The Greenhouse

Here’s the progress on my plants in the greenhouse. Mind you, I’m only interested at this time in growing vegetables. This my attempt to squeeze every penny (euro cent) to death! My goal is to grow 100% of the lettuce we eat (we’d like to eat 2 salads a day) and hopefully the rest of [...]



New Grandson Born February 22, 2009!

Here are the photos of the newest family member, our 20th grandchild. No name yet.
Cheri and her 5th son, 8th child.

John with his new son born on February 22nd, 2009, at home in Kodiak, Alaska



Taking advantage of seasonal food

Upon returning  home from Chicago, I found that there were several opportunities to buy fruit and vegetables at really good prices.

a 5 kilo bag of carrots @,45 “euro cents” a kilo
apples for ,69 cents a kilo
plums for ,69 cents a kilo

I also brought back 2 ½ pounds of fresh jalapeños from Chicago. [...]



Imelda Marcos & Me

You know, the ex-first lady of the Philippines who had a whole closet full of shoes? After our trip to the USA, I’m also enjoying the pleasure of NEW shoes! My friend Judy sent me money to buy comfortable shoes, and I got 2 pair of CLARKS (on sale of course). See the photos below:
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Back in Madrid

After a lively & fun time with the family in Chicago, we’re back in Madrid with one of our grandchildren, Abigail who is 8 years old.  Here are a few photos of our trip: * if you run the cursor over the photo and ‘click’ on it you will be able to see a larger [...]