MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

I am enjoying being home but it is too cold.  Today I decided I better start watering as winter is surely over and spent the morning waterin...

It was a fairly easy pickup for Michael at the airport and we were both starving so decided to cut off to the Natoma area to find a good Mex...

That last day in Union City Brenda said we were to wait until Jan called because some of their people had gone over to Fort Worth to process...

Today was my last day working for FOC East.  It has been very slow so we are being released. Tomorrow I have the whole day to drive to Jac...

The news that is coming out of Joplin is so heartbreaking.  I listened to the radio on the way home from work and heard a mother's story...

In the 1811-1812 era there was an earthquake and this lake was a result. It is about 15 miles off Hiway 51 on the other side of Troy. We...

Today I commiserated with another gal who had lost her son, her only son, through a freak accident when he was only 17.  Then she told me an...

Today the Mayor's wife came in and brought us a strawberry pie.  I took the opportunity to ask her some questions about this little town...

Tonight I tried some taquitos at a Mexican place and they were too greasy, burned and tasteless.  I was so disappointed.  I told the Cashier...

President Obama and I were in Memphis today at the same time.  I was picking up supplies from Holiday Express on Union Street and he was tra...

Not yet!  I am freezing!  A couple told me it doesn't get hot till July in the Southaven, MS/Memphis,TN area and then I better keep cove...

Wednesday at 1:38 pm I was awaken from a nap and told I would be flying out east tomorrow. It was finally decided I would fly out in the mo...

Kate and Ryan Brynn Alice and Keira Jennifer Mommy and Keira

It doesn't take much to make this Mother happy.  Phone calls from children, grandchildren and even a very dear friend from the past, ca...

Baby Brynn with her beautiful mop of hair--Brynn is my fourth great-grandchild.

I can't believe it!!  My whole lot is raked and clean, plants are fertilized, and all my doodads are out--even the hammock is up.  We ar...

Matt did a super job raking up all the winter debris. Don't know how I could manage without him. Looks like I need a few ...

In celebration of Catherine and Prince William's wedding I made my own Eton's Mess.  It is supposedly Will's favorite dessert ...

 

Brynn Alice Stewart was born on April 20, 2011 in El Cajon, CA to Kristi and Michael Stewart with Kate and Ryan as her older siblings.

I am back home in Lake Almanor and have much news to add but it will have to come later.  I am trying to clean my house and get rid of every...

The night before I left we had a little party at the Hardy's. We ate and played some silly games. We learned a little more about Mari...

Before I left Rancho Santa Fe Kelsi and I shared a picture. She is always such a delight to me.

Kelsi and I share a moment as she wraps herself in the "I Love Grandma" comfy blanket I made for her. Kelsi is a Big Five on Ap...

 

On April 2, my daughter Maria married Johnny Rasimas, to start a new life together. This is a backward story of their wedding. Afte...