Tuesday 4 and Our Anniversary

 

1. What kind of weather pleases you the most? I live in So. California and we don't get the typical 4 seasons. Summer is usually long and with averages in the 90's where I live. I enjoy our short spring weather in the low 80's with a breeze.

 Do rainy days bother you or do you find them a time to relax and take it easy?  Any puddle jumping in your life? I love rainy days and the rain is always needed here. Yes as I child we always walked to school and we had galoshes and raincoats so puddles were fun to jump in.

3. Do you have meals you enjoy in certain kinds of weather or certain seasons? Please share with us? We have more salads in the warmer weather. We have many soup days in the cooler weather. We tend to use the oven more in the winter.

 4.As the prophet Jeremiah tells us,  It is a good idea to bloom where you are planted.
How do you handle stormy weather and does a day need to be sunny for you to enjoy it? Why not give us hints on enjoying any kind of weather. Air conditioning is very helpful on hot days and we will be in the high 90's the next few days and maybe 102 by Friday.  We can't change the physical weather problems. Higher electric bills are not fun to get, but I am thankful that we have air conditioning and room fans. As long as I can Bible journal and craft, I am content.

Today we spent our 46th anniversary at Crystal Cove beach in Newport. We ate at the Beachcomber Cafe after a one and a half hour wait. We went prepared with our beach chairs, umbrella and mini ice chest. The weather was cool and over cast when we got there but the sun came out and we enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells of the beach. We left our stuff on the beach as we walked to the cafe. We really enjoyed out lunch and we could still see out beach things at a distance. After lunch we sat outside for another hour. Then we headed to Roger's Gardens and walked around the place. We got 4 new succulents to add to our collection.  Then we headed to Old Town Orange and went to our favorite Antique Emporium. I found a Lenox dish to ad to my set. By then hubby was hungry again so we went back To Avila's El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant for a light dinner. All seating is outside. We ate in the side covered patio. The other side of the restaurant is parking but has now been converted to outside seating under a big tent. Several of the streets in the area have been closed off to allow outdoor eating. It is really great to see how people are adapting to Covid 19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 Questions

1. What are your plans for August? Celebrate my 46th anniversary August 10, My 65th birthday and granddaughter's birthday on August 12. Virtual school starts August 11th.

2. Review the first half of 2020 It started out okay through mid March, then crazy after that.

3. A place you’d go if money were no object  Back to Hawaii

4. Who was your childhood best friend Karen Carr, 1-5th grade and she moved. Diane R. 1-12th, Lissette, 7th to know. Anita, age 15 to now.

5. The city or town you love most. Corona Del Mar is a beach city I like.

6. How do you spend hot days? Inside in air conditioning. When it was 102 here last Friday, we were at the beach - 75.

7. Are you a skilled cook or baker? I can cook pretty well when I want to. I am not a baker. I only bake at Christmas with the grands.

8. One thing you wish you could currently do. Build more muscle.

9. A time when you learned your lesson I cheated at typing, big mistake!

10, What consistently makes you laugh My dog Minnie

 
11. Routines that bring you calm and peace. Praying, Bible journaling, crafting and soaking in the spa.

12. Who annoys you the most? Not who, what - the news.

13. Describe some of your favorite household items. My bed, refrigerator, television

14. What have you gotten better at? Typing

15. Share a random memory When I was a kid, my family went to church camp every Labor day weekend.

16. How many pairs of shoes do you have?  10 pairs of tennis shoes and about 10 pairs of flip flops and about 4 pairs of dress shoes.

17. Who do you go to for encouragement? God, My friend Coreen

18. References you make that others don’t get. Some of my crafting terms.

19. What are 10 things you consider essential for you? My relationship with the Lord, my Bible, my family, my dog Minnie,  my friends, my Iphone, comfy bed, chair pad, computer chair and desk and finally

 

After having lunch out side, we went walking around the lake.

 

Mask on so we can get ice cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. Is there any accent you wish you had? No 

 

1.  What's happening where you live in terms of schools opening? How do you feel about it? Our county is not allowing public schools to open up yet and I think it is a good idea. Virtual schools will open on August 11. Private schools are meeting. My younger two grands go to a Christian run school and class size averages 8. My daughter in law also works at the school. Once they start, we will probably not be able to see them close up again. :(

2. What's something you still do 'old school'? I am a crafty lady. A lot of my friends use machines that do the cutting for them.  I do it all by hand.

3. August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Will you/did you celebrate by baking a batch? Eating a batch? Nuts or no nuts? Homemade or store bought? Soft and chewy or do you prefer your cookie to snap when you bite into it?
I love chocolate chip cookies. We do not buy cookies because hubby is diabetic and I a borderline. But I do make a batch of gluten free with at Christmas. I do like a little snap to my cookies and I need a glass of milk to go with it.

4. What are you starved for? Being with my friends.  Food? Ice cream

5. Anything new and interesting on your August calendar? What is one thing you're looking forward to this month? My hubby and I will celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary on the 10th. Virtual school starts on the 11th. On the 12th I turn 65 and my grand daughter turn 11.

6.  Insert your own random thought here. When Covid started in March, I did not get to hug my younger grands for about 2 months and it was really hard. Our older two grands live with during the week when their mom works. I made lots of mask those first couple of months when there was a shortage and my niece and daughter who work in the medical field. Now they are everywhere! I picked up a couple at Target the other day. They were two for $4.00!
I grabbed some for my husband. They are thin but they have a pocket and the metal by the nose. Mine are 4 layers with the nose wire and a pocket. I have a lot of material and I can make fall, Christmas and winter theme mask if need be. I am in California and we have to wear them everywhere again. Nobody likes to wear them, but I do believe in doing my part to keep others and myself safe.

Tuesday 4

1. What do you have at breakfast? What can you recommend? I usually have an egg every morning. I also had some seasoned red potatoes that we had for dinner yesterday. Sometimes I have cottage cheese. Other days I have fresh out of the pot beans and salsa to go with my egg. I also like oatmeal with fruit and slivered almonds. I have coffee every few days and tea other days. It varies, but I always have breakfast.

2. What is your favorite meal of the day and why? Probably dinner because we all sit down together.

3. Tell us about your typical lunch or dinner.  I like to have a tuna or chicken salad for lunch. Dinner is usually a chicken dish. We try to have salmon once a week

4. Were meals different growing up or do you continue much as your mother did? We grew up eating a variety of meals when I was a kid at home. My mom was a really good cook. I loved her beef stroganoff. I loved her hamburger/potato hard shelled tacos and it was one of the first things she taught me how to cook. My husband grew up mostly eating Mexican food. His mom made home made tortillas. My mom did not make them. She said my dad would always get some from his mom. Then they would get them at the store. She was a working mom so it really helped. Her dad my grandpa was a good cook too. The men in hubby's family also cooked, mostly special things like tamales and menudo. I did most of the cooking for the first 19 years of marriage. I made a lot of the things my mom taught before we had kids. Today we eat a lot of chicken. We don't have hard shelled tacos very often. We have soft tacos and fresh beans. Yesterday we had chicken my hubby cooked out on the bbq., roasted red potatoes, broccoli, and salad.

Here is a picture of our bbq we had last week when my son was down. chicken, mashed red potatoes, salad, zucchini and port0bello mushrooms.