Again this year an absolutely wonderful family event was planned.Credit this year goes to my sister Babs and my nephew Russell.Russ opened up his lake home to the whole family. He was such a gracious host!!! Two pop up tent trailors plus two tents were erected around his house . I myself got to sleep in the house in one of the 3 bedrooms.The longer I was there the more I enjoyed being there.Waking up early and sitting on the deck with Joanie drinking hot chocolate and watching hundreds of gulls on the lake was a gorgeous site to behold.My sister Babs really worked to make this a fine time. She made several trips to the lakehome bringing extra tables ,putting up a screen across garage and cooking two big meals to share for the rest of us.Mikki came with lots of decorations and set up a table of treats that all the kids just oggled at as they passed . Many nieces & nephews came with all kinds of fireworks.Andrew thought he was pretty funny when he lit off two hugh stink bombs. The local town offered lots of activities .Shopping at the craft show (great stuff), lots of garage sales, a parade, street dance, neat restaurants and local fireworks were just a few.I stayed only till Sat.eve.It was hard to leave all the fun. Off I went to the Redfox Cove events. There Jessa and Brandi were in a kiddie parade after which the firetruck sprayed the kids with the firehose followed by community picnic.Divine Swine came again this year with a hugh pig that they schredded for sandwiches. Slam dunk,jumping tent,ducks in water.penny throw ,three legged race,volley ball, pinata ( sponge bob this year)etc. were played.Door prizes given out and lots more. A live band played and it could be heard over the entire neighborhood given a festive mood. The day ended for me with the family swimming in the community pool decorated for the fourth. Jessa thought she was pretty funny trying to tip grandma off the float-something she learned at Russ's the day before!! Later that eve a bomb fire with raosted marshmellows and fireworks would be had but I went on home.I watched the big city fireworks from my back yard.Beautiful.Firecrackers and firebombs going off all over the place. The sky lite up all over .It was really neat.Then to my pleasant surprise I discovered that several amazonbasin members were online and eager to play a game .So I brought my pally and joined them . My pally was killed by those oblivian knights a few times. I guess I am suppose to switch to blessed hammer and concentration when I see them.But how? my hotkeys are already full with other switches.Oh well I'll figure it out.
Monday, July 05, 2004
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Father's Day
Seems like I am having trouble with this blogging business. I just wrote a long eulogy to my father and I clicked something once and lost the whole post.Dang
My dad was a very generous man.Once he gave away our bikes to a poor family.We weren't using them much anymore. I never missed mine. When I was in grade shool one year about a week before Christmas he took my sister Barbara and I along to the hardware store. We could look at the toys while he took care of his business and then when he was done he surprised us and said we could get something! Times weren't so commercial like now.This was really special.I got a craft set of six pictures to color in with pens and then you went over the coloring with a wet brush. Mom later framed the pictures and I had them in my bedroom for a long time. I wonder whatever happened to those pics?? When my parents took me to the cities to start school we got lost but we also made it to Dayton's and my dad bought me a beautiful new dress. It was a white cotton blouse and skirt to match with light blue ruffles in the outfit. My dad was very proud of me for getting on the student council in high school. He was proud of me for going to nursing school.He danced with me at my high school prom .It was the only time I ever danced with him. He was eager to have discussions at the dinner table.He was fun.For our birthdays he would bring home a hugh grocery bag full of just treats for the birthday girl only.This was of course besides the birthday gift!(There was a grocery store in my dad's building that he owned and worked in).He did this too for St. Nicholas Day.He would pretend to be St. Nick and knock on windows and doors with gingle bells.We would be screaming with delight running from window to window trying to catch a glimpse of St. Nick.Then we would open the door and find a grocery bag for each of us with our name on it full of treats-pop,crakerjacks,tangerines,olives,candybars and more!!! When he was much younger than I am today , while in the hospital having a chest x-ray I was went with him . He was having shortness of breath.He looked up at me and asked "Am I dying?" I answered " Yes you are Dad" The rest is history.
My dad was a very generous man.Once he gave away our bikes to a poor family.We weren't using them much anymore. I never missed mine. When I was in grade shool one year about a week before Christmas he took my sister Barbara and I along to the hardware store. We could look at the toys while he took care of his business and then when he was done he surprised us and said we could get something! Times weren't so commercial like now.This was really special.I got a craft set of six pictures to color in with pens and then you went over the coloring with a wet brush. Mom later framed the pictures and I had them in my bedroom for a long time. I wonder whatever happened to those pics?? When my parents took me to the cities to start school we got lost but we also made it to Dayton's and my dad bought me a beautiful new dress. It was a white cotton blouse and skirt to match with light blue ruffles in the outfit. My dad was very proud of me for getting on the student council in high school. He was proud of me for going to nursing school.He danced with me at my high school prom .It was the only time I ever danced with him. He was eager to have discussions at the dinner table.He was fun.For our birthdays he would bring home a hugh grocery bag full of just treats for the birthday girl only.This was of course besides the birthday gift!(There was a grocery store in my dad's building that he owned and worked in).He did this too for St. Nicholas Day.He would pretend to be St. Nick and knock on windows and doors with gingle bells.We would be screaming with delight running from window to window trying to catch a glimpse of St. Nick.Then we would open the door and find a grocery bag for each of us with our name on it full of treats-pop,crakerjacks,tangerines,olives,candybars and more!!! When he was much younger than I am today , while in the hospital having a chest x-ray I was went with him . He was having shortness of breath.He looked up at me and asked "Am I dying?" I answered " Yes you are Dad" The rest is history.
Saturday, June 19, 2004
My first attempt at logging
I posted my first blog the other day but it did not publish etc. Now it seems I have two blog pages of which one doesn't work and I don't think I can delete it??? Oh well this computer is costing me alot of real life time!! I will get it figured out someday. I had a nice introduction to my blog but now after about three attempts to publish it ; rewriting it each time I no longer have the energy to do it again.So I will just continue and go along each day and see what developes.
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