Celebrating Yvonne's 54th Birthday!

The 6 of us celebrated Yvonne's 54th Birthday tonight @ "The India Palace". They literally wait on us hand and foot and the food is enjoyed by all of us! We are all so grateful to have our dear Yvonne in our lives as she has had a battle with ovarian cancer. We continue to trust the Lord for a complete healing. Friendships are one of God's sweetest blessings. Happy Birthday Seester!

L to R Dianne, Evelyn, Yvonne, Susan, Elaine and Toni

Visit with Marty and Faith Frykman

I was running late to church this morning and I was mad at my self for dilly-dalling around the house and then rushing to get to 2ND service! When I got there first service was running late and people were just coming out and I ran into Marty and his bride. Marty used to go to Glad Tidings and went to Nicaragua with us once. They now live in Dallas Texas. They came home for deer hunting! Yea, Marty got his deer but Faith who is from the Philippines thought the whole deer hunting thing was kinda boring. (I agree). Both of them are nurses. They came over this afternoon for coffee and we had a nice visit. I guess running late was part of God's plan for me today because I would of missed seeing them had I been on time!

1221 East 11th Street Owners

Alex, Ashley and I were at McDonalds on Central Entrance today and I ran into Pete Dingle and his 2 children, Oscar age 6 and Eleanore age 2. Pete and Sara bought my house 3 years ago. This is the first time meeting Eleanore, she is all girl and Oscar had not changed, just looks older. They have put a metal roof on the house, insulated the attic with new windows and plan to make a bedroom for Oscar and his 6 year old cousin, who now lives with them. They put a deck on the back of the house and took out the piano window in the dining room and put in a patio door. Can't wait to go and see all the improvements. I was sorry to miss Sara, but she was working!

Nursing School Friends!

Had dinner out last night with 2 friends from Nursing School. Lois Wilson Opseth on the left and Carol Pearsall Brankin on the right. We had a lot of laughs and have just started to make some plans for our 35th Nursing School reunion next summer..........we don't look that old do we? Lois still works at St. Luke's with educating new employees and Carol works in a Day Surgery Center near Chicago.

Our first SNOW!

Our first snow of the season~I am trying to be brave and not cry over the loss of our autumn but it is gone!

34 degrees at present.

~Heavy sigh......

A week with my Sister Sandi

I had the pleasure of having my sister Sandi visiting me for a whole week. I was blessed to be off of work 6 out of the 8 days she was here. she loves to organize. Eat your heart out, look at this guest room closet of mine! She even has things labeled! I could not go on without my Wizard of Oz tin signs so we put them up in my garage! (We all have a little bit of child left in us!!) My black and white family photos were packed away for 3 years and they were asking to come out so they proudly sit on my hallway wall. Sandi climbed on a ladder to put some of the nails in some of the projects. When she would have to get to the 2nd rung of the ladder I would have to help her with her left foot. We are pathetic but we get things done!! We talked about Mom a lot saying "she would kill us for standing on this ladder!". I realize I did not take a picture of Sandi this weekend, but here is her and Mom a year ago! Thanks Sandi for all the work you did for me around the house, she is pretty handy! PS. She even gave me a pedicure last night!

Happy 26th Birthday Robert John Reed!

This fall after a good bird hunt. My nephew Robert and his son Preston! Blessings on your 26th year Robert!