Hello!!

Hello again...I know it has been a long time since my last post...I am sorry about that....Now that my fingernails are a bit shorter it will be easier for me to type...lame excuse,huh?!

We had Labor Day party downstairs...SHAG provided the hot dogs and we brought the other stuff to go with them. There was quite an array of stuff, believe me! We were supposed to tell about memorable Labor Days we had lived through...Since they weren't all that memorable, it was difficult to come up with something. Buying school shoes was always a chore on that day... particularly for Dian and Steve...shoes in her size were not "cute" and in his size hard to find since his feet was so narrow ( and long!) One year we were between houses and we spent the weekend camping - and had to find shoes then!Not so fond memories!! Anyhow, that story won me a prize - a big coffee mug!

Then I got the news that a dear friend of ours in Seaside had passed away...such a shock that was. He - along with his companion, Jan - was in the Elks with Mort...and in the Cannon Beach Chorus with me...Tomorrow, Steve and Marcia are going with me down to Seaside for his memorial service at the Elks...a trip I wish I didn't have to make...My heart aches for Jan and for Pat (his mother),,,,I can't imagine how awful it must be for Pat. We are not supposed to lose our children like that!! I think he was only in his late 50's...way too young to die!

Today we have had a bit of a respite from the rain...it is quite nice out actually. Hope this holds for tomorrow but I really doubt if it will....

Well - I have a Netflix Movie to watch...talk to you later.

You never know, do you?!

You surely never do know what the day is going to hold for you! So - Saturday we went for lunch to celebrate Brooke's birthday.....she loved the sock,by the way...we were in South- Center which has certainly changed a lot since the last time I was there (5 years ago when I lost my car in the parking lot and swore I would never go back!!) After lunch, Dian, Jocelyn and I decided to go to Nordstrom and do a little shopping. Then we decided to go over to the "Rack" to hunt some bargains...The curb in front of the store is a bit high and I (also known as the klutz!) tripped and fell smack dab on my face...My nose bled like a stuck pig!! A usual when this happens, I was unable to get up on my own and Jocelyn and a kind stranger helped me up while Dian ran into the store to get a chair...which she did....and she was caught on the security cameras and store security people ran out to see what the heck she was going to do with that chair! As I look back on it - that was really funny!! Anyhow, they decided they needed to call 911 and up came a fire truck and an aid car...so embarrassing.....Upshot was that I didn't need to go to the hospital and would be okay...biggest injury was to my pride, I think....didn't even break my nose...did have some right knee scrape but that's about it! I sure do have strong bones!! Now - to the relief of my family - I am taking the cane out whenever I walk Fritz!! (except in the rain when I need the umbrella...can't handle the cane, the leash and the umbrella at the same time)

Yesterday was time for my annual mammogram...and - once again - all is well...I was not worried but all the same it is a relief!

That's about it for now....talk to you later..