We are still in Albuquerque.   Our thanks to everyones’ thoughts and prayers.  Overall Marie is doing very well.   She did not want John to go on the way he was so there is some relief that he is in a better place.   The funeral home  viewing was very nice,  and good friend, make that family, Tom did a wonderful job with the rosary.   And the funeral home surprised Marie by having an accordian player come in to do a couple of songs after the rosary.

And the mass on Monday went very well also.  John would have liked the music and Father’s upbeat tone.   Marie has lot’s of good friends that were there, and we had a lunch in the church hall afterward.

Mary Jane moved her flight back from today to Thursday.  And I am thinking that should work fine for her.  I fly out tomorrow morning also.   Work has allowed me to work from here on Tuesday and Wednesday, which has been helpful.   I had already scheduled vacation for Thursday, Friday and Monday to be in Florida for the installation of our dining room cabinets.  And I don’t anticipate any problems getting in and out of Atlanta and into West Palm Beach.

And did I mention south Florida is around 80 degrees?  John I am sure is happy he left this life before New Mexico started experiencing the coldest weather in decades.    It is staying below 20 degrees today and will be below zero tonight.  Marie and John have never had weather like this here.   And I got to shovel a few times.    But the weather is worse south of Albuquerque, believe it or not.  The good news is it should be near 50 here this weekend.   Even today at 15 degrees, the sun was melting the roads.  Last night we were out and it was very icy.  The one snow plow for Rio Rancho could not cover the whole town.  Usually the snow melts a few hours after they get it,  but not if it can’t get to 32 degrees!

But we are doing better than a lot of the country,  so I hope you are getting through this weather safely.   Work was a little easier today since most of my contacts have closed offices today!  And trucks with my orders are not moving – we will pay for that later!  Sounds like Appleton did not get hit hard, although they said Oshkosh got it worse.   I can look forward to that when I get home Monday night.

take care