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[cellboy]

how early to bed, I am waking up very early. I can't sleep. I am pooped. Off to bring my moms car to Firestone. Just discovered the axial boot is broken. The gym is next door. So think I will just do a treadmill walk. If the car is not ready, I can walk across the street and pick up the cargo van that I have reserved for todays haul in Roseville. Now I haven't planned that well in a long time. I have been very unorganized lately.

My sister called yesterday, and asked me to plan a list for the funeral. She has the address books :(, so how could I?. Then she decided that since mom liked to entertain, we will forgo the church thing (my mom was not as religious as she got older), and do a party/memorial service at my sisters house with moms Roseville friends. And we will do the same thing at where we grew up in Menlo Park. Small service at the cemetery site, as we did for my dad. Then a luncheon at Il Forniao in Palo Alto (we did a surprise 85th B-day for her there last yr). I think mom will be pleased.

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[hugthecub.livejournal.com]

i think the multiple-location idea is best, the way we live our lives today and live in so many places. it may wear the family out a little bit, but it is a gift to all your mom's friends. i learned things about my mom i never knew in the brief conversations i had with her childhood friends at her funeral where she was from. it was worth it.