Friday, December 28 2007

We just returned from yet another meal out. If we're not eating or drinking, we're playing or sleeping. We went bowling last night. It's definitely NOT my game. I did break 100 one time. We'll be spending the next few days at my parents house. Happy New year to everyone.

CHRISTMAS DAY 2007

Christmas has been great for our family. We had a white Christmas and a wonderful time at midnight mass. We ate all day and shared memories with everyone. Carol made me an extensive recipe book with all our favorites. I was so bummed that I lost all my recipes and she had a bunch of them. We're going to play family feud now. It's one of our Christmas presents. The slippers aren't mine but I wish they were!

CHRISTMAS EVE 2007

It's looking like a white Christmas for sure! Yesterday it was raining and in the 50's. I got caught in the rain going for a morning walk. Today it's a blizzard outside. We need to use the snowblower. I believe that's a job for teenage boys. My cousin Susie took me to see a beautiful musical, "White Christmas". Then we baked cookies until after midnight. This morning it was snowing and blowing. We're wishing everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Thursday Dec. 20th 2007

Well here we are in Buffalo, New York for our white Christmas. It's cold outside, obviously, but warm and cozy inside. Nick and I bundled up and went for a walk for an hour. Now we;re visiting with our family.

Thursday, Dec. 14th

We just returned from the Ramona Christmas Tree lighting. It was quite cold and my toes are numb! I'm sitting in front of the little electric heater to thaw out my feet. I thought John or Nick took some pictures since they brought the camera but I thought wrong. So no new pics today. We're having a final clean up day on Saturday to get rid of the burnt junk and shattered glass. I hate looking out the window and seeing what's left of our stuff, strewn all over the yard.

Thursday December 13, 2007

Well here's our new pad. Kind of small but cozy. We have to sidestep each other a lot. I just got back from Pat and Hector's house. I did some laundry and watched the Dr. Phil show that I was on. We're getting stuff UPS almost daily. It's like the 12 days of Christmas. In a few days we'll be off to Buffalo for the Holidays.

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007

Here's my Christmas tree at night. You can see it from far away since the trees are gone. It's 30 degrees this morning and the snow still can be seen in the mountains. Organizing belongings and doing insurance paperwork takes up the whole day. The Dr. Phil Christmas show will be aired this Thursday. I'm going to Pat and Hector's house to watch it. I wish I could bake Christmas cookies but I lost all of my recipes. I'll have to wait until I get to Buffalo!

Monday Dec 10, 2007

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! There's snow in the mountains, we can see from our motor home windows. There's a Christmas tree in our front yard that I'm putting lights on and maybe some plastic ornaments. It was so windy yesterday that I had to abandon my decorating efforts. I was holding onto the tree as I stood on the ladder. I'm determined to have a tree!

Sunday Dec. 9th 2007

A week has passed since my last post. We've been living in the motor home without electricity (except from the generator). We finally got internet and John and Nick spent 8 hrs. running power to the coach on Saturday. It was freezing cold and raining off and on. The muck is worse with the rain and mudslides are a problem. This morning I could have a cup of coffee without waking everyone up turning on the generator.

We have a beautiful view of the snow covered mountains. The dog comes back covered in dirt and ash. His muzzle was completely black from burying one of his treasures. He gets a sponge bath each day so he can come inside for the night. There is no place to bathe him completely.

Last Tuesday I was in the audience of the Dr. Phil show. It will be aired Dec. 11 or 12. It's the Christmas show with Howie Mandel and Marie Osmond. I'm in the middle of the audience 2 rows from the top. You'll see the generosity of the companies and people who gave us tons of Christmas gifts for our family. What a surprise that was.

I'll post more pictures once I can find the camera. It's very tight living in such small quarters and we misplace a lot of things.

Dec. 3rd 2007

I spent the week-end in Solvang CA with my girlfriend Bev Delaney. We shopped for 2 days trying to find some of the Christmas decorations we lost in the fire. It was very therapeutic for me. I'm sure John was fretting how much I was spending. We don't have internet access yet so he can't look up the charges on the credit cards. Probably was best that he couldn't! I'm back to work with Kourtney today so I can use the internet access. More later.