I think I will bury my head in the sand for 2009

Tucson

ARG! ARRRGGGG! It is gonna' be one of those years. I can tell it! First off, my brother dies, now this! We had one big shock this morning. I opened an email from our doctor's office, and it informed us that our doctor had died on Friday from an unknown medical condition. ULP! We are both in shock. We loved our doctor here, we trusted him and truly liked him as a person. He was undoubtedly one of the most caring, concerned doctors we had ever come across. When my brother was sick Dr. Doner would call me in the evening to see how Dick was doing. He did the same thing when Al was sick. He was always counseling me to take care of myself so I could take care of Dick and Al. He was always genuinely concerned and he CARED. CRAP! Now we are going to have to go through the agony of finding another doctor and there will never be one that can replace Dr. Doner. So, Dr. Randall E. Doner, rest in peace, your work here is done...we will really miss you,. Now, Dr. Paplow, our doc in Seattle, make sure you take care of yourself...we are counting on you!

On a brighter note, Mike and Bev were here for the last 4 days and we had a blast with them here. Mike and Dad just kinda' did their own thing; grocery shopping, wandering around, etc. while Bev and I did our quilting thing. On Thursday I had a quilting class and Bev went with me. After class we went to In n Out Burger for lunch as she had never had an In n Out (sorry Mel). We hit another Quilt Shop on our way home. Bev was determined to introduce me to all the Quilt Shops in Tucson. I have been stuck on Catalina Quilting since I got here....I know all the people who work there, know the owner and it is just like "home" for me, but Bev was determined I was going to spread my wings. Thursday night we had the Hubbells, Voss's over for dinner...as well as Al's cousins Neil and Bobbi were here. Neil and Bobbi came in on Monday and parked their 5th wheel up here for a few days and we are always glad to see them.

Friday was Tombstone day. We spent the day in Tombstone, looking around. It has been a couple of years since Al and I had been there so we enjoyed it as well. Friday night we took Mike and Bev to our favorite steak house, "Lil Abner's" for dinner. The food there never fails to be excellent. Sufficently stuffed, we came home and collapsed.

Yesterday Bev and I set out to go to all the other quilt shops in Tucson that we hadn't been to. What a blast. I still prefer my HOME shop, but the others had some intersting things as well. Last night we had Gary, Jeannette, their daughter Kali and husband Scott and JOSH, their 18 month old son here for dinner, along with Bruce. Holly was not feeling well and didn't come and Cortney had to work.



Since Mike and Bev left this morning Al and I are sitting here looking at each other saying "now what?"....this week is a fairly calm week -- at least the calendar says so, we shall see how it ends.

So until next time....be happy and live each day to the fullest, for tomorrow may not come!