Cardinal Spa

Enjoying a day off after two 12 hour days with some challenging patients at work. It's cold but the sun is shining.

I did get my birdbath heater hooked up finally and I'm watching some cardinals and sparrows splashing around in it.The picture is not mine, would take pictures but the windows have screens so they don't turn out very well.

Had a nice dinner Satuday night with my kids and their families to celebrate my daughters' and my January birthdays. The grandkids were very well behaved, they're growing up civilized after all, and of course they're all so darn cute!

Happy Anniversary

Today would have been our 39th wedding anniversary. We were so young!!

also posted on The Beast..

Sad Day

Sad Day :(

Happy Birthday Darling Daughters

Happy Birthday Twins!

World Vision: Earthquake Relief

World Vision: Earthquake Relief

Goodby 2009

Members of my family are glad that 2009 is over. There was some bad stuff, health crises, job changes, ever present money problems, and of course Richard's death.

For most of 2009 he was alive and I'd take him back in a minute, even as sick as he was in the last two months.

Richard was diagnosed with myeloma in 1999, so the entire decade was shadowed by his illness. But there were many good things as well.

-The weddings of both our daughters
-The births of all our current grandchildren
-Driving trip to OR and back
-Trip to Washington DC
-New York trip with baseball game and Broadway show
-a new house
-baseball trips
-going to movies
-having some one to talk to
-having some one to share things with

I wish I could be more hopeful about 2010, although there will be another grandchild...who will never know his/her grandfather.

Amaryllis

I have always wanted one of these and since I am catless, I got one.