On Sunday the 13th we had to skip church to go to our granddaughter Charlottes second birthday. That was quite an event for us because she is the one that we don't get to see very often. We drove to Redlands to her maternal Grandmother's for the party. The drive is about an hour and fifteen minutes from here. It was from 12:00 noon until 3:00 in the afternoon. It was very enjoyable and they had so much to eat I was almost too full. We had to leave fifteen minutes early so that Dick could get back to the church so that he could be there promptly at 4:00. when our last session ends, so that he could do the deposit. He no longer has a finance clerk so he has to do it all himself. It was sorta funny, because everyone was there in their jeans and Dick and I were all dressed up. I, because I figured I'd have to go in and find me a ride home. That way, we could go directly to the church, but as luck would have it, we made very good time, so Dick was able to drop me off at home before he went to the church. I was glad because I was ever so tired. My prednisone blast was working great though, so I was in no pain.
Wednesday the sixteenth my niece Nancy flew in from Dallas to go to the Four Freshmen Concert and to their big day in Palm Springs where they had their star placed on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame. Nancy joined the Four Freshmen Society so she too is a big fan of the Freshmen and she flew in to Reno to join us last year at the Convention there. We really have had a great, but super busy time, since she has been here. She just left for home today so she was here for five fun filled days. I can tell you right now, I am one tired cookie and I only have tonight to relax because tomorrow morning I have to get an MRI, so that I can go to the pain clinic in three days. I surely do hope they give me a shot and not just a consultation on that day. At any rate, I will try to recapture our five days.
Thursday: Nephew Freddie and his wife, Chris, drove over from Fallbrook. which is almost a two hour drive from here to visit with Nancy for the day. Those two cousins are very close and were raised together so it was nice for them to get together. We had a nice luncheon that Dick fixed for us and after visiting for awhile, we all drove (in separate cars) to Riverside so that we could meet our daughter, Nancy, who was named after neice Nancy Lee. Those two are pretty close too, because Nancy Lee lived with us for such a long time. My sis, Mildred, used to be very generous with Nancy and her sister, Carol, by letting them stay with us every summer. I don't know how she could stand to be away from them that long, but she did. Nancy Lee used to take care of Nancy Anne(our Nancy) When I named Nancy Anne after Nancy Lee I never knew there could be such confusion. We had a very good dinner, and visited there for awhile and then drove back. Freddie and Chris took off for home directly from the restuarant. We did have a great time all together. That was indeed a very full day for all of us.
Friday: We had a visit from a guy named Ron, who was the husband of Nancy's best friend, Irene. She and Nancy had an apartment together when she left living with me. Unfortunately, Irene died a year or so ago, not long after Nancy's husband died. Ron has been very lonely since Irene died, and he drove down from Reno to see Nancy for just a few hours Friday. He would like Nancy to marry him, but Nancy just isn't interested. I think Ron talked most of the time he was here, just on and on. Nancy keeps telling him she is not at all lonely, and has no intention of ever marrying again, but he just keeps on trying. Of course, Nancy has all of her family living close around her so I'm sure that makes a difference, to say nothing of her many many friends from church, where she is a very popular and busy lady. He kept going to the bathroom every few minutes and finally admitted that he had a bladder infection so as soon as he was finished eating, we took him to the walk-in clinic where he got a prescription for Cipro and we took him to the drug store to get it filled. When we got home, I was quite surprised when he went directly back to his large trailer home that he drove down from Reno. I'm sure he expected to be able to see a lot more of Nancy than he did.
Saturday: What a day this was. We went to a Four Freshmen Concert which we loved. We met a group of friends beforehand to have lunch. It was fun and the concert was terrific as usual. We then came back to our house where Dick fixed a lovely dinner for all of us. We didn't have too much time after before we had to go to another concert at the McCallum Theater where we saw and heard The Manhattan Transfer. All I can say is that it was very loud and no one could understand how I could sleep through half of it. I was so darned tired and to tell you the truth, I didn't care for it very much. I was glad to get home and to have a good nights sleep. Imagine, two concerts in one day!
Sunday: It was Stake Conference but we missed it. We always go, but the big day for the Four Freshmen in Palm Springs was here. We went over to Pikes and they drove us to Palm Springs where the Freshmen were to get their star on the Walk of Fame. We had a special invitation, so we were able to sit down for the event. It was all roped in, but people had just a single walk through and there was traffic as usual in the street. They had a pretty good P.A. system and it turned out to be a very nice program along with it. They introduced some special people, Jim Pike among them, and they spoke about how much influence the original Four Freshmen had on them and their groups. They had Jim from the Lettermen, someone from The Four Lads, one of the guys from Manhattan Transfer, and they introduced a few more people. All in all, it was a very nice affair, and Jim was glad they went. I'm hoping they will go with us to the Four Freshmen Reunion in Fort Wayne, Indiana next year. They rejoined the Society and are planning to go unless they are touring. Nancy is meeting us there too. She is also coming back February 22 for the Reunion Concert with Jim Pike, Gary Pike and Ric de Azavido. The Reunion is Jim's new group and they are really terrific. They sing all the Lettermen songs. Of course Jim and Gary sang with the original Lettermen during their Capital Record years. Nancy used to work for Capital Records and they knew some of the same people there. After the Star Ceremony we went to the Hyatt Regency Hotel where we were invited to a private party for the Freshmen and we had a great time there.........lots of food and drinks (diet coke for all of us) After the party we drove home with Jim and Sue and we stayed there for a couple of hours visiting and stuff. Nancy taught Sue some things she didn't know on her I-Pad. She and Sue really hit it off. She also took a picture of Jim's wall where he has nine gold albums and two single gold records. It was a very full day and I was plenty eager to get to bed.
Monday: We took Nancy to the airport today where she caught her flight to Dallas and she phoned me from the airport when she arrived at 5:30 p.m. our time. We are quite ready to go to bed but first Dick has to try to post some of the pictures Nancy took.
So sorry, we had such neat pictures but neither Dick nor I can figure it out.....
