1/14 to 1/20

Some of the highlights of my week were.  I started Hailey, my grand daughter, on the piano on Tuesday night.  I am really excited because I think she had real potential.  I asked her why she wanted to take piano lessons and she said" Because I love music"  Great answer!  She can already walk her fingers and she really caught on quickly.

Also on Wednesday I started Aubrey Andrew. She is such a talented girl.  She dances great and she is ready to take on piano to add to all her skills.

This is how much my hair has grown in.

Tuesday I had to call Dr. Cushman and asked to come in to have my left side drained because it was so painful.  He must have taken about 500cc of fluid out and 100 cc on my right.  I then went back on Friday and he took out about 300 cc out.  So I am going in at 5.30 at the hospital tomorrow morning to have a drainage tube put in.  He expects it will only have to be in for 10 days.  He said I have sprung a lick and I won't heal unless I can get rid of the fluid.  I asked him how he was going to put tube in so that it would be able to drain all the pockets and he said" You don't want to know".  I didn't pursue it any further.

I discovered that Amazon Prime had all the seasons of Downton Abby, so since my subscription will run out I watched them all.  I really love the series.

Saturday I decided to get up and make some bread and freeze some meals. Out of my potato wheat roll recipe I made.  2 loaves of bread, 2 small cheese rolls, 2 breaded pulled pork sandwiches and 16 cinnamon rolls.   Then Trenton called asking what he could do for his cough. He has bronchitis again.  He only had $6 to his name and the car was not working.  So we went over took him for honey and lemon juice, apple cider packet, a some cinnamon rolls  a pulled pork sandwich and the cheese rolls.  So much for my plan to freeze extra.  But that is OK, I am glad had it ready to give him.   So we went over to his home in Caldwell and gave him some more food.   While there Amber showed me her scarf that I had taught her to make.  For her first knitting project she did pretty well.

That night we took Rosemary Hill to the Rowley reception. It was clear out passed Eagle at a reception center that was an old barn.  It was about -5 degrees and the place was cold.  However, it was decorated to perfection, all done in white.  The food was outstanding.  She had so much varsity there.  The hot apple cider was much appreciated.  I took a picture just for Jake

Ally Rowley and her new husband

While we were ate church Whitney texted me asking if I would answer some questions for her for one of her classes.  She was suppose to interview and old person.  Great now I qualify as an old person. But that is OK because I am.
I thought I would share the my first answer to the first question.

(a) What’s your background; include the date and place of your birth, parents’ occupations, number of siblings, where did you grew up, and your childhood memories.

I was born Linda Lee Mullendore on Feburary 27, 1948 in Hamilton Field, California to Betty Holsinger and Merle Mullendore. Betty's heritage was rich with Pilgrims and Dutch background and very religious.  Merle was from a German background and was a POW in Stalage 17. I was the youngest of 3 girls.   My parents divorced when I was 18 months old and Betty returned to Boise, Idaho where she was from. We lived on Good St. until Betty married a widower, LD Holsinger who had 4 boys.   LD adopted all of the girls and so I am now Linda Lee Holsinger.  When my parents got married there was David age 12, Donald 10, Sheran 9, Jerry 7,  Jeanette 6,  myself was 4 and James 18 months.   We first lived in a nice home on 16th street in Boise and then a year later we moved to an old farm house on 40th St. next to Hill Road.  LD was a Public accountant and Betty was a homemaker that had many outside interest such as drama, organ, crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.  She was a wonderful cook and gardener.

Our home was on 3 acres of land. 1 1/2 acres was in lawn, 1/2 an acres was in peonies that we sold during Memorial Day, and the rest was in garden.  Since I was one of the youngest, I didn't suffer like my older siblings with resentments of my father.  I loved my father and accepted him for how he was.  He had a hard time knowing what to do with girls. Since his father died before he was born, he really didn't know how to be a father.  There was a lot of tension and arguing between Jerry and Betty and LD and Jeanette.  They both had been most effected with the break up their first family.  However,  Jerry, Jeanette and I were the best of friends and from my perspective I had a wonderful childhood. Our closest neighbors were the Steels that live on the hill.  They have eventually had 12 children.  Each of us were the best of friends with one of the children that corresponded to our age. 

Our front yard was a park.  We had about 25 huge old walnut trees, (we sold walnuts in the fall),  2 huge fur trees, 5 fruit trees, a block long side walk from the road to the house, and a little stream that cut across the yard with and arched bridge over it.  I loved the yard and was glad I was to young to mow it.  My brother Dave brought us a huge inner tube that we use to jump on, roll in, used as a fort of walnut or snowball fights and float down the Boise river on.  It was the best play ground equipment I can think of.

I loved my brother and sisters and despite arguments of my siblings with our parents, I thought I had the best life.  Every other year we would go on a vacation which sometimes was very interesting with the dynamics of the family but I remember I had fun just being with the whole family.