Bunco Nite Recap.....Robin
What a great
evening 12 couples had at our annual "Bunco" nite. The weather
was perfect and the good times and life long friends was even
better. Thanks for all the help in getting this evening pulled
off. Let's make sure we put this on the calendar again for next
year.
But some people
had to win:
Most Wins by an
Individual was split between Gary Gerlinger and Don Pitcher
Most Losses by an
Individual was Sharon Simmons with 19
Most Buncos was
Randi Heinrichson with 5
Highest Individual
Points was Shirley D'Agosta with 514
Least Individual
Points was Sue Butler with 239
Highest Combined
Points for a Couple goes to Shirley and Lou with 969
Couples Most Wins
goes to Don and Cindy Pitcher with 29
Most Wipeouts was
split between Ginny Gomez and Bill Simmons with 5 each
Middle of the Road
score went to Jim Cuneo
LM Fall Fling
We
decided to go to Half Moon Bay for the weekend of November 4-6.
Deposit checks for $25 have been received from the following
people: Shirley, Randi, Janis, Vicki, Sue Ballard, Merrilee, and
Mary Ryan.
If you plan on going, contact......Randi
and send your check to Sue Ballard
Napa Holiday Tour
napaholidaytour.com
$55.00 per person December 3, 2011
Butler's will be staying at the Embassy Suites again this year for Sat.
and Sun. nights.
Check out the website to see the B&B's, and food and wineries that
will be served.
More Missouri Musings
Where did August go? Life in Missouri has flown by but
looking back I guess we progressed quite a bit. Our house is coming
along and as of yesterday the roofer is almost finished putting
composite shingles on, and all the soffits are enclosed. This was new
for me. When you look up at the eaves you can not see the 2x4s. Windows
and exterior doors are in and the deck is completely framed. It is
beginning to feel like a house now- except Walt continues to walk
"through" the walls instead of staying on the path. We have met with
the plumber and electrician and they have begun their work. We have met
with the cabinet maker and the tile guy, the carpets and wood flooring
are chosen. Tomorrow is a trip to Springfield to confirm all the
appliances and lighting. It takes about 40 minutes to get to
Springfield which is about as long as going across town in San Jose but
because it is wide open territory, I feel like it is a long trip. We
have gone twice this week. The highways are not bumper to bumper and it
is all stacked stone bluffs and green hills so it is a beautiful drive.
It is amazing how we can spend an entire day making choices. So far the
plumbing has been the hardest task I feel like I have a masters degree
in toilets and faucets with a new appreciation for ADA requirements,
sani-gloss flush, rough-in, valves, soft close seats. All this time I
thought all toilet flushed and all faucets were equal.
Life
is not all "house"- we did have time to see family. Greg and the girls
made a surprise visit to my birthday dinner. We met the McElligotts
from San Jose for lunch. They relocated years back to a community
outside St Louis. I went to the movies with ten gals to see "The Help".
Great movie and nice to meet some new faces but it just isn't quite
like the gals of Las Madres. I also joined a book club in my new
neighborhood.
Walt
and I go out in the boat "exploring" the lake as often as we can. The
water is still quite warm so we plunge in to cool off. It is hard to
ski with only two of us so it is nice to take company along at times to
keep us legal.
I
am applying at the school district as a sub. Thought it would be a good
way to meet new people and not be committed to working if there was
anything fun going on. Besides after I teased all you girls for you
"school talk", I decided to jump in to the education system. The
schools here have a good reputation so we will see. Classrooms are at
20 I do know that and lots of kids ride the busses. Everyone shows up
for Friday night football at the high schools. We have missed the first
two games because we went to the free concerts on the Branson Landing
river walk. (Guess only Sharon knows about Branson Landing and the
dancing fountains.)
I
hope the Reunion coming up is a big success and there will be photos to
share. Trevor will represent us on his whirlwind trip to CA for the
weekend. We will see Trevor for a week in October on another of his
travels back from New Orleans via Branson.
Below
is a link to some of the construction zone. Once there click on the "My
Gallery" tab in the top left and hopefully you will see three groups of
shots.
http://gallery.me.com/wilson8
Miss
you guys......Joan
Store your opened chunks of
cheese in aluminum foil. 
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom
are sweeter and better for eating. 
To
really make scrambled eggs or
omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or
heavy cream; then beat them. 
Add garlic immediately to a recipe
if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if
your want a stronger taste of garlic. 
Reheat
Pizza 
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock
bag. Seal; mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of
ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip
of the baggy; squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done -
easy clean up. 
Newspaper
weeds away 
Flexible
vacuum 
Reopening
envelope 
Goodbye
Fruit Flies 
