tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50643472326016160332024-03-20T04:06:51.586-07:00The 50-State ClubI've been to all 50 states.oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-76400893538262087772022-11-28T10:58:00.000-08:002022-11-28T10:58:24.904-08:00Four hundred years since the first Thanksgiving<p> I just think it's amazing and wonderful that it's been 400 years since the pilgrims gave thanks and celebrated with the natives on the American continent as newcomers to a new land.</p>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-21096712485277298062022-07-18T11:08:00.000-07:002022-07-18T11:08:26.690-07:00'57 Chevy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RxLrTrYv9qlZlCax2ZQtUbyD7IaGVqeiK-As1euZXIE56g4qETNFbRHc--heGT4ZZ4TEaXTP2qW86WyLDVbRI6eXky0Z5AePRsmoc82GjZtEHu2YpmS5BpyYQ5HXg9WOt-U52oNU5zJ_76I7rfgpsyH9BWv21dA85T5wmociG2QBKyy5R78sW1Kt/s2048/image_6483441%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RxLrTrYv9qlZlCax2ZQtUbyD7IaGVqeiK-As1euZXIE56g4qETNFbRHc--heGT4ZZ4TEaXTP2qW86WyLDVbRI6eXky0Z5AePRsmoc82GjZtEHu2YpmS5BpyYQ5HXg9WOt-U52oNU5zJ_76I7rfgpsyH9BWv21dA85T5wmociG2QBKyy5R78sW1Kt/s320/image_6483441%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytKjPF4VnczpdIGF_AXDLXbBeffBpk7QY2cdcotsgq3rmmM3PuAEaYo8a6UTAj3aejzf_g--opaYBZlY_9PBpBGJ0Uhp0vh_wiZSUqwoSA-fYyVnlw-ZnQLo3BqeaXaJEq2oNjJD23SEAr2h0RIQ1vuyBcgr-T5-ScR3peC30GfGSXLVX8myI57mL/s2048/image_6483441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytKjPF4VnczpdIGF_AXDLXbBeffBpk7QY2cdcotsgq3rmmM3PuAEaYo8a6UTAj3aejzf_g--opaYBZlY_9PBpBGJ0Uhp0vh_wiZSUqwoSA-fYyVnlw-ZnQLo3BqeaXaJEq2oNjJD23SEAr2h0RIQ1vuyBcgr-T5-ScR3peC30GfGSXLVX8myI57mL/s320/image_6483441.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> When you see a gorgeous, clean, fawn color '57 Chevy on our way to Clayton concert you just have to get your new friend Leslie to take a picture. We saw the USA in our '55 Chevrolet in 1960 and I do love this '57 too.<p></p>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-28134713843348174372022-06-02T00:02:00.000-07:002022-06-02T00:02:03.608-07:00Another April hair donation to CWHL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jw97ttlOIOLMkXYSTXMpeDzeO2Pri9PfpIr2ffazfx4syGY2kmBnvVV1vii1sPG_wLNxEL9EZhGRGhyPVNTKfD8WtudtFRyUBCI89f1zQLm1_LI_ZvH1ik4CzdCBOdPdglQQ4jJvLlrdqvEBTLgNvrZ-8IK4Y4GSvq2cGgZW1gAJWWmQ8LXMsViJ/s2048/IMG_1367.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jw97ttlOIOLMkXYSTXMpeDzeO2Pri9PfpIr2ffazfx4syGY2kmBnvVV1vii1sPG_wLNxEL9EZhGRGhyPVNTKfD8WtudtFRyUBCI89f1zQLm1_LI_ZvH1ik4CzdCBOdPdglQQ4jJvLlrdqvEBTLgNvrZ-8IK4Y4GSvq2cGgZW1gAJWWmQ8LXMsViJ/s320/IMG_1367.PNG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-81269701864323993562022-01-23T12:29:00.000-08:002022-01-23T12:29:21.304-08:00Mother died 60 years ago today<p> How blessed I am for my childhood with Mother. She died when I was 15. She had been baptized 10 months before on March 25. I think about her every day.</p>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-91868939658779860382010-06-13T09:39:00.000-07:002010-06-13T09:41:27.199-07:00Mother's 100th Birthday Anniversary is TodayBecause of my mother I took the journey of a lifetime in one summer, visiting the 48 states. Today Mother would have been 100. Happy Birthday Mother. The family now numbers 114.oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-88850387690812420842010-02-09T10:30:00.000-08:002010-02-09T10:32:53.960-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmdZ_wIrmIFdjJGdphqrzyAdDoPh0ZFYiCd-IWU-N6VNemk0WdiVB0K6WWbaQE4LDtBQOPIyVgOcHgS5Y2AzA_5ACjULqA5n798J78s4wQmOP8X5wECi0l48QEdymJLQb59p7tvfq-0g/s1600-h/One+Magical+Summer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436313443318453602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmdZ_wIrmIFdjJGdphqrzyAdDoPh0ZFYiCd-IWU-N6VNemk0WdiVB0K6WWbaQE4LDtBQOPIyVgOcHgS5Y2AzA_5ACjULqA5n798J78s4wQmOP8X5wECi0l48QEdymJLQb59p7tvfq-0g/s320/One+Magical+Summer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://http://www.publishamerica.net/product87963.html">http://http://www.publishamerica.net/product87963.html</a>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-8896174561028867202009-08-04T09:32:00.000-07:002009-08-04T09:37:15.136-07:00The RouteI recently typed my 1960 summer journal and here is the route we took.<br /><br />California<br />Nevada<br />Utah<br />Arizona<br />Colorado<br />New Mexico<br />Texas<br />Oklahoma<br />Kansas<br />Missouri<br />Arkansas<br />Kentucky<br />Tennessee<br />Mississippi<br />Louisiana<br />Alabama<br />Florida<br />Georgia<br />South Carolina<br />North Carolina<br />Virginia<br />West Virginia<br />Maryland<br />Delaware<br />New Jersey<br />New York<br />Connecticut<br />Rhode Island<br />Massachusetts<br />New Hampshire<br />Maine<br />Vermont<br />Pennsylvania<br />Ohio<br />Michigan<br />Indiana<br />Illinois<br />Iowa<br />Wisconsin<br />Minnesota<br />North Dakota<br />South Dakota<br />Nebraska<br />Wyoming<br />Montana<br />Idaho<br />Oregon<br />Washingtonoliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-55709152929046576572009-06-17T15:46:00.000-07:002011-01-21T14:51:24.283-08:00I've Been to All 50 States<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGEUITx9knZxsc9fXBDIYr_G-MgtDooNAtDtK3ZUugzSI4vE8PQP5bO7etQT6Yu_SplN2NTPnPnqeevgEj_70gbuqffhpgLbH-r8pC7HIxrSR9kWnW5tYTsea-CRO9_xoUoijN0R2kLI/s1600-h/Olivetta__VHS62_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414033096063306226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGEUITx9knZxsc9fXBDIYr_G-MgtDooNAtDtK3ZUugzSI4vE8PQP5bO7etQT6Yu_SplN2NTPnPnqeevgEj_70gbuqffhpgLbH-r8pC7HIxrSR9kWnW5tYTsea-CRO9_xoUoijN0R2kLI/s320/Olivetta__VHS62_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPVZEM6Cp0hPmEukjaJvVSQ3SYpDYbOGXs__CIcBnmvUC6lyaHUNgzsmBeRSainAl4pWO9SiqjlRAShetXppxyCrVCbttJwsc9quSP9ekD9mSevwtnH1oh73pyka_GklkablXVjCwC0I/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349097580261942306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPVZEM6Cp0hPmEukjaJvVSQ3SYpDYbOGXs__CIcBnmvUC6lyaHUNgzsmBeRSainAl4pWO9SiqjlRAShetXppxyCrVCbttJwsc9quSP9ekD9mSevwtnH1oh73pyka_GklkablXVjCwC0I/s320/flag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodt64oXXO9EyO7nBaqTA5mBFFkD-GnRYgxe9ykv7TV8Is6EmO4s9M0YFrh4oCz1Kkioxlyn3ibsQhvudBHg6r1AKKJ4BdXZj4qRu7yZkq-Cktc04ooxQqPDwqs1rjg9ZNwdTBqJTK5y4/s1600-h/vallejo+map.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348724006979377250" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GhzFrheqBucKjhV6YEMtC8rjwaS8ZOidGG6E_mRqmTv5ugQVHQAuhPIwvXv6zXwiKPxoMAiQZnq2nQ5UMz8_UtGkqwsT8rbk5zBATK1hPkzDUgyWqT1qolV2omahWVggZcz72A6mWmc/s320/waikiki.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlWuuTJuNA_8hf4c97IljfZSICwDQSTc8byurtLlMoEHuPOjLsV5rftcyQpPjO7TY8_H3J4iSx5Ova5Gr1jZpS7nx8sdLZvqkSlKXW2y-FTUt5F06C7uUlH4YEyV0BL8sWJNPr5pTK8k/s1600-h/hnlalohasignl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348432530536220690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlWuuTJuNA_8hf4c97IljfZSICwDQSTc8byurtLlMoEHuPOjLsV5rftcyQpPjO7TY8_H3J4iSx5Ova5Gr1jZpS7nx8sdLZvqkSlKXW2y-FTUt5F06C7uUlH4YEyV0BL8sWJNPr5pTK8k/s320/hnlalohasignl.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmffdlKCjg8U0Qw0IhBtH2A4DtoDXl9OYGDS9ri0HhbcFofUx1xJ6RIE5kmr3qeVTdWYlo7gziK-0ort9g1eg7SbjKMruHvuQPrztNOo9GFEriwv6ttqUlQeExjob_4eDpOpDKJDqKTU/s1600-h/pali+lookout.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348432410132331602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmffdlKCjg8U0Qw0IhBtH2A4DtoDXl9OYGDS9ri0HhbcFofUx1xJ6RIE5kmr3qeVTdWYlo7gziK-0ort9g1eg7SbjKMruHvuQPrztNOo9GFEriwv6ttqUlQeExjob_4eDpOpDKJDqKTU/s320/pali+lookout.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I completed my 50-state journey May 16, 2009, when my husband and I touched down in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the first time we'd flown together in more than 26 years of marriage. It all began in 1960 when my younger sister and I drove for the second time to Ontario, Canada, with our mother making sure we went to every contiguous state. In May 2008 I visited Alaska, my 49th state during their 49th anniversary, and it's the 49th state. In May 2009 I visited my 50th state during their 50th anniversary and Hawaii is the 50th state in the Union. E-mail me to receive the story written in the Honolulu Advertiser by Lee Cataluna in June 2009. My mother was 50 when she saw the 48 states and it took me almost 50 years to see my 50th state. She missed only one: Hawaii. If you've been to the 50 states you're invited to join The 50-State Club. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com2