Friday, December 15, 2017

Being Awarded Her Masters!


Melissa is being awarded her Master's in Accountancy Degree this week in North Carolina where she works in administration at a North Carolina college in Asheville.  Several family members will be in attendance!!  Congratulations to Melissa!! And here she is!



Sunday, December 10, 2017

Hardy Family Christmas Party-White Elephant Gifts, 2017


Keira, Meagan, Eden, Janet



Jimmy, trying on Ugly Christmas Sweater Gift



Matt and Eden, Maria



Nico, Keira, Meagan



Charli, Camber, Linda, Keira and Meagan



Lea and Friends on Couch, Camber



Matt and a special friend!


What surprised Keira? 
 


Pretty Meagan!



I like this!  Keira chooses well!


Keira and Meagan



Do they fit?



Mary trying to choose well.



Lea looks a little nervous.





Great white elephant gift.



Johnny, Linda, Mary


 
Meagan and Nico



And that is a wrap!!!  Great picture!

Hardy Family Christmas Party--Eating, 2017


Matt, Meagan's husband, Camber


Craig, Matt


Matt, , Meagan


Maria, Janet, Linda, A Favorite Picture


Linda, Gary, Johnny


Meagan, James

Hardy Family Christmas Party, 2017



Craig, Matt and Gary 


Johnny and Maria




Matt brings a date and we all like her alot




Johnny


Matt and new friend 


Teenager Jimmy


Camber, Jimmy's wife


Matt and Craig and Naomi



Linda


Meagan, Maria, and Amy


Grandpa Gary with Charlie--


for some reason my pictures are all Blurry?????

Saturday, December 09, 2017

Sweet Charli

Saturday Linda said she was sitting Charli so I drove over to get better acquainted with her.  She is so cute, she put up with me but clearly wanted her Grandma.

I am so delighted that I have found all these back routes to everything I want to go to.  I especially like the El Camino Real down and from Encinitas and the Old 101-Torrey Pines-Genesee to UTC or Maria's house or anywhere in La Jolla/Pacific Beach.  To Linda's house I traveled on the 101 too, but it is not too bad on the freeway either.  


Thursday, December 07, 2017

Del Coronado Hotel

Visiting the Del Coronado Hotel at Christmas has been a favorite of mine since my school teaching days and we had to take the ferry to see it in those days.  This year they have an upside down tree and the Massey children have already been there!!



Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Getting Ready for Christmas!, 2017




Linda posted a comparison pix of her two daughters and their husbands.  Which one wore it better last year?  I think it was decided they all look great.  When I was shopping at Target today (I can get there on the back roads very easily!) I noticed they had these pajamas on sale.  So cute!



Meagan posted Keira at a cookie decorating party and the girls were singing a song which I did not know.  Why do I not know the Christmas songs anymore?


Eden is helping decorate their home with Christmas lights!  Next Sunday is the Christmas party here on the 10th, how time flies.


Tuesday, December 05, 2017

You Forgot Your Age?

I keep forgetting to take pictures but worse than that, I forgot my age, I can't believe it.  George, from my childhood, noted in response to my Christmas Card that I had the wrong age on my Letter!!  And the funny thing is I had had lunch with Gary and his Mom Shirley and when we were comparing notes and she said she just turned 83 and I said I was turning 84 in January.  Later than night I realized what I said was wrong, I will be 85! So stupid.  And then George tells me I have the wrong age on my Christmas letter which I have played with, edited and reread several times!!!  This is definitely a worrisome thing.

So far, no one else has noticed or cared or even read it for all I know.  Why do I like to write my card each year?  I think it is more of a milestone to record for me.  I have my Christmas memories since 1960 in books and still like to get them down from time to time and remember.  Obviously my memory is going, so I was wise to keep a record.

Saturday I had a fun day with Linda and Maria, we went to lunch at North County Fair and then drove to Canterbury Gardens in Escondido.  My friend Diane from 7th Ward started that Christmas store when we were still raising our families.  Her one son took it over and it is bigger than ever.  We did not buy anything but so fun looking.

Maria and I went back to North County Fair and did some shopping.  I found out the size 10 jeans do not fit me so have to try some 8s!!!  Maria found a necklace and earrings she let me get her and helped me pick out something for Melissa's Master's gift.

On Sunday James's coworker Gary took his Mom and I to lunch in Oceanside and it was a fun time talking to her mostly.  She showed me her Section 8 housing and it is very nice.  She has a large CD collection also and a Bose to play them on!  Gary told me there is a Bose outlet in Solana Beach I think.  I will have to find it.  The lunch was a Brunch and I had prime rib, haven't had that in like forever.  Another of James's coworkers came to our table and told me I was a beautiful woman.  Nice to hear at any age, even if it was flattery.

The family is back and this is a big house, you cannot hear each other by calling so have to go find where someone is...Sadie keeps hearing something and thinks she is missing out when we are taking our nap or in bed or whatever.  I continue to be up and down the stairs a lot and it seems to be ok for me so that is good.

James started watching "Big Little Lies" on the plane so came to my room and wanted to find it on my Roku Tv and we found it on Amazon but had to pay for it to watch...I now have to go back and finish episodes I missed when we started on his Episode 4.  It is a very well done series though and I think it is admirable that these lady actresses are taking control and producing their own shows.

Sunday, December 03, 2017

Post from Hawaii

So today at lunch I learned that Lea and Kelsi are also skateboarders and then comes a post of Kelsi to prove it.


Lea had a friend visit while she was over there, such pretty girls.


Nice Picture of Matt

Nice picture of Matt enjoying the sunset!


John Hardy Memorial Hike 2015

My Life So Far