It's been a week since my last update and a busy one for most everyone I've heard from. Joe cleaned 'PaPa's' van so it was free of dog hair and dog odor and lent it to Lydia and her parents for a trip to Kansas City where Lydia and her school group to fly out to Costa Rica. The group won't return until this weekend, so it's a long week for Lydia's grandparents and also for Pepper, the dog. A long week for different reasons. Pepper because he is banned from the van for the whole week and Lydia's grandparents muss her so much.

Joe's daughter Lisa and husband Jack flew to Chicago on Thursday flew to Chicago and home on Sunday. Lisa goes to Little Rock sometime in April where she will be the keynote speaker at a teachers' event and to San Diego in November for a teacher of the year award/event.

Joe's son David (aka Evil Keneivel) had not disclosed his plans for the weekend. He and Joe did have breakfast Sunday morning. I caught Joe on IM just as he was leaving. They could have come to the lake where Goldman. Mad Dog, and I spent the weekend. The weather wasn't so good but the lake is always a good place to be. We had a great weekend. It was just too short.

The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Unit #166 may have a new treasurer or, as Pete calls it bean counter. Joe was discussing the idea of using some of Beth's newly acquired MBA acqired knowledge to assist him should he get this position. Beth said she doubted there would be very many beans to count.

Donald called on Sunday. He and Vita had been to New York City for the St. Patrick's Day parade. He was going back to Florida as soon as Spring break for some is over. When the guys have their annual fishing trip, they do plan to go see Wanda Jean. None of them seem to know exactly when that's going to be but sometime soon.

Pete and Janet are back in Idaho and waiting for Spring there. It's closer here than it is there. Things are blooming and popping out all over. The trees in our subdivision are gorgeous!