……we said a final farewell to the fantastic ‘15! I was delighted to see one of my paintings illustrating the class announcement in the Huntington’s Calendar.  Time to say goodbye to my Christmas jamies for another year……. I met sweet Amy for lunch before she left for...

 ….thanks to some major planning which included having the table good to go days ahead of schedule and all of the Christmas cards sent! I decided to spare everyone the musical Crackers and fortunately these from William Sonoma arrived just in time! Trudy never forgets...

  Tomiko phoned from Northern California last night and asked me for my recipe for an old fashioned jello mold that’s sure to please everyone! I make it in a teflon angel food pan that I first lightly wipe with Wesson Oil….. Actually this recipe could be enough for...

   I saw The Bridges of Madison County at the Ahmanson and driving back had quite a discussion on what love is…..   I ‘loved’ their tree…... Amazing Marsha Ramos had an open house.  She’s my template for doing good but as she’s set the bar so high it’s rather tough....

How true this always is with Sandie Girl and how delighted I was to see her completed Christmas Stocking lovingly made for Bella.     The stitchery is so creative and utterly amazing and the love and care that went into this is awesome.  Little details like the tail...

My ‘Audition’ was held at Raleigh Studios….. …..where I had to sign in and get an identifying wrist band…. I had hoped to be able to test drive the actual Jaguar ‘SPECTRE’ car but was told...'please….don’t touch the car!’  It’s a million dollars worth of metal!!!...

…..and this year’s was the very best ever!!! I think I went to the store 5 times including a stop at Sur La Table for a new tablecloth and napkins.  Oh yes, potholders! It was so much fun seeing Amy at Trader Joe’s! Of course the table has to be set the day ahead…....

  …..not that I’m interested but it could be fun so off to Rusnak to test drive a new Jaguar.    It was the thought of nibbles that enticed me.I went first and headed towards the Reilly’s to do a fun surprise pop in when I remembered they were out of town.  What was I...

……I would have been in Japan this past week for the fall colors…. ……possibly having a breakfast such as Ralph just sent…. ….but since Trudy just returned with some goodies from there…. I had a taste of Japan right here! Oh well, the new fridge got installed…... But...

…..began last Sunday with a call from Sandie Girl who casually mentioned there was a petting zoo later that day.  What????  Where?  When?  I’m coming over! There is an amazing children’s school right around the corner from the Reilly’s and they were having a ‘Fall...