Snow everywhere but watch out here comes the Sun

3 weeks ago the weather was warming up some. It was kind of disappointing that it hadn't snowed that much this year. Yes, there was about 3 feet out there but not fresh. We left for the trip to Alabama and by the time we got back the second time it had snowed almost everyday. But on the Morning (1:30AM) that we got back it was a white out. The wind was strong and the snow drifting. It's snowed lightly since, but alas we are into another warm up. Their saying that breakup isn't here yet though. The road graders are clearing Cordova St as I type and the sidewalks too. They pile it into the middle of the street and a dump truck and front end loader remove it out to the mountains somewhere.

We were looking for a camper this past weekend and took a ride up to Wasilla and wow they have a lot of snow up there. Everything was so white. It looked like powdered sugar had been poured all over everything. So pretty.

John is working hard on a Seminar he is putting together about Piping Codes. He'll do 5 Classes. Me, I'm sewing and keeping everything shipshape. I also have some editing to do on our last batch of pictures. I'm going to Hawaii to see Christroper and family next week. John has a lot to keep him busy.

A sad few weeks

I know it's been 3 weeks since I wrote in this blog. We got news of John's mother (Nana)not being well and flew to Birmingham to see her. John got to spend several days with her. He gave her water and milkshakes. They talked about the early days and what was happening in the present. She told him he was her favorite son. They did Grocho Marx eyebrows together. Scott and Eric came down from SC and spent some time with her. It was very nice to see how gentle they were her. She seemed very happy to see everyone. Patti got to spend some good time with her also. I told her what a great Mother-in-law I thought she was and she thanked me for being in John's life.

She slept more and more the next couple days. Not knowing how long she had we went back home. Got back to Anchorage at 2AM on Sunday morning, slept, got up and went to church and came home to watch the Dog races of Furondy. They had already started and I had taken a few pictures while John made dinner. He got a call from Patti saying Nana had passed away. She had gotten to spend some time with her before and then after.

We spent the afternoon making reservations to go back. So on Tuesday morning we began our flight back to Birmingham. Thursday and Friday the family arrived. A lovely funeral Mass was held at the Catholic Church Nana had attended for many years on Saturday. She will be missed by many. We returned on Monday to Anchorage.