The Nana Letters - undated

Dear Kristen

Did you have a good trip to Utah? I imagine there is as much snow there as here now. I think it will be 3 weeks before it is gone. Needless to say, I don't go out much.

The manager here keeps the walkways pretty clean, but I don't go out much, anyway. Go to the senior center for lunch on Wed. and Fri. and usually shop for groceries also. I miss my car very much but when I took my calif license in to get an oregon one they said I was too old. So Kiddo! Let that be a lesson! Don't get old!!!!

I love the paper you sent me. Thank you!!! I have decided to just send these bank statements of Amanda and Breanna. Lauren doesn't get one because she was included in a trust.

When I sent Kellie for her kids, she said she couldn't cash them and seemed pretty upset so I sent her one of my regular checks, but I had one just like this in my name and sent it to the bank and they accepted it and later I got it in the mail as withdrawn. You see, in 1999, I had a trust made and it says 20% of what I have at death goes to each daughter and 10% to each grandchild, which gives 0 to the great grands so I decided to set aside a small amount for them. You, no doubt make our a deposit check now and then. With that, I don't think there will be any trouble. Anyway, I think you and your husband can figure it out. Just say, it's from a 95 yr old grandma and they'll understand.

Anyway! Good luck! Just say, it is another work out for yours and your husbands brains. Ha! Ha!

SIDENOTE: My grandmother had sent my sister a deposit slip from her checkbook - not a check - and told my sister to just use that to get the money from her US Bank account to my sisters Bank of American account. Nana thought my sister just didn't know what she was doing. Kellie wasn't upset, just frustrated trying to get nana to understand how the bank system works.