Sep 29, 2012

Oh no, It's Fall ya'll

                    I love it when I check my Face book and see
this surprise. Thanks to my son-in-law and his talents
they take a family picture every fall and here they are
with their three girls. 
I tell my kids when they ask me what I want for Christmas
and I always tell them,  pictures please, I just 
love getting pictures of them, a mother cherishes
these things.... 
 
So after fighting it, I am now excepting that Fall is here.
Don't get me wrong I love Fall, but that just means that
winter is around the corner, and it gets dark earlier
and Christmas is coming and I'm not ready. 
So many projects, so little time. 
Don't know if chalk paint is out now, but I still have a lot to use up
so grab an old picture that you don't mind painting over and
waa laa, framed chalkboard.  The  decorative vine of leaves are
from the Dollar store. Easy peasy.
This is one of the easiest ideas, yet, a canning jar and
leaves, just make sure your leaves have soaked a bit in water
or else your gonna have a little bonfire in your jar. 
I have some metal baskets and this is a great way to
display them besides filling them with potatoes or spaghetti  squash
which is how I've been using them. 
I am grateful today for sunshine and a good panini sandwich
all ingredients from our local farmers market such as:
Heirloom tomatoes, white cheddar cheese, basil and good crusty
roasted garlic rosemary bread.  Deliciousness!
Have a great rest of your weekend,
tomorrow is the Sabbath. 
Enjoy!

"georgie"

Sep 14, 2012

September morn

We rounded out our vacation with spending it with M & J
in Berkeley. We are getting to know the great eats off of
Shattuck the newest foodie place they took us
made these. Yum!
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Each day they make a different pizza, so check their calendar and that's the one kind they
make the whole day. All ingredients are fresh and organic and  vegetarian.
We also attended the Farmers Market. Grabbed some good whole wheat rye bread
and some white cheddar cheese with a nutty taste, added some heirloom tomatoes
and we were on our way to Tilden Park for an impromptu picnic.
The day before the Farmers market we spent time with Cece at China town and
ate some Chinese and picked up some scarves 5 for $19.99 not bad. So needed
for the winter. I gave one to M for her first day on the job.
Sorry these are not in order, this is back at the farmers market. I took this picture to show the
real serious buyers, like this gal. While picking out some tomatoes, there was
this guy in his Chef jacket, and he was actually buying his produce for
that night's dinner for his restaurant. He told me to come and
check it out. I will next time.

Notice the jacket and vest, yes it was a little cool, and I loved it,
Here I am coping a squat at Berkeley's Marina's park. There you have a great
view of the Golden Gate, or Berkeley town and even the
Oakland Temple.
"georgie"

Sep 6, 2012

Part 3 Colorado

              So this is the view looking down to the Lobby 
from the 2nd floor.      
Every night they served Roasted chocolate Marshmallows
for the guests from 4pm -7pm. Unfortunately
we were always away doing something else when they did this.
But I heard they were scrumptious!

David looks kinda funny here for some reason.
Okay, so this was one of the best parts. I have never
indulged myself with getting a facial so since they guys were
playing golf, I thought this was the day. Too make a long story short,
the Spa was gorgeous. You were taken to a room where you received
a locker with a robe, slippers and a towel. Then
you went to the lounge where your Facial Specialist
escorted you to "The room". I had a 60 minute Facial,
I told her I wanted the "works". It was so relaxing, so much
so, I caught myself starting to snore, "whoops"!
I was kind of embarrassed but Jennifer my girl
said, "that's okay, that means you are really
enjoying it".  I guess.
This is me before the Facial. I wanted to document this
momentous occasion. Cuz, it wasn't going to happen
again for a long long time.
This is a view in back of the Hotel, looking up at where the ski runs are. During
the summer months, you can bike or hike up and down.
This is the town of Leadville. It is a small town, but in it's hey day during
the Silver mining era, it was the biggest town 2nd to Denver.
It happens to be the city at the highest elevation in the United States, between
10-14k feet at its highest.
This isn't a very good picture of us, but the dinner was tastelicious. Luke and Maya
joined us one evening at the hotel for dinner. We really had a good time with them.

David wanted his picture taken outside this Bar, he was amused with the sign
and name of it. This is in the town of Leadville. While we were there, David
made a great purchase at the Vintage Milecreek store. He always wanted a
pair of cowboy boots and they had some gently used boots that
fit perfect. When we got home we found out they were made by
Tony Lama a famous Boot maker and his boots
retailed for $243.00 we got them for a steal at $25 bucks.
He was very pleased. I just wanted him to put them on and
walk around the house with a cowboy hat on and his Birthday suit.
(You didn't read that). jk,.

"georgie"