Wow, it's taken me a long time to get logged onto this Blog. This is neat and look forward to seeing everyone's posts now! Thanks Alice of resending the link to me.
Getting ready for the 88th birthday party for Granny in a couple of days. Hope I remember everything I have to do~I didn't send those of you not able to attend the party the invitation that I made for it. I put a picture of Granny with her mother, taken when Granny was one year old, on the front of the card. Granny had won a "beauty contest" and the prize was money. Her mother who was desperately poor at the time, elected to spend mom's prize earnings on the photograph. I think Granny feels sad when she looks at the picture and thinks of the sacrifices that her mom made to raise her children. For those of you who don't know, Granny's father basically abandoned his family and was killed in a train wreck when my mom was young. He worked for the railroad. So Granny's mom made bread and rolls for a living during the depression in order to support her kids. And she made Great Rolls, I remember smelling the dough as it was rising , although it always smelled better then it tasted at that point! I have lots of fond memories of my grandmother. She was always loving and she had the softest whitest skin. Kind of like bread dough!
So I have been speaking almost daily now with Granny. She said that Grandpa sleeps most of the time and doesn't do much else. He doesn't read anymore and I don't think he gets on the computer much anymore. I suggested that she play some classical music since he used to love to listen to it. I think Granny is lonely, doesn't have much conversation now with Grandpa.
Our house in Pioneer is pretty much furnished now. Ron went up there last Thursday and spent four nights there. Some of his friends were there for a couple of those nights. It snowed there, just a flurry that didn't stick, but an introduction of what is to come in a couple of months. It is so gorgeous there. We both think that it could be a place that we could spend some major time after Ron retires. It is definitely far from the maddening crowd. Our house is quite literally on the edge of the last fairly large town (5,000 in Pioneer) on Rte 88 prior to getting to the next major town which is South Lake Tahoe. And Rte 88 has some of the most gorgeous scenery in California!
Kids are doing well. Waiting for Kaityn's first progress report from school. Hoping she gets a B average so she can finally get her driver's permit.
Chris's last day of WYO tech is tomorrow. Fourteen straight months of school since he graduated from Cal High. I am so proud of how well his has done . He has been invited to interview for the BMW school. He is a little concerned that he might end up having to work for a dealer in Kansas, which he thinks would be a fate worse then death, but admits that he doesn't really know how the whole process works. He would be happy staying in California and I suggested that he imagines that is just what will happen!
Ron's work is stressful and he comes home with a headache every night. I am hoping that the lab will have an early retirement buyout soon that he will be able to take advantage of. If that were to happen, we would stick around San Ramon til Kaitlyn graduates in 2010 but I am certain that Ron would be up enjoying the lakes and hiking in the Sierras often until 2010.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone!
Love,
Mary
Oh, will try to upload the picture I used for the invitation! It worked!
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