SURPRISE SURPRISE

Well I bet you never thought you'd hear from me again. I must say that I have been totally distracted by Facebook!! much quicker and broader. Well I must say that a lot has gone on since I last wrote in 2008!
Both of our kids have had there first anniversays. Tara and Eric had theirs in February and Chad and Lisa in May.
Tara is currently not working, she was laid off in December from her relatively new job at the county in District court. Lisas has had to lay off most of her employees but has managed to survive herself. Chads company had many lay offs but because Chad is specialized he was not able to be bumped by others and lose his job. When he first went to work at Sierra Pacific he took his own time and trained on this gianourmous crane thing. It's huge and runs on tracks and moves logs allover the place. Don and I are quite secure in our jobs as we both have been there for quite some time. Although the county itself is suffering very badly.
In May Don began experiencing what we thought were "flu" like symptoms.....wrong he proceeded to be hospitalized for apendicidus. He has recovered very well from that. They had not yet burst, but Dr reported that they were big and ugly. Quite a quick little surgery, three small incisions. Thankgoodness for excellent insurance... out of $32,000, yes thirty two thousand dollars for a very short stay we got a bill for $75.00!!!!!
We have enjoyed kayaking on Lake Quinault in the month of July with Tara and Eric. It is such a clean lake. We have discovered though that in the morning when we put in and the lake is so flat like glass that it seems to always change about 11 and gets windy and wavey. Our last trip was the worst, probably 2 foot white caps and strong wind. You felt like you were paddling and getting no where, and you were at times.
Lately we have experiences some scorching hot weather for here. Thankfully it did not last very long. Hit 101 or so one day, 105 just a bit east of here in Elma.
We are getting ready to replace our "perfectly good" cyclone fence with a wonderful
6' wood fence. Am looking forward to the privacy and landscaping the back yard.
My wonderful friend Sue, who up and moved to Tennesse, came for a visit and we totally redid my flower beds, added "yard art" and many new plants, one being a fig tree. Am anxious for it all to take off and fill in. Next year should be beautiful.
Well I best stop as I need to head to Aberdeen and get steaks and veggies for Lisa and Chads family BBQ sunday night at Erics. We will be celebrating their 25th birthdays. They are only 1 week apart in age.