Weekend Highlights and Tuesday 4

I had the best weekend. We had lunch with our son and his wife. They showed us their pictures from Yosemite. Later we went to a birthday for our friend who turned 70 last year but celebrated this year. Another friend from church has a Taco business and provided the food. They had a live band that played oldies from the 50's, - 70's. It was outside so no mask.

Sunday was a great day, church with no mask! It felt great to sing maskless! Lunch afterwards at IHop and yes I had pancakes! Then my grandson Elijah had his first band recital and he did great!. He did so well and I am a proud Mema! He is 7 and there were about 10 kids, with him being the youngest. He did one thing the rest did not do,,, he sang as he played and he made us all laugh at the end!  He played The Reason, a song from 2004. Looking at a future worship leader! So happy I could see all my family this weekend!

He was so happy when he was done!

Now for

This week's questions come from Sparky! I hope you enjoy doing them.  

Let's talk about you .....

1. Music. What kind of music do you enjoy? Are you musical?  I love most music. I am just getting use to country music, slowly. Christian music is top on my list and our church just started playing a new song called Holy Water and my son asked if it was a country song! I like to listen to oldies from the 60's -70's. That would include Rock N Roll, Soul and Easy listening.  I am listening to Christian music on YouTube. The Blessing is playing. I can play the piano a bit.

2. Travel. Where have we been? What's your favorite destination(s)? I have answered this a few times. I have been to Hawaii 4 times and plan to go again in the spring when Covid restrictions have relaxed. So I guess you would say that is my favorite place! I have been to Mexico City and Acapulco. I have been on a cruise to Alaska with hubby and church friends. On New England cruise with my parents. Both those cruises stopped in Canada. I have been to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. I have been to New York prior to the cruise and we visited Mass. and Maine. I have been to most of the famous spots in California like San Diego(90minutes away) Santa Barbara, San Francisco, So Lake Tahoe, Sequoia and Yosemite.

Waimea Falls

On Waikiki  Beach with Diamond Head behind in the distance.

On Diamond Head with Waikiki, Honolulu behind me.

This is on Oahu. We will be going to Maui in 2022.

Brunch at the Disney Aulani Resort

3. Occupations. Did you end up working at what you wanted to be? Do you wish you'd done something else, if so, what? etc. I got a degree to do Social Work but end up at the Postal Service. I end up working in the Marketing Department and really learned a lot on the computer. I loved working with graphics, putting together many types of brochures and training manuals. I also worked on big spreadsheets to keep track of the vending machines in our district. We had around 400 machines and we ranked number 2-15 in the nation. Grand Central Station ranked number one and Huntington Beach was number 2. Headquarters had the machine close down in 2009. I had it all completed by 2010 and they changed my job position and hours. I retired in 2011 with 36 years of service. If I could do things all over, I would have been a nurse.

This is me in front of a vending machine in Hawaii, 2009

4. How do you keep from being bored? I read my Bible, bible journal and craft. I am in a few Facebook groups.  A few are Bible study group with artistic aspects to it. Another group is just a fun craft group. I also spend time with my grands. 

 I found this video today on YouTube and thought it was so funny!