The February Doings

P & A stayed Friday night. A drove over from Coulee for a visit with her new grandchild-to-be.

Madison wanted to spend some money at the mall on Sat. so MJ went with us and we watched Mads spoil herself rotten. Then the 2 of them came to the beach for a run with Angelo. MJ went home and Mads stayed the night. She taught us 5-card poker, jokers and deuces wild. And she played games online, addressed all the valentines she bought, and wrote in her new, nifty red notepad. Lunch at the mall was from Panda Express and Orange Julius.

Marian served us a beautiful Italian lunch today of eggplant parmesan, meatballs, and green salad, along with Sicilian and Giordano Tuscan wine. Lovely. It was so good to visit with Marian again, it's been a while. Also a pleasant visit with Greta, Jeannie and Roy. Brownie got to come in and play awhile, too. We drove thru a snowstorm (non-roadsticking) on the way north to Bellingham (near Burlington) and another blast on the way south, this one south of Mt. Vernon and in north Sno Co.. The hills and fields were all white.

Meanwhile, we're home and have big plans every day. It's the only way we'll be ready for AZ on schedule. Tomorrow the truck goes in the shop for it's going over and I take Mom to the store, bank, etc. Wed. the trailer goes to Les Schwab for the tire check, pack wheel bearings and brake check. Thursday we go to the lawyer on Capital Hill to sign final drafts of the new updated versions. The glaring gaps in our paperwork became apparent when Tom had the life-threatening aneurysm surgery. We're trying to set up a trust so that if one of us is incapacitated, we'll spend down only half the value of the estate for medical care, and save half for the survivor or survivors. This lawyer is a very talented lady. Tom had signed some new POA's prior to his surgery. These papers will finally complete the deals.

Friday Mads and Everett School District grandchildren will all begin spring break. Friday the 13th of Feb. does not bring spring to mind since snow is in the forecast for tonight. Maddy, Papa and I are going to a movie. She wants to see something about dogs.

L & A celebrate their 1st anny next week. Celebrate!

Cliff and Linda meanwhile celebrate 40 years on March 1st.

We have a couple Sons of Italy meetings next week, both Sno-King and Mille Cugini.

The Rainier Ave family is heavy into music. New guitar for MJ, new bass guitar for Chloe, Mama sings base and beats the drums, Papa sings tenor and pounds the keyboard. Can't wait to hear them practice!!

We'll see Joe and Karen at the Bonita Mesa in March. Chris and Scott might visit, too. Maybe L and C (I hope), and Bob and Coco. We should have fun!!