We had a busy weekend. On Saturday, we left a little after 10:00 to drive almost 2 hours to my Dad’s. He recently moved into an assisted living facility. After visiting and having lunch with him there, we went to his old place that he and my step-mom (who just moved into a memory care facility down in the Portland area) just moved out of to pick up a mini fridge for the girls (one or the other) to have for their dorm room. We got back home around 3:30, then we packed up to head over to Crescent Bar. We just sold our condo there, so we needed to clear out some personal belongings before closing on Wednesday. It wasn’t quite warm enough to use the pool yet, but we did go in the hot tub Saturday night, and then on Sunday we took a nice walk with Kona and she got to play in the river a bit and run around in some of the grassy areas. It was very bittersweet selling the condo. Paul’s family has been going there for over 40 years, and I started going w...
This Easter was our last with high school-aged or younger kids in the house. So weird. I thought that I wasn't going to bother putting up what few Easter/spring decorations I have, but on Saturday I realized that I have a cute wreath that I definitely wanted to put up, so I got out my decorations after all and put them up. Just a few things for the mantel, the wreath and some old Easter photos of the girls. This table runner is new this year. Saw it at Fred Meyer and thought it was cute and needed something for spring. The girls' last (maybe, we'll see) Easter basket was a Trader Joe's mini tote filled with favorite treats. I didn't even know about the mini totes until a co-worker mentioned that she went one morning and they were selling them, and apparently it's a big deal because people get there early and wait in line. So she went ahead and bought 4 of them and then asked me if I wanted one or two, perhaps for the girls. Then she said that another ...