Can't believe that's it's been 3 months since I last blogged. Oh well, that's just the way it goes sometimes.
In August we went to Isle of Palms with our family for our 50th anniversary. It was so much fun. We stopped in my hometown Columbia, 
SC first. The girls surprised me by having two dear friends meet us for lunch at the hotel. Wow, was I shocked. Woody and I have been e-mailing and talking to each other for about 3 years now. I haven't seen him since we graduated high school 52 year
s ago. Met his lovely wife, Kiki who is a very gracious southern lady. He and his wife are wonderful people. The other surprise was my lifelong friend, Allen. We've kept in touch, but haven't seen each other for 25 years at my mother's funeral in Columbia. Allen got polio when he was 8 and we were in 3rd grade together. I used to love to go play at his house. He couldn't attend school, but had a visiting teacher teach him at home. Allen was paralyzed and still is. It's amazing, that this has not stopped him from meeting all his goals. Although, retired now, he still teaches in the computer department at the University of South Carolina. He was instrumental in helping to pass the American with Disabilities Act. It was an amazing day for me.
On Saturday we drove around Columbia so I could show the kids some of the places that were special to me.
At the beach we did the first annual "Roseman Jones Iron Chef Event". What fun! We did four nights, since we had four teams of three, plus Jesse. Jesse's the four year old son of our good friends, Bonnie and Andre (from L.A.). Each team got aprons that I made that had to be worn the night they were cooking. Each team planned their meal, shopped for ingredients an
d cooked and cleaned up. Debby made score cards and we had both winners and loosers for different parts of the meals. We also had two surprise ingredients thrown in at the last minute. Had some interesting results -- grape koolaid ice cream and cherry jello chocolate sauce! Yummo!!!
We spent one day in Charleston sightseeing in a horse and carriage. Had to climb into using a ladder! Me climbing into the wagon was not very pretty:) Another afternoon we visited all the places we had lived.
Even went back to Bob's childhood home and the resident of the unit where he lived let us in to see it. It still had the same tile floor and fixtures in the bathroom!
Bob and Alvin golfed e
very day. Bob met Alvin at the airport in Charleston on Saturday and then played golf at Charleston AFB. Bob was stationed there right after pilot training.
It was an amazing trip and so much fun.
SC first. The girls surprised me by having two dear friends meet us for lunch at the hotel. Wow, was I shocked. Woody and I have been e-mailing and talking to each other for about 3 years now. I haven't seen him since we graduated high school 52 year
s ago. Met his lovely wife, Kiki who is a very gracious southern lady. He and his wife are wonderful people. The other surprise was my lifelong friend, Allen. We've kept in touch, but haven't seen each other for 25 years at my mother's funeral in Columbia. Allen got polio when he was 8 and we were in 3rd grade together. I used to love to go play at his house. He couldn't attend school, but had a visiting teacher teach him at home. Allen was paralyzed and still is. It's amazing, that this has not stopped him from meeting all his goals. Although, retired now, he still teaches in the computer department at the University of South Carolina. He was instrumental in helping to pass the American with Disabilities Act. It was an amazing day for me.On Saturday we drove around Columbia so I could show the kids some of the places that were special to me.
At the beach we did the first annual "Roseman Jones Iron Chef Event". What fun! We did four nights, since we had four teams of three, plus Jesse. Jesse's the four year old son of our good friends, Bonnie and Andre (from L.A.). Each team got aprons that I made that had to be worn the night they were cooking. Each team planned their meal, shopped for ingredients an
d cooked and cleaned up. Debby made score cards and we had both winners and loosers for different parts of the meals. We also had two surprise ingredients thrown in at the last minute. Had some interesting results -- grape koolaid ice cream and cherry jello chocolate sauce! Yummo!!!We spent one day in Charleston sightseeing in a horse and carriage. Had to climb into using a ladder! Me climbing into the wagon was not very pretty:) Another afternoon we visited all the places we had lived.
Even went back to Bob's childhood home and the resident of the unit where he lived let us in to see it. It still had the same tile floor and fixtures in the bathroom!Bob and Alvin golfed e
very day. Bob met Alvin at the airport in Charleston on Saturday and then played golf at Charleston AFB. Bob was stationed there right after pilot training.It was an amazing trip and so much fun.
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