> From: Lizzie <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~l> > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:26:41 -0700 > > Hi Noelle, > > Great to hear from you again. > > I was just in NY to see Uncle John, my cousin Ellen and her > kids, it was a > short trip, too short. > > Roger and I would love to come up New Year's to see you all. > > Great to hear about Olga. Thanks for the update. > > We'll have to catch up about how it feels to turn 50 when we > see each other. > Let me know about the party. > > See you soon! > > Love, > Lizzie > > On Oct 12, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Noelle > <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote: > > > good to hear from you > > Gail is trying to organize Dad's b-day party and is finding > > that most > > caterers not working on 1/1(not a huge surprise). She's > > thinking of > > potluck,which I concur(we do this for our summer backyard > > parties and like > > > doing that). If you could come up to SB that would be great. > > It's been so > > long since we have been able to go to LA and w/ my current > > job not having > > guarranteed vacation time it's harder to plan longer trips. > > She emailed me about who she is inviting, and it's 22 so > > far. She did not > > have Robert's parents on the list(don't know if my dad forgot > > to tell her > > to add them or what)not sure if they can come but they > > should be invited. > > > > I was in Sacramento last weekend for steampunk symposium. Olga > > invited me > > to stay with her. She is planning to retire and move back to > > SF. She is > > the property manager of her apt building and hasn't had to > > pay rent for > > the past 10 years being there.She and Brad are in London > > right now. > > Olga was very adamant about exercise for us who are heading > > toward > > menopause. I know I could do more...I lost a lot of weight > > when I was > > unemployed but gained some back after starting work. I think > > eventhough > > this job is less stressful than past jobs the stress factor > > does make the > > body want to retain more fat,plus of course not having to > > pinch pennies > > it's too easy to say oh I'll eat that and that. Also being > > involved in the > > > beer co-op we are always tasting beer when we get together so > > that adds > > up. I probably lost more weight than was sustainable, but > > still it's > > disappointing. One of the guys in the beer co-op lost 50 > > pounds through > > portion control and exercise so there is hope. > > Anyway, will keep you posted about what's going on with the > > party. I know > > my dad would love to see you. > > Noelle