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Livin' the Dream: July 2014

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Guilin and the Li River. Because of flight delays leaving Shenzhen, it was nearly 2 am by the time we got to our hotel - The Lijiang Waterfall Hotel - in Guilin. Fortunately, they let us sleep in a bit and not have to start too early the next morning. A corner of our room at the Waterfall Hotel. View of the street below our hotel room window. In China, Guilin is considered very small, with a population of only 700,000. Our guide was Tao, and his English was excellent! One woman on our tour was traveling ...

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Livin' the Dream: June 2013

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Yesterday, I finally put Ryann's quilt in the mail! After months and months of stops and starts, of delays and interruptions (including having to pack away all of my sewing area to stage the house to sell) it is finally complete. I'm so happy with how it turned out and I hope she'll love it. Hours I spent making it = 66. Cost of the materials = $191.93. Love in every stitch = immeasurable! I had to stitch the first part of the binding at the dining room table. Since so much is packed away. We found a hou...

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You, Me & Three: December 2011

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Monday, September 3, 2012. Doing a little catch up as I finally figured out how to get my pictures on the computer (9 months later)! December was a busy and wonderful month - Jack's birthday was at the beginning. Then we had an Extended Triffitt Family first Annual Christmas get together. It was held at Panatana park at Port Sorell. We also had the first Sheila May Sponge Cake Bake - Off, which for some strange reason I won! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Red Headed Hostess.

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Livin' the Dream: December 2013

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For the first time in several years, we had all of our children and most of our grandchildren together for Thanksgiving. It was great! We actually couldn't all be together on Thanksgiving day, so we enjoyed dinner with our son, Bob, daughters, Laura and Susy, and their families plus Laura's in-laws. Then, on Friday night, we had pie (More than we could eat! The Saturday after T-day, Alice and Penny (Laura's twins) turned three, so, we also had cake with our pie — to celebrate. Mom died on Oct 25 and the ...

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Livin' the Dream: March 2013

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The Blocks are Complete. The quilt blocks are complete! I'm very happy with how they turned out! And, I've begun sewing them together. I'm guessing I have about 8 – 10 hours more work in order to have it ready for quilting. (Sewing on the sashing and border, squaring up the completed top, sewing, trimming and squaring up the backing, and cutting the batting to size) Won't be long, now. Woohoo! Light at the End of the Tunnel. This has been a real labor of love. I expected to mellow a bit more. But, no...

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Livin' the Dream: December 2012

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Trip to the Big Apple! December 4 – 6, 2012. About a year ago we signed up to be part of a group leaving from here in Northern VA to spend a few days in New York City during the Christmas season. We made payments throughout the year, and then boarded the bus and left on Tuesday morning, December 4th. We had a great time! We arrived at the Edison Hotel near Times Square about 3 pm After settling into our room, we walked a couple of blocks to Times Square. I have to say, Times Square is crazy! Wednesday mo...

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Livin' the Dream: January 2014

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Christmas came and went and we had a good time visiting with family and friends. Our ward has a good-sized Empty Nesters group who get together once a month for FHE. We hosted the Christmas FHE this year and it was lots of fun. Our family (those who live in the area) had our traditional Christmas Eve buffet at Susy's house. Lots of food and opening of gifts. Heather and Mark invited us to their place after we left Susy's and we played a new word game. Enjoyed that! I think 2014 will be a great year!

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Livin' the Dream: February 2013

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Sophia's Baptism – Jan 19, 2013. On January 16, our granddaughter, Sophia, turned eight, and we were delighted to be able to participate in her baptism that Saturday, Jan. 19. Bob and I drove to Ohio on Friday, arriving at Laura's house about 7 pm Heather, Susy and Susy's kids had driven to Ohio earlier and we got to spend some time with them that night as well as with Laura's family. Travis' parents drove up on Saturday and also stayed at their place. The baptism was beautiful! So glad we could visit wi...

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You, Me & Three: Aaron

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Saturday, January 28, 2012. Photo off Lisa's blog}. Still can't believe that Aaron has headed on Home to be with Noah so soon after Noah himself was able to go. It is so hard for us to feel its true and he isn't just away or something. How could Aaron be gone. Not now, not yet. Aaron was full of love and full of laughs. I think love and laughter best describe him, and that is how I will remember him. He was so patient all the time, and able to create a joke about anything and nothing. I feel sad that he ...

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Livin' the Dream: November 2014

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I don't think I remembered to say that in order to compensate for traveling each Sunday on this trip, I took along the conference issue of the Ensign. So, on Sunday evening (May 25), we dropped our bags off in our cabin and went to the ship's dining room for a late supper. (About 8 pm). Our ship was pretty much identical to this one. View of our "stateroom" - there was also a love seat and a desk, plus a small balcony. Monday was a very relaxing day! The Chinese seem to farm every piece of land they can ...