Last weekend when I woke up on Saturday morning, I had the option of either building a snowman or working in the garden....I chose to put winter behind me and pick up the rake. I am happy to report that as of today, with the help of today's rain, the snow in my yard is officially gone.....
The daffodils are in bloom and the grass is turning green. It is like there is a master switch that gets thrown and....bang....its Spring! However it gets here, I am glad it is here!
I saw a great movie with the kids on Sunday.....Nim's Island. I recommend it to any age audience. Jodie Foster was really funny!
Saturday is opening day for Baseball/softball.....I think we will have 6 games to watch. The big boys have three games...kind of a round robin ( one hour games) and Patrick has a game, and Margaret has two. I am excited about that day!
The first Trinity game is Thursday after school....I am excited about that too!! Unfortunatly Quinn and Margaret's games are at the same time....hopefully not to far apart.
Tomorrow I am working out at the gym with this crazy trainer named Keena, we will be doing some interval training......it is so hard, but really fun, I love it when it is over!
I have had a lot of bad news recently....a lot of people need some special prayers....I think today I will make a list in case you have a few minutes....
1) For My Dad , we prayer that his cancer gets very small and disappears, and that his happy days multiply and seem to last forever!
2) For the Father of Cooper Campbell, a boy who went to school with Taf, Cooper was killed in a car accident last night....his father is in ICU....his mopther had passed away a few years ago.
3) For my friend Eileen who just found a lump in her breast and is having a lumpectomy
4) For Sue Devoe's grand daughter Marianne, who has been fighting for her life since she was born this past Oct.
5) For my Dad's buddy Bob Greco, who was just diagnosed with a terrible leukemia.
I am anxious to hear anyones good news if you have any......
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
To sing or not to sing???
After having bought an Ipod shuffle for my Dad for his birthday, I have been using mine more,
maybe not quite as much as Pops.....I guess Grammy had to tell him he should not wear it/listen to it, while driving!
I know it is a pretty well known fact that music is a very powerful thing. I thought maybe I would just state some of Musics obvious goodness......
It makes a work out much easier
It makes housework go by a little quicker
It makes taking a tubbie seem like a day at the Spa
Car Trips are way more fun
When things are not going to well or you feel crummy you can "let the music get down in your soul!!"
When your life gets to complicated
Let the music get down in your soul,
everyday ain't gonna be sunny......
Let the music get down in soul.....
Things ain't as bad as they seem.......Get on up....
Let the music get down in your soul
That is a song I was just listening too......yeah, thats right I have my ipod playing while I type. (Gitchie gitchie ya ya da da )
One drawback to having great songs and perfect sound playing in my head is that I have trouble keeping my mouth shut......
To sing or not to sing, that is the question????
maybe not quite as much as Pops.....I guess Grammy had to tell him he should not wear it/listen to it, while driving!
I know it is a pretty well known fact that music is a very powerful thing. I thought maybe I would just state some of Musics obvious goodness......
It makes a work out much easier
It makes housework go by a little quicker
It makes taking a tubbie seem like a day at the Spa
Car Trips are way more fun
When things are not going to well or you feel crummy you can "let the music get down in your soul!!"
When your life gets to complicated
Let the music get down in your soul,
everyday ain't gonna be sunny......
Let the music get down in soul.....
Things ain't as bad as they seem.......Get on up....
Let the music get down in your soul
That is a song I was just listening too......yeah, thats right I have my ipod playing while I type. (Gitchie gitchie ya ya da da )
One drawback to having great songs and perfect sound playing in my head is that I have trouble keeping my mouth shut......
To sing or not to sing, that is the question????
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Weekend Update and Team players
The kids and I had a great weekend. We travelled to Grammy and Pop's house on Saturday. Oh, funny thing happened when I got off the highway....I stopped in Dave's Market and 10 seconds after I entered the store, I see a girl I know whom I had not seen in 10 years. We chatted a bit and then I picked up some of Dave's specialties for our dinner with Pop's. As I went to get in line....there was a tall dark and handsome man in front of me ( those details are to spice the story up a bit!) .....he turned around and said to me " I know I know you from somewhere" .....and I said " you do???".......then he asked me where I went to high school.....I did not recognize him at all......then I asked him his name and once he told me I completely knew him!! It was so much fun!
I had been in two acting classes with him and production in RI....I was able to tell him that I remembered him as a extremely nice guy....he was glad that that is what I thought! I hated the second acting class that i was in and he was in that one too and I remember him as being really funny and always saying Hi.....nice guy.....So anyway, that was fun.
So on Sunday my brothers and I gathered to celebrate Pop's birthday along with Grammy and my kids and Joey's kids. Kathleen and Nathan are the same age and they had a ball.....they did it all that day. From playing the piano to karate chopping in the living room. All the kids played kick ball and baseball outside.....where there is NO SNOW!!!! ( yes we still have snow in our back yard! but it is melting!!)
There were plenty of laughs, Pop's initiated the help of the grandchildren to help blow out the candles on his cake ( 81 % lung capacity is good enough but having grandchildren help is way better and much more fun! ) .......Joey wanted to joke and say is it 1, 2, blow.....or 1, 2, 3, blow? Well as soon as Joe said 1, , 2 blow....Nathan blew out all the candles and we all had a great laugh. I suggested that we have a do-over, after all Pop's needed to make his wish......The second attempt was a group effort and that cake was yummy. Pop's and Margaret were Baker #1 and Baker #2!!
I bought my Dad an Ipod Shuffle for his birthday.......we spent a lot of time sorting out a internet connection and windows issue before downloading itunes and spending his gift card that Joe had gotten him. Ray had some excellent headphones to use with it and Pop's really seemed excited about it.
Word has it that he listens to his ipod as he watches the ball game!
So it was a great visit.....we hope to visit again soon.
Sports in my family is pretty important, its what we do. However, Quinn has done something that is very unusual, to me especially.....he has joined another team....A team which he will compete with in the next few weeks....in MATH!!! WOW!!
I am not sure how it came about, but he asked me yesterday if on Wednesdays he could get to school a half hour early for Math Team practice.......of course I said something very encouraging, full of pride...what I wanted to say is ...." are you kidding me? You want to do Math for FUN!!"
So along with baseball, and softball I will now have to report on Math Team!
I had been in two acting classes with him and production in RI....I was able to tell him that I remembered him as a extremely nice guy....he was glad that that is what I thought! I hated the second acting class that i was in and he was in that one too and I remember him as being really funny and always saying Hi.....nice guy.....So anyway, that was fun.
So on Sunday my brothers and I gathered to celebrate Pop's birthday along with Grammy and my kids and Joey's kids. Kathleen and Nathan are the same age and they had a ball.....they did it all that day. From playing the piano to karate chopping in the living room. All the kids played kick ball and baseball outside.....where there is NO SNOW!!!! ( yes we still have snow in our back yard! but it is melting!!)
There were plenty of laughs, Pop's initiated the help of the grandchildren to help blow out the candles on his cake ( 81 % lung capacity is good enough but having grandchildren help is way better and much more fun! ) .......Joey wanted to joke and say is it 1, 2, blow.....or 1, 2, 3, blow? Well as soon as Joe said 1, , 2 blow....Nathan blew out all the candles and we all had a great laugh. I suggested that we have a do-over, after all Pop's needed to make his wish......The second attempt was a group effort and that cake was yummy. Pop's and Margaret were Baker #1 and Baker #2!!
I bought my Dad an Ipod Shuffle for his birthday.......we spent a lot of time sorting out a internet connection and windows issue before downloading itunes and spending his gift card that Joe had gotten him. Ray had some excellent headphones to use with it and Pop's really seemed excited about it.
Word has it that he listens to his ipod as he watches the ball game!
So it was a great visit.....we hope to visit again soon.
Sports in my family is pretty important, its what we do. However, Quinn has done something that is very unusual, to me especially.....he has joined another team....A team which he will compete with in the next few weeks....in MATH!!! WOW!!
I am not sure how it came about, but he asked me yesterday if on Wednesdays he could get to school a half hour early for Math Team practice.......of course I said something very encouraging, full of pride...what I wanted to say is ...." are you kidding me? You want to do Math for FUN!!"
So along with baseball, and softball I will now have to report on Math Team!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday Monday
My sister-in-law Mary Ann's mother passed away on Saturday night. She was what most people would say is old....Ninety something....Mary Ann had been making many trips back and forth to New York to care for her mother and I know that it has not been easy for Mary Ann. So I am thinking of her today....
I continue to say many prayers for my Dad....I have not mentioned his health issues yet on my blog but I will take time to do that today. He has Lung Cancer and we are praying for a simple surgical removal of the tumor and then a nice short road to recovery!! It is looking as though that will be the case and just in case you think of it, any and all prayers seem to be working, so feel free to join the kids, Tom and I as we keep praying and being positive!
Margaret spent some time in the kitchen on Saturday and wanted me to post this picture knowing that Pops would be impressed! The bread was yummy and did not last long at all!
That Margaret, she is too much! She just won another award at school for Most Improved Student. She recieved a free ticket to a Sea Dogs game, that will be FUN!!
Speaking of baseball, last Thursday, Margaret tried out for the junior high softball team. The team is usually just 7th and 8th graders but because they were short a few players they let the 6th grade girls try out. 9 girls tried out for 2 spots....Margaret was their first choice ( so says the baseball coach who helped judge them) She did an awesome job!
Taf has been practicing with his team and Quinn has also been playing. The snow outside does not seem to be melting fast enough but we are getting there!
Kathleen had a very exciting thing happen on Saturday......
My Baby has lost her first tooth!! The tooth fairy brought her a $2 bill and she was so excited today to show her teacher.
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