Found my way to Portland at least outside Oregon City, Oregon where Fran's sister Norma is with no problem. She and Pat have a lovely home. They have a couple of acres so lots of space between neighbors and quiet. They have been antique dealers so have their whole house furnished in antiques. I met some of her neighbors and went walking early in the morning. We went around the area seeing the sights but unfortunately it has been very cold and wet. Went to see her friend Diane. She has also been a flight attendant. I was interested to learn about the McDonald girls. They were ladies who got fired from flying or quite to be married. Some time after I had quit they said it was illegal to have made everybody change jobs and they were given their jobs back. Sure wish I had known that way back when.
Pat was sick most of the time while I was there so Norma made food for us but he ate in the bedroom. When he was feeling better he came out and said hello and tried to be social. I am glad we finanally got to meet.
The next day we went to a Bead Shop and I got some stuff to start making jewelery. Well at least I have some tools. Norma gave me a mini lesson on how to turn the wire, and ends for bracelets, and joining beads. So now I have to find some time to see what I can do. There is no tax in Oregon so this was a good place to make the purchase however it was $72.00. We went to visit another friend Dusty, another retired stew. She does beading also so gave us some interesting beads. Very sweet. She also gave us a lovely lunch and a tour of her house that was an old Victorian that has been redone. I loved it. The next day we went to the monthly meeting of the Clipped Wings Club. Stews that don't work any more. They had a clothing exchange with the leftovers going to charity. I did very well. I got 2 bracelets and a couple of pairs of earrings. A long black sweater coat, a short grey cardigan, an orange cashmere sweater, a blue silk cardigan, a chocolate brown sleeveless sweater, a long black with small beige design elastic waste skirt. So I thought I did very well. Norma took a bunch of stuff also. Love getting stuff for free. Sunday Pat was feeling better so I invited them for brunch or lunch but he wanted to stay home and watch football. Norma wanted to eat at home to use up food before they went away. We walked over to her friend Maggie's house and she gave us a wonderful drink of Chocowine. It was almost like Bailey's. She said it was from Switzerland. Very tastey. Pat gave me a box of Trader Joes macaroni and cheese and also a bottle of wine called Friends. Norma gave me a travel bag for all my additional clothing.
January 10th to 14th Visit with Linda and Terry
alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430554652967124210" /> I moved from Normas to Lindas and again a lovely home. I hadn't seen Linda for 35 years since Keith and I were sailing to Australia. Linda and Terry have a retail business supplying realtors with merchandize for their business. They had to be at work every day so I was on my own. I was able to make an appointment with the apple store and think I have the blog thing working. The house is close to a big shopping centre so was able to find my way over and look at the shops. Again it was raining so was glad to have some down time to catch up with laundry etc.
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I just had my first Chocovine this past weekend. I liked it a lot, and so did about 4 of 5 others at the dinner. It had more of a alcohol bite than I expected, but not to an unpleasant level. Our bottle was 14% alcohol. You could just tell it had a bit of a kick.
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