Sister Trip 2011

What a wonderful sister trip. It was great spending time with all of you. I still laugh at how many times we locked ourselves out of the cabin! Enjoyed the laughs, talks and games.....oh we can't forget the games!..lol I Love our bracelettes Linda, thank you and also thank you for your generosity. I love you guys and wanted to share some of my pictures.

Just An Update

Well sisters I was tired of looking at the same old post and nothings been added since last November, so I thought I would post something new. Our sister trip commences on Friday when Rose and I leave MI to meet Linda and Cindy in Indiana. We will be staying at the Crown Plaza Friday night and then on to our "rustic" cabin somewhere between Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio. We have to provide all of our own linens, utensils, etc. and we are hoping the cabin is not under water, given all the rain in that area. We will be staying there from Sat. through Wednesday, "roughing" it; however, we will be together and that is the ultimate purpose. We will be photographing, exploring and just kicking back and enjoying each others company....we will make up for lost time. Everyone is so busy that we dont get to spend alot of time together so hopefully this will catch us all up. Safe travels to all of us and see you in a few days.

A California Visit

Well Clarence, Devin and I went to San Jose for a hockey tournament in October and got to spend some much needed quality time with family. Peter and Linda were with us the whole five days, while Erik, Kayla and Emma were able to spend two days. It was so much fun being with all of you and you finally got to see Devin play hockey. We had such a good time and spent all day Friday in San Francisco. We got to eat in Chinatown, spend time on Fisherman's wharf and ride the ferry around Alcatraz with a narration of it all. I learned things I didnt know about San Fran and we got to see the places we grew up in, like Presidio and the Palace of Fine Arts, where we walked to school. It was very enjoyable and Peter was a great tour guide. It was an exhausting day but well worth all the up and down walking we did, and of course those much needed glasses of wine at the end of each day. On our last day, Peter took Clarence and I to Santa Cruz, we walked the pier and then saw some Redwood Forests. It was so nice being with my sister, I have missed you all.

My first big painting

Hello sisters...Since you guys aren't on Facebook to show you, I posted it here. This is my first "Big" painting and I wanted to show you. I think I'm done, will have to stare at it a little more. When I get close to getting done, I'm afraid to keep going because I'm afraid of messing it up....plus I'm trying to learn to be done. What I mean is, I keep going trying to tweek it and then end up messing it up. So anyway, this is a 2' x 4' canvas. What do you think? Ideas and comments are welcome. May not do it to this one, but will have them for the next one. Love Cindy

Another monday!

Well, its Monday again and I dont know how it happened! Time is traveling way too fast to suit me. I am painting walls today as we had some plaster work done and it needs to be primed so thats what I have done...now waiting for it to dry. Then will add a bit of paint to finish the job. Have not been able to finish our bathroom yet as we keep running off and having fun or Larry is so swamped with work that he cant get to it. He is supposed to be retired but you would not know it by the time he spends out in the shop! But again, its economic hard times and we lost so much with the crash that we need to work awhile longer. Somehow we will make things work.
Our place here is beginning to get too big for us to keep up. I see ourselves pooping out at all the work this place requires. So in a year or two we will put this place up for sale, sell some stuff, put in storage the rest and take off for 6 mo. or a year of travel. Then come back and probably resettle nearer to Christy and Sean. It will be hard because we are so settled here with so many friends that we will miss terribly but we will make new ones. We will have time to think about it as we hit the roadways!!! Moving will be monumental after this many years of aquiring "stuff" so I dread that but leaving this house will not affect me as deeply as it will Larry.
Our health is okay and we keep busy. Our life is small but good. I will sign off now and wish everyone a good week. We are going camping/fishing again on thursday...yayee!!
Love, Rose

My "D" pictures

Hello my sisters. Sorry I'm so late with my pictures Esther. Have had a rough time withdrawing from my anti-depression medicine. Been feeling better the last few days so I took these. Lets see if you can guess them. They aren't hard and I used my phone camera, but at least I took some. Will do better for August and the "E's". Remember to guess before you look at what others thought it was. Love Cindy

D pictures

Well since I seem to be the only one posting pictures I thought I would post my "D" pictures. Had trouble finding ones that would be hard to guess so went with these three. Remember to guess first. Esther