FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
1st Kacey
Roessler (Happy 25th!)
John Castagnoli
(Happy 28th!)
3rd Walt Wilson
10th Shirley D'Agosta
14th Jim Cuneo
16th Christopher (Happy 19th!)
25th Marvin Balaoro (Happy 25th!)
28th Linda Good
29th Mathew Hennig (Happy 29th!)
We decided on dinner and
movie. Either Camera movies at the Pruneyard ($6 admission if
there are 10 of us----I told people I had $5 tickets, which I
do, but you can only use 2 a night) and dinner at Hobee's----or
Cine Arts at Santana Row and dinner at a Mexican restaurant there.
Kind of depends on what's playing. Right now plan is "The
Aviator" if it is still playing. So the week of the Feb.
14, I will send out the actual movie, place and time. But if people
want a dinner and/or movie night, they can circle 2/17 6PM..........Sally
Notes from the Prez
This is what I have: corrections are always welcome in case a missed some date or activity. We do have 3 meeting dates open for some lucky person to volunteer. Don't have to commit to the agenda right now, just sign up.
February 17 Sally has
the next meeting dinner and movie
February 19 Away coffee (maybe check out a place for the Sept.
17th reunion)
March 4-6 ladies weekend at Berkley/Emeryville
March 17 Shirley to host meeting
March 19 8 ball at Ginny's
April 21 Sue Butler to host meeting
May 19 Robin to host meeting
June 3-5 Los Padres Golf weekend
June 16 Ruth to host meeting
July 21 Randi to host meeting
July 30-Aug. 6 Pinecrest
August 18 Meeting____________________
August 27 Bocco @ the park (Randi is checking into park by her
house)
September 15 Meeting____________________
September 17 1980 East Mom's reunion lunch and evening with the
families at TBA
October 7-9 Ladies Fall weekend trip to Aptos
October 20 Meeting ___________________________
October 22 Octoberfest at Janis (Janis & Robin planning)
October 27-30 weekend Randi's play at school
November 17 Vicki to host meeting
December Christmas party (Editor believes that Merrilee has volunteered
to host this again!)
Dec. 25 Open house at the Butler's
Other activities: Bunko hosted either by Sharon or Shirley date TBA
Start saving for our next cruise Summer 2006 Details in the next few months...............Sue :]
Aptos in October
For the weekend arriving Friday October 7 around 2:00 and leaving
Sunday afternoon, the cost would be $1,000. There is a linen service
so you don't need to bring sheets or towels (except very large
towels for hot tubbing or the beach). Also, there is a blender.
She is checking with the property management
company to make sure that weekend is available.
Dues & 2005 Roster
It is 2005, and we will be celebrating our 25th year as Las Madres
'80 East. We don't want anyone to miss the fun. Whether you live
nearby.....or faraway...........make sure to send your $12 yearly
dues to Vicki.
Anyone who has not sent in their dues by the end of January, will be dropped from all future e-mails for the club. Also, a new club roster will be made in February and sent by e-mail to all paid members by the end of that month.
Ladies' Early Spring
Trip!
After much hemming
and hawing and negotiating dates, those of us at the planning
meeting could only find one weekend where we all could go on a
spring trip, March 4-6. We decided to go local to Oakland/Berkeley/Emeryville(people
who have to work Friday can come up since it is only about an
hour away). We are centering part of our trip around Janis' idea
to go to the Sharfen-Bergen(sp?) Chocolate(very decadent!) Factory
in Emeryville. She is making a reservation for us for Saturday
morning at 10:30am and then we will have lunch afterwards at the
Cafe Cacao. On Sunday it has been suggested we go to Alameda to
the big antique fair that is there the first Sunday of the month(how
lucky are we!). There are also lots of places to explore in Jack
London Square, Berkeley, etc. So... I have reserved 3 suites at
the Executive Inn & Suites on the Oakland Estuary(www.executiveinnoakland.com).
The suites have 2 queen size beds, water view, fridge, microwave,
2 TV's, and more. A nice Continental breakfast is also included
in the price. The price is approx. $175 per night per suite. We
will divide the cost by the total number of people. So.... if
you want to go, get a $25 non-refundable deposit in to Vicki ASAP.
If you need any more info, e-mail Randi.
Golf Date
Lou has procured
a house at Forest Meadows for the weekend of June 3-5th. It is
not the Aacker house, as they wanted to wait until almost that
date to confirm. It looks nice and roomy-near the 7th green. Also
has some tee times for Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
Contact Lou if you are interested in going.
Future Dreaming
In the beginning
"planning" stages is a possible cruise to the Mediterranean
in JULY of '06! Many people have expressed interest since the
Alaska cruise to do this. I have also been in contact with Della
Bynum(those of you who know her know she lives now in Reno) who
was also starting to plan a similar trip. So I have put my mom
(Betty, the travel agent who will never retire) into the game.
She has talked to all the cruise reps and none of the itineraries
or prices are out yet for summer of '06. However, the itineraries
are usually similar to the previous year. Her agency is now part
of a huge cruise consortium(largest in the US) so they can get
us better group rates and more perks(because they deal with so
many clients and groups). So, my mom sent me brochures from Royal
Caribbean, Celebrity, Princess, and Holland America. We should
have more details and pricing in a month or so. People have expressed
interest in especially going to a couple of the Greek Islands
(i.e Mykonos, Santorini), Athens, Turkey, Italy, Monte Carlo,
Spain, etc. So there are a number of options to explore. If you
have any suggestions, please e-mail me at penguin9@aol.com.
Saturday Coffee Clatches
Continue
Meet your Las
Madres friends for some coffee and conversation at the Starbuck's
at White and Aborn on Saturday mornings at 9am. Every third Saturday
is a field trip. We are going to meet at the Starbuck's in Almaden
Shopping Plaza (near Costco) on February 19th. The motivation
to go there is the shopping there.... it is one of the few malls
that has a Tuesday Morning and then you can explore the other
places such as Bed, Bath and Beyond, Barnes and Noble, the new
BiG Trader Joe's, etc. We are also going to check out "Artopia,"
for a possible meeting place. They offer classes (kind of like
the pottery painting classes we did in Willow Glen) but more!
You can create mosaics, painted glassware, candle making, clay
sculpting, terracotta pots to paint, wood projects, etc.there.
So, come join us for coffee and a little shopping, exploring and
the usual....
e-MAIL TIDBIT
You lovers of
the English language might enjoy this . . .
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than
any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top
of the list, but when we awaken in the
morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come
UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election
and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish
UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other
times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite,
and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed
UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it
is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close
it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about
the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In
a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page
and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you
might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will
take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may
wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we
say it
is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out
we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and
often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things
dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is
UP, so...
Time to shut UP...!
Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing
you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?....U-P
