Season’s Greetings friends and family,

‘Tis the season for getting Christmas cards and I always feel like I should write back in some fashion. Also there’s a chance I could reach > 10 blog followers. So here it is.

Donna has had an eventful year to say the least.  She completed her final stint at Cambia Healthcare in May and went out in style.  She really misses the hectic pace, being on the front line of the massive corporate battles and regrets retiring in the worst way.  Just kidding. It would take a horse and 4 strong men to drag her back to work.

On a much more serious note, Donna’s victory lap of retirement was rudely interrupted in June by a breast cancer diagnosis.  To put it mildly, it was a shock to both of us but we made the necessary adjustments and carried on with our new 2021 plan — get Donna well.  She had successful surgery in September, a round of radiation treatments in November and is just now getting back to her usual bubbly self.  Her future looks great because they caught it early.  We have so many friends and family to thank for your support.  You know who you are.  It has been amazing and means so much.

I’ve mostly been a slave to my job but I did get out for an exciting fishing trip with my son Danny, and grandsons Kaden and Karter in May. We participated in catch and release and caught a boat record 23 sturgeon on the Willamette river. That was really something, let me tell ‘ya. The average fish size was north of 4′ and some were close to 5’. Apart from that one fishing excursion and with Covid I didn’t get out too much and therein lies a problem. I’ve been sitting in this chair too much so I have made the decision that after almost 42 years of service to corporate America I will be retiring in March of next year. The theme for 2022 is going to be about movement. That is to say, more of it.

We welcomed Eloise Madeline Toner to the tribe in November and she’s as cute as can be and Gwennie looks to be overjoyed to be a big sister.  With that I’ll leave you with a few pictures and some best wishes for 2022.