FRUGAL IS A FOUR LETTER WORD: September 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010

ROBERT LEHR PECHIN

This weekend, after a long illness, my sister's husband, Bob Pechin, died.

He was a lovely man.
He worked long and hard to support his family.
He and my sister raised five children and me.
He and my sister had six grandchildren.

He was loved by all, but especially by my sister.

I certainly hope that there is a place such as heaven because now he and my sister will be together.

I do not have any pictures of him just pre-digital....so I can only share some of the lovely family members that loved him and will always hold him in their heart. These pictures are old, Lauri is now blonde, Clifford has had a haircut...everyone is still gorgeous. I love them all!

Lauri, Kaitlin, Laura

Kaitlin, Madeline, and Allison

Lauri and Michael

Lauri and Cliff

Michael, Cliff, and Lauri

Michael, Cliff and Lauri

Cliff and Madeline

Kaitlin, Cliff, Madeline, and Allison


Michael and I

Madeline and Lauri 2010

RACHEL ZOE AND ME AND SONNY AND CHER

I know I should stay away from flipping channels on those ever increasing sleepless nights...but sometimes you cannot resist. So as I am flipping, I see Rachel Zoe on QVC...the grande dame herself, hawking her wares.

In this instance, the cutest faux fur vest....it looked adorable on her. So cute, I bought two...it was so easy with the iPhone APP for QVC. Immediately turned over and went to sleep.

Then the boxes arrived. My husband kept saying, what's in the boxes. I said something that probably has to go back...I do not want to discuss it.

Finally alone with my purchases, I opened the boxes and out came these cute little animals...cute and cuddly.

Come on...how cute would I look in that.....post-season Padre games. I would be the envy of the crowd. Back in the day....

Yup, I put it on and what can I say....back in the day was right...I looked like Sonny or Cher, or Sonny and Cher combined. I couldn't get their image out of my head...and I was humming "I've got you babe." Babe--Eek.

They are packed up and heading back to the land that time forgot....I would keep one but I do not know if I could find the striped pants to go with it.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

URTH TO ANDREA

Should I mention again how wonderful Urth Caffee is??? We are regulars there now and we have only been in town for two days. In two days we have eaten there FOUR times. Did I mention the cottage cheese--seriously cottage cheese. But you can tell from the rich caramel color how wonderful the Amazing Grace Irish tea is....perfect with my knitting.

and with the vegan Pumpkin Pie with the granola crust--YUM-O

Then we went to find the canals of Venice...Andrea told her father to look for a $6,542,000 charge cause she found a house.

The canals were built in 1904-05 to replicate the canals in Venice Italy. Originally there were 16 miles of canals. In 1929 most of the canals were filled to accommodate the new mode of transportation, the automobile. This is a postcard from 1917. How wonderful was this??

The choices were many...I will just upload and you can have fun looking. We had fun walking and pretending that we lived there. We walked just long enough that it was time for another meal at Urth. I will give you a hint...my fave was the orangey-yellow one with the lime green deck chairs, or the...