A Year of Celebrations.....Post Views...21,818

AH.......a year of celebrations.....Gram G is celebrating completing 70 years of life on planet Earth... 2016 is the year...B-day coming in February!!

Celebration One......

San Diego New Year/Lacrosse tourney weekend

(continued)

Jan 2
Hanging with Baby Berklee......



Gram G's favorite Ocean Beach filet mignon with asparagus eggs benedict... 

A chilly visit to the beach..... Jude and Jake out for a bit of boogie boarding

     

Pebble art......

January sunset.....

SATURDAY EVENING GIRLS' NIGHT OUT.....

BENIHANA JAPANESE GRILL

Gemma, Auntie Debbie, Carole, Grandma G

"I'm getting bored, I need some entertaining...."

"Bring on the chef...."

Noodle, chicken and veggies.....

On to Claim Jumpers for Dessert!!

Gram G found her B-day cake...

DESSERT HEAVEN.....

WOW!

                           ...when wow is beyond words..

(just learned that....still practicing)

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A SUNDAY VISIT TO OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO..

 Pizza in Old Town......

Big Fun in San Diego.....Time to head home on Monday.....

to SNOW.....OH, NO....

 Bentley......

WHAT is this stuff?

How do I move in it?

Sunday in Vancouver, WA....

 Monday morning hanging out at John Wayne airport....

Working on computer....trying Russian cabbage soup...Tasty....


We're heading home...





TO.......

                                        SNOW.......

 In Hobbit Town....

I'm waiting for a sleigh ride









This has been a good 3 celebration days in the life of Grandma G.

"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."  (Psalm 34:8)

Happy San Diego New Year!!.....Post Views, 21,706

Grandma G's last day of 2015 started out 4 AM in Vancouver, WA and ended 12:30 AM the first day of 2016 in Carlsbad, CA.  

       



Sunrise somewhere mid-California coastline



Keys, Jake, Carole, Deb...and gear..
our flight left 6:20 and landed
8:40 at John Wayne airport in 
Irvine, CA.  

                 
 2nd breakfast along the coast...chicken tortilla soup










Getting ready for Gerry's New Year's Eve party.....after a nap....

 Last 2015 sunset San Diego style....











making Oriental chicken lettuce wraps.
 YUM!!

                                    YUM double....
                                                       Gram G banana bread



Meeting Baby Berklee...

Practicing with the 
selfie stick....

 Gerry's New Year's Eve party of sundry and assorted folk....

HAPPY 2016 NEW YEAR!!

Thumb up for a great first year!!

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We went to San Diego to watch Jake play goalie for the 
Junior Black Rinos of Portland as they competed in the Lacrosse Surf Cup. 


We are from the Pacific 
Northwest....
WHAT is that yellow ball in that blue sky????








 





Mom/Deb, Jake, Dad/Keys
Uncle Bill, Grandma Carole

Good playing, Goalie!!

Schmidt/Miller New Year's Gang.....

Gerry, Jude, Jake, Keys, Deb, Bill, Amanda, Baby Berklee

Gemma, Grandma Carole, Grandma G...

This has been a good New Year's day in the life of Grandma G.

"'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'." (Jeremiah 29:11)

Three Days of Christmas...Part 2...Post Views...21,683

 Christmas afternoon the sun broke through for awhile....a great time for a walk around Deb's neighborhood.  

   Holly trees decorating the roadway....

 Monkey tail tree......





   

Christmas Treasures.....

                                                                         Louisa, Olivia, Emilia

Baby Berklee











                                        Angie and JJ (Jake)

                                                                 
                                                   Jude and Gemma....
                                                   Allie and Sophia....



Cory, rock climbing near Anchorage, Alaska  where he is attending college...

Are they related??  Waiting for Star Wars movie

Gerry and Jude




     


   

                Ryan, Angie, Austin

Santa Chuck (2nd to left) with 
Santa Rampage Bike ride in 
Milwaukee, WI 

Full moon over San Diego Beach Christmas morning....

(Gerry Schmidt photo)

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  After a dinner of ham and watching part of a movie I returned home to sit in front of the TV.  The movie Coat of Many Colors was airing.  It portrayed a time in Dolly Parton's early life about a patchwork coat her mom made for her.  Excellent movie to see.
     I stayed up until midnight in order to call Louie.  He told me a few weeks back that he is awake most of the night and sleeps most of the day.  Sure enough, though it was 2 AM in Park Falls, he was wide awake when I called.   We chatted awhile and wished him a Merry Christmas.  (He doesn't do much these days other than watch TV and sleep.  He doesn't get out of bed and is fed by a feeding tube.  He is content.)
     Going to bed at 12:30 I suddenly felt sick and spent a restless night.  Wasn't sure if I could keep my invitation to have family over for dinner that evening.  Come morning I swallowed some Tylanol, said a strong prayer and got on with the day.   

 Herbed New York roast....precooking....

Yum with mushrooms, fried onions, mashed potatoes and gravy....

And family.....

Frank and Carole.....

                      Zach and Jake






How do you like my halo?

Keys and Deb...





I ended up a bit sick on             Sunday....stayed home, rested and napped 3 hours while rain fell.  

 Gram G's bodacious Christmas soup.....

What does one do with 2 roast bones with chunks of meat, left over au jus  sauce and a bowl of fried onions?

One makes a pot of soup using them, a few carrots, potatoes, peas and barley.....
Oh wait, one doesn't have any barley.  How about red quinoa?    The soup is quite tasty.....

      Monday was a get back to routine day by doing laundry and watching two Lord of the Rings movies while catching up on blogging.   

       Today, Tuesday, started with water aerobics, cleaning off pink mildew stuff from my shower unit...(lots of moisture out here), more laundry, and watching the 3rd Lord of the Rings movie while blogging.  
       I have an annoying habit of buying 3 small slightly green bananas at the beginning of the week.  Bananas are suppose to be good for you, but I am not totally fond of them.  By mid week they are ready for eating.  By Friday they are over-ready.  By Saturday they end up in the freezer.  Come Monday the pattern starts all over again.  
      There is an up side..

banana bread on occasion.....

after 9 or more black bananas collect in the freezer.....



This banana bread is for a special event... 
check back in a few days and find out what!!



The sun is forecast for southern Washington for the next 5 days....
Time for winter break.....Oh, yah!!

This has been a good 2 "days of Christmas part 2" in the life of Grandma G.

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God."  (Psalms 100: 1-3)