Yesterday was wordless Wednesday. Because of my post about my Aunt it was not a wordless Wednesday. So I thought I would do it for today. Here is my wordless picture.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wordless Wednesday's! ( today)
Yesterday was wordless Wednesday. Because of my post about my Aunt it was not a wordless Wednesday. So I thought I would do it for today. Here is my wordless picture.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Memorial Service for Kingston local's wife John F. Longmate.
Our family had a loss this past week. This blog post is personal and how I am feeling, how I feel about my Aunt Ruth. Ruth faced her illness with grace. An inspiration to all that knew her. I had the honor of being one of many nieces to Ruth. Even though I was one of many, she always made me feel like I was the only one.
When most adults would tire of me during one of our many family gatherings she would take the time to listen to my crazy stories of my imaginary friends, she would sit there hanging on every word. Always being so patient with me. Telling the other adults that it is a childrens world all for a few minutes and then we would be all grown & she was right.
Aunt Ruth was always the first person I would look forward to seeing the most at Uncle Bills and Aunt Evelyns Christmas party at their Bellevue home. Seeing the Yellow Station wagon made me always feel like the festivities had finally begun.
I think of all that Jam she spent hours making, and I think of how tired she must have felt, not feeling well as an adult I now understand just how hard that must have been for her and her polio. I will never be able to drive down Chico and to the Silverdale water front and not think of her.
Over the years I brought many friends and extended family with me to the BBQ’s the first Saturday of August for as long as I can remember. Aunt Ruth is the one the threw out the welcome mat to all of them, never being mad that one more person was here and one more mouth to feed. I truly think that is why I love to entertain.
I will miss her warm smile, loving words, and her compassionate presence. The Longmate family had the great honor of being loved by Ruth Antoinette Longmate and we are a better family for that. We will miss you but we know you will always be a part of us.
xoxo
Kingstongirl. <3
Ruth Antoinette Longmate, surrounded by her loving family, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2010, at the age of 83. Ruth was born July 8, 1926 in Olympia, Washington to William Bell White Howe and Caroline Ruth Howe. She moved to Silverdale at the age of nine where she has lived for all but a few years of her life. Her early years were full of athletic activity, including water skiing, tennis, ice skating and snow skiing. She was a 1944 graduate of Silverdale High School (now Central Kitsap) and worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard before attending Whitman College and the University of Washington where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. It was in an advanced statistics class at the UW that Ruth met her future husband, John Frederick Longmate, of Kingston, WA. John and Ruth were married at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bremerton on November 24, 1950.
Ruth contracted polio in August 1955, leaving her partially paralyzed. She was so ingenious in finding ways to conquer her disabilities that she was nominated as March of Dimes Mother of the Year; a 1959 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article described her as “a woman who had the courage to fight back to a normal life—without heroics.” Despite her limited mobility, she assumed an active role in her children’s lives as a Cub Scout den mother and leader with the Camp Fire girls. She enjoyed Bridge Club and never tired of gathering pirate treasures which would be buried for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to “discover” on the beach. When one met Ruth her disabilities quickly fell into the shadow of the bright light of her charming smile and welcoming hospitality. Ruth’s and John’s house was the center for multigenerational Easter, Christmas, and Independence Day family gatherings for more than fifty years along with high school reunions and PSNS summer picnics. Ruth was famous with all the neighborhood children for her welcoming home, plenteous activities and unending supply of homemade root beer.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, brother Jack Howe, and sisters Lue Seil and Ellen Craswell. Ruth is survived by her husband John of Bremerton, sister Rose Quimby of Sammamish, and brothers Bill Howe (Darlene) of University Place and Rick Howe (Lee) of Panama City, Florida. She is additionally survived by her children Jack Longmate (Beatriz) of Poulsbo, Jim Longmate of Bremerton, Janet Hutchison (Coe) of Bothell, Steve Longmate (Helen) of Poulsbo, Carol Smiley (Chuck) of Bremerton and twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service celebrating Ruth’s life will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr., Bremerton, WA at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 17, 2010. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Kitsap County, March of Dimes, Polio Outreach of Washington or Central Kitsap Food Bank.
When most adults would tire of me during one of our many family gatherings she would take the time to listen to my crazy stories of my imaginary friends, she would sit there hanging on every word. Always being so patient with me. Telling the other adults that it is a childrens world all for a few minutes and then we would be all grown & she was right.
Aunt Ruth was always the first person I would look forward to seeing the most at Uncle Bills and Aunt Evelyns Christmas party at their Bellevue home. Seeing the Yellow Station wagon made me always feel like the festivities had finally begun.
I think of all that Jam she spent hours making, and I think of how tired she must have felt, not feeling well as an adult I now understand just how hard that must have been for her and her polio. I will never be able to drive down Chico and to the Silverdale water front and not think of her.
Over the years I brought many friends and extended family with me to the BBQ’s the first Saturday of August for as long as I can remember. Aunt Ruth is the one the threw out the welcome mat to all of them, never being mad that one more person was here and one more mouth to feed. I truly think that is why I love to entertain.
I will miss her warm smile, loving words, and her compassionate presence. The Longmate family had the great honor of being loved by Ruth Antoinette Longmate and we are a better family for that. We will miss you but we know you will always be a part of us.
xoxo
Kingstongirl. <3
Ruth Antoinette Longmate, surrounded by her loving family, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2010, at the age of 83. Ruth was born July 8, 1926 in Olympia, Washington to William Bell White Howe and Caroline Ruth Howe. She moved to Silverdale at the age of nine where she has lived for all but a few years of her life. Her early years were full of athletic activity, including water skiing, tennis, ice skating and snow skiing. She was a 1944 graduate of Silverdale High School (now Central Kitsap) and worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard before attending Whitman College and the University of Washington where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. It was in an advanced statistics class at the UW that Ruth met her future husband, John Frederick Longmate, of Kingston, WA. John and Ruth were married at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bremerton on November 24, 1950.
Ruth contracted polio in August 1955, leaving her partially paralyzed. She was so ingenious in finding ways to conquer her disabilities that she was nominated as March of Dimes Mother of the Year; a 1959 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article described her as “a woman who had the courage to fight back to a normal life—without heroics.” Despite her limited mobility, she assumed an active role in her children’s lives as a Cub Scout den mother and leader with the Camp Fire girls. She enjoyed Bridge Club and never tired of gathering pirate treasures which would be buried for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to “discover” on the beach. When one met Ruth her disabilities quickly fell into the shadow of the bright light of her charming smile and welcoming hospitality. Ruth’s and John’s house was the center for multigenerational Easter, Christmas, and Independence Day family gatherings for more than fifty years along with high school reunions and PSNS summer picnics. Ruth was famous with all the neighborhood children for her welcoming home, plenteous activities and unending supply of homemade root beer.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, brother Jack Howe, and sisters Lue Seil and Ellen Craswell. Ruth is survived by her husband John of Bremerton, sister Rose Quimby of Sammamish, and brothers Bill Howe (Darlene) of University Place and Rick Howe (Lee) of Panama City, Florida. She is additionally survived by her children Jack Longmate (Beatriz) of Poulsbo, Jim Longmate of Bremerton, Janet Hutchison (Coe) of Bothell, Steve Longmate (Helen) of Poulsbo, Carol Smiley (Chuck) of Bremerton and twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service celebrating Ruth’s life will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr., Bremerton, WA at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 17, 2010. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Kitsap County, March of Dimes, Polio Outreach of Washington or Central Kitsap Food Bank.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tempt my tummy tuesdays.
Well we are going to start doing Tuesday blogs about Tempt my tummy tuesdays!
I always have these ingredients on hand, so gave it a try, just changed it to my usual 6 eggs, instead of in a large casserole for a crowd. When I first got married to Chris, I could cook but didn't do it very often. Then I wanted to impress my in laws. So I figured if my "sister" Amy could do it I would give it a try. She told me that if I could make scrambled eggs I could do this!
& it turned out so well, that this became one of my favorites.
The nice thing about this frittata is it is baked in the oven instead of on the stove top, so makes it nice and easy to make ahead for guests.
It was excellent and is now my favorite frittata in the rotation!
Artichoke & Feta Frittata:
6 eggs
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 can artichoke hearts in water, drained and sliced in half
handful of sundried or semi-dried tomatoes, chopped
handful of fresh parsley, chopped
6 oz. container of feta cheese (I used the herb feta from Trader Joe's)
salt & pepper
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Pour into a 9" greased pie plate or quiche dish and bake for approximately 30 minutes in a 350F oven until set.
Let cool 15 minutes before serving.
Enjoy it! Leave me a message if you cook it or plan to cook it!
xoxo
Kingstongirl.
Monday, April 5, 2010
We are going to start doing some fun things!!!! OUR FIRST BLOG GIVE AWAY!!!
So if you would like to be part of the blog giveaways or have anything that you would like to donate to give away to the people that follow the Kingstongirl blog. The first giveaways going to be the above Digital Story Creator CD. This is a $35.00 value and it comes with the Disney one as well, another $19.00 value. From Creative Memories.
To win you need to leave a comment of what other Creative Memories products you like. You will need to Follow me on this blog, you will need also need to add me to be your friend on facebook , if you don't have a facebook email me at Kingstongirlnews@gmail.com. Tell your friends & family about me. Also if you want to have an extra chance grab my blog button and add it to your blog and leave me another comment that you did that.
xoxo
Kingstongirl.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter.
This is my Dad, Frank Longmate when he was 3 1/2 years old. In their house in South Kingston. They lived on the big farm right to the left of you before you went down Jap hill. ( To this day I wish I could buy it and return it to its old Glory.) For years it has been empty and the past few months someone has been living there, but never the less the lump in my throat when I drive past it, (Which I do often just because.) Would be a dream come true to live there again.
This picture got me thinking of how Kingston Mom's have always made it so much fun for their kids and grandkids and how the traditions that we have past down over the generations is something to be so proud of.
This weekend rain or shine didn't stop the festivities from taking place. The Cup & Muffin~ Did a great event giving all kids hot chocolates for free & also Easter eggs with a free drink gift card inside where Adults aren't just welcomed to hunt the eggs but they were encouraged. Amy & Mark are such a great support to our community in Kingston.
IGA had an inside Easter Egg hunt, that was so fun from what I heard from the many kids that enjoyed their time there. Thank you Rick for making this happen.
Then off to Kola Kola park to enjoy the outdoor Easter Egg hut! Where even the sunshine came out to play!
What a way to really kick off spring. Even though there were some places in Kitsap County that had snow! Lots of rain! & some places where the sun stayed out long enough for us all to play in and enjoy all the fun Easter activities.
I would love to get any pictures that you might have. Send them to kingstongirlnews@gmail.com
xoxo
Kingstongirl.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Welcome.
I am starting to write for the Kingston Community news, but with that I wont be able to write as much as I want so I thought a blog would be fitting! Also I would love to touch the other highlights for the entire North Kitsap Community. I am working on ton's of ideas. I will have links that you can purchase that will be a direct link to your web-pages. If anyone has information about the going on's please let me know.
If you want to add your photo's to the blog or facebook, just drop me an email.
Questions or comments feel free to email me at kingstongirlnews@gmail.com
xoxo
Kingstongirl. <3
If you want to add your photo's to the blog or facebook, just drop me an email.
Questions or comments feel free to email me at kingstongirlnews@gmail.com
xoxo
Kingstongirl. <3
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