Hi all, Sorry for being so out of touch.  The truth is that we are working our little tushes to the bone clearing out junk, junk and more junk.  This is a good feeling, but because of the Texas summer heat, Ray and I have ended up pooping out early in the evening all week….

Come one, come all.  We here on North Crockett in Sherman, Texas will be having our annual neighborhood garage sale this Saturday in our front yard at 716 North Crockett. As in the past, at least five families will be providing bargains on antiques, collectibles, clothing, toys, a few appliances, books, and goodies of all sorts….

Today we signed the papers to sell what we call the “Dimmit” house (named in deference to Pauline Dimmit, one of the early long-term owners).  This 1915 Dutch Colonial is located directly across the street from our home on North Crockett Street in Sherman, Texas.  While Ray and I are both delighted that we’ve sold…

We are in Texas.  Drove here, arriving yesterday late afternoon. Since then, we’ve already seen several friends, been to church, eaten catfish and also gone to an estate sale. Right now, we are going to bed.  Never mind that it is not even 9 pm. I will be checking back in once I have gotten…

For Sarah’s celebration yesterday, I made a favorite dessert – honey-sweetened banana pudding.  But because it was an extra special event, I made a honey-sweetened cherry topping as well.  (This was per Sarah’s request.) Rachael said today, “That pudding was so good, I could have eaten the entire thing all by myself and not even…

Today, Sarah graduated from the Family Medicine Residency program at Glendale Adventist Hospital. That is three years of hard work that have culminated in her and her fellow residents (8 in all) becoming Board Certified Family Physicians. As it turns out, our middle daughter Liz is the coordinator of Glendale Adventist’s Family Medicine Residency program. (Sarah…

The other day when our four-year-old granddaughter Luna was visiting, she looked at me and said, “Grandma, why are you and Grandpa church people?”  This was no doubt prompted by the fact that her mother had packed “church clothes” just in case we got everybody up, fed and ready in time for the 10:30 mass on…

A Happy Day by Luna (transcribed by Grandma) Flipperdee, the baby seal, was sitting on a rock by the ocean with his mother, Gloria.  Suddenly, a helmet dropped on Gloria tail.  The helmet had fallen off the head of a little girl who was riding her bicycle nearby.  The little girl jumped off her bicycle…

Today, we went to Sarah’s hospital, Glendale Adventist, where she is finishing the final week of the rotation from hell.  This is where we celebrated Father’s Day since she was on duty and couldn’t leave.  We got food from the cafeteria and headed into the residents’ quarters, where they have computers where they work and…

My dad was fifty when I was born. I was the lucky recipient of an adoring father who never wavered in his constant love and attention.  I know I am very fortunate to have had that kind of dad; one who treated me with kindness, respect, and as though I was someone special. I have…