Gardening or Not

Thank you for honoring my mom with a plaque with her name on it at Manito Park Conservatory. She would be pleased to see it there. She walked around Manito Park with me many times. See as we get into our 70’s we know what to do to memorialize our elders. Actually you knew it long before now.

So far it has been raining like crazy here so I am not anxious to be pulling weeds in my yard wait- now it is even snowing here.

Being 70 is looking like more fun now that I can talk to everyone about the olden days when we were kids. At school I ran into this old, old, teacher who was telling tales of classrooms when she began teaching in Florida and then I topped her with the story of my telegram offering $5280 annually as a teacher in Anchorage in 1963. It was much higher than the Washington teachers’ salaries. I also find myself talking to everyone I run into but maybe I always did that at least during these past ten years or so. Before that I always let you do the talking for both of us when we were in school.

I’m so sorry that your friend, Hank was in an automobile accident. I hope he can recover quickly.
I know you will be right in there giving him instructions for getting back on his feet again.

Tomorrow is supposed to be Willie and Brooke’s wedding. I guess we will read about it on FB since we didn’t get on the invitation list. I hope we can send gifts so we’ll know whether or not they are prone to giving thank-you cards. You and I like to talk about who meets our criteria for a following gift.

The twins are getting so smart these days. They are following Earth Day guidelines for cleaning up, they can tie their shoes, and they are writing their alphabet. I mentioned to Miles that he needed to learn to tie and he answered that he never has tie shoes and he never will get any shoes that tie. I then tried to dream up some reasons for tying but he almost had me stumped. You can never wrap a package or tie a boat to the dock?

What are some good reasons for learning to tie? It’s a lost art like learning to tell time now that so many digital clocks abound.

Do we know someone who is happy tax season has ended?

70, Snowmobiling and Spring Break

Since you asked I'll show you what we did at the beach. Miles had to go to his preschool so there were only three boys here. We were just down the beach from Moclips Moonstone Inn so you can get the beach picture without the orange motel, of course. Dave, Cyd, Peyton and Walker were in the room next door. We all were pretty tired after beach combing, bumper boats, bumper cars and miniature golf for four days.

When I turned 70 I continued throwing belongings away and refused to write on this silly page. Gloria was nice enough to request an update but I think it was only because she wants to see your hair. I know you hate to mention it but Barb said the change took 5 years off your age. Hey, that should make you happy. No one can understand what made you have blond hair all your life unless someone you knew preferred blonds.



It is time to get geared up for Memorial Day and your sister is the one who can put out the details and get everyone fired up. I just want a bonfire as the boys are crazy about them too. At Ron's house the boys would get up early and put on the snowmobile helmets to wear with their pj's. They eventually got dressed and went outside with the helmets to sit on the snowmobiles waiting for Josh and Jake to give them rides. I think Ron has 11 of those things around there so Lucas, Cyd, and Grandma got to drive for the first time. Not that I really wanted to as I tipped one over and waited for Jake to come rescue me. I guess next to video games they all like snowmobiles except Lucas who prefers a bonfire over the second place snow machines. Josh and Jake are so helpful with the smaller boys so that will come in handy for all family reunions.

I was glad to read Jane's report of her Nicaraguan trip and sorry to hear Gloria's husband has been in several hospitals the past few months but hopefully he'll stay at his residence from now on. Willie has a wedding coming up soon and we will get two new family members, Brooke and Zayden. I wish they could be at Memorial Day with us.

I'll wait and tell you the daily fiascoes that I've been involved in since I became 70. Barb took photos of the cookie dough I made today. I was laughing until I cried. I still want to be like Barb and make things the right way. It's a flashback from cutting the wrong paper doll from her Playmate magazine in first grade.