Hello again, I always take such a long time between posts. From the fall of 2020 through all of 2021 the country suffered through the Covid 19 and all the preceding variants. We are far from normal but in a much better place now. Vaccines are now common place, there are still those that refuse to be vaccinated and there are still deaths associated with this virus. Masks are voluntary many people still mask up, especially in public places.
As I write this, we are still in Borrego but only for a few more weeks. It’s been a nice winter and we spent 4 days or so with both Ben & Matt in Palm Springs and Jake, ‘Em & Grace here in Borrego, we really enjoyed both visits. This past summer we spent 4 days with Jake & family on the Oregon coast, really had fun (Jake needs a mini-van)! We had several great visits with Ben and Matt (yummy food) and even had Travis & Anne spend a few days with us. One of the highlights last summer was learning how to grow sunflowers, we really enjoyed them out our bedroom window, Ben has already planted 36 new starts for more sunflowers (and maybe some sunflower seeds) this summer.
Chris finally retired last fall and by now is getting comfortable in retirement, that just isn’t as easy as one might imagine. It’s hard to let go, its hard to see the money stop coming in and it takes time getting comfortable with how to spend the time. Chris is very involved in the ladies golf here at the Roadrunner. While she isn’t a big golf fan, her responsibilities have helped keep her busy and she has met a lot of ladies.
I continue to run the men’s group (Coyotes) here in Borrego and I also enjoy that responsibility. My golf game is good, not great but I do have my moments. On Dec 13th I shot a 70! That’s the lowest score I’ve ever shot. I’ve never even shot par before let alone shoot 2 under.
Murphy is now almost 3 and still a handful. Riley keeps hanging in there, he’s 10 now, not in great shape but still good enough to go for an occasional walk. Both the boys will enjoy coming home and having their back yard and freedom to roam around.
After the major kitchen project last season, we’ve not done much in the way of improvements down here. Back in Hoodsport, I spearheaded a fiber-optic cable install in our development.
Ben and Matt set everything up for us back home. In addition to new tv’s and new sound, they installed programmable light switches and thermostats that will allow us to program lights and temperatures remotely, sounds cool, hope Chris & I can figure it out!
Another change, I traded in my truck. Much harder than it should have been. With Covid, many things like computer chips coming from China were in short supply, this really affected the auto industry. Love the new truck, I’m still trying to get use to the RED!
As far as our family goes, not much change. Travis and Ann are living in Spokane and seem happy, they both recently started working for Amazon. Jake & family are also doing well, Grace is great!!! As she gets older she still keeping her charm but we are having even more fun now with her. She recently taught me how to talk to her via our apple watches (walkie talkie). She continues to be very active in sports and school activities.
Looking forward to returning home, temps are in the mid 90’s here (hotter than normal). Maybe I’ll try another post in the fall.
