Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

As always, thank you for all your comments. I enjoy them as much as writing the posts. this post is just a few things I was thinking about and pictures I took, and wanted to share them.
I make no claims as to my ability to do this, but if only one thing might interest you, then you might come back to see more next time.

Here it is Martha loved doing my birthday puzzle.Not easy nor extremely hard. Just right 💗my cupboards are that same green. I’d love to have that many cats if you didn’t have to clean a cat box, make that boxes. I count 91/2 cats.

this is the textbook hairy balls plant. I love ours in the front yard. I see people looking and pointing at it all the time.

mine had looked like the picture above, but it’s shedding it’s seeds now. in fact It’s time to cut it back. thought you neighbors might want to be on the lookout for seedlings in your yard next year. those seeds can travel far on a breeze.

I like both paragraphs on this.

We recently took a nice drive and went to the Korean friendship bell in San Pedro with Frank and Linda. we also had lunch at the fish market restaurant in ports of call, the only building left standing. A brand new waterfront development is taking the old ports of call space. I’m anxious to see what they build, we spent many hours there when the kids were young.

I recently came across this article about chicken. Jerry has never adhered to the 2hour window to put leftovers in the fridge. So I asked ‘Siri’ to take a screenshot of it (I love that feature)to show him. Also rinsing chicken is not recommended now. I remember my mother telling me always rinse your chicken. But I quit doing it awhile back. I think chicken might be handled better at the packing plants now.

did you guys know this-

remember the post about Lincoln park in Long Beach? We’ll, they have decided to go ahead and change the name. I have some negative thoughts about that, but we haven’t been to that park in years, and by this time next year I will have forgotten all about it. I wonder where they will put that big penny?

stay tuned

jilly

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just got the news from Hannah and Javier. They are very excited and happy it’s a girl.
we are just as excited and ecstatic for them, and for giving us a great-granddaughter💗

her tiny little hand is waving hi to them, such detail of the fingers already. The foot has tiny little toes.too. This technology is incredible. You can bond with your baby much sooner than we did in the 60’s. And be able to buy the appropriate baby clothes.

This is a 3-D ultra-sound. You can see the baby on the far left. At first it looks like a abstract face. Focus and you can see the body and legs. This is so exciting.

I’ve been wondering if I was ever going to get to buy those cute little precious, frilly, pink, adorable baby clothes. It’s been 17-18 years since Emily and Amy were born. And they didn’t like frilly clothes. Too itchy. Hannah didn’t either. I hope she wants them for her baby cause she’ll be getting some from me.

Hannah, all the best to you and Javier. Smooth sailing all the way. Can’t wait until we can come up. It’s been so long since we’ve seen you.

Just kidding of course. 😂😂😂

find the right person first, have a long celibate engagement, and then get married.

“tu me manques” “me t’aime beaucoup” 💗gi-gi

stay tuned, 💗 jilly

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This is the garden, J.Woeste’s, I mentioned in the Buellton post. We discovered it a long time ago. Now it’s like entertainment to walk through its aisles of garden art and cacti and marvel at the creatively and skill or the artists. Even though it basically stays the same, there are always so many new things.

take a walk with me……….and feel my joy……..no words needed

Hope you enjoyed seeing these works of art as much as we did. I would have loved to buy something big, but it’s so hard to stay within a budget or within reason. I did buy this little ladybug to remind me of the trip to sit on the kitchen counter.

thought of you sharon⬇️

thought of you ray⬇️

stay tuned for who knows what

💗jilly

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I got the ok to break the big news.

we’re having a baby

Hannah is PREGNANT!

we are going to be great-grandparents! YAY.

Here is the proof

no gender reveal yet. another ultra-sound on the 10th.

this is so exciting.

we’re adding another generation.

can’t wait for these times with your baby

you are going to be a great mom, just like your mom and gramma.

hannah and javi haven’t decided on a name yet

but I have picked mine, gi-gi, short for great-gramma

congratulations hannah and javi.
sending all our love and prayers for a stress free pregnancy and delivery. and after the news is out lots of people will be sending there’s too.💗gramma and grampa

stay tuned for more news and definitely more pictures😊I’m head over heals excited🙃

💗jilly

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I think I’m going to call our house ~~ “J&J’S Memory Madness Museum”

Our house does tell a story of our life, who we are, where we’ve been, what we like. It just kind of worked out that way, since I like my possessions out where I can see them, not packed away in a box or drawer. That’s just me. So by happenstance, everyone else sees them too. I like things orderly so it doesn’t seem like clutter in my mind. Getting older, I like the convenience of having things in sight and reach too. don’t you?
Our office was once a sewing room. Then, I wanted a place to put patterns, notes, projects, reminders, and the like, in plain sight, not in a pile somewhere. So I asked Jerry, and with Tony’s help they attached a sheet of metal on the wall to put magnets on. What better way to to see those things. It soon became a landing place for mementos, pictures, recipes, things to do and the like. What a connivence it was and still is!

you may see a cluttered wall here, but I see – a one of a kind-personalized-wall paper, or a giant bulletin board.⬇️ and It’s time to take a few things off and make room for new things. More stuff removal.

below are a few items from ‘the wall’.

this is a newspaper clipping of ⬇️something I did for Jerry, and one ⬇️Tony did for me

I sent in a picture of our cat ‘baby’ to this calendar⬇️and they published it

⬇️Looks like Midas with Cher – and yes I have that album from 1974⬇️

This was a special treat to see ⬆️Woody Allen at the New York Carlyle. ⬆️ And to see Sam Harris anywhere was great.

it’s mostly mementos now, ⬇️but I still put idea’s up too. That mirror project is happening soon

So that’s a peek at my fabulous wall. I love that it reminds me of so many wonderful memories we’ve been blessed with.

now what can I take down???

Stay tuned for our trip to Reno

💗jilly

p.s. I forgot about that Long Island iced tea we had at northwoods inn Martha. I guess it’s true what they say about alcohol, it eats brain cells and causes memory loss and only takes 5 minutes to reach your brain.

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