. We've always enjoyed their company and a few years ago we started doing a yearly weekend at the beach just to keep in touch. Several years back as all of our parents were dying one by one, we decided we'd like to see each other sometime other than just funerals so we arranged to meet at the beach one year and it became a yearly tradition, a way to keep some family ties. The cabin is right on the beach with large windows looking out at the ocean. I love going there. I'll take some pictures. :o)

Friends

On Tuesday I took D (best friend) to the hospital for foot surgery. She expected me to just drop her off as her husband would be picking her up later in the day. As we parked I turned off the engine and as she's saying "You don't have to go with me", I look at her and say "You think I'm going to drop my best friend off for surgery and then head home? NO WAY! What if I get home and then find out later" (at this point my brain puts the brakes on my mouth as I quickly realize I don't want to say 'you died' and make her even more apprehensive) and instead said the more general phrase "something happened." Oh well, at least she knows me and my mouth well. She was relieved to have me there as she is very, very nervous about stuff like this. Neither of us is good at waiting around if we have nothing to do, so she had her Sudoku book, I had my crochet and between that and conversation the hours of waiting weren't so bad. The surgery took less then an hour, but there was 3 1/2 hours ahead of it (questions and prep) and then a couple of hours after for recovery. Everything went really well and she'll have the other foot done in a month.

Lovely Weekend

What a lovely weekend we had. On Saturday one of Big Bear's co-workers invited him to go fishing on the lake near his home and in the evening our Son & DIL took us out to dinner at a very nice restaurant. On Sunday BB went out to breakfast with his good friend K and they goofed around for awhile. Then in the afternoon we went over to Son's house for dinner and a movie. It was very nice and relaxing and our son fed us for two days (well, dinner anyway). Seeing as how we had to feed that skinny kid with the hollow leg until he grew to 6'3" and 200# it's kind of nice to have him reciprocate once in awhile.

Hope all you Dads out there had a great weekend, too.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Trying Out Audio

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Mary's Baby Quilts

Tuesday I went over to Mary's house and helped her tie baby quilts. You can't help but smile when you're around Mary and hope like hell that you're in half as good a shape as she is when you reach 82. She donates the quilts to a hospital that gives them to the new babies. Those new moms in Wyoming have to be wondering why some lady in Oregon is making them quilts. Mary was living there last year to be near one of her daughters and immediately plugged herself into a local TOPS group there and somehow got into making quilts for the hospital. After a year she decided to move back to Oregon (she also has a daughter here and was born here). The hospital staff in Wyoming told her "Now don't you get hooked up with any hospital there in Oregon. We'll pay the postage for you to send the quilts back here". She sent 8 blankets this week and on Thursday UPS brought her a box from Wyoming full of fabric scraps to make more. She laughed and said "I don't think they want me to ever quit making quilts". I think you're right Mary.

On Friday it was Mary who was in charge of the program at our TOPS meeting. She had chosen FUN as her topic, sighting the very real need to have fun in our lives. She talked about the mental, emotional and physical benefits to our health that's provided by having some fun and laughter in our day as well as the stress relief it provides. Later in the day I thought about the people who've commented that our humorous and daily life blogs are a waste of time and space and couldn't help but wonder if they labor under the misconception that only serious stuff is important. I don't think they would be much fun to be around, especially as they get old and cranky. ;-)

NEW Book - I'm so excited! I got my new Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver. The murderer signs his notes 'the Watchmaker'.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Albums In My Collection

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These are a few of the albums (and cds) I've enjoyed over the years. It's an eclectic mix of old and new and various styles. There's lots more of course, but I had to stop somewhere. :o)

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