Valentine's Day

What a nice day. I found a lovely alternative to the way I usually want to spend this holiday (Hint, it involves cowering in a corner cut off from all communication).

I drove down to Mom's in Tacoma and helped her out with household stuff, then we drove up to Jenny and Kirk's place for what has become a lovely tradition, a Valentine's dinner. All the kids were there (Kira made a brief appearance before heading out with some friends), some of Kayla's friends and Kirk's Mom, Shirley.

Nice chat, some poetry reading and storytelling, exchanging of cards...and food. Sister Jenny always does such a great job with the dinner.

Then the drive back to Tacoma (with a quick phone call from Mom's brother, Dick and his wife Betty) where we watched the last part of the "The Amazing Race" premiere on tv. Good stuff.

Nice day. Good food. Lots of Love.

Brunch. Show. Dinner. Race.

Big day today. Friends Sara and Mike are coming over from Yakima to see the show. I met them for some pre-show chat and nosh. Two great people.

Another great peson who's also coming to the show today is Rob. I haven't seen him for a long time. His wife (and my former co-worker) passed away earlier this year. Still miss her terribly, and it will be great to see him again.

AND my wonderful mother is coming to the show today. She's still recovering from the back surgery she had earlier this year. She's getting around better all the time. Still needs more time to heal.

Oh, and my favorite reality show starts its 15 (!) season tonight. Go "Amazing Race"-ers!