CATCHING UP

Donna and Laif's 2008 Grand Marquis Donna made the rolls and I baked them in my gas oven.

Rolls baking. This oven heated to 400 degrees in

8 minutes. The rolls browned better than in

Donna's electric oven in the same amount of time.

First I wanted to mention that I spent last weekend with Debbie, Kent and Erik. I had a very nice time. Debbie and I went to the Temple Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we went to the movie and later on that evening we went to Southcenter. Sunday we went to Church. Debbie was leading the music, also substituting in Primary and then went to Young Women's(her new calling). I followed her around. I didn't want to miss any time with her over the weekend. I did get to visit with the ladies I always sat with.

Donna came to pick me up Monday morning. We stopped at Penney's in Silverdale to look at dresses for Olive's blessing. We didn't buy it because I had a coupon for $10 off and Donna had a coupon for 15% off at home. We were going to go to Silverdale again on Thursday so that we could pick Laif up in Paulsbo after his work.

We went to the Social Security office in Port Angeles on Tuesday so I could put in a change of address. I was able to change my address on everything but that. I kept trying on line but it wouldn't go through. I had to take a number at the office but since I was the only one in line I got to go right up.

On the way back Donna spotted the Grand Marquis at the Price Ford dealer. They have been looking for awhile. Their Grand Marquis is a 2000 with lots of miles but is still running good but they wanted a newer one. This is the last year that the Grand Marquis is being made. The 2008 that I have a picture of above was the only one on the lot and the price had just been lowered so it was not going to last. (As a matter of fact it was pictured in their big ad today--probably couldn't pull it in time). Donna filled out all the paperwork and they even delivered the car Wednesday. Donna called Laif on the cell phone several times and also he got to see it on the Price Ford Website.

So now to Thursday. Since Donna had to go to Paulsbo to pick up Laif, we decided to make it a big shopping day. We took Marge Swift with us. We started out with the Grand opening of the new Goodwill store in Sequim. I think everybody in Sequim was there. We just walked through the crowd looking at what was there. The store is large and everything is well arranged. We didn't try to buy anything because the check-out lines were so long. We will check it out again when the grand opening is over. I took the coupons from Penney's with me. Donna picked out a beautiful dress. It was $60 but I had a coupon for $10 off and they let her use her 15% one off too so that really helped.

After that we ate lunch and Marge had a doctor appointment in Silverdale at 2:15. After Marge's appointment we did a little more looking at stores until it was time to pick up Laif. He seemed pleased with the car and drove us home. I sat in the back with Marge after we picked up Laif. The seats are leather and they have a lumbar support. I felt a lot more comfortable in the back.

This morning Donna and Laif are going to the Price Ford dealer so Laif can fill out his part of the papers and so they can do that necessary thing like paying on it.