Sacramento had snow!

However, it was in East Sacramento and did not fall in the area where we have our winter home.  Sure would have been funny if I had had to bring my snow blower down from Reno in order to move snow here.

For sure, I was ready to take pictures, but ALAS, it came to naught.  Will  head up to Reno tomorrow and perhaps I will get a few snow pictures there.

I think that JoAnn will have to drive.  I am getting my eyes checked tomorrow and they will get dialated.  May take a while for a return  to normal.  Oh well!

Saw Kirby today.  He is one handsome dude, a lady killer for sure at the age of thirty-two days.  He is amazing to hold.

Would you believe.........???

They are predicting snow for the central valley in Callifornia1  Oh well, it does happen about once every ten years or so.  Last time I think it was in the late nineties.  (God bless us all!)

Time marches on!  The mother of my deceased wife passed on on the day after Thanksgiving,  A very special lady.  I would write a book about her life except I am too close, knowing things that might prejudice her memory.

Goodbye mom!  You were a winner in my book!

Anticipation

Well, Thanksgiving is here and we await the coming of "family." This year we will have three new members of our group. They include two grandchild, who only became aware of each other yesterday, and the grandmother of our SIL.

Included will be the parents of SIL, the parents of DIL, MIL, daughter and husband, son and wife. Including the babies that should add up to a rather manageable fourteen.

Four years ago we had forty, with the garage turned into a dining room. Now that was a Thanksgiving to remember.

Niece will have some of the scattered members of the family to Fort Collins, for Turkey day. and brother in Corvallis, Oregon, will have members of his family there.

There is a multitude of people for whom I give thanks. They played a major role in my life that cannot be measured. Without their help and counsel, I would have been nothing.

"For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in."

Good-bye Mom!

My mother-in-law (first marriage not current marriage) is in hospice, shielded from considerable pain by drugs. She is not expected to live more than a few more days.

I bow my head as I think of the women she was. Surviving with one child while her husband was in the South Pacific, fighting for our country in WWII.

She survives the deaths of both of her parents, the death of her husband, sister, brother, daughter and one grandson. Though it all this woman with an indomitable spirit kept on deeping on.

I can have no greater respect than this. Good-bye mom!

Well....

We have been in Sacramento for the past few days. Here for Thanksgiving and will have about twenty people at our house here if all invited come.

Spook is safely under cover here in Sacramento and will have an additional cover if the one I ordered ever gets here.

New grandson is thriving and getting better looking each day. (He is now seventeen days old.)

We will have to return to Reno pretty soon, if the snow and Caltrans allows. Have to get the snow off the sidewalk in front of our house there. (The homeowners' association is a bit touchy about this kind of thing.)

I really enjoyed the "BIG GAME" last night. Both teams deserved to win and played very well. Daughter, Stanford graduate, did not enjoy it much, but such are the vicissitudes of life.

Must wander on now. Y'all take care hear?

Family Dinner

We will have the family to the house for dinner tonight. Guests will include Ross, Su Chin, Noah and Carisse from Melbourne, Australia. Peter and Laura will be here along with grandmother Anne from Elk Grove.

Hopefully, I shall turn out a perfect prime-rib on the rotisserie.

This will be the last we will be able to hang with the Aussie folks as they will be returning to Australia shortly.

The air conditioning has come on in the house, so that means that indoor temperature has reached seventy-five degrees. May be able to eat out in the back yard depending on how quickly the temperature. drop to the low eighties.

We should have a great evening.