Hello again,
Skipped painting, gardening, etc. today and played. Went to lunch and then shopping with a friend....spent way too much. Too many sales at the mall!
Dotsie, the book I illustrated for was written by Richard Ledger. The books were sold through Barnes and Noble. I don't know whether they are in print anymore. It was a book of poetry called
oh my gosh...brain fade. Something about Birds and Beasties..you would think I would have a copy readily available. I don't. I had to illustrate alot of animals. I also typed the book up and set up the pages for Mr. Ledger. He sent it in to Morris Press and they published it.
I illustrated for Kids-Korner.net as well. Some of the illustrations on the site are mine, some of them are Gary Sutherland's. Our styles are distinctly different. Gary is a professional artist and his work is superb. I illustrated Pigaroo, The Smile, Garlic Bagels (my son did the background on the computer), some coloring pages and I think a couple more poems. I don't remember. Debbi, the gal who wrote all the stories on Kids-Korner used to be the Director of Operations at the ISP I illustrated for and wanted me to illustrate for her website. She should really be here on Boomers since we are born in the same year (I at the beginning, she at the end).
My husband used to work in San Leandro but they closed the plant and moved the machinery to Birmingham. Merwyn went to Birmingham to set up the machinery and all that. IT IS TIME HE CAME HOME!! When he does come home we will all be going to Windsor to a resort...yay! My daughter, Jenni, and her husband, Jim, have a membership in Worldmark and can go to timeshares all over. She has reserved the penthouse and a two bedroom for us to get away for her birthday (and my son's, David, birthday). So, we are all going...woo hoo! So, Merwyn, me, Jen, Jim, their daughter, Abigail, our son Peter, his wife Liza, their daughter Ansley, and David will all be going together. Peter has a one-year-old, Addison, who will be staying with Nana.
We found out yesterday that Jen is having another girl so I am going to have four granddaughters whose names start with the letter "A"!!
Char (Chatty) mentioned that my son just returned home from some religious training. David went to the IHOP (nope, not pancakes) International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri for 6 months. They have a 24-hour 7-day-a-week prayer chapel with live worship around the clock. David went there to experience God in a deeper way. He learned a little bit of discipline, went to many different classes and had a wonderful time. He wants to go to Atlanta where an IHOP is being established there. He probably won't be going until December or so, I dunno.
It was actually pretty nice to have both the guys gone at the same time for a while. I married right out of high school and haven't ever been alone for any length of time. So, being alone was so refreshing and wonderful. I am actually pretty solitary and love being by myself, so I was on my own little mini vacation.
Well, enough. I sure write a lot!!!
So Sorry!

lala, your family vacation sounds great. Can't wait to hear about it.

What denomination do you belong to? Did your son grow up in the church?

Pigaroo is adorable. Great artist!

Dotsie- Thank you re: Pigaroo!

We belong to Gateway Chapel which is Foursquare. Foursquare, for those of you who might be unfamiliar, is a pentecostal denomination started by Aimee Semple McPherson in the earlier part of the 20th. We have been going to Gateway for about 22 years now. Our two oldest children were married at Gateway.
Our church was built in 1912. The church members raised $12,000.00 in one day to have the church built. It is really a very lovely building and a historical landmark here in the thriving metropolis (just kidding) of Winters, CA. Winters is a very small agricultural community here in Northern California. Population is around 8,000 or so. When we moved here in 1988 it was around 5,500. We are just over the hills from Napa. If we drive up around Lake Berryessa it takes about 50 minutes to get to Napa. If we take the freeway it is about 40. We are 35 miles west of Sacramento and 70 miles east of San Francisco.

Lala

Welcome lala! This is my first (and still only ) forum too, and I've been here an entire year now (I think!) and so far have managed not to kill anybody or have them threaten me haha. As I'm sure you've already heard, you'll meet some absolutely fantabulous gals in here!

Thank you all for being so welcoming. I can see why my cousin speaks so highly of you all.
Blessings all!

Welcome to all the new members in the past few weeks! I'm Karen and I've been absent for awhile and have just returned. I'm a relatively new member of the forums but can tell you this is a sweet bunch of women!

Karen,
Glad to see you back. I've been wondering where you were. You were missed.
Maggie

hey karen, welcome back!

Welcome LaLa - I found your second post in this forum to be absolutely hilarious!

Sandra who has a really, really strange sense of humor!