Happy Friday Everyone! TGIF FO SHO!
Regarding my previous entry and my dilemma, I decided to just pay the ticket. I figured I was "guilty as charged" so why fight it?
Upcoming weekend activities: Friday night is Abbie's 9th birthday party. Her daddy Paul will be doing his last set of chemotherapy treatments and will be getting out of the hospital the day of her birthday so her birthday will be celebrated early while Paul is feeling good.
On Saturday I will be visiting with Taylor and her mommy Kathryn. YEAH! "T" time!
Now onto photos from the Compassionate Friends "Walk To Remember" that was held on the last day of the conference:
Here is our group that attended the conference from CA:

Here is a photo of Debbie showing the names of the children that we were walking in memory of:

Anyone notice that they are all males?? Weird, eh?
- You all know how Christopher passed away........
- Mike Indiveri is the brother of our good friend Leslie. Her brother died when he was 15 years old and was working at a local Payless Drug Store. He was using a box crushing machine and somehow ended up in it. Very sad.......
- Next is Leslie's son John Michael. He was stillborn. He would have been 17 years old right now. He and his Uncle Mike are buried together.
- Next is my friend Sue's nephew, Jason. He died in an auto accident on his way home from a church event.
- The next two young men, Bob & Michael are son's of a wonderful woman, Jill that I met here on Xanga.
Next photo - Group shot of some of the walkers. This was the largest amount of people that attended the conference AND did the walk.

Our friends that we met at the conference last year in Oklahoma:



Look at this sweet decal that was on a car in the parking lot at the conference:

This gal is author Chris Mulligan. She wrote a book about her son and communications that she has had with him since he passed away. She is from the Oregon area so we will see her again next year in Portland. We actually met her last year in OKC. One of these days my friend Marla in OKC will receive her book. I just need to find it (it's lost somewhere in my house) and put it in the mail for her! <wink>

Speaking of Portland, I have already started planning our trip for next August! I want to visit my friend Denise's brother in Snohomish, WA. He owns a Rocky Moutain Chocolate Factory at a mall there. How convenient is that? Shopping and visiting all in one visit!
My siblings and I went to a memorial this past Saturday for a lady that passed away earlier in the month. She and her family moved up to Vancouver, WA (real close to Portland), so we will visit the family on the trip next year as well.
Another stop we will do is an overnight stay in Astoria, Oregon. It is a sweet, Victorian coastal town that the movies Goonies and Kindergarten Cop were filmed. I fell in love with that town after seeing those movies. I've been there twice before and can't wait to go back.
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I have been doing some remodeling here at my house for quite a few weeks and we are at the point where we need a dumpster to get rid of a lot of debris. My brother JUST told me some guys in a white pickup truck were trying to dump some of their sh*t in my dumpster. Grrr......THAT P*SSES ME OFF to no end. What right do they have to dump THEIR trash in MY bin that I AM PAYING FOR?
I'm off to go look for my rifle now. (Kidding, I don't have one but IF I DID!)
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Last photo for the eve - Charlie was looking SO cute watching me type away here on my laptop:

There you go! Can you all believe I did 3 entries this week? That is the most I've done in a long time!
I hope you all have a GREAT weekend and as always, be sure to hug your families!!
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