Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

thanks for your comment jake. l love your avatar. it’s very you. and thanks for the picture you took of our visit in los angeles.

it’s almost like mine, but reversed.

 

            ~ “children are the rainbow of life, and grandchildren are the pot of gold” ~

 

we took emily and amy shopping for halloween costumes a week ago.  amy had already made hers, a blue m&m, so it was just emily looking for something. send me a picture of yours amy.

but first we went to emily’s soccer game.  amy had already played her game earlier, and won!

 

trying to get a goal, emily had just kicked the ball, and a half time pep talk.

 

 

we had great seats to watch the action and so did pete, tony’s new dog

 

emily’s team was defeated, but she’s still smiling.

 

next we scooped up the kids and went to lunch at ‘flame broiler’ and then powell’s candy store.

“i did a lot of reminiscing about all the penny candy we bought at our grandma’s local dime store in lomita. remember that cousins?  i loved walking to that store and spending our meager amounts of money with no parental supervision on whatever we wanted. (i still look for that sour apple red and yellow candy to this day). then we’d walk across lomita blvd.- to the liquor store- and get vernor’s ginger ale.

how old were we?

then it was off to party city. look at all these costumes kids have to choose from now.          i remember going to the dime store and looking at 4 or 5 boxes. yes in boxes. but we usually made our own.

dotothy?

or the scarecrow from the wizard of oz?

which one do you think she chose?

i love how they have everything coronated by colors of the rainbow in that store.

 

 

on the way to grandma’s house to spend the night watching television. did our grandma have a television? i don’t think so!

on the way home we saw a beautiful sunset.

i liked this shot the best, except for the wires.  the northbound side of the 405 freeway wasn’t as bad as the southbound side, thank goodness.

we had arby’s for dinner. the girls watched their grandma and grandpa’s 65 inch color tv while lounging in an adjustable king size bed – we had no tv and lounged on a twin size feather bed or couch cushions.

thuy and her mother picked up the girls the next day. with egg rolls in hand. a fair trade. don’t ya think. ha ha.

 

oh yeah, jerry got an ice cream at the candy store.

until later

jill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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first of all there is no place like home. even though it’s back to work cleaning, cooking, and yard work, it’s home. the coach is our home away from home.

we’ve seen all our friends and neighbors. went to dinner with dick and jessie and got my long island iced tea. the family is all doing well. we’ll have emily and amy this weekend.    we even got to see jake when  he was in los angeles for a gaming conference. we met him at his hotel in los angeles. we had a great time at dinner talking about old times and new. there are eight people in his company now. he’s doing well and still has his boyish charm at 45.

 

 

he brought me a copy of amanda’s beautiful cookbook. it’s very well done. there’s a lot of stuff i don’t know what it is, but i know fermented foods are a healthy item to add to your diet. i love the way it looks on the counter.

 

i definitely want to make this carrot cake sauerkraut, and then the cake. thanks again amanda for sending it with jake.

 

great picture amanda

 

our midas had a trip to the vet last week. we thought he had been in a fight and gotten a bite. the vet said it looked more like he had ran into something or gotten hung up on something. it’s a pretty big gash. his stitches are purple. i counted 11. poor midas.

stitches didn’t stop him from enjoying your gold can tuna ted. thanks for getting him used to the good stuff. when will you be sending more? haha. i told celia and to keep up with you, she bought another can. (not the gold can though).

 

he’s back to patrolling hos neighborhood from his perch on the porch.

 

i hope you all won’t mind if i post on the blog once in awhile. social media isn’t my thing but this seems to suit me. you have the choice to open it or not open it.

you all should know by now i love quotes. so i will probably insert one now and again. this is one of my favorites and hangs in the dining room.

thanks for listening – love – jill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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