Anniversary, Great Reunion Weekend and Stupid Scammer

It is Monday morning again and it sure feels like it.  I am exhausted from the weekend.  It was so busy and fun!  But before I post about it I want to say Happy Anniversary to Ryan and Amanda!!!!! We love both of you and are proud of you!

My weekend started on Friday having coffee with Nell.  It was nice.  We had good conversation for over an hour.  I came home and should have taken a nap but didn't.   That night I picked up Karla and went to the casino in Suquamish for the 40th class reunion "Break the Ice"!  It was an amazing turnout. Saw a few people I hadn't seen in 40 years!  Karla had a good time. Won $90!  She is so lucky. There was a lot of laughter and hugs!!!! We got there around 6:30 and left after 8:30. Pretty early. I was done. My friend, Sherri is in the first picture. The blond and I have been friends since 8th grade! Love her!

Anna Collins came to her first reunion (in the black). She was our class president and has lived all over the world AND wrote a famous play called The Angry Housewives. Good to see her again.

 Took Karla home and was in bed by 10. Still woke up tired.

Got ready for the Worship/Testimony part of the reunion in the morning. Papa scrambled up a bunch of scrambled eggs to bring. Couldn't find her house at first but finally made it.  Great food, great testimonies by Idar, Norene, Marty and Adrianne. Bob gave a great message. Kathleen sang a beautiful song. And the worship songs were awesome. It is nice spending time with fellow believers loving the Lord!!!!  I was hoping more would come. There were only 14 or so classmates with spouses. My spouse didn't go. Maybe next time.

I went to Albertson's for food and headed up to the picnic. Now that was a turn-out!!!! I was shocked. Over 74 classmates alone..not including spouses. So much food!!!! Shirley made burgers and hot dogs. There were tons of dishes, chips, chicken, fruit, salads, desserts, etc... We could have eaten for a week! Our Class Reunion Site has tons of pictures. http://nkclassof74.blogspot.com/  I am posting a few here.
We had 70's music playing in the background which Ted provided plus he played his guitar and sang! That was pretty cool.  We had two teachers there...Mr. Harney (teacher, counselor and the basketball coach) and Mr. Taylor (teacher and baseball coach and asst. football coach). Very honored to have them with us! They are both legends at North Kitsap High School!!!!

Ann, Mr. Taylor, Sherri and myself

Mr. Harney and Ann

Averil did memorial windmills with their names on them.  We left them for kids to enjoy.

Our crazy class. Partyers to the right, confused on the left!

The lady on the right... Adrianne stepped up to the plate and planned so much of this!

grumpy cat came!

Reunion committee: Cindy, Shirley, me, Adrianne and Kathleen

Judy brought memorabilia 

Sherri and I!  Friends for 45 years!

Yesterday I lazed around all day! I was so tired!!!!  Today looks like the same!  Nell and Jael are supposed to stop by on their way back to Montana and say goodbye. Jael wanted to see me.

Had some good news...my niece Alyssa is joining Karla's softball team.  They needed someone to help out. With injuries we seem to be running out of bodies during a game. She is a great little player too. I am excited! She's played for the high school since her freshman year and on a select team, too.

Now my complaint corner: Last night I was in bed reading and the phone rings at 9:30 p.m.  It is "out of area" so I figured I best answer it. It was some foreign woman telling me my computer has a virus. I was not happy with her...in fact I was quite rude. First of all, Microsoft isn't going to "call" you at 9:30 at night or any time to let you know you have a virus. So I knew it was a scam. She finally hung up on me. Here is some info on it: http://greekgeek.hubpages.com/hub/telephone-scam-computer-virus

Nell and Jael just left.  It was good to see them.  They are off to catch the ferry to Seattle and then the interstate takes them all the way to Montana. Hope they make their boat...I saw the bridge is just opening so it has been closed for car traffic.  I looked at the camera's and it looks pretty clear already. http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/hoodcanal/default.aspx?cam=9202

That is all I can think of at the moment. I do want to say this. The reunion did me good.  Yes, I have grey in my hair, my teeth aren't as white as high school, I have wrinkles, I am a lot heavier (understatement), my vision isn't as good, jumping for joy doesn't come easy, I am more tired, and I am not sitting on the ground to have my picture taken.  But I found a whole group like me!!!! That made me feel better!!!! Thanks to my classmates for making me feel loved, accepted and not so bad.