Resolution

My one New Year's resolution is to spend more time with family. I remember when Uncle Roy and Aunt Zina would visit. It always brought out the best in me!

Tonight my Chinese fortune cookie said, "Happy events will take place shortly in your home."

I hope so...

Need I Say More?

12-28-90

Yes, it's our anniversary. Raise your hand if you thought Robyn would tolerate John for 18 years? Anyone? Anyone?Skinny young people just cutting our wedding cake.

Not so skinny and not so young people by the fireplace on Christmas 2008.

Winter Wonderland

So our heater broke on Monday, seemed to be working again, so we canceled the repairman's visit on Tuesday. Came home from work on Wednesday and it was not working. Woke up this morning to this. Yes, that's inside the house. The repairman came today!

Missing Sweden?

And to think we were almost packed and ready to move!



An earthquake struck southern Sweden Tuesday, triggering hundreds of phone calls from alarmed residents to emergency services operators, officials said.

Uppsala University seismologist Reynir Bodvarsson told the Swedish news agency TT he estimated the quake measured between magnitudes 4.5 and 5.0 on the Richter scale, saying, "It was likely felt in much of southern Sweden. For Sweden, this is a very strong quake."

"The bed shook for about 20 seconds," Helsingborg resident John O'Leary told The Local, adding that it woke him at about 6:20 a.m. and knocked over several items in his apartment.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7, which, if accurate, would make it the strongest earthquake to hit Sweden in more than 100 years. An earthquake on Oct. 23, 1904, with an epicenter near the Koster Islands off Sweden's west coast reached a magnitude of 6.0, TT said.

Santa Lucia

Orebro, Sweden
1981

IKEA California
2008

Transfer Day

Elder Patton in Argentina needed someone with a truck to help with his latest transfer.

Problem solved.