Where Does the Time Go?

Okay Middle America Mom, you're right . . . the snow has definitely melted, however those darn rain showers just won't stop! We've been busy here at Park Sierra. Let's see, here - in bullet points- is a briefing of what we've been doing since the snow storms:

• Made my Daddy's baked beans for a "test dinner" with 20 guests in attendance . . . getting ready for the big one on April 15 for 120. We received kudos from the guests, but we were expecting they'd like the beans . . . as we all remember that he made the best!
• Spent our birthdays and St. Patrick's Day with little sister and brother-in-law J and R. We always have fun hanging out at their place. J and I cooked up some fun meals for the four of us to enjoy. Came home in a killer rain storm . . . white knuckle driving . . . but we made it home safely only to witness more snow falling (just briefly, thank God).
  
• We've been working hard on pulling all the loose ends together with the Volunteer Committee here at Park Sierra. It's such an important job and we have a great committee to work with. Now we have to get the presentation packets ready for the big presentation to the board on April 11. . . which means we need to get this completed by this coming Wednesday because we'll be leaving for Simi Valley for a long weekend on Thursday and K will have to do the presentation to the Board the day after we get home!
• P and H came up for just a very brief visit . . . but we made time for the infamous ravioli dinner and three games of Pegs and Jokers! (Women - 2, Men - 1)
  
• Spent a whole morning planning our year from now until fall, making reservations where we could and plotting out on the calendar when we can make the rest of the reservations, beating the crowd with our new upgrade of our Thousand Trails, etc., memberships.
• Published another Speak EZ, this time sending the files via email to Kinko's in Fresno and they had the completed job shipped back next day since they're now owned by FedEx. . . how cool is that! Plus—the quality is so much better.
• Been making the newborn caps with my "Knitters and Hookers" bunch, quilting with the quilting group, and shopping on EBay for fabric bargains. I've decided that I really have enough fabric (only because I'm running out of storage space).
• Went to a great quilt show in Clovis . . . drooled over probably 100 quilts and now dream about having a longneck quilting machine that I'll keep up in Oregon so that I can "piece" in Coarsegold and "quilt" in Cascadia!
• Helped the Knitters and Hookers host a "Friday Night at the Movies" where we asked everyone to bring a snack to share with the folks at their table and watched "Walk the Line" - no charge for the movie, since someone here in the park owned the DVD - everyone had a great time and during the intermission you were free to wander from table to table and nibble on other table's snacks.
  
• Spent a bit of time this afternoon adoring a good friend's granddaughter (six months old) who came to visit from the Bay Area.

So . . . there you have it in a nut shell (rather large nut shell). Now it's getting late . . . actually even later since we need to move the clocks forward so I think I'll hit the hay. I'll probably be posting again in Southern California . . . surely there will be some good pictures to include at that time!

Life is Good!