Archive for the 'Kids, Sweeties' Category

Log Day becomes Grog Day

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Up at 8 to go to Greystone to help cut wood for their Log Day. Ended up on Blue Bank Road loading logs into Joe-Ben after they were cut by James, Mingus, and Drew. Unloaded that truckload, and then helped Mombo get ready so that she could visit at Greystone and “inspect.” She enjoyed talking […]

Portland, P.I., Day Four

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Today was winery day. First we had a wonderful lunch at a Bistro on the way there. It ws the first time I had clam chowder with the clams in shell. Delicious! Brendan was our chauffeur, and Kara and I had wine tastings at three of the many wineries near Portland–Erath, Sokol-Blosser, and Argyle. It […]

Portland, P.I., Day Three

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Today is Monday. Kara had to go to work, so Brendan and I spent the day together. First we ate VooDoo Doughnuts for breakfast. Then we went into the city and walked around. We ended up at for lunch at Sushi Sakara. It was an automated sushi bar with a conveyor belt. As the sushi […]

Portland, P.I., Day Two

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Sunday. We had been to church last evening, so this morning we got up and went to the Farmers’ Market. We bought apples and frozen meat. We even got yak summer sausage. Then BCA&KN introduced me to tamales for breakfast and now I am hooked. They served us right out of their steaming pans. We […]

Caitlan and Kyle Go to the Opera

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Actually they went to a gala to raise funds for the opera and bid (with their group of friends) on a trip to Greece in September! Classy!!

What can happen in a decade?

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

I face a new decade. I face a new series of ages in which I start with a 6 in the tens’ place. When I think about the “oughts” I realized that between the year 2000 and now: ***I fell in love for the first time since Wayne died. ***I got married. ***I became a […]

Skin Horse

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Happy Birthday, Chippy. I toasted Caitlan and Kyle for the both of us a few nights ago. You would have liked the toast since it was about the reading Joe Palmiotto did at our wedding. “The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his […]

The Aftermath

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

The next two days were a whirlwind. Thanks to Ian’s taxi service, we got Tim and Sara and John and Gail to the airport. It was so wonderful to have them all here. We had a lovely breakfast of broccoli quiche at Rocking Horse Manor before saying our good-byes. As people stopped by to see […]

Happy New Year and Reception!!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

After a beautiful wedding officiated over by Fr. Pat Stewart and during which the bride and groom pledged to be each others’ servants by washing each others’ feet, we had our pictures taken and then walked through the cold to the reception hall. Brendan and Ian were the mc’s for the evening. They introduced the […]

The Wedding of Caitlan and Kyle

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The day started with a delicious breakfast of yogurt parfaits and cheese souffle at the Rocking Horse Manor. Alyx came to do KK’s hair, and what a beautiful job she did! It looked just gorgeous. The girlies then took her to get her make-up done at Clinique. I wanted to go along, but I had […]