31 Oct  -  Bob Burch picks me up and takes me to Starbucks to meet up with our hiking group for a planning session for next year’s hiking trip to Hawaii.  Wow, we hiked in three of the Hawaiian Islands this last January and I have absolutely no memory of the trip.  He showed me some pictures of the trip before he brought me home.  It definitely was a trip of a lifetime.  Thanks guys for the trip.  And it was great seeing you all today.  And Bob thanks for getting me out and about.  I really appreciate you!

 

 

Happy birthday Mom!

30 Oct-  My sister driving took us to meet Niece Shelley at The Buzz Inn in Snohomish at about 11:30, What a cutie she is.  We had a great time. 

Then I had my weekly session with Jennifer at 2:00. 

Then at 3:00, we headed South to take my mom out to celebrate her 97^th birthday.  Happy birthday mom, you are my inspiration as always.  I love you.

           Shelley is a beautiful young lady!

                   Happy birthday Mom!

 

 

Moving Time!

29 Oct – My friend Wanda takes me to the Tri-Cities to help get some more boxes from their storage unit to bring back.  We took some stuff to her sister Wilma’s place and brought the rest back.  Yeah, the storage unit is empty.

 

 

                           Dinner on the Road!

Pinnocle is a great card game!

27 Oct – Pinnocle Group at Boswell’s house.  Just FYI, I happened to be the big winner, again.  Lol.  Thank you to such a wonderful group of people.  I had such a great time.

Session with Jennifer

10 - 25  Had a 2:00 pm session with Jennifer today.  She was in a great mood, even tho she had a headache last night. I could relate, because I had one of my good ones for the first 12 hours today.  I think we laughed for the entire one hour session.  Thank you Jennifer.  And of course I needed to talk to her since some of my last posts were out of sequence.  Honest, I did not have a single glass of 14 Hands wine.   I am looking forward to this coming weekend because it is shaping up as being very quiet.  I wish you all a wonderful weekend. Take good care. Love to you all.

                              Jennifer is fantastic!!!

Busy Weekend of 19-22 Oct

 

 

10 - 22 Wanda wakes me up early, so we can go over to the Tri-Cities to meet their friend there to get more stuff. Wanda drives. I tried, but she wouldn’t go for it. Lol. We spend the nite at Wanda’s moms (Ruth's) house. Great fun! I don’t remember meeting her mom before? And I definitely did not know that Wanda and Ruth were such great musicians. They should go to Vegas! The next day we helped their friend load his truck and trailer and loaded Carl and Wanda’s van also. Anybody want to come to a garage sale? Haha.

                                                 

                                                                   Ruth and Wanda


                                           

                                                               Wanda and Ruth

 

10 - 21  A lady friend from college has scheduled a clothes party at a friend’s house.  Some lady brings lots of clothes to the house and the ladies get to see and try on lots and lots of clothes.  Wow!  Just bring enthusiasm and money.  So while the ladies have fun, the guys assemble at the Ficker household so the guys can have their form of fun.  So when the ladies return, a good time is had by all.  Smile! 

                                             Bill

                      

                                  Bill and Lorie

 

                                   Lane and Renee

 

                                  Lynn and Bruce

 

           

                                    Phil and Marie

 

                                                       

Carl (standing) and Wanda holding some apples (thanks to a friend in the Tri-Cities).  Apples for Nancy

10- 19 Doug Wing picks me up at Wanda’s place in South Everett and takes me to the DOD retiree’s luncheon. Met a lot of new friends. Hehe. Had a great time. As I told my sister, I really did not remember faces, but names yes. Thank you Doug for your patience. I really appreciate your assistance and understanding. Give Glenna a hug for me. 

Golf at Snohomish Golf Course

10-17 My friend Wanda drops me off at nearby Starbucks.  Surprise!  Doug Wing meets us there and takes me to Snohomish Golf Course to golf with the boys. Doug WIng is kind enough to bring me back to Carl and Wanda's house. Had a great time. Fore!

Go visit Fickers for a Week

10 - 16   My sister drives me to GHC for my weekly visit with Jennifer.  After my appointment is over, my son Brandon picks me up.  I am able to visit with my three children for a while and then Brandon takes me out to friends Carl and Wanda where I will be spending the week while my sister and Ken go back East to visit the Jones’ clan. 

Taylor Ann is Great!!!

10-14.  Woke up late, then went to church with Nancy and Ken. Their pastor is amazing. He gave the sermon, is the lead singer, and plays a guitar. He even called me by name when we went up for Communion. I think their small church is what a church should be. Following church, we met up with Becca and Matt and Taylor at Starbucks. Surprise. While Becca and Matt went to see the Seahawks, we got the pleasure of watching Taylor for the afternoon. We then met Shelley and Brad for lunch at the Red Robin. We spent the rest of the day at home playing with Taylor. At one point Taylor drove Uncle Ken's car to the Doctor's and Red Robin and home again. Ken watched some of the Seahawks and what a finish. Great game to watch in person. Becca and Matt had already started to leave before the final score, so they did not see it, but they heard the cheering. Wow!!! What a fun day with Taylor. Does it get better than that!!! Thanks Taylor for coming to visit.

                                   Taylor loves going to Red
                                   Robin for lunch.

 
                                  Taylor's new best friend,
                                  Sunkist. They were hugging
                                  for over an hour!!


                                                                         

                 

                                  Taylor drove Uncle Ken's

                                  car to the Doctor's and 

                                  Red Robin and home again!!!

The Pain is only in My Mind.

10-11-12 If you have a week stomach, stop reading here.  I am posting to ensure my daughter doesn't get after me.  Lol. Following my appointment with Dr Ito, my Nurology Dr, my stomoach was still hurting quite a bit after doing so all day. Soo my sister, bless her heart, took me to Urgent Care to have a look. After spending almost 6 hours, did I say 6 hours, they had run me thru a Ct Skan, looking for signs of "Diverticulitis". The test results, after taking about 2 hours for someone to read, came back negative. So that was the good news. The bad news was, they never did tell me what might have been my issue with the stomach pain. And then my severe headache came back as well. So finally by Friday, stomach and head are doing much better. Thanks to all who continue with those prayers, they really are working. And thanks to my sister who continues to watch after me.

God bless you all.

Thank you to my family

10-10-12. To Nancy, Ken, Brandon, Rebecca, Matt, Taylor and Heath. I had a Dr's appointment with Brian Ito. He even spells it correctly. Lol. Everything seemed to check out ok. Whew! He checked my blood pressure and my dexterity also. My sister and her husband took me. I wanted to use this blog to say again how fantastic they both have been during my journey thru this ordeal. It has not been easy for them either. They have shown intense patience and love throughout. I can never thank them enough. My children also support me tremendously while working, going thru training and raising children. Brandon, thank you for trying to get my finances under control.  Lol.     And on top of everything, my sister and Ken love to play games, so there is always something going on. Thank you and bless you all. All my love.

Happy 97th birthday mom

6/7 Oct 12 - Rode down with Nancy and Ken to Tumwater to celebrate mom's 97th birthday party. Saturday nite, Nancy and Ken stayed in another room on the 2nd floor. I stayed on the couch in a sleeping bag in mom's room. The next day, 15 of us celebrated an early birthday in the dining room downstairs. I was so thrilled to have all three of my children and my grandchild at the celebration. Gram Millie had a great time. Yeah! Happy birthday to you!!!  After the party on 7 Oct, Shelley and Brad drove Ken and me back to Monroe because Nancy had a meeting on Monday in the area. Safe travels sister.

                      HAPPY birthday is true for Gram Millie.

 

 
Birthdays are all about family. Happy birthday Gram Millie.

 

                                                                A
                    Candle on the desert makes it official.

                              Happy birthday Mom!

                             Happy birthday Gram!!

                      Happy birthday Great Gram!!!

Wanda and Carl Ficker

10-4-12 Nancy drove me to friend Carl/Wanda's new house in South Seattle. I spent some time catching up on everything. And I spent the night. The next morning, Wanda drove me back to Monroe. I will be spending a week with Wanda and Carl in the middle of October.

 

                                   Phil, Carl and Wanda

 

Cousins are great!

10-4-12 On the way to Tumwater, we stopped for lunch at Black Angus in Federal Way and met up with our great cousins, Don Fristoe, Lynn and Bert Ross. Everbody looked much younger than I remember. Lol. It was great fun. Thank you all for joining us for Lunch.

 

 

Brian, Don, Nancy, Ken, Lynn & Bert

FORE!

10-3-12 Golf at Snohomish Golf Course with friend Phil Smith. So Smith and Jones go at it again. In good fun of course. Phil organized two groups of three golfers. So Phil, Tom Evans and Jones were in one group. It was a fun day and I enjoyed the time outside. It was a very nice day for golf.  But of course, when playing golf, every day is a good day. Fore!  And then when I returned back to Nancy and Ken's house, there was a BBQ dinner in the works.  Wow, what a great day!!!

                                                                                       

                                           Brian and Phil

 

 

                                        Brian and Tom

 

 

 

                                         Dinner on the Table!