It's been a long, long time....

This past weekend, Randy, Jan and Jenny came to visit us. They came on Friday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We had a great time resting, playing games, sending the kids to the movies, garage saleing and getting caught up. Jenny is now attending Fresno Pacific College and so enjoyed time with us and her mum and dad! Here are the cousins enjoying each other's company. On Sunday we had such a beautiful service. I have had a pretty nasty cold and all night Saturday I kept thinking I wouldn't be able to go to church. But I plowed through and man am I glad I did. Five men from the church led most of the song service with a fantastic pianist - another man - And they led the congregation in about four to five hymns. People cried and worshiped and sang like they have never sung before! It was really special. It is always nice, as my friend Pam said today, to go back in time for a bit.

We had a wonderful lunch today. Something I have been wanting to try for a long time - Alton Brown's Tomato, Lettuce and Bacon salad. I was waiting for my grape tomatos to ripen up and of course, they all came on at once, so it was perfect! Here is a link to the very yummy recipe. We substituted fresh croutons from the bakery department for the bread and came out ahead on price and crispyness! http//www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/tbl-panzanella-recipe/index.html Here is a pic of my yummy grape tomatos getting carmelized....

Last week, my computer froze up and all my Windows files went white. I had to reboot my computer from scratch, hence the reason I haven't been posting. I've been too busy recovering. But I can't say enough good things about Carbonite. Every file, every picture came right back into place where it ought to have been. I've been working on a book for all my blogs for my family for Chirstmas - I'm using a free software from Blurb called Book smart and it came right back. I was shocked!! Check it out..... http://www.carbonite.com/ Love to all -

Hey Cathi - Frank might be getting some training days in late Fall for Tacomoa, WA - Maybe I'll pop up with him and see the new bundle!

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Cathi said…

Well, I was all about to say something snarky like, "it's about time!" but then I saw your last paragraph and now I'm all weepy and excited! Tell Frank to take this gig at any price! I need to see my BFF : )

4:37 PM

Beth said…

Yum to the tomatoes.
What a great time we had had Ben's party. Looking forward to seeing your pictures. I may not get to it this week....just a wee bit busy.
LOve you

10:10 PM

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