Alan & Ben

Yes I thought I had it all lined up but I see it had a mind of its own. Oh well... you got the idea. I just finished reading Lovely's Blogs about their Australia trip and it looks like all of them had a great time. The price was right also.

Alan went to play tennis. Ethel and I went to ceramics and came home and had soup for lunch. At 1:00 we went to play Hand and Foot.When we arrived home from the club, Alan was on the phone with Ben getting my computer fixed. It seems like there was too much on my computer and everything was really going slow. That disabled so many things which I needed like the DVD, USB, Norton icon and who knows what else. So they cancelled Norton and now we will see how it is. Ben said Norton was taking up too much space and slowed everything down. He also said we don't need Norton as Microsoft takes over. Alan is going to set up his computer so if I have problems Alan can get on to my computer from his computer in Taiwan as I am not very bright to fix all these computer things.

I made spaghetti and asparagus for dinner. We also had wine, then we had the Cherry pie from Marie Calender's. I told Ethel I ate too much today. I need to cut down.

ALAN IS HERE

I am so happy that Alan is here. Thanks for all the things from Taiwan like coffee packets, hot water pot, chips, ant bait and everything else. We got everything put away.Then we made salmon, baked potato, broccoli and of course, green jello. for dinner. Alan worked on my computer as everything was getting very slow. I was unable to download pictures from my camera and the DVD drive was disabled. The Norton icon also didn't work. Alan noticed that everything was so slow. Now I am trying to test all the things that didn't work. So far it seems to work good. I will try to put some pictures on this Blog, like some ceramics which I made. I am sending the HEART candy dish to Taiwan                                                          

                                                            This is Alden's Birthday

All Gifts done

Here we close to the end of 2016. The gifts are all ready and Ethel and I will be here alone as Alden's went up to Mammoth for Christmas and to do all the things in the snow. We are planning on having them coming to our house for dinner and exchange gifts. The dinner will be Red & Green jello salad, scalloped potatoes with ham, rolls, relish dish. Apple cider, wine for adults. A platter of cookies, fruit cake etc.Maybe we will play chicken track.
So this is our plan for New Years
Our friend Marianna and John treated us to a dinner at a park in Poway. This is a great place we would like to take Alan's to. John just had a knee replacement and he plays tennis at the Swim & Tennis club across the street, he would like to play tennis with Alan.

                                           Marianna Bea & Ethel at the Park in Poway

                                              The Angel gift I received from Tess

Soon Will Be Christmas

Yesterday Tom picked up Ethel and I to go to their house for a Birthday party for Gerrie. Had a great dinner and we played chicken track with them. They have a beautiful home in Scripps Ranch. At about 9:00 pm Tom brought us home. Last night was very cold down in the low 30"s as the grass was white this morning.
Today we went to Church then went to Denny's and had biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and hash browns. This afternoon Mary came with cookies for Ethel's Birthday which is tomorrow, the 19th of December.
We had planned to have Alden's here today for dinner and exchange gifts but Alden and Josh came down with a sickness so maybe we will get together New Years day. Next week if Alden's get over their sickness they will be going up to Mammoth for Christmas Eve and Christmas day and a few days. We are scheduled for a few more Christmas celebrations.
It seems like this year went by so fast.

Christmas Concert

Yesterday we went to Church then we went to Denny's for breakfast. Letter on we put up some Christmas lights in the dinning room.
At about 3:00 pm we went to church for the 4:00 pm Christmas concert. We went early to get a parking place as they are still working on the solar system in the parking lot.
The Christmas concert was very good with the orchestra and the choir. We had a seat right in front of the orchestra. It was great to watch the orchestra.. And by the way we are so blessed to be able to go to this church as every so often they have concerts which we attend.
This morning we went to our ceramics and this afternoon we went to play hand and foot at the club.

Ellen's Birthday

Yesterday Ethel and I were invited for dinner to celebrate Ellen's 85th Birthday at a restaurant in Poway. They picked us up at our house at about 3:45pm, so we didn't have to drive which was great as I don't care to drive at night any more. The food was great. .

                                                    Ellen's family and sister Gerry.

                                                  There was nine of us in the group

Prime Time

Well today was Prime Time. The entertainment was "Project Harmony" done buy 4 ladies. This was very good as it reminded me of years ago when my two sisters and I would harmonize as a trio  We had such fun sometimes singing at church. It also reminded me of the "Andrew Sisters" years ago. I love that kind of music. Then there was the PRIME TIME menu which was Orange Glazed Chicken, with a delicious green salad, green beans, rice, rolls and of course desert which was ice cream with carmel and chocolate topping and a choice of cookies. The discussion around the tables was "food which was different. My selection was watermelon or cantaloupe with a sprinkle of salt. So I received another cookie for that. Well the cookies came home as I had eaten too much. Later on in the afternoon one of our friends, Pat came over with 4 avocados, home made vegetable soup and some other goodies. At 3:00 pm we went to the club for "hand & foot".
I must add that yesterday at 8:00 am we took the car to Toyota to have the breaks worked on. They brought us home and at 4:30 pm they picked us up to get the car. After we picked up the car we
stopped at Taco Bell for dinner and by the way we still have left overs from Taco Bell.