Author: newbie7

Good Morning All & Happy Saturday and…Hooray, Hooray, for the eighth of May everyone! Speaking of special days, here’s to my former co-worker and employee benefits consulting professional extraordinaire, Laurie, who celebrates her 62nd birthday today!  Here’s to you, Laurie!  You’ve come through much heartache in your life with your bright smile intact and have…Read more

Good Afternoon All & Happy Sunday! It’s a gloriously sunny day in Spokane WA today and everything is growing and/or in bloom…Spring is here in all it’s beauty!  Not to mention so many different birds at our bird feeders today…Robins, House Sparrows, English Sparrows, Chickadees, Mourning Doves, Northern Flickers, Stellar Jays and to cap it…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday! Wow!  It’s the last day of April already!  It seems as though this particular April is going out in style, as yesterday was a perfect day…temperatures in the 70s and blue sky & sunshine abounding!  Here’s hoping the snowpack in the mountains doesn’t melt too fast.  We need the…Read more

Good Morning Dear Family & Friends! Let me be one of the first to wish my beloved sister-in-law, Nancy, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Her special day of celebration is tomorrow, April 28th.  She is a true lover of souls and has a heart many, many sizes bigger than her body.  She’s truly “one in a…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Good Friday! On this day we remember the sacrifice that the Son of God (and “Son of Man”) made on the cross at Calvary for each and every one of us.  I’m always blown away with the thought that even if I was the only person on the face of…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Wednesday! Well, HOW ABOUT THOSE GONZAGA BULLDOGS!!!  Now it’s on to “The Final Four”!  Here’s to my favorite Zag players, Drew Timme & Aaron Cook, and all of the rest of the Zags for a terrific basketball season.  Let’s hope their “mojo” continues to a national championship.  They are “poetry…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Sunday! Little miss Tempa Joanne (“Tempa Jo”) continues to press on and is enjoying her time with her beloved family (Jake, Sarah & Izaak).  She heads to Seattle on April 12th for a consultation with the pediatric neurologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Dr. Russ Saneto, to see what can be…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Monday (and Happy Spring)!  Well, it’s official, Spring started this past Saturday…although it’s been delayed here in Spokane with some cold temperatures and a cold wind blowing this morning…and a little bit of sleet thrown in!  Bring on the flowers…bring on the sunshine!  We could sure use some Spring, don’t…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Sunday! Don’t you just love “March Madness?”  Even though you may not be a huge basketball fan, you gotta love the storybook endings to some of the tournament games, like the one last night when little known “Abilene Christian” knocked off Texas in the first round.  A #14 seed beating…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Saturday! The crocus are in full bloom and a sure sign that Spring is well on its way!  My idea of a perfect day weather wise is a Spring day with partly cloudy skies, a slight breeze and a temperature of 75.  What’s yours? Little miss Tempa Jo had a…Read more