Mothers Day

It's been a month since I blogged. This morning we went to Church and came home for 1/2 hour then we went for lunch at "The Olive Garden" Was very good and had the left overs tonight. Last week we made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and they really turned out very good. We should NOT make cookies too often. Alan tried to SKYPE me before Church but I didn't get it so he tried again this afternoon and we had a good talk. This morning Alden called and updated me on their activities. This evening I received a "Happy Mothers Day" from Albert. It is so nice to hear from all the boys.
I have been working on "My Life Story" I hope to get it finished when Lovely or Alan can can help edit etc. It is quite a story.

Talk to Elaine and Betty

Today has been a slow day so I called Elaine Hecker and Betty Routt. Elaine moved to a assisted living apartment in Minneapolis. She is doing well but still having hearing problems. Betty had some falls and knee replacement and dealing with diabetes her husband has Alzheimer's.  Elaine told me that Betty's son is living with them not working and has his friend also living with them and they are gay. I would like to see Betty as she gets lonesome.
I went to the doctor and am scheduled for a MRI, then to Pain Management and probably treat with Epidural. This is to treat my sciatic pain.  

Day after Easter 2016

Easter Sunday we attended the 8:30 am service. It was a beautiful service, pastor Dr. Neal Nybo gave the message about the Easter story. The Sanctuary Orchestra and the Choir preformed great music.
The Church was packed which is usual for Easter.
After the service we went home for a little rest and about 11:30 am we went to "Out Back" for a 12:00 reservation. The food was great but way too much for us to eat so of course we had to ask for a container to go which we finished Sunday night. Of course we had Shrimp which we both like.
This morning we went to our ceramics class. There was a lady from China who has just moved into 7-Oaks and she wants to join the ceramics class to associate and learn the English language better. She speaks the Mandarin language.
At noon today we will be going over to Diane's for pot luck lunch. Going to be good.

St. Patrick's Day

We had a great day at Prime Time Fashion Show from the RBCPC Resale Shops. Oh what beautiful outfits. There were 24 tables with 6 per table, mostly ladies. We had 7 of our friends at our table

I was so thrilled when I spotted one of our friends which we have missed for about 1 & 1/2 years. Her name is Dorothy and she informed me that her husband Mac passed away and she has not gotten out much. She was so glad that I invited her to our table. Then there was other ladies from our ceramics group at our table.

Lois gave a great talk on St Patrick how he started a great mission in Ireland. Followed with prayer.

Then there was a Ham Buffet following.

Both Ethel and I purchased a jacket from the Resale Shop.

Back from SLO

On February 24th Ethel and I left the house at 10:00 am to drive down to Alden's then Alden took us to the Santa Fe Depot where we boarded the Amtrak which left at noon to go to San Luis Obispo. It was a great trip with many 2 or 3 minute stops. We arrived at San Luis Obispo at 8:15 pm. We were greeted by Moreene and Bob Allen and transported to their beautiful home. The bed was very welcomed as we were very tired. The next day we went down to the beach which was about 1 mile from their home. They were great hosts and drove us to so many places. We went to Morro Bay and had lunch there, we went to see the Monach butter flys at Pismo Beach. Saturday Feb. 27 we went to the pancake breakfast then we  were introduced to Mareene and Bob's daughter and family. They live on a large ranch with horses and dogs. Then we went to the wine country and had wine tasting and lunch. Toured a sculpture park then on our way home we stopped at Madonna Inn, what a beautiful place.

Sunday morning we were awakened up at 5:00 am to get ready to return home to San Diego as the train left SLO at 6:50 am. We had several delays to wait for other trains etc. We arrived at the Santa Fe Depot at 4:00 pm which was 45 min. behind schedule. Josh greeted us and helped with luggage while Alden drove around. Alden and Josh drove us up to our home and McKenna came later, then we went to Denny's for dinner and they went back home from Denny's and we went home as we were very tired by that time. Here are a few pictures of our travels.

Time with McKenna

Today was a great day with McKenna and Andrew. Ethel went to ceramics at about 8:45. I did not have much to work on so I did not go to ceramics today. At about 10:20 am McKenna and Andrew arrived so we played Dutch Shuffleboard for a while. Then we went to the club to check it out. At about 12:00 noon we went to Mama Cella's for lunch. We had a great green salad and all you can eat pizza. We went back to the Condo and McKenna and Andrew looked at many pictures. By the way I am trying to sort out pictures to scan  on the computer so I can make DVD's. Oh what a job that is.
These are pictures from many years ago which was taken before I had the computer. Well then we played Dutch Shuffleboard again. Then we had Ice Cream topped with chocolate chips, chocolate syrup and nuts. After McKenna and Andrew left I went to work on sorting more pictures.

Walk at the Mall

Today Alan went to play tennis and he picked up donuts so we picked out 2 maple bars and 1 lemon filled donuts and he took the rest to Alden's. At about 11:30 am we went to the Mall as I had a few things I wanted to purchase. We started at Penny's and they had nothing on my list. stopped at Target and I purchased some gloves for when I drive. Then Macy's was the next stop but nothing there on my list. Next was Sears and yes they had my cologne which I purchased. Well I checked for a rain jacket at all these places and Sear's was the only one that had rain jackets but at $59.00 that is a No No. Then we walked back to Penny's and out through the parking lot over to "On The Border" we had a very good lunch there including FLAN o so good. We came home and relaxed then Alan went to Alden's to go to a game and take the donuts down there. We took some pictures of our lunch but for some reason I can't put on the computer. So I will wait until Alan comes to see if he knows why. I didn't want to do it with the Flash Drive as I wanted to see if Alan can figure out why the chip doesn't work.