Dec 2008

What are the odds of this trucker name? Yeah, they are both common names, but also the names of Curtis and his brother. Okay, now I'm thinking this isn't AS cool as I thought it was when I first saw it, oh well.

It's been years, probably closer to a decade, since our house has been decorated for Christmas. Although we didn't go all out Griswald, we did put up a tree and a few bows. I'll admit, it felt much more festive - maybe that's why I never get in the holiday spirit - because you have to create it yourself?

Like every year, the Guidinger Christmas Party was a blast. They are some of the funnest people we know, very generous, very gracious, and their party always promises laughing your ass off.

Christmas dinner for 10 - with 3 present. Can't get better than that. Except for being lazy - playing Wii, reading a book or chilling with the pooch.

All in all, we've had a very relaxing, lazy visit back home. Lots of movies, shoveling and being bums. Wonderful way to cap off a spectacular year.

Here's to New Year's resolutions...
All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. — Alexander Woollcott

May Tanabe Shiozawa, 87, of Pocatello, peacefully left this earth on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Her husband George was at her side. May was born on May 25, 1921 to Yohei and Tomiko Tanabe in Fort Hall, Idaho. She grew up in the Tyhee and Pocatello areas. She married George Shiozawa on August 11, 1941. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple. Together they farmed in the Tyhee area, where they also raised their three children and were active in their church and community.
May later completed her college degree at Idaho State University and worked for many years as a medical librarian at Pocatello Regional Medical Center. She was active in the Japanese American Citizens League and the Tyhee Literary Guild. She was an avid gardener and expert quilter. She was an excellent cook who thoroughly enjoyed bringing the family together over a good meal. She and George were well known in the community for their sweet corn.
May was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, serving in many callings. She and George served a family history mission in Salt Lake City, Utah.
May was a wonderful mother to Kent, JoEllen, and Brian and a devoted grandmother.
She is survived by George, her husband of 67 years, sons Kent (Nancy) and Brian (Joye), ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, and siblings Tsuneo Tanabe, Sanaye Okamura, and Shige Kuroki. She was preceded in death by her daughter JoEllen and brother Tetsuro Tanabe.
Funeral Services will be held Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chubbuck L.D.S. Stake Center, Stuart and Hawthorne Road, with Bishop Jay Buttars officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 P.M. Sunday evening at the Cornelison ~ Henderson Funeral Home, 431 North 15th Ave. Pocatello, and at the Church from 10- 10:45 A.M. on Monday morning. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello. Online guest book and condolences available at www.cornelisonfh.com.