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.

Rain today

After taking a shower I looked out the window to see the rain coming down. We went to Church and after Church we were going to go the the pancake house but there was a long line there so Alan drove down to IHOP and we had breakfast there. Our plan was to go to Alden's at about 4:00 pm for the evening so we wanted to get donuts to take to Alden's but what do you know all of the good kind of donuts were sold out so we ended up going to Marie Callenders for pies to take to Alden's.. Gina made Sloppy Joe's and green salad for dinner and of course we had pie and ice cream also. McKenna and Paige were very interested in having Alan to explain about traveling around the world. Then Alan was trying to see if we could get Skype on McKenna's lap top. So we all talked to Lovely and Abby on Skype. We had a great evening at Alden's and returned home at about 9:00 pm. There was not much rain on our way home.

Time to blog

Here it is already a week past into 2016 and this morning we went to the ceramics and there was a large group present. Barbara and Tess are interested in Rummy-Q so they will attend the class tomorrow at the club. Maxine had invited Barbara to come to the club Rummy-Q but Barbara feels like she will not be able to learn also Tess felt the same way. So I invited Barbara and Tess to come to our house and Ethel and I will teach them how to play. It seems so great for us to get together and do so many activities together. We have met so many great people here at 7-Oaks. As I keep thinking what I would be doing if I were still in Chula Vista with no special activities.
I have been reading the Decision and Franklin Graham is starting Campaigns in all the states and I pray our Country will turn to God as things have been getting so ungodly. Also I pray that I will be a testimony to my friends.

New Year 2016 blog

Year 2015 was a very good year for me as I seem to be progressing on my Siatic pain.
I haven't done a blog for almost a month but now with the Holidays over I will try to get with it. I hope when Alan comes he will be able to fix my computer so I will be able to put pictures on my blogs.

Christmas Party

Yesterday we went to Gerry & Ellen's for lunch and time to play "Hand & Foot". Ray and Gerry did a great job of serving. There were nine of us and we had a great time. Even Ethel, Pat and I had a bad time to win our game but it was still fun.

This morning we went to ceramics, only 4 of us and Tess will be leaving for her vacation on the train to Texas.

At 1:00 pm Time Warner came to pick up the hardware for the T.V. as I cancelled the Time Warner T.V. service. The reason the service was getting to cost so much even after I called several times to see if I could get a better rate and they would not budge, so I had DISH service installed at about 1/2 the price. I still have the internet and phone service under Time Warner. After I cancelled Time Warner T.V. service they called and sent priority mail to me to come back to Time Warner.