Last Sunday I ate at Maria's. We first sat in the Jacuzzi and enjoyed the sun, surf and Jacuzzi all at the same time. Then Maria deep fat fried cut up corn tortillas and sprinkled them with sea salt while Matt made guacamole with onions, tomatoes, mangoes and spices. Wow, this was so good. Maria had also slow cooked chicken with salsa all day and was that ever delicious! Nice day.
Friday night everyone came over and Gary cooked hamburgers and brats on the barbecue at the community pool--Maria brought more chips and drinks, Kelly brought yummy guacamole, Camber brought salads and Linda brought all the extras for hamburgers plus lemon bars and Kelly and I each brought cookies. Great food again. Hard to get enough of those brats!!! Enjoyed being with all the family down here yet again.
Today one of my former Primary students and daughter of friends I first met in 1956 when I came here spoke in church about Religious Freedom. It was an excellent talk and she said she would email me a copy, I hope she does. Later I talked to the grandson of people I knew in La Jolla in the sixtys. They were both doctors and the wife was an immunologist. She had a famous clinic in regards to cancer cure. In order to earn money toward a youth event I donated my blood at the clinic. This was a little different from the usual blood donating. I had to go to the clinic a couple of times for testing and then the donation was done live from donor to recipient. It took a long time and I remember the lady was from Great Britain. It netted $50 for our youth group!!! What a small world.
Another person I recently remembered was a Jackie I worked with in the 80's. She was the manager of Ameristar, a Mortgage Banker we brokered loans, too. She and I had become quite well acquainted and she told me she was the daughter of Joe Louis! Joe Louis was a famous boxer in the pre WWII years and after, too. He was a hero of the nation and was the World Heavyweight Champion, having beat a boxer from Germany. In the documentary I watched this week I learned why Jackie had a different last name than Louis. Joe Louis dropped his last name Barrow when he first starting boxing in the 30's. He was also divorced from Jackie's mother when Jackie was only about three or four years old according to the documentary. She was a darling little girl, but I got the idea that she had not seen her father too much while she was growing up. As I say, it is a small world.
Yesterday Linda and I saw "Frozen" since we had both missed it. It was very enjoyable. Prior to the movie we went to a Mex restaurant Maria and I had gone to a few years ago and I thought it was good. Woe to us, neither of our dishes was that great for San Diego Mex food so they are crossed off our list of places to eat.
I talked to Maryanne in Chester today and she said it is 62 degrees up there!!! She has lived there since 1966 and she said there has never been a winter like this!!!! I am sure when I return the snow will come but by then it will melt easily...we need the moisture so badly.
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