Michelle Warren's blog

Maxine's latest visit to Nebraska

Cousin Thomas with Baby Emily, Levi and me, Aunt Sarah with Maxine and Emily, Pop pop and Maxine, "the boys" and Maxine, Levi with the jelly face, Riley and Ashton with me, Maxine and Levi posing with their Nebraska Fire Sprinkler shirts

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Grandma Becky and Maxine out for Mexican

My grandma

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Here is my beautiful Grandma, holding the youngest of her 8 great grandchildren during her last days. Couldn't believe how positive she stayed even through all the pain. 

It has been a very long road for her to the end, and we pray for her rest and her reunion with her mom and dad in heaven. Attached is "Amazing Grace," one of her requests for her funeral. 

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Surprise visit to Palm Springs

Maxine and I spent the weekend visiting our friends in Palm Springs. Don, Ron, Maxine, and I planned the trip to surprise Susie and Lee, who we haven't seen since leaving Nebraska.

Annie on the 405

Tomorrow on the 405

This is Maxine singing "Tomorrow" from Annie while we were driving on the 405 back from Long Beach

To the Zoo... again!

It was a cloudy day but the perfect time to see the new Gorilla exhibit at the LA Zoo! Maxine and her friend Lauryn had a blast. 

Peregrina soy... a Santiago voy

Here are a few shots of a trip from 2006 to Santiago de Compostela with my parents and my then young baby.

Croquetas, Tios and Marina del Rey on a Rainy Day

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This weekend my husband broke out his homemade croquetas. Anyone who has ever had them knows that they are probably the best croquetas outside of the Iberian Peninsula. 

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Our really good friends Don and Ron were here visiting from Omaha via their long-term visit in Palm Springs. We drove over to Marina del Rey where they treated us to a delicious champagne brunch at the classic Casa Escobar. Yum!

 

ABC's and the LA Zoo

ABCs

We're going to the zoo today. Here is Maxine with her friend Lauryn, they are getting ready with their sun hats and singing the ABCs. 

Family shot in front of the sea lions, Girls eating lunch, a chimp

A chorus line

Maxine & Popop dancing

Here is my daughter, a soon to be star, dancing with her grandpa. 

Limoncello-capades

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I was inspired to get this started by another Vox member... Patty, who offers up a really great discussion on making limoncello. Link to the left.

Thanks, Patty, I just got started today on the recipe as well as the blog. Photo of my limonncello above! 

(Later... march 11 2008...)

2nd step limoncello mar 08

Here is the 2nd step of my limoncello. We added the simple syrup last night and will let it sit awhile before bottling. Still looking for  those perfect bottles. Not thrilled with selection at Cost Plus, still looking.

(Later... April 6,, 2008... after deciding on cost plus world market bottles after all!)

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Final product... here are our bottles of Limoncello! We have one in the freezer, and put all the rest in a dark closet until we give them away. Would like to add labels... "Warrencello" is my husband's brand invention. I think we'll try to do up another big batch with the rest of this year's lemons, and who knows, maybe we'll try oranges, too!

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Kevin, proudly showing the first bottle

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Spooning up the great golden stuff

PS. 3/27/08 I did it again... peeled 40 lemons from 

the tree and set them

 to soak in 4 bottles of everclear... 

to be continued!