Oregon Living 2025 – Blog #7 –  More Prep, Our First Snowfall, a Birthday and Valentine's Day!!

 

Sunday, February 9^th., 2025…… Weather is just ok today. No rain but it’s a little brisk! I went out and got us breakfast and Cat walked the girls. We ate and then relaxed for the day. It’s Super Bowl Sunday, so I spent the morning watching the pre-game festivities. I have little interest in the game this year. I am rooting for the Eagles because I do not like the arrogant Chiefs! I expect the Chiefs to win (by a large margin) but we’ll see….  I taped the game and watched it until it was time to leave for Cat’s first Plus lesson. Like I said, I pretty much knew how it will end and the Eagles would be way behind. I was pleasantly surprised and shocked to see that the Eagles had a 21-0 halftime lead!  Will watch later.  The class went well and I think Cat enjoyed the new calls. There are roughly 30 Plus calls and the class will go at least 6 weeks. Cat will get 3 lessons before we leave. We went with the group to Panda Express for an afterparty, then came home. We watched the second half together (forwarded through the terrible halftime show!) and we were both amazed that the Eagles held on to win the Super Bowl!  Yaay!  I’m happy to see the arrogant Chiefs and their fans on the losing end for a change. I don’t put blame on many things but it just seems pretty obvious to me that throughout the season and playoffs, the referee’s calls always go against any teams playing the Chiefs. But not tonight! Yaay again!  

Monday, February 10^th., 2025…… We woke up to really cold temps.  It was 28° when we walked this morning.  The heater has been going pretty much all day and night to keep the house at 68°.  Our bill last month and the one I just got last week were 50% higher!  No worries, we are warm inside. We braved the cold and walked then fed the girls then took off to the gym and then to Kevin’s for breakfast. Nothing else on the list today so we concentrated on our packing. I went through all of my t-shirts and pulled out a dozen for the trip. But I have four new ones coming today so I’ll cull out some to make room for them.  They will get vacuumed sucked for the bags. Cathye ordered another pair of Skechers and plans to break them in before the trip. I think I am 90% done – two weeks out! Later, we watched some of our taped shows. I have Cat hooked now on Deal or No Deal Island, so we caught up on that one. 

Tuesday, February 11^th., 2025…… We have class this afternoon but nothing else. I did have a few little things on my to-do list around the house. The temps are freezing outside (and in the shed where the bikes are) so I needed to get the batteries out of the bikes and into the house for the winter. Should have done that last month!  We left early for class and stopped and picked up our prescriptions at Walgreens. After class, we stopped and picked up dinner. We both wanted to try the mushroom burger at Burger King. We got home and ate (burger was really good – we will definitely go back there for those again!) and then settled in for the evening. Tv and bed.

Wednesday, February 12^th., 2025…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDYN!  We are meeting them at James Gang Pizza later this evening to celebrate. He is 11 today.

Penny had her colonoscopy this morning. Maraglee is driving her there and back home. They told her she shouldn’t be alone at night, so she might be staying here tonight. She called later to say everything went well and she is feeling fine. She needed a nap and would let us know if she would be coming over.

Later, we headed over to pizza and met up with the kids. We invited Penny and she said she was good but didn’t want to drive. We had a nice meal with Brandyn and Bailey and Corey and Vikki. Vikki is due in April but looks ready now! She ate salad. We ordered their Holy Cow. This thing is 30” across. We had tons left.

 

We took two boxes and the kids took the rest (in a large box). After dinner, we took one of the boxes over to Penny. She was doing well and would stay at her own house tonight. She wasn’t hungry but at least she has food for tomorrow!  We came home and rested from the day. We are keeping an eye on the weather. They said we have conditions that should bring snow to the lower elevations. It was 34° when we were out tonight and will get down to 27° later.  Tv and then bed.    

Thursday, February 13^th., 2025…… Yep - we woke up to snow on the ground this morning! It is the first of the season. I think it might have made it to ½” – maybe. It didn’t stick to the grass but stayed on the driveway and walkways and roads for most of the day. When we went out to walk the dogs, we tried the cramp-ons that Cat had bought last season. They were elastic and went over the shoes and have wire on the bottoms for traction. It worked! We felt very secure on the walk. 

But that would be all we would do outside today. We were supposed to go to get massages this afternoon, but after communications from Emily, we decided to reschedule as neither of us wanted to drive today! We stayed in and watched the weather. We got some small flakes but nothing else. By the afternoon, the snow was gone.    

Friday, February 14^th., 2025…… HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! Since we weren’t out and about yesterday, we decided to go this morning. We had a dusting of snow last night and you could see it in areas, but overall it was safe to drive. So, we went out to Kristi’s for breakfast. On the way and when we parked there, it started to come down. It lasted for 20 minutes and then melted away to slush. We got home with no issues and stayed home until later in the day. Cathye had a surprise for me – I had to get dressed up -  not really, just red shirt and Levis. Before her surprise, I gave her my gift. I had ordered a lighted sign with us on Adirondack chairs looking at sunset on the beach. It was customized with our likenesses and names. Not a big deal for me to order but she liked it!

 

We drove into town and she had me park across the street from Kristi’s. We were going to Le Cirque for a special Valentine’s Day dinner!  Cat had booked us in for 5:00pm and chose for us to be seated upstairs. They had tables set up for twos for the night. The package was soup or salad, appetizer, and Lasagna/Fettuccine Alfredo/Pappardelle Bolognese, and dessert, plus alcohol.

The meal was VERY good!  We enjoyed everything from start to finish and I was delighted she did this for us. We went home with leftovers and still we were stuffed!  We got back home and rested from the meal and watched tv until bedtime. It was a great evening! I love this woman so much!  

Saturday, February 15^th., 2025…… Club dance tonight. That was it for the day, so we relaxed and did some more packing – or rather Cat did!  I have mine almost done. I only have the last minute items for my carryon to pack. Penny came by and we discussed plans for getting us to the shuttle stop next week.  We will pack the Honda and drive to her place and take her to the pickup place. Then she will drive it back to her place and put in her garage and drive her car over here and will have our spot in the garage to use.  We also have a list of things for her to do (watering, adding chlorine to the spa, etc.).  Later, we ate our leftovers and dressed and headed off to our dance. It was lightly attended but was fun. Shaun's wife, Lila, even helped out on a singing call!

We came straight home afterward and watched a show before heading off to bed.