No Shame Christmas Party

58 degree day and a drive to Corvallis

We decided to take a break from the four holiday parties we went to this past week and just have a non commercial day before getting the feast together. Drove to Findley where we found out the numbers are way down on the Canadian geese this year due to dry Autumn. They said the elk were in abundance. We did see both the duskies and the cacklers before we left. Nice sunny drive.

Christmas Bunco Party 2013

As always a very festive and fun time with friends I really enjoy. Thanks to Adele for using her lovely home and making us so welcome. Too bad Julie couldn't make it but she is recuperating from her fracture at her parent's home so posted on FB for her. I took a Waldorf salad that will use for my Christmas Ham Christmas eve dinner as nice crisp taste to all the heavy food. There were many good hot dishes including lasagne, meatballs, cheesy corn casserole, polenta, home baked bread, chicken wings, chip/dips, and champagne toasts. Bunco is a lot of energy and I loved just chitchatting with other women about nothing in particular....what we think, what we like to do and where we think we are going in our lives. No work talk.Yay! No mean words or gossip or mean looks..are these women for real? It was an honor to work with them as I cruised into sunset. Miss them all and I still miss coding. I have no words for nursing....just thankful it was over a long time ago. Amen.

55 degrees and snow finally melting on December 13,2013

After being in the frigid cold and ice for over a week we are finally seeing the ice and snow start to leave. What a week. Hard to get out and drive anywhere even with four wheel drive and snow tires but finally it seems to be over and such an odd thing. We can truly say we have experienced Winter for a change. Snow was gorgeous but not so much the ice and not the cold at all.

Winter Storm December 6, 2013