Hello on Sunday Morning

Dear Friends,

Another day in North Tewksbury went very well except I might have picked up the grandchild's cold too. Linda didn't seem to be much better fighting her cold on Saturday. I started to get the sniffles just before bed time.

I did get my dose of sports starting with the Boston Bruins, and then progressing to the Masters' Golf Tournament, to the Boston Red Sox, to the Boston Celtics, and the Boston College men's hockey team. All the Boston teams fared very well.
I did call our son, Michael, during the baseball game while the Red Sox were doing battle with the Kansas City Royals in Kansas. He was with 25 other military guys. Yes, he did have on his Red Sox tee shirt. There were many Red Sox fans at the sold out game, and they were cheering loudly as the Red Sox were hitting several home runs.
Mike said that he was taking his family to the game today. They can get 10 dollar tickets. Even if Isabelle gets fidgety, and wants to leave the game early, they will still have gotten their value for their money.
In Fenway park, you can get one beer for your $10 bill! $10 dollars would pay for a quarter of an arm rest at Fenway park. There are no $10 seats in Boston!

Max's runny nose had decreased quite a bit on Saturday as Linda and I were popping pills, and hitting the Kleenex box. This might be the first cold of the season for both Linda and I. Oh darn!

Kevin did some yard work before heading off to his restaurant on Saturday.
After the breakfast routine today, we are heading off to Home Depot for some red cedar mulch, and some yard tools. Living in East Boston didn't require any of this gardening stuff because the big task was finding a parking spot on the streets of East Boston. Kevin and Kyla --> Welcome to the world of being a home owner!

Kyla is still enjoying her cruise. Her and her girlfriends were partying on the Island of Cozumel, Mexico on Saturday. She requested the name of a few of our favorite restaurants because she remembered that we had taken our children to Cozumel when they were young boys. We haven't been there in such a long time that some places have changed names, or don't exist anymore. They did find one great place, and they thanked us for our recommendation.

Ginny Brodeur stopped by after her Saturday teaching job, and a mid afternoon shower for a friend of hers. She just visited for a few minutes because she saw that we were passing around a lot of not so good germs. Jerry can't get himself sick with a cold, because he already is in a weakened state, and has to go through dialysis three times per week. The Curley's don't need to complicate the life of the Brodeur's as it currently exists.

We ordered Chinese (which was delivered) for for supper last evening. The restaurant is about three miles from Kevin and Kyla's place. The food was okay. This place seems to give more rice or noodles along with the main dish. The flavors of the food was pretty much the same as what we get in the Berkshires.

I might be outside with Kevin, and listening to the Red Sox instead of watching the game on television this afternoon. I should be able to catch the final few holes of the Master's on television later on this afternoon. I am cheering for Phil Mickelson (who is an excellent role model), but I would like to see Tiger (who is a bit rusty) up near the top of the field too. Tiger's putting let him down on Saturday. Putting on that course is not an easy task even if the putts are only two feet long. I did enjoy seeing Fred Couples in third place who does have a legitimate chance of winning the Masters.

Our UNICO President sent an E-mail saying that the UNICO Wine Tasting event on Friday night in Pittsfield, which the Curley's missed, went very well. I will be missing the board meeting on Monday, and the membership meeting the following Monday so I will have to wait until the minutes of the both meetings get published to see how financially successful that our fundraiser went.

Mine disaster -- Working a coal mine wouldn't be on my list of favorite occupations.The workers seem to risk their lives going into the mine each day.

News -- It was sad to see the Polish President, and several top officials go down in a pilot error airplane crash.

More news -- I did like the article about the Somali pirates taking shots at a United States military vessel. When you mess with the big guys in your little skiff, you lose! The United States, picked up six pirates as their skiff was sinking, and were treating them on the U.S. vessel. Would any of us be sad if the all of the pirates just happened to have died in the conflict? I think not!
Father Albert Yesue would probably have forgiven the sinners!

Well, I just popped a couple of Sudafed. I am going to try and quietly go off and get a Sunday Boston Globe, and more cold supplies as soon as the Rite Aid drugstore opens up.

Have a great Sunday!
Despite our colds, Linda and I are planning on having a great day!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad