Finally the week comes to an end, yes!

Dear Ones,
Home never seemed so good as it did tonight. After a rather long day it was nice to come home and whip up a combo of lentils, baked beans, a dash of tomato juice and tofu cubes. When heated in the microwave it tasted really good, hearty. Then to relax a bit in the recliner in my newly cleaned family room. Then to the computer to write this important document.
Jason called and reported that our work on batteries was in fact a success. They took a charge and the golf cart is once again on the road, what great news to do something right! Jason has had a very big week as he prepared for the academy day, a two day process where potential students and their parents come to experience academy life at MBA. He says there are large numbers of people coming this year which is very exciting and means more work for him. Timothy is some better and smiling his way through life. Jo gave me such a precious printed book of photos of Timothy and me, it is just too cute.

At lunch time today I attended a retirement lunch for Ron Samoian, a long time friend. He has worked at the Lawrence Livermore Lab for the last 27 years and has contributed a lot to this nations safety through his work on weapons and they eventual destruction. The room was filled with fellow workers who had come to honor him for his work. He is a fine person and will have a time of adjustment in retirement as others have but he will never be out of something to do. He has contributed to Nan and my life in many ways. Once when he and Art were joining us on a cruise we ended up with just Ron as Art took ill just before the trip and was not able to go. Ron was a perfectly wonderful travel companion and when we could fight all the single ladies off we actually got to talk to him. He was so kind to Nan over the years and is a one of a kind guy who we both loved.

After lunch Loree had me scheduled for the afternoon in Tracy and Modesto. I inspected two sales in Tracy and discovered that there are many pending sales now being reported. Things are changing for the good but you'd never know it listening or watching the news. The agents I met with today say they are too busy to keep up right now. I arrived in Modesto and found the air had a chill to it so I measured quickly, shot my photos and then shot the comps and headed home. I slowed it down coming home, no reason to race and that way I could relax a bit.

This has been a good week, highlights include talking to my 4 kids and their kids, getting a good report from the doctor, receiving several checks and credit card payments this week, having Loree help with scheduling, having the thrill of paying $4.00 per gallon for diesel!!, suffering through a large iced tea I purchased at the gas station to find it was mostly water that tasted like soap, really awful, hearing from my friends at various bill collections agencies, some even spoke english or a version of it, walking every morning, sleeping well every night, hearing from friends, getting books and tapes in the mail, feeling pretty good in spite of a really bad cough and a constant pain generated by a tube near my ears. So some good, some bad.

I've had many pensive and sometimes happy moments remembering times with Nan, how she would prepare certain dishes, shop till she dropped, plan events, model outfits with only one response expected from me, thats nice honey, love it, look how slim it makes you appear.....

How was your week? I know Roger and Carol are into a new adventure with the new couple and I so hope that this is good chemistry. I always enjoy Bob's weather report and he is looking for rain without wind. I hope he is right. Sounds like their week went well and Irene had a clear CT scan and my poor kidos suffered with fever and flu all week, STeve and Keanna. What a winter this has been, more snow and cold than usual, sort of makes you challenge all the hype about global warming, wonder if we will look back in a few years and chuckle.

I heard from Wes today. Wouldn't it be nice to hear from Wes again? Perhaps we scared him away, you know he is very timid and can get his feelings hurt so we need to be very careful, maybe we can coax him out again.

Bedtime is now. You are precious and I love you but God loves you even more and He can do good things about His love for you. You are in good hands.

love

tim