Oh my goodness....It's been so long since I wrote in my blog!!! My camera broke and I didn't replace it until recently...Please forgive me!!!

So, now that it's 2017, I'll statrt with the SNOW Event we had on January 9 through 13th. After the snow fell...the temps fell also. We had temps in the mid-teens after the sun went down and caused the melting snow to freeze. School was out in the Portland area all week. Travel was dicy.

But, the warm up began Saturday and Sunday. Monday I took the day off - MLK Day. Tuesday I was back on the road - Astoria. Roads were wet, but in good shape.

On Saturday, 14 January 2017 Carol and I drove to Grand Ronde and went to see Smokey Robinson...he's 77 next month :)

Tuesday, January 17th was my birthday...THANK YOU to everyone for  Cards and E-Mail!!! I'm officially a Senior - 65 years old!!!

Carol's Yaris is under that blanket of snow :)
Congrat's to Dana and Don - Happy Birthday - 18 January 2017!!! Don't laugh Kelly...you're next !!
More news and Pictures to come...love ya'all.

Time has slipped away from me again...I really need to catch everyone up on current activities!!!

 

October 15th (Saturday) Carol and I picked up Jim & Vonnie Lash and headed North to Suquamish, WA. to hear Home Free do a live concert. They were great...just like always! We stayed at Clearwater Casino and it was very nice. The hotel seemed like it was built yesterday. Stormy weekend, but fun and the scenery was wonderful. We spent the night and drove home the next day.

 

The following Friday, October 21st, Carol and I spent the weekend at Pelican Shores, Lincoln City, OR. We HAD to stop at the Christmas Cottage...our favorite place to stop and shop. Saturday we had reserved seats to see Michael McDonald ( former lead singer for the Doobie Brothers). He was soooo good!!! He appologized for having a cold, but I couln't tell!

We got caught up in the World Series...go Cubbies!!! Good come back, and win!

Tuesday, November 8th, we went to Eugene with Clay, Cindy, and Chad Nagel for a concert at the Matthew Knight Arena - Earth, Wind & Fire with Chicago!!! Yeah Buddy...that was a good one!

We knew most of the songs and had a great time! We got home at about 1:00a.m. :) It was hard to get up the next morning!!!

Gotta close for now...more to come!

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last update...way too many things going on!!! I'll try to pick up where I left off...we did move Mom Peters to Rosewood over the Labor Day weekend. And had a Birthday get-together with Jim and Vonnie Lash...lots of fun...and Vonnie is now a year older :)

September 24th was a SOLVE beach clean up for me...I volunteered for Seaside Beach. It wasn't raining and we picked up lots of junk! You can view it on SOLVE's web site.

The next day we took Jim & Vonnie to Seattle (Jazz Alley) for a Brian Culbertson concert!!! And we got to visit with their son Eric at his place in Auburn. We stayed overnight in Renton, WA.

Mom Peters 90th Birthday was on Tuesday, September 27th...Carol picked up Mom and we had dinner and cake with the Lash's and Rangel's.

Carol's Birthday was on September 30th...but, we celebrated early with the Lash's on September 24th. Jim fixed dinner at their place...roast turkey..mmmmm!

Last weekend, October 1st, we picked up Mike and Sheri Dyer flew into Portland for the weekend. The main object was to see as much of the Oregon culture as possible. So, we picked them up at the airport and headed for Multnomah Falls. Once we got there, we took the trails to the top of the falls. Then, on to Mount Hood...Timberline Lodge. We saw some snow fall...but, it didn't stick...too warm.

We came down from the mountain and drove to visit Mom Peters. Sunday, we got up and headed west to Lincoln City. The Christmas Cottage was our first stop...love that place!!! We drove up the coast to Tillamook and visited the cheese factory (great ice cream!!!). Then on to Cannon Beach where we walked on the beach and ate at Mo's. Carol and I had Monday off and we drove around Portland and visited Pittock Mansion. In the evening, we went to the Blazer's first pre-season basketball game against the Utah Jazz. Good game...we won by 9 points. Back to work for Carol and me on Tuesday. And Mike and Sheri rented a car and drove to Seattle.

More news and pictures soon!

We want to express our deepest "Thank You's" to Nancy Dyer and Jim & Vonnie Lash for all the help on September 1st and 2nd in moving Mom Peters into her new appartment at Rosewood. It's a smaller space than she was used to at Rock Creek, but the additional care is increasingly depended upon. We put Jim's truck to work moving the custom made TV center, the blown glass cabinet, all the bedroom furniture, and living room/dinning room furniture. After everything was packed up and moved to the new location, Carol and Vonnie cleaned the old appartment top to bottom. Then, we started placing all the furniture where we thought it might fit and unpacking "basic needs" boxes. The important thing was getting Comcast activated for Mom's TV. All of this was done on Thursday, September 1st. Friday, we unpacked boxes, hung pictures, and tried to put things in the cabinets as they were originally. And we got the phone service transferred. We took the afternoon off and drove Mom and Nancy to Cannon Beach (Mo's) for dinner...beautiful day!!!

Saturday we worked around our house, and Sunday a.m. we took Nancy to the airport. What a whirlwind trip for her! Thanks to everyone again...will post more updates soon.





 

So...our August seems pretty uneventful after working in Cheyenne last month! Carol has been working very hard in trying to get Mom Peters into a facility that will give her more help with medications, etc. And it looks like we'll be moving Mom from Rock Creek to Rosewood Retirement Community on September 1st. Nancy Dyer is flying in on the 31st..and we can't wait to see her again!

Jim & Vonnie Lash are helping us do the physical move (on the 1st) ...we'll put Jim's Dodge Truck to work that day :). 

In the middle of all our "busyness" we still find time to take -time out! Thursday was a very hot day in Beaverton...so, after work I suggested we head for the beach and have dinner at Mo's. A few minutes later we were in the Honda and cruisin' down highway 26.

 

It was a perfect evening to relax on the beach and enjoy some 74 degree weather. But...when the sun went down and the wind picked up...the sweatshirt went on!

Hope everyone had a good summer...September is coming fast...before you know it, it will be Thanksgiving! Will post more soon.

Here's some more DEMO pictures at Mom's house:

Now, all these walls are gone and this is all thay's left:

Carol and I loaded the CR-V on Thursday afternoon (July 14th) and headed for Cheyenne, WY. Our mission was to help demolish the "add-on" section of Mom Wegner's house, along with Don, Chris, Bob, Mike, Mom, and all the volunteers from Ft. Collins. We spent the night in Pendleton, OR. Friday, we drove to Evanston, WY. Saturday we arrived in Cheyenne, WY about 2:00p.m. After unloading suitcases and bags at Little America, we headed for Hillsdale, WY.

 

 

This is the BEFORE picture. Notice the door location. Don, Chris, Carol and I started inside and removed the carpet and padding. Then, we went up on the roof and removed asphalt tiles :(

Walls and ceiling lost their inside coverings. Insulation was removed. Electrical outlets and overhead lighting was removed. Outside siding was removed and roofing boards came off. Windows came out, walls came down, and the door was removed.

 







 

Don and Bob framed in a new door and window. I helped re-route some electrical lines. So, Mom got a new porch out of the deal and Don and Chris put siding on after we left on Wednesday, July 20th.