Yearly Archives: 2022

……………………….They call Paris “the city of lights”, and it truly is…..Every night we went to a new restaurant and 98% of them were fabulous. Jac and I loved the movie, “Something’s Got to Give” with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. At the end of the movie they all go to the restaurant “Le Grande Colbert” which is an actual restaurant in Paris. In the movie it looked wonderful so Jac really wanted to go. We asked the concierge to make us a reservation. With a raised eyebrow he said “bien sur”…..Oh Oh what did the raised eyebrow mean? He had suggested many wonderful restaurants to us, but this was one of our picks?! From the outside of the restaurant the huge glass windows all looked the same as in the movie…but…..as we went through the front doors there was a big poster of the movie on the window! Oh no, this is not the sign of a chic elegant restaurant. It was obvious as we entered that the restaurant was “dressed” for the movie….It just wasn’t quite the same, and the food was just OK….We had a good time in spite of our disappointment that it wasn’t exactly like the movie……..a lesson learned. The rest of the restaurants either Jac or I knew, or the concierge recommended. He made all of our reservations so he knew the type and quality of restaurants we would like…..He was spot on with his suggestions…They were all fabulous……One of our stops was a visit to the opera house in Paris….the scene of the “Phantom”…..what a magnificent building filled with history. It was just beautiful. You could just imagine in days gone by the elegantly dressed men and women filling the theater in their sumptuous gowns and tuxedos…..The building is a living fantasy……Our trip to Paris was coming to an end, but we created so many more wonderful memories…….memories to last a life time.

…………….During this bitter cold weather here up north….in the teens today!!!…I thought I would bring a little summer back……..I took Jac on a family picnic! It was the first time my family were meeting her, and likewise Jac was meeting them. I had brought very few girls home to meet my family…..two to be exact. In the past when I had it only started trouble, and too many questions…..mostly from my mom and sister in laws!  Jac, however would be the last one I would bring home. We weren’t an official couple yet, but you couldn’t make my family believe that!!! She was still a BABY…..I think 20 or  21 in this picture, so we had already known each other for THREE to FOUR YEARS. Jac was pretty shy, and a little nervous about meeting my family, but she soon became very comfortable, and as I recall when she wasn’t with me she stayed pretty close to my mom…..who immediately loved her…..After this picnic my mom would often ask me, “when are you inviting Jac over again?”….and so it started……..Of course my nieces and nephews loved her…..especially Chris….my little rival……I was smoking as you can see, and my mother always gave me a dirty look when I lit one up…….My hair was very thick and on the long side, and always fell in my face. Jac would brush it back with her fingers……This became our ritual……..My thick black hair is long gone :[….just a memory now.

……………..”Corona Virus explained in CRAFT TERMS…….You and 9 friends are crafting….One is using GLITTER….How many projects have glitter?”

….”I GET MOST OF MT EXERCISE THESE DAYS FROM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIEF”

“IT’S BETTER TO WALK ALONE THAN WITH A CROWD GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”