Well, it is 2 weeks from today when I start my new job. My replacement started today and so it will be hectic to download as much information as possible but this means I'm one step closer.
I'm excited to make the move to our Job Corp Center at Tongue Point. This is a great opportunity for me and I get to stay with the same company, just transferring divisions. I'm looking forward to learning a whole bunch of new things!
So, if you don't hear from me in the next couple weeks . . . I'm busy training my replacement - or I could be spending time with mom and dad!
The folks were in Idaho yesterday, expect them in Astoria by Wednesday. They had their stopover in Denver so dad could have his emergency gallbladder surgery! Very lucky they were where they were at that point in time. Cousins John and Deanne took great care of Dad! He said they got him to a great facility and Deanne made sure he was well taken care of! Not the way to catch up with family, but soooo glad that family was around to help them out! I felt helpless just waiting for news. I'm already having reservations about the whole RV'ing thing. Now I have to wonder where my teenager and my parents are each night!
Well, more a little later on!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Mom & Dad's new Home
Dee and Larry will officially be headquartered from their new Allegro as of October. The final papers on the house are scheduled to be signed on Tuesday Sept 30th and the final garage sale is underway this weekend.
The Burkes will be travelling to Oregon to
complete the vehicle registration mid-October and to finalize their "home base" address/Post Office Box etc. I think they are finally in the home stretch and it sounds like liesurely road trip is what is called for. The fall will be a nice time to break in their new rig and finalize plans for theirnext road trip!
So the wireless laptop is fired up and ready, the cell phones are in use and mobility is calling!
Monday, September 1, 2008
A Boating we did go
We took the boat out on the Columbia this morning! It was very relaxing and the weather was nice if not stellar.
We saw sea lions on the bouys and lots of smaller boats out fishing (catch and release only at this point - don't really see the point in that!).
Bill has a new slip at the front of the mooring basin and he likes the slip and location much better.
William even took a turn at the helm. The one nice picture of William (all the others he was mugging).
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Clean Windows
Who knew that clean windows can make such a difference? It has been quite awhile since the outsides of our windows have been clean. 
Bill had all the windows cleaned this week (inside and out - which is a bonus because I thought only the outsides were being cleaned). Wow! I can't beleive the difference! Even with overcast weather, we seem to have more light coming in.
I also wanted to show off my nearly stripped window frames! I just have a small amount to strip and then some additional sanding to complete.
Someday I will actually be able to stain and seal these frames! We've chosen paint colors and will redo the dining room sometime this fall (where did the summer go?!).
Bill took the boat out yesterday and we are hoping for good weather tomorrow so we can take a picnic lunch and take the boat out for a family outing. I know it isn't the skateboard park but William will just have to get over it!
School starts Tuesday and we finished the shopping before the real craziness took hold. The only thing I need to purchase is a white dress shirt. Who would have thought that you couldn't find one for a teenager. Everyone has told me to shop on-line (these are the stores locally, mind you). So, JC Penney's has some nice shirts on sale for $10 each - we will buy 2 and hope that I measured correctly. William is 5' and barely 90 pounds. Offers some interesting challenges since he has his father's long legs but no waist to speak of. I think we finally got him into 12 regulars and 14 slims this year. His big thing is skinny jeans (they are the skin tight jeans that some skateboarders prefer) except skinny jeans for William still aren't skin tight - they look very nice on him because they actually fit his frame!
Well, we officially paid off the braces Friday! Yeah! It looks like William will be out of the braces by Christmas. He wears bands right now to pull his bite together. The bands are brightly colored and he can match his mood, clothes or whatever. I'm ready for the bands to go away as I find them all over the house!
Bill had all the windows cleaned this week (inside and out - which is a bonus because I thought only the outsides were being cleaned). Wow! I can't beleive the difference! Even with overcast weather, we seem to have more light coming in.I also wanted to show off my nearly stripped window frames! I just have a small amount to strip and then some additional sanding to complete.
Someday I will actually be able to stain and seal these frames! We've chosen paint colors and will redo the dining room sometime this fall (where did the summer go?!).Bill took the boat out yesterday and we are hoping for good weather tomorrow so we can take a picnic lunch and take the boat out for a family outing. I know it isn't the skateboard park but William will just have to get over it!
School starts Tuesday and we finished the shopping before the real craziness took hold. The only thing I need to purchase is a white dress shirt. Who would have thought that you couldn't find one for a teenager. Everyone has told me to shop on-line (these are the stores locally, mind you). So, JC Penney's has some nice shirts on sale for $10 each - we will buy 2 and hope that I measured correctly. William is 5' and barely 90 pounds. Offers some interesting challenges since he has his father's long legs but no waist to speak of. I think we finally got him into 12 regulars and 14 slims this year. His big thing is skinny jeans (they are the skin tight jeans that some skateboarders prefer) except skinny jeans for William still aren't skin tight - they look very nice on him because they actually fit his frame!
Well, we officially paid off the braces Friday! Yeah! It looks like William will be out of the braces by Christmas. He wears bands right now to pull his bite together. The bands are brightly colored and he can match his mood, clothes or whatever. I'm ready for the bands to go away as I find them all over the house!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I love the smell of green chili roasting in the morning
A big burlap bag showed up in a box at our house last night! Yipee!
It seems a bit early this year but school is just a week away and our short summer is going to be over before we know it.
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