Happy Birthday Dad... I miss you

Today would have been my Dad's
83rd Birthday had he not passed
away in 1987.

I miss him and wonder...
had he not died, would he have
helped me with my youngest?

My Dad was a Marine and was
very proud to have served the USA
in the Korean War.

He raised us with three squares.
Our first song we learned as children was
From the Halls of Montezuma
Followed by Silent Night.

I have both good and bad memories
of my Dad but mostly Great Ones.

He suffered with Leukemia his last
year of life.  He was buried the week
before my youngest was born.

I wonder... would things have
been different if this former Marine
lived long enough to meet my son.

Happy 83rd Dad!
I love you and miss you
and hope to see you again
one day.

Perfect timing

Out with the old,

In with the new,

Happy Rosh Hashanah

From me to you!

To my dear friend,

Happy New Year!

Time to do a little 'Fall' cleaning

You never know just what I might trash

'cause when I'm in a mood, I'm in a mood!

Don't let the broom hit you 

:-)

Milestone Met

Dylan, for those of you who don't know already,

my first grandchild, turned 1 last Wednesday.

As I sit back and ponder, I realize that this

past year seems to have flown by.  I simply

cannot believe he's one already!

Here he is on the day he was born...

Since his arrival into my life last year,

he has brought me so much joy and

happiness, just by being here.

I have needed to rely on the love I 

have for him and the deep joy he brings

into my life as I trudged through some

tough times.

He's been my hero without even trying!

I love my little grandson and 

thank God he's in my life.

Here he is as immediate family celebrated his

first Happy Birthday!

My, how he's grown!

Happy First Birthday to my Scrump-Dylly-icious!

Looking forward to celebrating it

with your family & friends on 

October 1st.

What a Breath of Fresh Air This Morning

Loved it when I walked out the door.

Such crispness in the air.

This (and the Spring) is 

the time of year

I love.

• Crisp Air
• Cool Mornings
• Bright Sunshine

Perfect for a Pizza and Diet Coke

Lunch in the park!

:-)

Hope you enjoy your day today

As much as I am mine.

Long Day Today

Drove to and from the NIH

in Bethesda, MD today.

Up early to start the trip

trying to avoid Baltimore's

and D.C.'s rush hours.

Ummm, well that didn't work!

Spent the day helping out a

Sales Rep going lab-to-lab

to raise awareness of a new

product available in the storeroom.

What a huge campus.

We focused on one building

with hundreds of labs.

Floor after floor,

Hall after hall,

Lab after lab.

Pretty big building, wouldn't you agree?

I wonder if I could do that

full time... had one person

tell me that my 'visit' was like

that phone call that comes

during dinner.

Ouch!  LOL, nothing personal

I'm sure.

In order to avoid the Baltimore and

Philly rush hours, left early for home.

Boy, was I tired. Plopped in bed and

watched the movie M*A*S*H.

Well I should say, started to watch

the movie M*A*S*H... but

drifted off to sleep for a needed nap.

Long day today.

Tomorrow, it's back to the old bump n' grind.

We Shall Never Forget

For those who perished, 

For those who survived,

For those who were left to pick up the pieces.

God Bless

and

God Bless the USA

It's Raining, It's Pouring, the Old Man is Snoring...

... went to bed and bumped his head

and couldn't get up the next morning!

My goodness it's rained alot, or rather,

ALOT this week here in the NorthEast!

Mudslides, flash floods, fallen trees,

closed roads, wet basements, traffic

jams, rolling thunder, you sorta 

get the picture.

This morning, I awakened hubby when

the alarm went off.  He had a treatment

today and needed to be up bright and

early, or rather as the case may be, dreary

and wet!

Asked him if he heard the thunder last night, nope.

I said it woke me up twice, one clap must have hit

nearby because it was so loud and then the fire house

whistle began to blow.

Since it rained so heavily, hubby decided to go and

check the basement for water...

No rain water was found but what was found was

worse... and I certainly pray that no water seeps in

at all because it will just become one big MESS!

Good news is that the basement smells divine!

Bad news is, the large container of liquid detergent, 

the kind that you buy at those warehouse stores, 

somehow fell off the table and fell on it's cap and broke

open and spilled its contents all over the basement floor!

Talk about Slip Sliding Away... that stuff is Slip-Er-EEEEEEEEE!

So fellow NorthEasterners, how'd you fare?

Well it certainly wasn't Brideshead revisited...

and I had hoped to never have to revisit 

this place again...but I did.

It had been over a month and I had no

communication and my motherly instincts

told me to go even though I said I wouldn't.

It tears me up, tortures me each time I must leave.

Not because it's a place I hold near and dear.

Quite the opposite.

As it turns out, I was the first visitor that had

been there.

Oh how it saddened me to leave, not the place

but him behind.

A tear drops from my eye and slowly makes

its way down my cheek.

I wipe it away and pray for a new day, 

a new beginning.

I pray that this is the last time a visit 

to this place is needed.