tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337242472515013512012-02-16T19:39:44.545-08:00Wonderful husband, great kids, cutest grandkids, best of family and friends. Okay, I'm not pollyanna, there can be bumps in the road. But with each other and the Lord on our side..... What a life! It's All Good!Wenonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383447458731969939noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333724247251501351.post-86426905257276834912010-11-05T19:23:00.000-07:002010-11-05T19:23:21.285-07:00

Karina has the entire living room to crawl around and play. She has lots of toys. However, she always heads for my knit/crochet basket. Yesterday she discovered yarn that I didn't even know was in there. I think she's trying to tell me that she wants to learn to knit and crochet. Don't tell me any differently....I KNOW that's what she's saying at almost 8 months old.   

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It's been too long since I've posted (as my friends have lovingly pointed out to me). Instead of trying to catch up I'll just start from current events.~Halloween~ Launa & I did our traditional decorating in the atrium.  Behind the couch: her favorite musicals from Hallmark. This year Karina liked listening to them.  This skeleton is put together with duct tape and needs to be thrown away but

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It's that time of year again. Launa & I plant flowers every year in the atrium. This year we didn't have to plant as many because for the first time EVER I didn't kill as many. (yes, I have a brown thumb) We usually plant in March around Easter but time got away from us. We had enough left over flowers that we were able to put some in the backyard too. Now it looks prettier too. Yay! Launa loves

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Anthony is on a school trip in Washington DC and New York. So far his phone calls home and text messages have let us know that he's having a great time. Anthony loves history, he's always watching the Discovery Channel. When I talked to him last night he was like an encyclopedia giving me all the information on everything they'd seen. Today he text Erika that they'd seen Obama through a window as

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A month ago I bought a new welcome mat for our front door. The rest of the family immediately started complaining about it. "It's too thick." "We keep tripping on it." etc etc I told them to stop complaining because it's a pretty mat and, "Just watch what you're doing. What's so hard about stepping on a mat when you come in and out of a door?" (do you see where this is headed?) Isn't this a

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Our granddaughter, Karina Marie, was born on Thursday March 11 at 1:01pm. She was 6lbs 6oz and 19 inches long. She was named after me. Okay, her middle name is named after me. But that counts. She came into the world via a scheduled c-section which makes things really nice for planning. I was all 'gowned' up to go in with daddy (Michael) to watch the c-section when I got kicked out. Yes, kicked

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I got to go to the pumpkin patch today with Launa's kindergarten class. Starting out was a little difficult. Launa had never ridden on a bus before and was scared to death. She was clinging to Erika's leg crying. There was no room on the bus for parents so we were following in Erika's car. Launa's teacher, Mrs. Colborn, is the best. (btw: she was Anthony's kindergarten teacher too) She simply

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Glenn received the Supervisor of the Year award at Ventura PD. During the awards luncheon he also received an unexpected plaque from CNOA (California Narcotics Officers' Association). We are all so proud of Glenn and, of course, feel it's well deserved. Glenn & Chief Miller enjoy a laughGlenn's loves giving speeches....Ha!The family was there to support GlennWenona, Glenn, Greg, Launa, Erika,

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What does a 5yr old do when she thinks you're taking too long to make her lunch? She does it herself. I told Launa I'd be just another 5 minutes but she didn't want to wait. She pulled a chair from the dining room into the kitchen, got out the bread and moved the chair to the next counter. She got the peanut butter from the pantry and had her brother open it, the squeeze bottle strawberry jelly

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Since Glenn spent Father's Day watching over me in ICU he finally got his special day this past Sunday. After church the kids and grandkids came over. Erika did all the work. She cooked one of Glenn's favorite meals and his favorite chocolate chip cookies. We sat by the pool while the grandkids and Michael had fun in the water. Glenn opened his gifts. We ate and ate. Then we had a roaring game of

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While I spent the month of June in the hospital I missed out on a couple of important events.First, Anthony turned 13. He, along with 2 of his friends and some of the adult males in the family had a good time. Erika watched the fun and took pictures then joined in for the rest of the day. They started out at MB2 which is an indoor electric go-cart track. After having fun racing there they

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Not only did I get to spend the day with my best friend Elisa but we had a craft day with some dear friends. Elisa and I drove to Vicki's (Elisa's sister-in-law) house which is near Lancaster/Palmdale. Elisa and I hadn't had a chance to get together in a while so we used the drive to catch up on the latest gossip....er....life happenings. Vicki's best friend, Ellen, was there and also Vicki's

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It's that time of year again. The week before Easter Launa and I replant flowers in the atrium. This year we chose different types of flowers. They're bigger and I'm told will last year round. Let's see what my 'brown thumb' will do this time. For now it looks really pretty and Launa did a great job planting.

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Erika's birthday was April 4. The family went to lunch at a barbeque place. I think the best part for mom was being with Anthony & Launa. I'm not sure how she can be 32 when I'm only 42. Ha! Happy Birthday Erika!

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Recently I was happy to spend time with friends whom I've known for years. The first lunch was a mini high school reunion. (No, I'm not telling you how many years) We had lunch at the Trump Country Club in Palos Verdes. It was so much fun. The food was delicious but better yet was catching up with those I hadn't seen in years.

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Launa turned 5 on Monday, March 16. Papa & Grandma surprised her by picking her up before nap time from preschool. (Something she wants grandma to do everyday because she hates taking naps) We took her to Toys R Us to pick out her own birthday presents. (Notice the 's' after present) She started pointing out everything as soon as we entered the store but we directed her to certain aisles and she

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On Saturday Erika, Launa & I went to the Pantages with Erika's best friend Shannon, her daughter Ashlynn and mom Lisa to see Grease. We had a lot of fun. I don't think Launa or Ashlynn completely understood the play but they had so much fun watching the singing and dancing. I have to say I did too. Notice my 'pink lady' outfit. Ha! One of the big draws for this production was Taylor Hicks playing

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Launa has had that cold, cough, fever that has been going around. Instead of going to preschool she's been staying with grandma. What's the best thing to make a little one feel better? Popsicles! Even feeling sick she's so cute!Anthony finished his project in wood shop at school. A 2 drawer nightstand.He did a great job. It looks professional to me. He's going to use it in his bedroom.

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This beautiful rainbow could be seen from our front yard.I just had to take a picture of it. As I was in here downloading it onto the computer Glenn called me back outside. It had stretched clear across the sky just as the clouds came out and the rain started again. Beautiful!

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Elisa challenged me so here goes....(Original challenge issued by this blog). 1) go to the 4th picture folder 2) go to the 4th picture in the folder 3) tell 4 things about that picture 4) tag 4 more peopleI went to my Kodak folder, chose the 4th folder and the 4th picture. The 4th folder was of Anthony's 12th birthday party last year. I thought, "Cool, I'll get to show a picture of my grandson."

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Yesterday, January 6, was Glenn's birthday. The kids and grandkids came over in the evening for Glenn's requested roast with mashed potatoes and gravy dinner. Afterwards he opened his presents and the fun began. Although he got some nice things his main gift was a wii game. Anthony & Greg set it up right away and the competition was on. Even 4yr old Launa can get into it. What a blast! Everyone

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For the past few years since it's just Glenn & I living in the house I started decorating the Christmas tree 'pretty'. Instead of using the homemade ornaments from the past I used the dripping crystal type ornaments. Very pretty! This year, as most of you know, I had surgery and my recovery has been slow. Luckily we decorated the house before my surgery but buying and decorating a tree didn't get

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Two weeks ago, Dec 7, Launa was in her preschool Christmas program. It's one of the best school plays I've yet to see. They did a great job. The older classes did the talking and Launa's class was in the chorus. She knew all the words to the songs. We also saw her moving her lips to the words of the play. She did such a good job and looked so cute! She was very popular even having an audience

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Please join Glenn & I as we remember our son, David, and all those who have passed away.Held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 14, 2008, The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe as they light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are

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I love Christmas music. As soon as Thanksgiving is over out come my Christmas CD's. There are, of course, my favorites but I play them all. On Friday Launa & I were on our way to pick up Anthony from school. She was in her car seat playing a video game and I was singing away. I didn't think she was paying any attention. Santa Claus is Coming to Town came on and I'm singing at the top of my lungs

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Today was our anniversay. We went to dinner and a movie. Right now I'm waiting for Glenn to get his things together for work tomorrow so we can relax the rest of the evening. The Packer game is on so we'll watch the rest of it and I'll knit. And, yes girls, I'm way okay with that. I just love being with Glenn. I really am the luckiest girl ever. I couldn't ask for a better husband than Glenn. As

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Mom & I went on opening day, 2nd showing matinee. Lucky thing because I found out it was sold out in the evening. I loved it! Can't wait for the next one to come out. I was worried about the actors playing the parts. When you read a book your imagination gets to play such a large part. I was afraid I'd be disappointed in the movie's portrayal of the characters. But I was pleasantly surprised.

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Anthony & Launa got out of school early last Friday. They helped me make chocolate chip cookies. I had just found these new aprons a few days earlier. They're both great helpers and we were all great tasters. Anthony taught me how to use the timer on my camera. I've had this camera for a long time. Anthony is always showing me how to do things with my camera, on the computer etc etc.

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Last Sunday, November 2, was my birthday. We had a small family bbq at our house after church. I received some very nice things from my family but the best was just being with them. I also received a lot of phone calls, nice cards, e-mails, facebook messages and a special blog message from my very good friend Tara. Thank you everyone. I feel so blessed. Roses from Glenn!

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This was the first year since I became a grandma 12 yrs ago that I didn't go out trick or treating with grandkids. Guess I'm over it? I usually really decorate too. This year I set a few things out the day of so kids would at least know they could stop by. I realize I didn't go to a pumpkin patch this year either. ummmm no Halloween spirit this year, huh? Halloween night Robert & Erika took the

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Last Sunday was mom's birthday. (yeah, I'm late posting) Mom wanted breakfast for dinner so everyone came over that evening and we had scones, bacon, sausage and eggs. It was delicious! Happy Birthday Mom!

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Wicked? you ask. Didn't she already post about Wicked? Yes I did, right here. But I got to go again. This time with Glenn and our friends Chuck and Katherine. It was funny how it began. The day after I went with mom & Erika, Glenn & I went to church. Just as I started to tell Chuck & Katherine that they really should see Wicked they began talking about wanting to see it. That's all I had to hear

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Our son-in-law, Robert, came home from Iraq on Thursday. It was his 2nd tour and he was gone for 7 months. It was so exciting to have him come home. Erika told Anthony who is 12 a few days early but didn't tell Kourtnie (9yrs) or Launa (4yrs) until that day. Launa found out while we were getting ready. Kourtnie found out when Erika showed up at school to take her out. I think Kourtnie's teacher

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Glenn just went back to work this week after a 2 week vacation. We spent 3 nights, 2 days in Cambria. It was great to just get away and relax.Glenn relaxing on the patio outside of our room.Wenona in front of our room.The view from our patio.The rest of the time we stayed around here. Glenn had a list of things he wanted to get done. (okay, I had a list for him too..Ha!) But, although he got a

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It's football season again. I'm not talking about pro or college. I'm talking about what really counts. Our grandson's team. The Ojai Eagles. Anthony is playing his 2nd year. If you were reading my blog last year you'll remember that Anthony's team was undefeated and went to the Super Bowl. This year he and his friend, Shane, are the only 2 returning and the rest are rookies. The rest of

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If you haven't seen Wicked yet I highly recommend it. Erika and her best friend Shannon invited their mothers and grandmas to the matinee showing and then dinner. The 6 of us went on Saturday and had a great time. (Papa got to stay home and watch the grandkids. Thank you Glenn) I was going to wait until Shannon forwarded the pictures of us to post but I can always do a 2nd posting. We saw Wicked

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School started today and yesterday was the last day for some summer fun! Anthony called to ask if his friends could come with him to swim in the pool. Of course! His friends have been swimming in our pool all summer.The 4 boys play on the Ojai Eagles football team. They played football in the pool with a pool football and were having a blast. The water was so wavy and there wasn't any place in

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Launa, our 4yr old granddaughter, and Glenn (Papa) have an ongoing tease of calling each other "monkey". "You're a monkey." "You're a monkey bum." etc etc You get the idea.A few weeks ago Launa gave papa a monkey sticker and insisted he put it on his blackberry.After that Papa found a monkey sticker on the bananas while helping with the groceries. He stuck it on the mirror in the bathroom Launa

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My friend, Kelli, started this today. (Happy 30th Birthday Kelli) It sounded like fun so here goes. A fun new blogging game:1. Leave one memory that you and I had together as a comment on my blog. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to

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I grew up going to Dodger games. My family would go to a lot of them every season. As a teenager I had a t-shirt that said "Hey hey whatta ya Cey?" Remember Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Steve Yeager, Bill Russell....just to name a few? Now THAT was a team. Okay, I'm dating myself. I remember the time my girlfriends and I waited after a game near the locker room and I got to say "hi" to Ron Cey. I was

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Tara and family came to California for a visit. Even though she deserted me by moving to Utah last year they still come back for visits because Tara's family lives in the area. I'm so happy! Tara, Dan, Bryan, Cole & Cody came over on Monday. We hung out by the pool. While the kids (and Dan) had fun swimming Tara and I caught up on everything. It was so much fun. And, they even brought lunch.

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Greg graduated from Cal Poly Pomona.LtoR: Grandma Shirley, Grandma & Grandpa Utter (who came from Arkansas), Greg, Dad & Wenona, nieces Kourtnie & Launa, sister Erika and cousin Vicki.We all traveled down the night before and stayed in a hotel so we could be there bright and early. The graduation was very nice and we're so proud of Greg.The next day we had a combination Father's day/graduation

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Kourtnie has been in horse camp this past week while Launa has been taking swimming lessons. Anthony was in horse camp too but in Simi Valley with his dad so I didn't get any pictures.Kourtnie loves the horses and hasn't even minded the over 100 degree weather in Ojai as long as she got to hang out with her new favorite animals. I tried to get to the camp in time to get pictures of her riding but

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Anthony turned 12 on June 6. He chose Applebees for the family dinner. Anthony and Allen have been friends since preschool.Anthony is always happiest if Uncle Greg is there.The next day was his party at Lazerstar. I had just as much fun as the kids. (even if I was on the losing team for all 4 missions) It had been years since we'd been to Lazerstar. You're never too old to go and have fun!A week

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The 'former' Alpha Beta girls went out to dinner for Virginia's birthday. Happy Birthday Virginia! It was also a happy celebration because Virginia had just become a new grandma. We got to see the pictures of her new grandson. SO CUTE! When I first arrived at the restaurant I was a little nervous. The sign said it was a sushi place. Yucch! But, I knew Virgina wouldn't really pick a place with

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I admit it! I have this 'thing' about boxes. Every time something comes in a box.... "This would be a good box to use at Christmas time or a gift anytime." "This is a good size box to put things in for the Goodwill." "This would be a good craft box for the grandkids." Big boxes, small boxes it doesn't matter.Where do they go? In the garage. The small boxes go in the area where I keep my plastic

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On Saturday the 7 of us 'girls' from the family went to the Thousand Oaks Civic Center to see the Snow White Ballet. It was Mom (Doc), my sister Debbie (Sneezy), niece Vicki (Bashful), daughter Erika (Grumpy..inside joke), granddaughters Kourtnie (Sleepy) & Launa (Happy) and myself (Dopey).I love plays and musicals but had never been to a ballet. I must admit that I wasn't sure if this was going

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I started working at Alpha Beta grocery store (now Ralphs grocery store) right out of high school and continued into my early 30's when I left to become a police officer. Fourteen years, I grew up in that place and I met some great people. Luckily since leaving in 1988 I still keep in touch with some of my friends. I periodically get to go to dinner or lunch with them. Last night we had dinner to

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Mother's Day was fun! Yes I'm a week late posting....again. After church the family came over and we had a barbecue. Before they arrived Erika, Greg and Glenn gave me a gift. It's a purse I've been wanting for over a year but wouldn't dream of buying for myself. I learned about Harvey's seatbelt purses from Elisa. (Thank you, Elisa. She has a purple one) This is the one I just happen to point out

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Last Saturday we had a pool party for Kourtnie's birthday. Happy Birthday Kourtnie! Glenn went outside to hose off the patio, take the cover off of the pool and get things ready. I heard a knock on the window so looked outside. Glenn was standing there fully clothed, shoes and all....dripping wet. He had been walking next to the pool reading the ingredients on the can of his energy drink and

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Greg had knee surgery on Thursday. It turns out he had torn cartilage flopping around in there. Glenn has had 3 knee surgeries on the same knee and the same problem.Greg was a bit drugged up and decided to make a face at the camera.Glenn & Greg comparing scars. You can still see the doctor's initials on Greg's knee.Glenn re wrapping Greg's knee.I have a picture of Greg on my cell phone in his

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I love organization. I'm not saying my house is the neatest but I get such a thrill every time something is in its place. Although shopping is a death sentence I can spend a long time in Bed Bath & Beyond. Do you know how many things they have to organize your home?Well, there's one main spot in our house that will NOT stay clean. That is my desk. Everything gets thrown on there. I clean it one

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Erika's birthday was last Friday, April 4. (Yes, I'm late blogging) We went to dinner with the family to BJ's restaurant. Why did Erika choose this particular restaurant? For the dessert of course. The food was good too but the desserts were worth the 90 minute wait to get in. This is the afghan I made for Erika. I know it's not the same as cuddling with Robert but maybe it'll keep her warm while

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Anthony and Papa worked on a project for Anthony's class at school. He had to make a contraption to hold a raw egg that could be thrown off of the building of the school without breaking the egg. There were, of course, rules to be followed. (I won't go into all of them)Glenn & Anthony thought they had everything all dialed in on Monday when they slit open a football and decided to place the egg

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Robert (Chief Taylor) left this week for Iraq. He will be gone for about 7 months. It was hard saying goodbye. The kids and us said our goodbyes the night before and the 3 kids spent the night at our house. Erika drove Robert to the base in the early hours. She was allowed to stay with him for about an hour before he and the other soldiers formed up to leave. Saying goodbye was really

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The younger kids at our house hunt for plastic Easter eggs filled with lots of goodies. The older kids go on a treasure hunt using clues. The magic age is 10 so this was Anthony's 2nd year to go on a treasure hunt. Anthony loves old coins so for his treasure both years greatma (my mom) gave him coins she had that belonged to my grandpa.After church we started the family get together with our

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My good friend, Tara, moved to Utah last year. I was so surprised when she called on Thursday and said that they were in California. She, Dan and their 3 boys decided to make a trip out without telling anyone. They came by this morning for a visit. I've been so excited the last 2 days waiting to see them. Unfortunately our pool isn't heated yet but they made due with a trip to the beach after

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We spent Thursday & Friday with Erika, Robert and our 3 grandkids at Disneyland and California Adventures. Glenn & I hadn't been to Disneyland since Erika was 13. Boy, has it changed. Of course, we'd never been to California Adventures. We had 2 fun filled days. The 2nd day our cousin Leah and her husband Alex joined us around 4:30. It was really fun having them there.We tried dividing the

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George John Marcus5-6-1920 to 2-26-2008I met this wonderful man 30 years ago. When mom starting dating George I instantly fell in love with him. A person couldn't help but do so, he was such a special person. Dad could make anyone feel important. He cared about what you were doing. He cared about 'your' life. He had a great sense of humor and always smiled. He was intelligent, witty and always

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As I've mentioned before (click here) Glenn spoils me. These are the roses I received on Valentine's day. Aren't they beautiful?We went to a movie and dinner. It was a simple evening but didn't turn out quite the way we'd planned. Glenn got off of work an hour early and I met him at the PD. We drove to the movie theater to see a movie we really wanted to see.We walked up to the window to buy our

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Last Thursday Launa went grocery shopping with me. She did the normal 3yr old thing. "I want this. I want that". She made her fellow age group proud. I told her "no" to the cookies. Reminded her that last time I bought her 2 packages and when we got home she didn't want any of them and instead ate popsicles. This caused Papa & I to eat all of the cookies from both bags. We certainly couldn't let

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Some say that living in Ojai is like living in paradise. It may not be paradise but it sure is close. Elisa is going to think I'm copying her idea. But honest, Elisa, I'd already had the idea for this entry. These pictures were all taken within a week of each other. This first picture was taken from in front of our house looking over the house that's across the street. A person can drive north

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The president of our church passed away Sunday evening. I received an e-mail from my niece that night with the news. Glenn saw the tears in my eyes while I sat staring at the computer. I choked the words out and he sat there in shock. Then my sister called me crying. President Hinckley was 97 and we knew it could happen one day but as a friend said in her blog, we "selfishly wanted him to live

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Launa and her preschool class went to a residential care facility yesterday. They go there often to sing to the residents. On Halloween we walked through and showed them the kids in their costumes.Yesterday the children were singing a Christian song. One of the verses is: "I'd rather be a sheep than a goat." After singing this verse Launa yelled out, "I want to be a Mermaid". The other kids heard

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Glenn turned 50 on January 6. He didn't want a party or any type of large get together. After church we had a small family barbecue at our house. He got to eat tri-tip that he didn't have to cook for once. Our nephew stood out in the rain barbecuing it for us. (thank you Ron) Besides eating trip-tip Glenn got to sit on the couch watching football, eating his favorite cake and pie (thank you

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Our grandkids have been playing the Game of Life at our house for years. It's their favorite game. We have other fun games we play but come to Grandma and Papa's house and they want to play Life. This year Santa brought the kids the new electronic version. They brought it to our house and taught me how to play. It's very different. I liked that there is no arguing anymore over the money because

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Have you ever done a remodel? Oh my goodness! We started this 6 week remodel on our hall bathroom 12 weeks ago. It started out right on schedule and continued that way for 4 weeks. Then it came to a screeching halt. I won't go into the boring details but it's been frustrating. The contractor we are using is the same one who did our room addition in 2000. He added a room, bathroom and laundry room

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Christmas Spirit!Christmas day is always fun when it includes the grandkids! We started the morning with Greg, Erika, Robert, Anthony, Kourtnie, and Launa. Just as we finished opening gifts to and from each other the rest of the family started arriving. All together we had 19 of us for the day. I love it! It makes the Christmas spirit so much more fun.Christmas Love!Christmas Fun! Something

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I don't do a lot of baking for the holidays. A little a here, a little there. Glenn & I teach a Sunday School class- 16,17 & 18yr old students. We asked them what kind of Christmas lesson they wanted this year. Before we could even talk about a lesson they wanted to put in their orders for goodies. I promised their favorites: chocolate chip cookies, snicker doodles and milk.Launa & I spent all

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Anthony's team, the Ojai Eagles, went to the Super Bowl today. They had an undefeated season and were playing the Santa Barbara Dons who had only lost 1 game. We drove to Santa Ynez for the game. It was really exciting to watch our guys play their hearts out. They won 20-0. The coaches said that they're the first Eagles team to go all the way undefeated.Anthony on the line.Anthony plays corner

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Glenn & Anthony are close. Anthony found out Papa was going to put up the Christmas lights. He asked to help. When they were finished they sat and watched football together and ate pizza.You can't tell from this picture but this spot on the roof is about 20 feet high.Before going home Anthony told Papa that he had a school project he needed help with. He has to make a Polynesian mask. The next

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I hadn't planned on it yet. We'd just returned the day before from our vacation. I had laundry, bills etc. But...... when you're 3 year old granddaughter says, "Grandma, let's decorate for Christmas." aaaahhhh What's a grandma to do?So, on Tuesday we decorated. I dragged the ladder over in the garage, climbed up and pulled the numerous plastic buckets and other decorations down. We spent until

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Glenn & I went to a Packer football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas. I'd never been to a professional football game and Glenn hadn't been since 1969. What a Blast! Okay, yes, the Packers lost and Favre got hurt. If we'd been watching it on TV we would've both been really bummed. I admit we weren't happy that we lost BUT we had so much fun it was hard to be as bummed as usual.The fun

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My younger brother turned 50 on November 16. (we won't talk about my age) We had a surprise party for him on the 24th. There was a small family dinner on his birthday. Glenn & I weren't there because we were in Reno at a conference. Ben must have thought none of us figured his birthday was that big of a deal. Ha!By the look on his face he was definitely surprised.We weren't mean or anything with

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Our anniversary was on Saturday, November 24. It's been 17 great years together. We're going away next weekend to celebrate to our favorite spot....Sycamore Mineral Springs. Before heading up north to Sycamore we're taking an overnight flight on Thursday to Texas for the Packer/Cowboy game. Go Packers!I'm one of those lucky wives who receives beautiful flowers each year on special occasions. I

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The kids got out of school early each day this week. Today Launa didn't want to nap at preschool so I picked her up early too. It's always a contest between Anthony & Kourtnie to see who gets to the computer first. Anthony and his friends won today. Kourtnie was bored so I got out the bucket of paints and crafts from the shelf while Launa was napping. After Launa's nap she decided to paint too.I

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This was Anthony's first year playing football. Of course he had to choose tackle instead of flag football. He's playing for the Ojai Eagles and so far his team is undefeated. Because Anthony is in his 1st year and because he needs to add a few pounds he wasn't on the first string. The good thing about playing at this age is everyone gets some playing time. The good thing about Anthony is that he

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It's been almost a week since my birthday but I was waiting to see Elisa before blogging my gifts. Tonight was our once a month Nibble & Knit class. Lucky for me it's held here in Ojai. Elisa drives up here and we meet with a group of great women. We crochet, knit and talk talk talk. Oh yes, and someone brings goodies. It's a lot of fun! There are all levels of expertise and also lucky for me

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The morning of Halloween in the middle of my workout Erika called me. Launa attends the preschool where Erika works. The kids were going to start their Halloween parade in 45 minutes and Erika wasn't going to be able to get out of her classroom to walk with Launa or take pictures. "Mom?" I finished my workout, washed up a bit, threw some halfway presentable clothes on and rushed to the school,

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Yesterday was Mom's birthday. Everybody sing "Happy Birthday"! Mom will kill me when she reads this and finds out that I'm telling the world how old she is but I think she looks GREAT! Mom turned 75 yesterday yet looks and acts a lot younger.The family went out to dinner at a restaurant in Ventura last night. There were 16 of us. We had a room all to ourselves. It made it a lot nicer for talking,

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Launa & I decorated the atrium, which is the entrance to our house, for Halloween today. She was such a big girl as I stood at the top of the ladder in the garage and handed down the decorations to her. Until...... I tried to hand her the skeleton. She wanted no part of touching it. "You bring it down, grandma. It's too creepy."Later, as I dressed the skeleton she handed the clothes to me but I

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My little devil LaunaAhhhh the pumpkin patch. That time honored tradition. I've gotten to go with my children an now my grandchildren. Today I got to take my 3yr old granddaughter with her preschool class. Lucky for me her mother, Erika, had to work. (sorry Erika-NOT) Launa had a lot of fun running around looking at the pumpkins. She thought the scarecrow

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I've finally done it. This is my blog. Elisa came over today and helped me set this up. I promised her that I'd post something tonight. Gee....what do I say? My life isn't that exciting.We started a bathroom remodel this week. I guess I could show you pictures. Nah, maybe later.I decided that for my first entry you would see pictures of my grandkids. Why? Because it's all about the kids.

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