Tea Time with Angie

I feel abundantly blessed to have a wonderful sister-in-law who I consider one of my best friends. Angie is the most amazing woman with the brightest smile, so much love and a very patient listening ear. Where ever Angie goes she exudes love and we were so blessed to have have had here visiting in Sacramento this week. Though she was very busy with her clients, we managed to have a pamper day of pedicures and tea and shopping. The evenings were filled with wonderful talks, wine, dinners out, eating decadent pastries and fighting off robbers! Angie was able to meet her great niece Isabelle and spend time with both Megan and Katie. We treasure our time together and always look forward to our next visit what ever part of the world that takes us to.

Friends Reunion

What a beautiful weekend in Tahoe! Saturday morning, the skies were ominous in Sacramento and the weather report for Tahoe was rain with snow flurries but our good friends Emily and Spence were in town from North Carolina and we miss them so much that nothing was going to stop us from driving to Tahoe to visit with them. The dreary skies soon turned to beautiful blue and the white snow was blinding. the crystal blue of lake Tahoe magnificent and best of all Amy, Larry, Spence and Emily had a wonderful time catching up, tasting wine at the Picchetti's wine bar and then a lovely lunch at the Blue Water Bistro which I now think is the best kept secret in Tahoe. It has wonderful food and the view is breathtaking! Picture perfect day with wonderful friends.

Happy Birthday to Us!

Donna and I were able for the first time to celebrate our birthdays together. We had a wonderful lunch at the Rutherford Grill in Napa and still managed to blow out our candle. Thankgoodness there was just one for each of us otherwise we collectively would have had 119 candles blazing!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome 2008! We celebrated the end of 2007 with Megan, Josh, Isabelle and another couple and their daughter that are friends with Megan and Josh. The evening included Chinese food, games with lotto tickets as prizes. Unfortunately out of all the lotto tickets only $4 was won - I guess we will all have to go back to work next week after all! We ended the evening watching the countdown in Times Square and shooting off a couple of our remaining fireworks left over from the Fourth of July.

I never like to make New Years resolutions but it is definitely time to get serious about getting back to the gym and start pushing myself away from the table.