Today is the last Friday in March. Supposed to be spring!!!!!!!! The out side temperature is about 36 degrees. an inch of snow on the ground and mixtures of snow and hail are poundimg down occassionally interrupted by a brief clearing with sunshine. Sun breaks they call them here in the Northwest.
I am dreaming of cruise to Mexico with some fabulous old friends in just a little over 5 months. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!!!! Out of 29 of us that were nursing students together, 17 are signed sealed and will be sailing together that first week of September. I 'd love to have everyone join......
Things to do and life to live before we sail, though.
My only daughter, youngest child is getting married in a little less than one month. We have been showering almost every weekend for a month now. Honey moon shower, at which I gave her 10 notes cards stamped, all addressed to me, along with a small framed picture of me to take with her to Tahiti!!!! Appropriate don't you think??!!?? (ha) Fortunately both she and her fiance have great senses of humor., A Lingerie shower, next my family shower and his family shower. All very exciting. Dresses, shoes, hair, laughs . A special time.
Adding to this wedding excitement, and becoming a 60's Chick this year, we have just found out that we will become Grandparents for the 5th time!!! WOO HOO.
Ryan and Julie have 2 delightful boys, ages 4 and ONE. This additon is a blessed surprise and we are thrilled. Julie is an amazing mom and is adjusting well after the first shock wears off.
Looking back, Sarah was my "surprise" child. How our lives would have been so much less rich without her. But during those morning sickness days, and sleepless nights I wondered........
Life is an amazing journey, sometimes wonderfully amazing, sometimes amazed that "THAT" could happen to me.
I came across this quote that I think speaks of how we ( especially as 60's Chicks) need to live
" Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body,......... but rather.........to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up. totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride"
Looking forward to our time together
Wishing each of you a WOO HOO ride,
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Celebrating Pat with Memories
This Friday Pat will join the 60's Chicks.
In Honor of her here is a list of her college memories
1. Rolling down our student nurse dresses before clinicals and nursing classes----then rolling them up for everything else
2. As an off-campus student,driving to campus on snow days to pick up classmates for the hospital. With 3 in the front seat and6 in the back (!) we had great traction. I remember stopping at stoplights on the hill where the car in front couldn't get going again. The backseat 6 would climb out, give them a push, then climb back in to ride to until the next stoplight.....
3.The engagement announcement parties-- passing the lighted candle and guessing who would blow it out....
Thanks for the memories
In Honor of her here is a list of her college memories
1. Rolling down our student nurse dresses before clinicals and nursing classes----then rolling them up for everything else
2. As an off-campus student,driving to campus on snow days to pick up classmates for the hospital. With 3 in the front seat and6 in the back (!) we had great traction. I remember stopping at stoplights on the hill where the car in front couldn't get going again. The backseat 6 would climb out, give them a push, then climb back in to ride to until the next stoplight.....
3.The engagement announcement parties-- passing the lighted candle and guessing who would blow it out....
Thanks for the memories
Sunday, March 2, 2008
My Daughter's Wedding
Along with becoming a 60's Chick later in the year, this is the year my 3rd child and only daughter gets married.
She also attended Seattle Pacific but never had an in hour and boys COULD be on the dorm floor at certain times. No engagement parties either.
We are having a great time getting ready for the event. She is an actress at heart and an event planner by profession so it will be quite a shindig!!!!!
Things are so different at weddings now than they were 37 years ago when I was married. My Dad performed the ceremony, few people wrote their own vows, the wording on invitations was pretty well set and the reception was cake ,nuts and mints in the basement of the church.
Remember those days?
Well, Now we have an event planner AND a "prop" man-----don't ask, not sure.
Between Sarah and her fiance they have 8 nephews between the ages of 1 and 10. Of these 8 ,6 of them have names that begin with "C" Caleb, Connor, Caden, Cade ,Cole ,Cooper and of course Levi and Nathan!!!!! Have you ever seen 8 ring bearers? Stay tuned.
I just read Sarah's latest blog and laughed my way through it.
If you'd like to know about my life these next 50 plus days http://www.darenandsarah.blogspot.com/
I hope you laugh too
"Life is about sharing." yo
She also attended Seattle Pacific but never had an in hour and boys COULD be on the dorm floor at certain times. No engagement parties either.
We are having a great time getting ready for the event. She is an actress at heart and an event planner by profession so it will be quite a shindig!!!!!
Things are so different at weddings now than they were 37 years ago when I was married. My Dad performed the ceremony, few people wrote their own vows, the wording on invitations was pretty well set and the reception was cake ,nuts and mints in the basement of the church.
Remember those days?
Well, Now we have an event planner AND a "prop" man-----don't ask, not sure.
Between Sarah and her fiance they have 8 nephews between the ages of 1 and 10. Of these 8 ,6 of them have names that begin with "C" Caleb, Connor, Caden, Cade ,Cole ,Cooper and of course Levi and Nathan!!!!! Have you ever seen 8 ring bearers? Stay tuned.
I just read Sarah's latest blog and laughed my way through it.
If you'd like to know about my life these next 50 plus days http://www.darenandsarah.blogspot.com/
I hope you laugh too
"Life is about sharing." yo
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