Friday March 21, 2008

 

 

Happy Girls ~ Happy Feet

 

A day with our four, local granddaughters. 

(The other four live in Maine.)

 

Our first appointment was 9:00 a.m. when we met Aunt Debi for breakfast.

 

 

Diana

 

 

Our youngest daughter, Deb

 

 

Our youngest granddaughter, Gloria

 

 

The three on our side of the table – Jana, Jenna (the birthday girls) – and yours truly.

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From there we walked to our next appointment

 

 

Can you tell that Gloria is enjoying her first pedicure?

 

 

 

 

Diana, Gloria, Jana, and Jenna

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria was too short to enjoy the vibrating chair while getting her feet and toes pampered.  However, as soon as the pedicurist was finished and her pretty little toe nails were drying, she started the action.

 

 

Do you think she enjoyed it?

 

 

Deb and I were on standby, but were pleased when Tony, the owner, said they also had time to make our feet happy.

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After this, Deb went back to her office, while the girls and I stayed to shop in several stores.  The Dollar Store is their favorite place to spend birthday money.  We also went to K-Mart and Goodwill – in the same mall. 

Goodwill is a secondhand store.  I was pleased to find a perfect pair of sneakers for an upcoming road trip.  Jenna wasn’t sure I should buy them.  She said they looked like sneakers for an old lady.  I smiled and told her, “I am an old lady.”

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After shopping we headed toward home – stopping to check on Chuck-E-Cheeses, but the parking lot was full, so we put that on hold until Gloria’s half-birthday.

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They seemed to need something to do to replace that disappointment.  When I suggested ice cream, I was rewarded by squeals of delight.

 

 

Gloria

 

 

Diana

 

 

Jana

Jenna’s picture was not very flattering, so I decided not to post it.    She will thank me later.  It is not always easy to get good pictures while people are eating.

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As we were headed toward Jenna, Diana, and Gloria’s home, and approaching the lab where Jana’s dad works, I called to see if he had time to give four girls a tour.  It was good timing for him, so we stopped.

 

 

 

 

His office

 

 

Explaining the milk testing process.

 

 

This does start out as white milk!

 

 

One of the employees explained reasons for having to do milk cultures.

 

 

Jere explained another process of testing milk.  I love how intently they listened to him.  They asked some great questions too.  It was a worthwhile stop.  Thanks, Jere.

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Another day of memory-making is over.