Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with Jennifer, Tom and.....

............Bailey.

Steve decided to deep fry a turkey for the first time.

Here is Jennifer and Steve lowering the turkey into the oil...carefully.

Here I am with my favorite son-in-law.

We had lots of food.

And a picture Jen took of us.

Our House.....the inside that is

I finally took pictures of the inside of the house today.
The outside will have to wait for another day.

The entry.


The beautiful kitchen.


The breakfast nook.

The golf course is right across the street from the back of our house.

Our million dollar view - the Sandia Mountains right outside our living room window!

Our aquarium.

The dining room/living room.

Steve's bathroom.

Steve's bedroom.

The laundry room....and I can actually use the washer and dryer!

And finally, Steve's golf cart.

Sandia Mountains

Steve and I drove to the top of the Sandia Mountains. There is a nice overlook that is completely handicap accessible. These are just 2 of the pictures I took. The second one is looking down at Albuquerque. It was beautiful up there!

The Zoo

A few weeks ago, Jennifer and I met her friend, Tiffany, and her children, Jackson and Preston, at the Albuquerque Zoo. I forgot to take my camera. But we had a gentleman take a picture of all of us as we were leaving. By the way, Preston is Jen's godson. She's holding him in the picture.

My New Bedroom and Bath

I finally took pictures of my bedroom and bathroom.....with the huge rollin shower. Here ya go.....

Las Vegas

Last Wednesday we decided to take a mini vacation and drive to Las Vegas. So, Thursday we packed up and drove almost 9 hours. Jen and Tom drove their car, Steve and I drove my van and my aide, Anjelica, her husband and their two kids drove another car. We stayed Thurs, Fri, Sat and drove back yesterday.
We had a really great time! I think everybody needed a vacation.

We saw the aquatic show Le Reve at the Winn and the play The Lion King at Mandalay Bay. OMG! Both shows were wonderful!
As always, we ate lots of great food and played lots of slot machines. And the kids had plenty of things to do, too.

But, it was nice to get into my own bed last night.....

My State Auto Going Away Party

On 8/6/2009, my friend, Deb Aebersold, organized a going away party with some of my good friends at State Auto. She also bought an "autograph book" and had dozens of other friends write heartfelt sentiments to me. A big old THANKS Deb!!!

Here are just a few of the many pictures that were taken:


The whole gang!

Deb and me

Anne, Jerri, Mary, Jeannie and Kay

Kathy Z.

Pam & Rhonda

Terry

Julie

Betty

Flowers

Today, Steve and I went to Old Town...the original downtown Albuquerque. We went in a ton of gift, jewelry and painting shops. I bought two turquoise bracelets in the marketplace. That's where locals sell their jewelry. I paid $10 each. Great bargains!

When we got home, Tom stopped by with flowers for this small flower bed in the side yard. And he planted them for me. I want to take a picture of them tomorrow.

My bathroom is being grouted tomorrow. One step closer!!!

Bathroom about done

It's 6:14 and the tile guy just left. Tomorrow he's going to grout the walls and floor and his part will be done. Then the plumber is going to install the shower fixtures and sink. And I'll be able to take a shower...maybe Monday!!!! It's little things like this that make me happy. More later.

Hello!

We are living in the updated house and it's getting real close to being completed. Today we had workers repairing the stucco where new windows were put in my bedroom. Also, we had a company installing a new air conditioner and two men painting and dry-walling. Tomorrow, the air conditioner will be finished. YEA !!! And a man is going to lay the tile on my bathroom floor, lay another tile on my shower floor, and lay still tile on the shower walls. It will be beautiful when it's done. I can't wait to decorate my bedroom and bathroom!!!

I will be sure to take pictures and post them here.