These are the West Ladies. I wanted to can this year and got some books and DVDs from the library. The DVD was of these four women canning in their outdoor kitchen. They pickled eggs. Pickled eggs don't really sound that appetizing but after watching the DVD I wanted to pickle eggs. And make sauerkraut. They have other DVDs on candlemaking, soapmaking and a bunch of other fun stuff. And they have a CD.

We lost kitty

Mr. Maggie is in kitty heaven with Alex, Libby and Smitty.

Boeing Feature Story: Go inside the first 787 Dreamliner

Boeing Feature Story: Go inside the first 787 Dreamliner

Grover on marriage

An Afternoon of Blue Angels

Toni, Brandon and I had the opportunity to view the Blue Angels as they performed their show over Lake Washington during Sea Fair.  Unfortunately the weather was a factor, and due to the low cloud cover they had to fly what they call the "flat" show.

On board the Royal Argosy for a lunch cruise.  Uh... those are Thomas Kemper Root Beers.

The boats staged to watch the airshow.

"Fat Albert"

Diamond Formation:  They flew right over us.

One of the two Solo planes.

Yes... they were this close.

Slow pass "dirty"

The Diamond flying over the stern flag.

One of the two solo planes at 700 mph, just under the speed of sound.

You can see the vortex developing.  And it was loud.

Hi speed turn overhead.

All six.

What an incredible show!

Military Airlift (well sort of... I was in the military and I was lifted into the air)

Scenes from Bryan's trip to Moses Lake, WA.   Our plant in Moses Lake manufactures the largest of the Genie products including the Z135, an articulating unit that can reach 135ft.   The Moses Lake plant is located at the local airport.   It is used by the military for touch and go training, as well as Boeing for flight testing.  The buildings are 6 stories high and used to house B-52s back in the day.  Hopefully that will give everyone a little perspective on what 135 ft feels like.

Shot from my Black Berry at 135 ft

Going up.

At full height.

Yep at least one hand was on a rail.

The chassis of the Z135.

So, there you go... tomorrow... off to see the Blue Angels at the Seattle Sea Fair.  

Wow -it's been such a long time, I forgot my user name for getting on to the blog. A half an hour later and Google thinking I'm trying to hack in to my own account - I remembered. Yeah for me!

So Bryan is far, far away in Moses Lake doing businessy things. Phbbbttttt. That's all I have to say about that.

Brandon is settling in. He's practically moved into the local Guitar Center. It's a little bigger than the one in Pueblo.

My news is all good. Liver scan normal. Cholesterol good. Oh, I do have osteopenia so more calcium supplements for me. The side effects of the Tamoxifen are not too bad. Little bit of joint ache but nothing too bad. I do have a few hot flashes and am generally warmer but that's a good thing. Women who experience hot flashes are less likely to have a recurrence.

My lymphedema is controlled even though I didn't think it was. I went to the physical therapist to see where I was at. Turns out the difference in the measurements between my arms is about 1 centimeter. Which means there really isn't a difference. I still have some pain and was thinking (hoping) it was related to the swelling. Now it looks like the pain is just left over nerve damage.

Our next fun trip is to see the Blue Angels. We are going to use the same boat company that we used for the 4th of July excursion. All of the fun - none of the traffic.

We'll try to post a few more pictures from the last few weeks.

Love you all...