Finally its Friday! Yea

Dear Family and Friends,
Well finally the long week is over. Its been great with visits to Tahoe, cool weather and incoming checks. The best thing is the family, what would this world be like without family. The Atwoods, Ronnie, Dana, Jonathan and grandson Anthony are visiting and are now back with me after spending time at Tahoe with Nikki and Steve. It was so exciting to know they were coming back and then they were here, noise from every room, showers running, good food smells, oh that is living. Dana reminds me so much of Nan and they both have the same huge hearts of love for their families. Like the rest of us Ronnie and Dana are aging a bit and none of us move as fast as we once did. Yet we laugh and share in a way that only families can do.
This evening Anthony is over playing at Keanna's house and Jonathan is watching movies on the little laptop. Once in awhile I hear him yell out in frustration as the wireless connection has quit and he is off the air.
This morning for breakfast we went to our new little Byron Inn, a tiny whole in the wall breakfast place near Safeway. the food is great, the service perfect and the prices very fair. It was nice.
A few minutes ago Dana and I were talking on the back deck while the sun was slipping behind the palm trees. Lois was trying to make Jazz her huge lab behave and of course loving Jazz just wanted to play. It was a tranquil time. Minutes before that Suzie called and we got a chance to catch up a bit. she finally was able to see the oncologist and her news is not good. After a new CT scan she will know more and then treatment will begin. She is having a good day and full of vigor and energy even driving to town by herself. Not all days are like that, most are filled with rest and pain.

We are looking forward to a great weekend. I'll tell you, this sure beats facing Friday night alone. People really make the world a decent place to live, I hope you enjoy your people this weekend, remember to love the one you are with, do it now while you can and before you are too old to even notice!

love to all

Tim