Here is a video I took yesterday of the snow melting out front here.
A couple of pictures in California last weekend eating with our new friends.
Below, please find the Blaisdell's (a very talented and generous people).
They let us sleep at their house 3 nights. We had a blast!
Marty took this picture of me reacting to his eyes rolling like in the picture above. 
Not a pretty picture! (of me, I mean.)
... alot to tell..... take it one step at a time, Auntie Kathy. Ok........
Aunt Norma has deteriorated since we were there in December. It is so hard. Norma and I prayed together on Friday that the rain would stop Saturday, so we could all go to lunch at IHOP. This was Norma's desire. The Lord answered. We took two wheel chairs and one walker to IHOP for lunch. Uncle Doug & Norma didn't seem as happy as before. I can't even imagine what it is like to lose your life suddenly while still alive without your choosing. I have "chosen" to lose my life for His sake. He gave it back transformed.... a totally different thing!
Here is a picture of Uncle Doug & Norma Saturday at IHOP.
Shirley (Norma's long time friend) & Norma Saturday at IHOP
The Tri-Cities airport was closed on Sunday, (I think maybe Saturday too) and Monday morning. We flew out of Sacramento without any problems to Seattle, only to find out there was no way we could get a flight home. "Not a chance" we were told, as all flights were full with many people waiting "standby". We looked into getting a bus, renting a car... all without success. We decided we better just get a hotel and rest up until Tuesday and then readdress our options. But just before we leave the airport we decide to see if we could just go get on a waiting list for some flight.
When we went back up to the ticket counter the lady said, "if I were you. I would list for the 6:20PM flight tonight, cause everything tomorrow is booked too!" She said, it can't hurt and you might get on. So that is what we did. Since it was only about 4PM we decided to go get some dinner and relax.
We had to go back through security again, and guess what??? We were "selected" for special treatment. That is what they called it, but it meant additional screening & searching. Then we went to Anthony's airport restaurant. We had clam chowder and I had a blueberry hot tea drink that was pretty good. We shared a dessert... hot huckleberry cobbler alamode. We were feeling pretty full and by this time, we needed to scurry to the gate.
It was like being on a game show and waiting to see if we "won" or not. Eventually they said we could board and gave us boarding passes with seat assignments, told us to go downstairs to gate 5. We hurried real fast and the sign said gates 4-7 angle right ahead, we did and ran, threw our suitcase on the alacart cart and boarded. When we got on board, someone was sitting in my assigned seat. (She and me both had the same seat # printed.) So I said I will just wait to see if there is another empty seat I could take. Plane was very full still. I kept moving to the back and finally came in contact with a stewardess. I said to her "two of us have the same assigned seats". She said, "that is very strange". I handed her my pass. She took one look at it and said, this plane is going to Canada. I hollered up to Uncle Tom who was in row 11, "Tom, we're on the wrong plane!!"
We grabbed our carry-on bags, ran out of the plane and down the steps. Everyone, I am sure was watching. 
We had to describe our alacart suitcase to the airline guy. "Purple with duck tape on the back we are screaming as plane engines are loud." (Believe me, now I was glad we busted the zipper on our better suitcase and switched to the old purple, duck taped one.) He found it fast... we ran to gate "5" which was really on the left right after we went right.
The plane was still there and we were the last people on board feeling kind of embarrassed and a little frantic, but not as much as I would have thought. We settled in for the short flight. Our friends Mark and Lisa came to get us at the very snowy airport. 
WHAT A TRIP!!!
Gone for a few days. Another trip to CA. This time we are landing in Sacramento and driving down.
Here is the leg wrestling video I promised for your entertainment. It is our Junior High Pastor teaching the Senior Pastor's son to leg wrestle. I just happened to be there with camera in hand. You just might want to try this at home with someone you love. Here it goes:
This picture I took day before yesterday in Richland. I took it especially with Jill Carmel in mind. Bye for NOW! 
.......whatever things are true,
whatever things are noble,
whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good report,
if there is any virtue and
if there is anything praiseworthy
–meditate on these things. Phil 4:8
(I really need help on these... I keep getting stuck on the very first one.)
Yesterday was Uncle Tom's first Friday off. His next one will be next Friday and the one after that and so forth! It was great!
He "went missing" for a spell yesterday and when I sought him, he was found by me... guess where??? Yep, he was in the trunk of the 1982 Fleetwood D'Elegance! (Just where a great fellow would be liking to spend his free time.) I know what you're thinking... No, he wasn't hiding from me! Actually, he was working on the new rear stereo speakers to glue some screw thingy on there so the other stuff that was on the old speakers could be attached or something like that?
Now today is Saturday, but it "feels" like Sunday w/o church. I think it will take a little getting used to.... these Fridays off, that is! We both are liking it a lot.
These are actual pictures inside my eyes. I am pretty sure the pics are upsidedown. I always thought I had brown eyes. The doctor e-mailed them to me. Cool!!!
Right Eye
Left Eye
I actually lied when I said I had no pictures or videos from Football Playoff day. I do have a video. It is a couple minutes long, but if you are patient... I think you will enjoy seeing the birds ungulating back and forth like they are fluid. Amazing!
It has been a very difficult couple of days/weeks/months. Having some spirtual battles and feeling confused, condemned, alone, questioning things. I was so down yesterday.... at church, I didn't sing, I didn't want to look anywhere, but down.... cause I would cry, and you know how that make-up thing works. We sat in the back, I wanted "me" to leave, but Uncle Tom objected.
Do you know the feeling? You just want to crawl in a hole and be alone cause you aren't even in a place to "talk" about "it". Anyway, Pastor Steve told a joke, Uncle Tom looked over at me and whispered, did you send that to him? I said "no", I had never even heard it before. Everyone is laughing! then, Pastor Steve said, "Kathy F--t-- sent that to me!"... then "where are you, Kathy? I saw you somewhere!" Tom says to me, raise you hand! I thought, "Yeah so 500 plus people can look at me!!!" Then Pastor Steve pointed to our location, "she's right back there". I said quietly and sarcasticaly, "Thanks Lord!" I haven't sent that man any jokes for over a year, probably more like two years anyway.
Hockey Game Friday night.... I have pictures, and video!
Company on Saturday for the two Playoff games! I don't have any pictures or video!
Leg wrestling video coming soon!
Here is my brother at work in the cafe. We were outside and took this video clip. Nancy (remember the girl with the hair sticking straight up on her head?) sees us and sticks her tongue out at us and then moons us!
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