Monday, November 22, 2010

Granny's House

My Grandma as a young girl, around the time she met my Grandpa.  
I've been down in San Diego for the past few days helping out my 'Granny', who is so not your typical Granny, after a long hospital stay resulting from a surgery.  She has been doing better and better everyday and it has been wonderful to be here helping out along with my Dad.  We ran a crazy amount of errands over the weekend, played lots of rounds of Skip-bo, did our chores, and spent time catching up.

Today I took dad to the airport, then went into the craziness of Trader Joe's right before Thanksgiving and gathered up a ton of groceries to stock the fridge and pantry for quite a while.  Trader Joe's had all the fixings for Thanksgiving, so even though I won't be here, I went ahead and got all the ingredients for a Turkey Day meal.  My cousin is coming in tonight, and I fly out tomorrow.  Her dad will be coming in tomorrow night.  It feels like an intricate old-english dance, this family coordinating so seamlessly.

My cousins and I the last time we saw one another.  I'm sitting down at  the end of the dock.
Cousin M is in the boat, Cousin K is the taller kid on the right.
After re-meeting my cousin after about 20 years I've decided to cancel my flight back to SF for Tuesday and stay through Friday so that we can get to know one-another again.  This way I will also get to re-meet my Uncle and another cousin after again, about 20 years.  Looking forward to getting connected again.  I'll take the train up to SLO on Friday and connect with my husband and spend time with his family then.  

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Esty Find

Found these wonderful prints on Etsy, only how do you pick?




Check out Geninne on Esty.com  

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Random Laundry Day

History of Laundry, at least it is easier now.
One of the benefits of being a federal employee is the federal holidays. Veteran's day is one of those weird floating holidays that often land in the middle of the week.  So it is a Thursday and I am at home, not sick, enjoying my day off.  I have lots of quarters and piles of laundry, so after sleeping late, eating a yummy breakfast with my hubby, and lounging on the couch I am starting the attack on the Laundry.  I've got vetoed movies from my hubby to watch... which will probably be awful, but I have no worries about anyone criticizing them (except me of course).  My feet are up, my timer is on for the laundry, and I have all the fixin's for a yummy Thai Beef Salad in the fridge.  Life is good.  

Monday, November 1, 2010

World Series Winners!

Giants celebrate winning the 2010 World Series
I've been all caught up in this amazing Giants post season!  We just watched the Giants win the 2010 World Series, horns are still honking out on the main street of town, fireworks randomly go off here or there, and the spirits are high in the Bay Area.  A great big Thank You to all of our friends who have hosted us in their homes, shared meals, and welcomed us to watch all of the World Series games on their TVs.  With no live TV at home, you all rescued us from battling with the hoards in the local sports bars.  It has been a wonderful 5 games and a well deserved win for the Giants.  Go Team!  Check out the quick game recap at the Giants Website.