It is late May 2011

Being in Magnolia, I am so glad I decided to attend Mass today in Magnolia. ("Our Lady of Fatamagnolia") features some of the best music I have ever heard. By far the best music I've ever heard at Sunday Mass.

Unliminutes

The cell phone plan in which you can talk endlessly for one monthly price.

Hawaii

Syllabeliminationization is taking over my brain.
First flight is Spokanfransisco. Then, Sanfransiskona.
Coming home, we have Konfransisco & lastly, Sanfransispokane.
Do your flights have names?

If you don't see me.

I apparently don't have time to keep this current, so, call if you would like an actual conversation. 509 701 8211 Really! It'll be great!

Happy Fourth everybody!!!

Just staying close to home for the Fourth. All is well...

OMG That's right. I have a blog!

I have been busy with work at Spokane Movers. And still playing some disc golf most days. Weather is nicer now. Barb has been outside digging and planting. I'm thinking about putting roofs over all the porches. For me, that sort of job requires much thinking, and I have that part well under way. I even bought a pile of boards which are warping on the deck. Also it is a sunny Saturday, and it's been raining for days and I need to mow the grass! And a trip to Costco to buy gas and coffee. And You?

So good to be alive...

Not sure what inspired this rhyme, but I kinda like it.

Not Actually True

I was singin’ in the bathtub when the cops showed up that day.

He didn’t mean to shoot his self; it just turned out that way.

The bullet barely missed my head and then passed through my thigh.

It hit the curved end of the tub, came back and missed my eye.

As I lay bleeding in the tub, the water turning red,

the bullet hit the copper square and killed him like I said!

G. Martin Jahn March 12, 2009

Glaciers

The weather has been tolerable for being outside, so we have been playing a lot of disc golf on the old snow. I am slowly bringing down my average score, and totally enjoying the exercise and social aspects of the sport. Stimpi is by far my most regular opponent, but my friend Jack Dial is hooked now, and we plan to play again as soon as he recovers from open heart surgery.

I am looking forward to the upcoming family gathering in Ballard in March.

Inauguration Day

Today I am celebrating in my heart! Oh, how I have longed for the end of the Bush administration. Today is the day. Goodbye Bush; hello Obama. There's hope.

Huge Visitors

Two moose wandered into the yard about daybreak Friday. Barb got some pics through the window. Very exciting!

Carshmallows

Happy New Year! I never made it to Bob & Dian's New Years Eve. Just too old for that late-night stuff any more.I mentioned December 8 that we'd still had no snow. Things have changed. In the last three weeks of December we had RECORD snowfall. The most ever! Thank Barb for the use of her snow blower. It has kept the driveway passable. We have shoveled the decks many times. There is deep snow on the roof and huge piles of snow everywhere. Hard to believe all this will soon be melted and we'll be in 100 degree heat.

New Years Eve

I believe I will take a nice afternoon nap. Then perhaps I'll be rested enough to enjoy a late nite out. Barb & I will be at the Greenewell party at 12 Midnight to welcome 2009. That's not their real name, but when Bob Greene married Dian Newell, I saw no other choice but to call them the Greenewells. A little goofy, maybe, but they're okay with it. Hope you all are well and I'll talk to ya next year.

December 2008

The weather has been good. No snow yet, but cold enough for snow. It's been a great fall for disc golf, and I'm still playing plenty. Now that I'm 60, I can compete in tournaments in the class of senior grand master. That sounds mighty prestigious to me.
The economy is supposed to be in a recession, but Spokane Movers is still getting some work. Just not as much. Did I say please visit our web site? http://www.spokanemovers.com. I tried to make that a link, but it didn't make. Hmmm

Dinner

Barb and I will head over the Pend Oreille River and through the woods to Lana's house Thursday for Thanksgiving dinner with the Wendel side. Lana wants us to stay overnight, so that is the plan. I think the idea is to get more chatting and guitar/singing and vodka. Friday we head home and prepare for a trip to Ballard for Bruce and Carol's big whing-ding. See you Saturday!

Thanksgiving Week

It's Monday. I am approaching my 60th birthday. That seems significant. 60. Geeeez!

Going on 60

November is here and the U.S. has elected Barack Obama our new president.
I am hopeful he can lead America to a brighter future.

In the mean time I am finishing off the last days of my 50's.
That was fast.

Much has changed, but much is the same.
I'm still the President at Spokane Movers after an eight year term.
These days I work largely from home with immeasurable support from Barb.

Business is slow this year, so I've had plenty of time to play disc golf, and hang out with Ben and Bruce and friends.

Barb fell on the steps and broke a bone in her foot. She's been in a cast for the last 5 weeks, so I've been providing the support. She is mending well and anxious to get back to work and play.

Mid-September 2008

Hi Folks! I'm still here.

My blog has taken a back seat to everything else in life it seems.
All is well with me. The cucumbers and zucchinis are still producing like crazy, and we are now tired of eating them. We are giving away as many as people will accept. ( Lock your cars!)

I have had another Seattle visit recently. The weather in Seattle has been very nice this summer. Not rainy. Fun times filled with food, friends and plenty of Disc Golf.

Ben is a very accommodating host, and I feel welcome to sleep in his spare room.

Brother Bruce and son Ben share my enthusiasm for Disc Golf, so when they aren't working or sleeping or eating, we are out there with friends, having fun.

This place is like a park!

Yesterday while we were gone to Wilbur, Ronnie came a mowed and trimmed the yard.

Lincoln County Revisited

Saturday Barb accompanied me to the annual Wild Goose Bill Days in Wilbur, and this year there was a focus on Govan. I was invited to participate in two ways: On the Govan Railway float, I road along throwing candy to the children along Wilbur's Main Street, and singing along with Charlie several old railroad songs. After lunch with Barb Goodlake McRea and family, we were off to the museum for the matinee, "It Happened One Day at School" produced, directed and starring Jo Robertson as a Govan School, where I would be playing the part of a student at Govan School along with Denny Stone, Ves Sitton, Greg Sassman, Don Bodeau, Daryll Bahr. What a bunch of ham! The day was a total success. There is extensive Govan history on display at the Wilbur Museum!

Luau

Friday evening we went to a luau at the home of some friends and it was good. Homemade mai tai, home brew, alot of guests who are involved with the local chapter of Society for Creative Anachronism. These people make a great mix for a party. We came home pretty early, but I'm sure these youngsters partied on through the night. Thank you Regina & Mike