I sent Joan an E-mail to see if she remembered her 13th anniversary, which happens tomorrow. She did - and here is her reply:

Thanks for thinking of the 13th, Verna!! It's really hard to think it's been that long. How about a trip to Napa wine country? I would love to go back there and do a tour of wineries :-) There are some nice restaurants, too. Will that work for the group? Joan

It looks like we're going to have a pre-new year's party. Hooray!

Verna