Monday, August 31, 2009

Visit to Los Angeles/Churchill's visit

Arrived and that evening went on a picnic in the hills. There was a concert in the park, so we entertained too. Wonderful evening and met two lovely ladies.








I have eaten well. Grilled Salmon, chicken salad, grilled pork chops at the Churchills. Food at In N Out Burger, mall food court, Terranea resort, and Uncle Bill's Pancake House.








Saw the movie Julie/Julia. Really enjoyed it. Found out Julia Childs was tall over 6 ft and for the movie Meryl Streep stood on a box at times to look taller.




Ruth and I painted John's room. It turned out really well. But I did spill the paint tray on the drop cloth, thank goodness it was almost empty. Taking the window treatment down was a pain. The people who lived in the house before used at least 4" screws. Took almost as long to take out the six screws as it did to paint the entire room. But for dinner steak on the grill, yum.




Worked on the quilt the next day.




Friday we decided to paint Stevens room. It was a lot harder. Guess we were tired from painting John's room.




Had Mexican on Sat. Sun. night we went to the Hollywood Bowl and heard the symphony play Rodgers and Hammerstein selections. They showed bits of the movie with the music, was great.




Monday we worked on the quilt and cleaned up so when Jay got home the house looked like we didn't trash it. Went to the botanical gardens and heard the local orchestra play. It was such a wonderful weather we had a good time. Was fun to see what everyone brought to eat. We didn't bring anything though.


Went home on Tuesday so I could get ready for UAE>