Happy Valentine's Day

I went to worship service this morning with Gerry at Trinity Life Center which is a couple of blocks from our house. Since we left Roseville Nazarene Church, Gerry has been attending services at Trinity. I've gone with him to a few special events. This was the first Sunday I've been to a worship service. They run about 800 or so on Sunday mornings. The service was good. Rev. Glen Cole use to pastor Capital Christian Center in Rancho Cordova. He retired some years ago and one of his son's now pastors Capital Christian. A couple of years ago the congregation at Trinity called him to pastor. They were without a pastor and the numbers were way down. They have grown tremendously under Rev. Cole's ministry.

After church we went to the Outback Steak House in Roseville for lunch. Gerry had received a gift card some time ago and we hadn't used it. We got there right after they opened. It was a little funny, a large group from Trinity Life Center were there to have lunch too.

Anyway, I had rack of lamb with a loaded baked potato and salad. Gerry had chicken that was wrapped in bacon and cheese melted on top, garlic mashed potatoes and a salad. I brought some of my lamb home to finish later. Then for dessert we shared a chocolate brownie dessert that came with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped creme and chocolate shavings on top. It was yummy, in fact every thing was really good.

There is a concert at Trinity tonight at 6pm and we're going to go to it. The Blackwood Brothers are performing. They are a Southern Gospel group that has been around for a lot of years. I remember hearing about them as a little girl. The original group were actually brothers that sang together. They have all died so don't know who makes up the group now. Anyway, it should be good.

Probably will watch more of the Olympics when we get home later.

Gerry just told me there's a PGR mission tomorrow. It has been a while since he has been on a mission. They'll be welcoming home a KIA serviceman.

Happy Valentine's Day to all who read my blog!!

Saturday

We had a beautiful day. The sun was out and it was in the 60's. We left a little after 4pm to go have some dinner at Willie's Burgers in Carmichael. I wanted the Taco Combination again that I had a month or so again. I was not as impressed this time. The meat in the tacos were cooked too much and the rice tasted like it had too much tomatoes or whatever they use cooked into them. I don't think I'll be asking to go there again any time soon. Maybe next time I'll have a hamburger.

We came home and watched the Olympics - men's short track, women's moguls, and men's luge. Apolo Ohno is awesome to watch. The games didn't start here until 8pm and were over at midnight. I think figure skating is on today and that's what I really enjoy watching.

Liberty Grace Williams

Michelle, Liberty's mom, just emailed these two pictures. They were taken for her 4th birthday which was January 27, 2010. She is an adorable little girl, very inquisitive and on the constant go.

We are Grandma Betty and Grandpa Gerry to her.

Stir Fry for Dinner

I fixed stir fry for dinner last night. We enjoy stir fry, it just takes so long to get the vegetables ready. Doesn't this look so colorful? Sliced onions, green pepper, red pepper and celery.

Sliced fresh tomatoes, mushrooms and green onions to sprinkle on after it has finished cooking.

Sliced sirloin steak.

Here's the finished dish. Sure looks good, huh!

This was good, however it was missing something. It needed more seasonings or something. I used Black Bean Garlic Sauce for the first time. Added some sugar, salt and pepper. Put some garlic and ginger in the hot pan first before I put the meat in. So will have to play with this again.

Kaimuki High School's 50th Class Reunion

Kaimuki High School's Class of 1960 50th class reunion is being held the middle of April. I really wanted to go home for it. I think I've mentioned that I didn't graduate from Kaimuki although I was there my sophmore year, junior year and the beginning of my senior year. I went to school with a lot of the classmates from junior high years. I graduated from Kailua High School whose reunion is the end of March.

Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to go to either one.

Anyway, my Hawaii blogger friend Jalna asked me to email her any contact information I had and also when and where the reunion was going to be held. She told me she would "crash" the reunion and take pictures for me. She is a photographer and does excellent work. She also is a 1971 Kaimuki grad. So I emailed her the name with email address of Pearl who is one of the committee members and also Harold who is helping out. She emailed them both last night asking if it would be possible for her to attend the reunion to take pictures for me. A response was sent today from Pearl saying there shouldn't be a problem with Jalna doing that and invited Jalna as her guest.

I am so excited that Jalna will be able to do this for me and can't wait to see the pictures she takes. Jalna and I have never met, I don't remember exactly how I found her blog. Through blogging we have become dear friends and someday I want to go home so I can meet her in person along with her friend and co-worker, Leslie. They are faithful readers of my blog. Jalna and Leslie work together for a group of doctors in Honolulu.

Thank you, Jalna!! You are a very special friend and I appreciate you so very much!!

Gerry's Home

Gerry got home at 6:30pm tonight. He and Jason left Bogus Basin in Idaho at 7:25am (Mountain time). They stopped in Winnemuca, NV to eat and get gas, at Cabela's in Burney, NV (this is a sporting goods store), in Auburn, CA to drop off snowboards that belonged to Jason's cousin and her husband. It was 6pm when they got to Jason's house. So considering all the stops they made, they made very good time getting home.

I fixed sweet and sour spare ribs for dinner and thankfully I had everything ready. We just had to wait a few minutes for the vegetables to be done. He unloaded all his gear and most of it is laying in the dining room.

He said he had a good time with his three sons, 1 daughter, 3 grandsons, and 2 granddaughters. The girlfriends of the three grandsons were there for part of the time. The oldest of the 3 grandsons and his girlfriend are getting married in June of this year. Also one of the cousins of Gerry's kids was there with her husband and baby. He did some skiing and snowshoeing. One of the things they all like to do is tubing. Gerry went to watch and take pictures. He enjoys people watching.

They had some rain and snow driving through Oregon. The snow wasn't sticking, as soon as it hit the windshield, it was water. Then they had some rain coming over Donner Summit.

He took a lot of pictures and posted them on Facebook. I tried to copy them over to my pictures on my computer so I could post some on my blog. Unfortunately, when I opened them up in my pictures they were all blurry. I asked him to email them to me or put them on a flash drive so I can upload them. Whenever he does that, I will post them.

I'm glad he is home, I can sleep tonight without worrying about being by myself. :))

Tonight

This is the last night I will have to sleep with lights on in the house. I've left one of the lamps on in the living room and the light above the stove since Gerry left on the ski trip. I know it is crazy, however, I don't like being in the house by myself at night. He is leaving Idaho with his youngest son sometime tomorrow morning and heading west. Yay!!!

It is a 12 hour drive. They will stop for gas and a quick bite to eat along the way. He said they should have dry roads which is a good thing. They had lots of snow going up to Idaho. Rain is predicted for here tomorrow so maybe there will be snow when they get into California. Hopefully not, though.

Hope the day goes by quickly. LOL!!