January 2, 2000: Crystal Cathedral

Carol, Grandpa, Mom, and I drove over to Garden Grove, CA to attend a service at the Crystal Cathedral.   We sat in the balcony.   The service was very nice and it made me aware of how important this new century was to me and to not waste any more time with the Joe/Dawn situation and to concentrate on paying my bills.   

Then, we went to Krispy Kreme Donuts down the road.   The donuts were just baked and melted in your mouth.  These were Carol's favorite donuts.    

Then, we drove over to Diann's new house. It had alot of work to be done.    She had some delicious bread and tea for us.  Her kids were home schooled, so we got to see where she taught.   In their backyard, they had orange trees, so of course, my mom went crazy and wanted to take some home.  

We had to leave, as I had to fly back to Chicago.  Carol dropped me off at the airport. It was so sad to leave my family.       Carol had got us tickets to the Price Is Right, however, I couldn't take anymore time off of work due to the big Y2K scare.   Brandie picked me up from O'hare airport which was a big help.

January 1, 2000: New Years Day/Rose Bowl Floats

We were all tired this morning.  Eddy wasn't feeling well, so he went back to his house in Pasadena.  We took Aunt Elsie home.   Carol, Grandpa, my Mom, and I went to view the floats that were in the Rosebowl parade.   Each flower on the float had a vile of water in it.  After the parade and float viewing, the flowers were dried and used as potpourri.     It was pretty neat seeing all of the floats and seeing the Sierre Madre mountains in the background.   Eddy was still not feeling good, but he did drive us by where the Rosebowl football game was held. Then, he took us to his house in Pasadena.   I helped him set up his yahoo email account.    We went to dinner with Carol and then went home.