Santa Cruz

A beautiful day in Santa Cruz with surfer son Kevin.

A few years ago...............

I love roses! It reminds me of God's awesomeness!

A beautiful day at the lake. Gordon and son Daniel checking out the fish!!!!

Gordon and Daniel had an fab day fishing at Fishermens Retreat in Southern California.

Our first anniversary gift.

Jean and Barry bought our first anniversary present. AWESOME!!! Thanks, still planning for an August 11th Hawaiian Wedding Party. Will keep you in touch!!!!!

Home with Gordie!

I am happy to be home again with Gordon. I had a great visit with my daughter and we both learned a lot. We went to AA and grief meetings that helped us both. Leaving Pahrump tomorrow to visit our son in Riverside.
Laura

Looks great!

Oh yeah! She is doing better each day! She is not sorry for honoring her
sons with her tatoos. I am
happy she is happy. Chyrisa
your tatoos look awesome!
Mom/Laur
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Gordon and I 20 something years ago!

Here we are young and in love. I am looking at all our pictures while I am planning our 25th wedding anniversary! You will see more as time goes on. Sorry! (Hap remember us then)

Happy Easter!

I hope we all remember the real meaning of Easter!
Love, Laura

No it's not birthday!

Hi Gordie,
I know you will be at Jeans place today and she will show you my blog. We'll here we are! We were running out the door going to a class at the hospital. I am having some good healing time with our daughter. She seems to be coping a little better each day as am I. I am very happy to be here. But I do miss you a lot. Laura

Charlie had the BIG ONE!!!

Yes, yesterday Charlie (Chyrisa's husband) had the big 40! It was very nice how Chyrisa decorated the house and made the cake with lots of presents. They are so cute together and fun to be around. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLIE.

Jessica!

Robert has a very pretty girlfriend, Jessica. She just got home from a week with her dad in San Diego. Robert bought her some roses and a stuffed animal to say welcome home. Robert really missed her. I cannot wait to get to know her a little better.

Chyrisa is the only one that I know that has started her Vision Board. I cannot remember what it is really called. I will by the time I do mine. The positive things to look forward to. Remember the law of attraction.

Thank you Sharon and Padriac!

You can really tell when your friends are reading your blog. Thanks to Sharon and Padriac I have corrected the wrong year on our wedding update. It will not be last year, it will be in 2007!
Thanks again, Laura

No April Fools for us!

I am at my daughters house in Boise, Idaho. I have been here a few days and will stay another week maybe longer. We are having some healing time together and this is working out well.

Gordon stayed in Pahrump, NV., and I came here. He will be leaving the motorhome in Pahrump and heading for Riverside, CA to spend time with our son Daniel. He is looking forward to this. Gordon and I have not spent much time apart and it SUCKS! I talked to him each day. He is doing fine and likes the way everything stays neat and clean without me there. Oh well have fun I am coming home soon!

Gordon and I, Brent and Miriam will soon be moving into our home in San Francisco, CA. We are all excited to be together and looks like lots of remodeling will be taking place. We will not stop traveling completely but will be considered part timers in the rv world. That means we will do both.

My birthday cruise is coming up in January. 4 days to Cabo with 30 couples. The price is great, if you are interested let us know and we can get you in at $199, leaving from San Diego. Several of our family members are coming.

MY MOST EXCITING NEWS FOR NOW IS:

OUR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PARTY.
IT WILL BE IN OUR HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA WHERE WE WERE MARRIED IN 1982.
THE PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 11TH, 2007 LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN COME.
More details to follow. Not sure how it will all work out yet.

Life is short, always remember to take the high road. That is what I am trying to do everyday. So far it has been working for me. My daughter is a perfect example of this.
Love, Laura

Hockey anyone?

Oh yeah, let's go!!!

Our first hockey game in Boise.

Very exciting game. I have never been and neither has Chyrisa, Robert, Daniel or my self. I learned a lot and had a great time. Thanks for the tickets Charlie. I even caught the free t-shirt they threw in the air. It was real fun. I missed my Gordie.

Reward day!

Robert, my 17 year old grandson was rewarded yesterday for getting A's and B's in school. We are so proud of you! New skate boarder shirts and shoes. AWESOME!

Jean Wilcox had a surprise birthday dinner at our place in Pahrump. She was surprised with a dinner of taco soup, a southwest salad, cake and ice cream. Great fun!

Friday Night in Pahrump!

Gordon and I are nice and comfy and in good weather. We have been having fun with our new friends Loya and Robert from Las Vegas. These are two friends that we met when Mark passed away. They were so good to us, they let us stay in our motor home in their yard for a few days while me made the necessary arrangements. We will never forget their kindness to us. They will be staying a few more days then heading home.

I will be flying to Boise to spend a few weeks with my daughter. I am happy to be spending time with her and family. Life is difficult for her but she seems to be dong a little better each day. I hope to help too. We will be going to a group called Compassionate Friends to help us heal together. This is a group for grieving parents and grandparents only.

Gordon will be visiting and fishing with one of his sons close by while I am in Boise.

We had a really good fish fry from all the fish caught. We were with the Roving Rods.

I almost forgot!!!!

Yesterday, March 9th was our 12th year full time RVing. It has been an amazing ride. Mostly all positive with a few and I do mean few motorhome mishaps. We are grateful for that.

The next thing I am looking forward to is our 25th wedding anniversary. Hopefully we will be in San Francisco. We got married in our house there and hopefully be celebrating our silver anniversary there too. I never thought that would happen. Hope it does!!!!

Bye for now.
Laura

Fishing at the lake with friends!

This week we are fishing at a lake with our Roving Rod friends. This is Gomer and John, they supplied the fish for a fish fry yesterday. Gordon and I have a nagging cough BUT we decided today we will be well and we are.

Beading with the girls.

We found a fun place to bead. We learned a lot and had a great time. In fact
the owner of the shop had a beadathon and we stayed until about 11PM. It was so fun being with Gretchen, Nancy,
me, Kathy and Diana. (Diana is the newest beader)

Mothers Day Came Early Twice!

What a surprise to receive this beautiful necklace from Gordon's boys. I love it. It is silver with my January birthstone on top and all five boys on the heart itself. Dwayne, Daniel, Kevin, Brent and Garrick. I am complete now with all our children.
THANK YOU BOYS! (and Chyrisa) Mom

Mothers Day Came Early!

My daughter and two sons bought me a beautiful ring
for Mother's day! It has their three names written
very tiny on the sides of my birthstone. Chryisa, Wil,
and Kimo's birthstones are there also.
I am very touched. Thank you, Mom/Laura

Having fun with cousins and friends!

Chyrisa is having a ball with her son and cousins.
Four of them got tatoos. Tatoos are expensive.
They all look really good.

Not for everyone!

This is a tatoo for Chyrisa to honor her sons! She feels great about having this done. It is not for everyone but she is the same wonderful, kind and honest person she has always been.

CornDog and BrownDog!

These two are wonderful pets. They have helped keep Chyrisa going.

I love these two.

A day of "Rememberance"

Today my daughter Chyrisa had what was suppose to be a second memorial for Mark's girlfriend who was unable to attend Mark's real memorial in November. It did not turn out the way we thought it would but it was GOOD. We got to visit with Neesha and she looks real good. Still on crutches with a few more surgeries to go. Chyrisa and Neesha were just not up to spreading Mark's ashes so that just did not happen. I was glad that we all felt we would just go with how we felt and that is what happened. So for me I was saying good-bye forever. It was a good day.

I really look up to my daughters and felt she did a great job. It was not easy,

Password Protection in the real near future!

With the help of my son Wil I will be protecting my blog from unwanted viewers very soon.
What that means to you is that you must send me your email address so I can add you to my list of blogger viewers. So dear sister, Jeannine you will have to have one of your friends at work send me your email address so I can invite you to see my blog. I will not be doing this for several weeks.

But mean while I can do some posting if you have any questions call me or email me and I will let you know what is happening.

Very interested in comments on Prop. H in SF.

Look what is happening in San Francisco!

Proposition H Increases Relocation Payments For No-Fault Evictions

The voters approved Proposition H on November 7, 2006. The proposition requires landlords to pay relocation payments to tenants who are evicted for owner/relative move-in under Section 37.9(a)(8), demolition or permanent removal from housing use under Section 37.9(a)(10), temporary evictions to do capital improvement work under Section 37.9(a)(11), and substantial rehabilitation under Section 37.9(a)(12). (Note: Relocation payments for Ellis evictions under Section 37.9(a)(13) remain subject to Ordinance Section 37.9A(e)(3), and are similar but not identical to the provisions of Proposition H.) Proposition H goes into effect on December 22, 2006, and by its terms applies to notices to quit served on or after August 10, 2006.

Under the proposition, each authorized occupant, regardless of age, who has resided in the unit for at least one year, is entitled to a payment of $4,500.00, with a maximum payment of $13,500.00 per unit. In addition, each elderly (60 years or older) or disabled tenant, and each household with one or more minor children, is entitled to an additional payment of $3,000.00. The above amounts are also required to be adjusted for inflation annually beginning March 1, 2007. The landlord is required to give tenants written notice of relocation rights on or before service of the notice to quit, and within 30 days of receiving a tenant's claim for the additional $3,000.00 payment, the landlord must inform the Rent Board in writing of the tenant's claim and whether or not the landlord disputes the claim. Note the following significant changes from current law: (1) single family dwellings and condominiums are now subject to the requirement to pay relocation even for OMI/relative move-ins, and (2)relocation payments also apply to subtenants and minor children as long as they are authorized occupants in residence for a year.

Link to Prop. H (pdf) from the Department of Elections.


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OULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGTS ON THIS. WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE BACK INTO OUR HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER RENTING IT OUT FOR 19 YEARS. LAURA