PSW Meets the PNW!! Part 1....Post Views..28,059

  

(Apology for color difficulties.)

 (11/28)   I am very excited this week.  Son Bill with his family are coming up from San Diego for the weekend.  However, my house is very messy; the floors haven't been vacuumed and mopped since the middle of August.  There is stuff laying on every available surface.  (When one is out and about having fun, there is simply no time to keep the "piles" at bay.)
   The sidewalks and driveway is literally black from so much rain.  I called the park handyman, Tim, about mid morning on Monday to see what are the chances he "power washes" and if he could do that for me in the next 2 days.  

    On the phone he was saying how he doesn't power wash in the winter because it is cold and rainy, but he would come over and take a look. 
    He agreed to do it and was back with his equipment within a half hour....2 hours later he was done...

    In the house I had started the first of vacuuming and wiping up  the 7 floors in the house.  It is always such a rewarding experience to have ALL the floors clean at the same time.  Lots of work, though.  

Since the sun came out for a couple hours in the afternoon I scampered out to the "tea garden" to round up the last of the soggy leaves and pull a few weeds.
      Back into the house to continue vacuuming then mopping with vinegar water followed by drying them with towels under my feet.  (These laminate floors are not suppose to be wet for long.) 

     Time also to wash the "new" toys I bought at Salvation Army.
All set for a new generation of wee visitors to Gramma G's house!!

     Tuesday was continuation of vacuum, mop and dry floors, cram piles of stuff into designated "messy zones" hidden from visitors' sight, then get to Freddy's before the day gets late.
   I needed to get food supplies for my company and more specific the fixings for dumplings and sour gravy.  Needed to set out the 4 loaves of bread to dry out a bit.

     Wednesday was more of the same cleaning. But also included checking the furnace filters.
I guess this is the black and white/the yin and yang/the time for a change..  Fresh air for my house guests...

      I wasn't going to do any Christmas decorating just yet, but when shopping I "had" to purchase a real evergreen garland and found some just right large colored lights to go with them.  
      Now, you need to understand that Gram G has an obsession problem.  If an idea gets into my head, it needs to be completed no matter what.  I NEED to do some bit of outdoor decorating for my family company that is coming.  Everything NEEDS to be just right. 

 Now you see it...the rainbow...
Now....15 minutes later...you don't.  Ah.. the great PNW...






    Arriving at Gram G's house and meeting Auntie Debbie on a Thursday afternoon...

Learning to make Gram G's famous dumplings to start a new tradition in San Diego.   Dumpling dinner party...

Checking out Portland on a rainy Friday afternoon

Keeping the local beat.....

Cheers, 
cousin Angie!
Oldest and youngest of 8 girl and 11 boy
cousins

 Portland after dark with cousin Zach.

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A "sun break" Saturday in the Columbia River Gorge.  

Multnomah Falls...

Happy hobbit hearts...

Debbie, Amanda, Bill, 

Gram G, Angie, Berklee

   SUN  BREAK!

San Diego hobbits in the PNW....

This has been a good 10 "PSW meets PNW" days in the life of Grandma G.

"The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.  The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth."  

(Psalms 145: 17 & 18)