So the kids gave us a Retirement Dinner last night to honor us. We didn't want them to spend their hard earned money... but they insisted & found a date that would work for everyone.
Golden City Chinese Restaurant on School Street was our choice for price/ location/good food/plenty kids etc. The grandkids went in first as we were directed to two round tables in the far corner. They decided they would sit on their own table--I sat in the eighth seat thinking they would need some adult supervision. Waiting for Marc & Lindsey, Alisa offered to exchange places so I could sit next to my honey. I moved over but she didn't and we just brought another chair to seat 10.
Keoki, prepared with post its (Ashley?) began to get everyone's preferences and expeditiously made a list of orders for each table. The waitress didn't get how he had set it up since there were some duplicate dishes. Food came pretty quickly and we visited and chatted while the children handled themselves very well. They were given forks but experimented with the chop sticks--Ayva tried. Will bring out the rubber bands on Thanksgiving to give them another lesson.
Tentatively scheduling Grandma School with Grandpa being a guest speaker during the Christmas break. Now that I am retired, many crafting-cooking-scrapbooking-sewing-building-growing-ideas-that-have-been-swimming-around- my-head are now ready to be started since I have so many supplies/tools/stuff already collected. I just have to get organized, throw out junk, get acquainted with what is where, find stuff I know I have (where's that sizzix Christmas light bulb die?) and plan plan plan.
Going through my stuff, I've come across so many started projects and take for instance, all the things I've cut out with the Cricut and Silhouette. Gobs & gobs of stuff. Several weeks ago, when the Greigs were still staying at our house, I picked up Nysa & Ayva from school and we had some time to kill so I had them start making an accordian book with some shapes I had previously cut and a glue stick. I was so amazed at how beautiful each of their projects had turned out! For some odd reason I had a mental block about permanently attaching--anxiety even. These girls taught me something. Play with it and just do it. (I should post a pic). You can imagine how excited I became since I have amassed a whole lotta everything I could ever want--I already have. EUREKA! This is it! Woo Hoo! Let's go man!
Just like the Threads Ministry. I know clearly that God meant for us to "Not buy any fabric" cause we have plenty and He would provide through donations. Has He ever!
I will end here to make lunch for my sweetie laying down the ceramic tile in our upstairs bedroom. He's a keeper!
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