December 2018
Places Visited
I stayed with Derek while he had an operation and several emergency room visits.
While there, I got to have breakfast with Rachel and Taran, which was a welcome happy break. We then went to the Via Aquarium at the Rotterdam Mall in Schenectady, NY. It was fun to go with them and to watch Taran as he discovered new things to see there.
I went additional times to see Derek as he moved and recovered from his operation.
The day before Christmas, I met Jon, Rachel and Taran at Café Madison in Albany New York for breakfast. It was a cute café with delicious food. It was wonderful to see them and have a marvelous experience with them before Christmas.
On Christmas Day, I was once again fortunate to have my mother as well as my children and their families, come to my home for Christmas. My children and their families did the cooking this year, which turned out wonderful! I am so grateful to have such a caring family.
On the day after Christmas, as part of my Christmas present from Jon and Rachel, I got to go to National Geographic Encounter and Gulliver's Gate with Rachel and Taran. They were great and I hadn't known about either of them. The first show, National Geographic Encounter, had a different type of underwater adventure in each room. It was an exciting and educational experience. Between the two experiences, we ate at Red Poke in the Times Square area. It was also a different type of adventure. Each person marks what they want on a menu, orders and pays for it. You can watch them make your dish if you wish. It comes fast, is as spicy as you choose,. and is delicious! After we ate, we went to Gulliver's Gate which had detailed miniatures in seven different rooms. The miniatures were extraordinarily detailed. We spent a couple of hours there and could have spent multiple days looking at the world in miniature, including New York City, Latin America, the Middle East Asia, an Alaskan Airport, etc. It was amazing! In fact,. the whole day was marvelous!
Books Read
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli
Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan
Potato Pants by Laurie Keller
A Gift From Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz
Quiet by Tomie dePaola
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare - The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide: The World's Most Adventurous Kid - 47 Countries, 100 Extraordinary Places to Visit by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco
Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz
Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny: Trapped by a Cat!
A Is for Artichoke: A Foodie alphabet from Artichoke to Zest! by America's Test Kitchen
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
The Castle of Llyr: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Pink is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals by Jess Keating
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain and Yuvol Zommer
I stayed with Derek while he had an operation and several emergency room visits.
While there, I got to have breakfast with Rachel and Taran, which was a welcome happy break. We then went to the Via Aquarium at the Rotterdam Mall in Schenectady, NY. It was fun to go with them and to watch Taran as he discovered new things to see there.
I went additional times to see Derek as he moved and recovered from his operation.
The day before Christmas, I met Jon, Rachel and Taran at Café Madison in Albany New York for breakfast. It was a cute café with delicious food. It was wonderful to see them and have a marvelous experience with them before Christmas.
On Christmas Day, I was once again fortunate to have my mother as well as my children and their families, come to my home for Christmas. My children and their families did the cooking this year, which turned out wonderful! I am so grateful to have such a caring family.
On the day after Christmas, as part of my Christmas present from Jon and Rachel, I got to go to National Geographic Encounter and Gulliver's Gate with Rachel and Taran. They were great and I hadn't known about either of them. The first show, National Geographic Encounter, had a different type of underwater adventure in each room. It was an exciting and educational experience. Between the two experiences, we ate at Red Poke in the Times Square area. It was also a different type of adventure. Each person marks what they want on a menu, orders and pays for it. You can watch them make your dish if you wish. It comes fast, is as spicy as you choose,. and is delicious! After we ate, we went to Gulliver's Gate which had detailed miniatures in seven different rooms. The miniatures were extraordinarily detailed. We spent a couple of hours there and could have spent multiple days looking at the world in miniature, including New York City, Latin America, the Middle East Asia, an Alaskan Airport, etc. It was amazing! In fact,. the whole day was marvelous!
Books Read
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli
Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan
Potato Pants by Laurie Keller
A Gift From Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz
Quiet by Tomie dePaola
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare - The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide: The World's Most Adventurous Kid - 47 Countries, 100 Extraordinary Places to Visit by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco
Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz
Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny: Trapped by a Cat!
A Is for Artichoke: A Foodie alphabet from Artichoke to Zest! by America's Test Kitchen
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
The Castle of Llyr: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Pink is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals by Jess Keating
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain and Yuvol Zommer