Penny Raile: Busy Week

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

March 2015

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Work kept me too busy last week. I was up at 4 am every morning and at a different location every day by 5 am. The Foundation is raising money to buy toys for children in Mexico, Central America and Indonesia. We ended with a party on Saturday night in Huntington Park. I am tired!

When we were in Anaheim on Thursday, I went to the City of Orange after we were done to check out fabulous Old Towne Orange. The area has old-time charm with oodles of antique stores and gift shops. I fell in love with the place and will return often. After shopping for a few hours, I found of all things, a Starbucks in the Wells Fargo Bank. Both were in a wonderful old building with high ceiling. There was a line to make a deposit and a line to order a latte. The bank lobby was Starbucks' seating area. It all made me chuckle. And I know it is now officially Christmas when I picked up my latte with a green sleeve.

I am starting to make Christmas Creatures. Mabel loves to help me sew. She is well behaved and seldom gets in the way. Her thing is to get as close to the machine as she can. She will sit there for hours watching me. Her one naughty thing is to take the pins out of the pin cushion one at a time and drop them. I try to never leave the cushion out when I am not around.