Penny Raile: Weekend Fun

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

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What a great weekend. A lot going on. First, I took a class at sweetpeas and snapshots to learn to solder. Love the process even though my first three charms look terrible. I am blaming it on my poor eyesight - my contacts make it difficult to see things up close. I will continue to practice. I do believe I have it in my hereditary genes. My grandfather Gottlieb Raile was a master welder.

Saturday I worked all day on the PEO recipe book. Some pages are turning out great - other need to be redone. Can't post any pages until after Saturday when the book goes up for auction at the "Make It Bake It Sew It Grow It" holiday auction. I don't want anyone from the PEO group to get a sneak peek.

Early Sunday evening, neighbor Eric took me to Pasadena to visit Stats. Why have I not discovered this place before. It is a huge place filled with great stuff. At the moment it is all about Halloween and Christmas. I only picked up a few things, but I got lots of ideas for Christmas including lime green and hot pink Christmas trees plus making my own Christmas palm tree.

Eric and I then went back to the lofts to pick up Phil. We all went to eat at Hugo's in the valley and then we headed over to Boney Island in Sherman Oaks. Oh my! What a treat. Pure brilliance. Rick Polizzi has taken a front yard and turned it into a Skeleton Carnival. There is nothing spooky here, just lots of skeletons doing outrageous things. Everywhere you turn, a skeleton is either in a batting cage, singing with the Skeletones, being shot out of a cannon, reading minds, riding amusement rides, crawling up trees, riding a hot air balloon or singing merrily on the chimney. If you take in Boney Island, take your time. There are lots of things to see, even in the bushes.