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Good morning BBB friends. My sister has promised me a painting for years, and she finally gave me one of her works when I was down in Oregon. The painting is now hanging in our entryway, where guests will see it when they come in - and we'll see it every time we come down the stairs. Our July 4th weekend is going to be…

Good morning gentlemen. Mike's meal planning for camping trips is impressive. He and Rita would get along well. I'd just throw in some ramen and a bunch of cans and call it good. Cloudy and cool all day, today. Chance of showers tomorrow. We're looking at 71 today, 65 tomorrow. Kind of gloomy for a holiday weekend. Cooking…

I found a couple more photos to show how much Sassy has grown. The first she was a couple weeks old, the second was three days ago.

Good morning BBB friends. Survived the drive down to Salem and back, yesterday. Awful traffic coming back through Portland. Got some paperwork done at the bank with mom, brother and sister. My sister gave me a large painting she did for me. She has become pretty prominent in the Salem art scene, with two separate shows…

Good morning gentlemen. Hope the doc visit is productive, Steve. I had a long day, yesterday. Drove 160 miles to Salem and spent the day with mom, sister and brother. Took an hour and a half of us signing our names to a bunch of trust documents at a bank. On the drive back, I hit Portland right at rush hour - never fun. My…

Good morning BBB friends. Sassy wasn't content with the apple crisp incident. Yesterday she decided it was fun to see how deep a hole she could dig, right in the middle of one of Rita's flower beds. Also, we can't get rid of the aroma from her throwing up on the carpet. We'll have to borrow DS's steam cleaner, I think. So…

Good morning gentlemen. I'm driving down to Oregon this morning, to see my mom, and also meet with my siblings about managing mom's affairs.

Good morning BBB friends. I got dessert last night. Rita mixed up new topping for the apple crisp. We had broiled halibut with sauteed kale - followed by a bowl of apple crisp, still warm out of the oven. Sassy seemed alright, so I let her into the family room with us - and she threw up all over the carpet. That got her a…

Good morning gentlemen. Good luck on the water, Lee. Hope the stripers are biting. We updated our will several years ago and also have living wills and directives filed with the legal office at the Army hospital. Rita handles most of our financial stuff, but she is terrified that I will die before her. I have promised to…

Beautiful, Skip. By the way on the Sassy infuriating description: Rita was making apple crisp for tonight. She mixed up the topping in a large stainless-steel bowl - a cup of rolled oats, a cup of sugar, half a cup of flour, 3/4 cup of butter, along with some salt and cinnamon. She left the topping in the bowl on the…

Good morning BBB friends. I know you have discussed moving for a while. Skip. Sassy is sort of normal, I guess. She is goofy, fun, infuriating, affectionate, lazy, eager, energetic ... in a random pattern that defies predictability. That's a golden retriever. Hard to believe we almost took her back to the breeder. What a…

Good morning gentlemen. Snacking is my downfall - or having snack in the house is. I ate a Hershey bar before I went up to bed, last night. Stupid. Couldn't do stupid if the Hershey bar wasn't in the pantry. It starts as I walk through the store, really. I vow to do better, Rita, Sassy and I had fun, yesterday, adjusting…

Good morning BBB friends. Waving back, Skip. Our 90-degree weather continues, today. Cool tomorrow. Sassy had a lot of play time with Rita and the kids yesterday, while I was at a long meeting at church. Lots of Slip 'N Slide, sprinkler running, ball chasing ... They were all so tired by evening that when I called out that…

Good morning gentlemen. Woke up at 3 and couldn't get back to sleep, so here I am now, at 4:21, coffee in hand, and greeting the day online. Sassy was so tired she didn't get up when I did. She's still sleeping upstairs. She spent so much time playing with the kids that she was just beat. Going to be another 90-degree day,…

Good morning BBB friends. It was 87 yesterday, so a great day for our version of pool time: I set up the Slip 'N Slide for the grandkids and Sassy. A great time was had by all. The AC kicked on for the first time this year. It is forecast to be in the 90s today and tomorrow. That constitutes a heat wave here on Puget…

Good morning gentlemen. Lots of fun with the grandkids, yesterday. They played in the backyard, some of it on the Slip 'N Slide, while their Pop sat in the shade and read a book. Sassy had a great day, too.

Good morning BBB friends. I had a successful fishing trip, yesterday. Watched the ospreys and bald eagles fishing out over the lake, and caught my own limit, too. Setting up the Slip 'N Slide for the grandkids, today. It will be interesting to see if we can keep Sassy from tearing it up.

Good morning gentlemen. It's 6 a.m. and the grandkids are already up. I need to cook breakfast, I guess. Later I'll get out the Slip-N-Slide. It will be in the 80s, today and 90s on Sunday. Their parents are taking a friend on his firat backpacking trip. I broke my fishing jinx, yesterday; caught my limit of trout. Not a…

Good morning BBB friends. Trying to get out the door to go fishing. Wish me luck.

Good morning gentlemen. Our spell of great weather continues, today, with a sunny 78 in the forecast. To celebrate, I'm going fishing. My DW laughs that I never catch anything. That is more due to the fished-out status of my favorite fishing spot than shortcomings in my strategies, I think. But I love spending time sitting…

Good morning BBB friends. Wonderful wedding Lisa. Lifetime memories. Quite a ride, Skip. Great hike, yesterday. I do this one at least once a year, as a sort of test. It's almost 16 miles with a lot of climbing on rugged trail. A bit sore, today. You left the Northwest too soon, Steph. Now that you are gone the weather is…

Good morning gentlemen. Great hike, yesterday. Aren't they all? This is a fairly hard one with some substantial mileage - 15.8 - and a pretty good climb - 3.400 feet - on some steep, rugged trail. I's a sort of annual test for me in my ongoing battle against old age. I passed. Sore today, though. Pretty much perfect…

Good morning BBB friends. Heading out the door for a hike in the Olympic Mountains.

Good morning gentlemen. You're up early, Steve. I woke at 3:30 and thought "What the heck. I'll get to the trailhead early." So, I got up. Now I am doing a quick check-in before packing my lunch. I'm hiking up to Flapjack Lakes, in Olympic National Park. I've done this one at least once every year for the last decade, at…

Good morning BBB friends. Crater Lake is even more spectacular in person than it looks in a photo. I'm glad the weather cooperated for Steph's visit. Busy day for me: restacking and sorting out my woodshed, rearranging the garage, and fixing my chainsaw, before having a meeting at church to evaluate an applicant to be the…

Good morning gentlemen. I cut several nice pieces of black cherry, before the chain on my saw seized up. I think it is a faulty chain safety lock. I'll look at it today. I need to unstack and resort my wood pile, too, to accommodate the new pieces. There won't be room, unless I can remove some old stuff from the bottom.…

Good morning BBB friends. Nice cat, Lee. We had a family get-together at DS's house last night. DDIL grilled shrimp and sausages, with some salads and a really tasty homemade strawberry-rhubarb ice cream for dessert. Sassy's tighty-whities were unstained this morning, so I guess she is through with that portion of her…

Good morning gentlemen. We called it vitamin I in the Army, Lee. I always kind of enjoy pain that comes from doing work; like the final sign than I really did something. Of course, if the pain lasts it's not so welcome. Wonderful evening at DS's house last night. Monday is Rita's casino day - euphemistically called running…

It's sunny, up here in Tumwater, Steph. Where are you hiking?

Good morning BBB friends. Sassy has been going through this for a week and a half - and you are telling me this is only halfway!!! I thought we were almost through. Not really happy with our new CRV - we really wanted a Toyota, but none were available at the time, and we needed a car then, not in two months. Yesterday I…