I am spending time on the Duane Snow campaign for Board of Supervisors. He is our neighbor and I am friends with his wife. We o back many years when we used to do all Night Long the prom all nightparty for the kids all over the County. the ideas was to keep the kids at one party instead of driving all over the county. Recently we biked around West Leigh and the other neighborhood close to us. It was fun having an older woman to bike with. We discovered new roads, the Tree Farm being the most adventurous, but always found our way back home. the tree Farm road is off Old Ballard and literally goes through a tree farm but ends up close to Garth road.
Duane is running on the Republican ticket. For many years I have voted Democrat. The Democrats are more the people's party and my children have led me in that direction. I grew up in a very Strong Republican party because Homer my father worked for the state of Pennsylvania and his job depended on the Republican being in office. Otherwise he did not have Job. When the party was out of office he worked for the city.
I attended a meeting Monday night to organize for Election day activities. I am going to be a poll watcher. I need to go to Albemarle county office building to do the training Thursday night.
Yesterday Theresa called and talked for a long time. She is going to go to Harrisburg and help Emily clean out the house on Briggs Street. Emily is gently trying to nudge Joe,my brother,into moving into Ecumenical house. We are going to drive to Harrisburg on Thanksgiving day. I need to write my sisters and see how far they have gotten on what we should bring to the dinner which will be held at Jay Forster's house.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
A New Grandchild,
I never wrote about the biggest event in our life our life, meaning Rick and me. We will soon be grandparents. Walker and Hallie are expecting a baby in March. They are super happy. They have known for awhile and told us when they came over for dinner one night about a month. Hallie is wearing maternity clothes and looks pregnant.
Last night I went to dinner with Rick and Walker and Halllie at L'Etoile restaurant on Main Street. Rick and Walker were entertaining the Charles Fund who are here for meeting. The Charles Fund is a family foundation. The family visited some of the sites that they give money to. I sat next to Sherman, a husband of one of the members of the Charles Fund who is taking a trip across the country to take pictures and write a book about Route 66. He told us a bit about what he is doing the book, also about other books he has been involved in. Mostly at dinner we a were just very friendly and chatted about everything. John a husband of one of the family sat next to me and told me all about Rochester and his job as an engineer.
We just got a call from Tucker confirming that he and Liz will move to California. This is also big news. He is working for the same company Cambridge Associates but he will be in a smaller office.
I ordered pictures off the Kodak gallery page.
Last night I went to dinner with Rick and Walker and Halllie at L'Etoile restaurant on Main Street. Rick and Walker were entertaining the Charles Fund who are here for meeting. The Charles Fund is a family foundation. The family visited some of the sites that they give money to. I sat next to Sherman, a husband of one of the members of the Charles Fund who is taking a trip across the country to take pictures and write a book about Route 66. He told us a bit about what he is doing the book, also about other books he has been involved in. Mostly at dinner we a were just very friendly and chatted about everything. John a husband of one of the family sat next to me and told me all about Rochester and his job as an engineer.
We just got a call from Tucker confirming that he and Liz will move to California. This is also big news. He is working for the same company Cambridge Associates but he will be in a smaller office.
I ordered pictures off the Kodak gallery page.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Birthday party, Political Events and Lincoln
My life is very full right now. Saturday night I hosted a birthday dinner for my favorite neighbor Charie Rivers who will turn eighty on October 27th. I had twenty five people for dinner. We had steak, green beans and orzo; for dessert we had birthday cake and ice cream. I ordered the food from Foods of all Nations. Stan prepared it for me. Fran Bonitti another good friend of Charlie's ordered the cake from Sam's and I picked it up. All of Charlie's kids came to the party, two from Texas, Caroline who spent the week here with her daughter, Rachael in Cville and Clay who is the oldest and came as a complete surprise with his wife Guiliana. Kim Tom's wife picked them up at the Richmond airport. They arrived and hour before the party and Clay and Guilianna changed downstairs. Tom and Kim and their kids were also here. Having Clay come made for some excitement. Rick called Charlie on the phone about 5:30 and ask him to come down and move some furniture. He came and when he did we were all waiting and yelled surprise.
Rick and I concluded that there is some tension in the family and that is why we never see Clay. Right now he does not have a job. He told us he was fifty years old. His wife has a job selling pension funds. She is very Spanish looking and was never really accepted my Charlie's mother. After the party the kids, the Burns and Rick and I sat around the table and talked but no one was in any hurry to go up to their father' house.
Charlie just brought the dishes back from the party. I sent a lot of food with Caroline so they had food to eat the next morning.
Monday night I hosted a dessert for Duane Snow who is running for Board of Supervisors from the Samuel Miller District. I thought I would have a full house but only about twenty people showed up. We sat in the family room and everyone asked questions. Well, Phil Williams ask a lot of questions. The people who came were mostly from around the lake. The discussion seemed to focus mainly growth and housing. I made two pumpkin pies and a cake for the event. I purchased cookies and tiny eclairs form Sam's club.
Last night I went to my class at the University and listened to a professor talk about Lincoln and emancipation. The teacher was very old. He had one arm that would not move and he seemed blind to me, since his eyes never completely opened. All these old professors seem to get winded. His conclusion was that Lincoln was a racist. He wrote a 1300 page book about Lincoln, concentrating on his political career. Lincoln never really wanted to free the slaves unless that is what the country wanted. He did want to preserve the union and that was his number one goal. He also wanted to die as a great person.
Rick and I concluded that there is some tension in the family and that is why we never see Clay. Right now he does not have a job. He told us he was fifty years old. His wife has a job selling pension funds. She is very Spanish looking and was never really accepted my Charlie's mother. After the party the kids, the Burns and Rick and I sat around the table and talked but no one was in any hurry to go up to their father' house.
Charlie just brought the dishes back from the party. I sent a lot of food with Caroline so they had food to eat the next morning.
Monday night I hosted a dessert for Duane Snow who is running for Board of Supervisors from the Samuel Miller District. I thought I would have a full house but only about twenty people showed up. We sat in the family room and everyone asked questions. Well, Phil Williams ask a lot of questions. The people who came were mostly from around the lake. The discussion seemed to focus mainly growth and housing. I made two pumpkin pies and a cake for the event. I purchased cookies and tiny eclairs form Sam's club.
Last night I went to my class at the University and listened to a professor talk about Lincoln and emancipation. The teacher was very old. He had one arm that would not move and he seemed blind to me, since his eyes never completely opened. All these old professors seem to get winded. His conclusion was that Lincoln was a racist. He wrote a 1300 page book about Lincoln, concentrating on his political career. Lincoln never really wanted to free the slaves unless that is what the country wanted. He did want to preserve the union and that was his number one goal. He also wanted to die as a great person.
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