Dear Friends,
Our East Boston son and his family arrived around 2:30 PM. We bonded with them for a couple of hours before they went off to visit a couple who had a baby girl in January. After an hour or so visit they returned to our house, and made a decision about their evening activities.
Since Linda and I weren’t sure of what they were doing for supper, we whipped up a crock pot of beef stroganoff. Kevin and Kyla decided to go off to a steak house while Linda and I took care of Max.
Linda and I ate the beef stroganoff, and it was spectacular . Linda fed max, we played for a while, and then it was time for his bottle, and bed.
He usually wakes up around this time so I am just waiting for his mild cries, or his talking to himself.
Kyla wants to get up no later than 7 AM since they are off to another funeral service for the plane crash victims, but this time it is in the Albany area.
We don’t have a time frame of when they are returning and packing up to head back to Boston. Kevin has to open the restaurant on Tuesday.
I am the only one socially engaged today. I have a 5:30 PM UNICO Board Meeting. One of our Irish guests is coming into Logan at 4:05 PM today. I am pretty sure that when she does finally get to Pittsfield that she will be exhausted. Her body clock will be 6 hours ahead of East Coast time. She will be longing for sleep when we are ready to go out and party.
The rest of this week, and into the following week, Linda and I are so busy that the average person could keep up with us. As a matter of fact, we aren’t sure if we are going to make it through each day.
Politics – Our President wants a Health Care vote no later than St. Patrick’s Day. One reporter said that many of these Obama deadlines have fallen by the wayside.
Observation -- It was okay weather to wash cars yesterday, but it wasn’t mine that I washed. I washed Kevin and Kyla’s Nissan Murano. When Linda returned from a little recreational shopping at the Lee Outlets, her friend who was driving, asked me to wash her car too. Well, there are several clean cars for sure here in the Berkshires. I washed Linda’s and mine the other day.
Weather – We are in the pattern of cool nights, and 40’s during the day. Even though the sun was out yesterday, there was a nip in the air. We do have a mix of wintry weather heading toward us for Friday into Saturday. We in the Berkshires are ready for spring. The kids in the neighborhood are riding bikes, and playing hoops in their yards. I keep on telling people that we are still in the month of March. Winter is not over yet.
I was happy to see that it starting to warm up in the south a bit. One friend said that she was able to wear shorts only a couple of time during the months of January and February when they were in Florida.
Have to go and try and read the newspaper before Max, and the rest of the family wakes up.
Have a great weekend at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Hello on Sunday Morning
Dear Friends,
Another day went exactly as planned.
I returned from Retro Fitness a little after 7 AM on Saturday, read the newspapers, and bonded with Linda when she woke up. As she was procuring more restaurant items on the radio auction, I went off to see dear old mom in the nursing home.
I put a jacket on Mom, and I wheeled her outside for a little fresh air. I gave her a ride around the parking lot for at least 30 minute, She enjoyed the sun, and the feel of spring in the air.
By the time I arrived home, Linda was getting ready to head out the door to do multiple errands. It was another frustrating day with respect to her doing errands. She couldn’t find several of the items which she was looking for. Her trip to Macy’s at the Berkshire Mall made her happy since she got a chance to use some coupons.
I took a nap while she was doing her thing.
Our evening birthday party went very well. As predicted there was much food, fun, and merriment. There were over 100 people who attended the party. My head hit the pillow around midnight. The party was still going on when we left.
Our East Boston son and his family will be visiting us today. When Linda wakes up, I will be setting the house up with baby items. If they arrive early enough, the weather should be nice so that we can go out side and enjoy the 45 degree weather. There will be a stiff wind which could impact the time that we are outside. We do have enough snow to do a little sliding in the front yard.
We have to conserve energy because we will be busy from March 8 through St. Patrick’s Day which is on March 17, 2010.
Observation – One of the beautiful people has gone over the edge with respect to using the tanning booths. A little color in the middle of our Northeast’s winter gives one a healthy looking glow, but this female has changed her heritage. She is no longer a distraction in my mind.
I will never forget the Italian heritage girl whom I had in class several years ago. It was near prom time, and she thought that she needed a little tan to compliment her light colored prom dress. She too overdosed with the tanning booth rays.
Another student fell asleep while in the tanning booth, and got sun burned so bad that she was out of school for two weeks.
The price for beauty didn’t seem to be worth it!
Well, I am debating whether to head off to the gym, or just chill today. The Sunday newspapers, some coffee, and preparing for the arrival of our son’s family could keep me busy for today.
Have a great Sunday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Another day went exactly as planned.
I returned from Retro Fitness a little after 7 AM on Saturday, read the newspapers, and bonded with Linda when she woke up. As she was procuring more restaurant items on the radio auction, I went off to see dear old mom in the nursing home.
I put a jacket on Mom, and I wheeled her outside for a little fresh air. I gave her a ride around the parking lot for at least 30 minute, She enjoyed the sun, and the feel of spring in the air.
By the time I arrived home, Linda was getting ready to head out the door to do multiple errands. It was another frustrating day with respect to her doing errands. She couldn’t find several of the items which she was looking for. Her trip to Macy’s at the Berkshire Mall made her happy since she got a chance to use some coupons.
I took a nap while she was doing her thing.
Our evening birthday party went very well. As predicted there was much food, fun, and merriment. There were over 100 people who attended the party. My head hit the pillow around midnight. The party was still going on when we left.
Our East Boston son and his family will be visiting us today. When Linda wakes up, I will be setting the house up with baby items. If they arrive early enough, the weather should be nice so that we can go out side and enjoy the 45 degree weather. There will be a stiff wind which could impact the time that we are outside. We do have enough snow to do a little sliding in the front yard.
We have to conserve energy because we will be busy from March 8 through St. Patrick’s Day which is on March 17, 2010.
Observation – One of the beautiful people has gone over the edge with respect to using the tanning booths. A little color in the middle of our Northeast’s winter gives one a healthy looking glow, but this female has changed her heritage. She is no longer a distraction in my mind.
I will never forget the Italian heritage girl whom I had in class several years ago. It was near prom time, and she thought that she needed a little tan to compliment her light colored prom dress. She too overdosed with the tanning booth rays.
Another student fell asleep while in the tanning booth, and got sun burned so bad that she was out of school for two weeks.
The price for beauty didn’t seem to be worth it!
Well, I am debating whether to head off to the gym, or just chill today. The Sunday newspapers, some coffee, and preparing for the arrival of our son’s family could keep me busy for today.
Have a great Sunday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Hello on Saturday Morning
Dear Friends,
We had another pleasant day here in the Berkshires. I finished savoring another book as Linda went off to her appointment.
We had a quick lunch of leftovers before Linda got in her comfortable position on the couch, and hunkered down for an afternoon of listening to the radio auction from 1 PM until 5 PM. She picked up some wonderful restaurant food certificates which we will share with family and friends.
I decided to take a nap while she was glued to the radio.
We went off the Shamrock Restaurant & Pub last evening at 5:30 PM thinking that we would beat the rush. Not! The place was packed when we walked in the door, and continued to be so for at least two hours straight. If there is a recession, you couldn’t tell that it affected this restaurant. We met to other friends, and had a leisurely meal for at least an hour. When the meal ended, the women decided to hit the Macy’s store in the Berkshire Mall. I was able to go home alone and watch my Boston Celtic team win one on the road.
We won 30 dollars playing Keno which helped to make for a pleasant evening. Linda was also lucky on a couple of scratch tickets, but she is still waiting to win the big one.
The radio auction is on again today starting at 9 AM so you know what Linda will be doing. I have to do a couple errands, and wrap a birthday present for the 40th birthday party which we are attending this evening at the Skyline Country Club. There should be a lot of food, fun, and merriment for this full blooded Irish birthday boy.
I am going off to the Retro Fitness gym in a little less than an hour. The 6 AM weekend starting time does have a few more distractions that the weekday starting time of 4:30 AM. I hope that the distractions are at a minimum today.
I skimmed through the CNN news before starting this e-mail, and there is so much craziness which continues to go on iin the United States and the world. I usually look for things that jump out at me like the quarter back of the Steelers called “Gentle Ben” getting himself in a little legal trouble. A female has charged him with sexual assault. The other thing that jumped out at me is the sex scandal a the Vatican which involved male prostitution.
The pirates seized another ship. I think that these ships should have their own armed gunmen and big time weapons on their ships. How about if they had they had a couple of those military style helicopters loaded with everything that the military has on theirs? Take no prisoners would be my motto!
It is a balmy 17 degrees in the Berkshires. The weather people are predicting that we should hit the mid 40’s today. I will see if our cars need another washing. I love having a clean car.
Talking about clean, the husband of her nail person does power washing. He drove by yesterday, and took a look at our house, and gave us a price of getting the mildew off of our vinyl sided home. He said that if we could get another person or two to have their houses done too, he would even give us a better deal. You might be thinking that I should just get my own power washer and do it myself. I have borrowed one from my neighbor, and my sister. I have borrowed my neighbor’s ladder too. I can’t reach the peaks of the house (Colonial) with his ladder. At 63 years old, I am starting to get too old to be up that high on a ladder, especially when I am not a fan of heights. My gutters have to be cleaned too, and the guy said that he would even wash the windows on the outside for me.
I have to select my gym clothes, and head out the door to Retro Fitness. When I return from the gym, I have been parking my car outside of the garage so that I won’t wake up Linda with sound of the garage door opening. Yesterday, she said that she didn’t pay attention, and she backed out of the garage forgetting that my car was in the driveway. Luckily she backed out straight, or otherwise we would be dealing with a dent or two in my car. I decided that I am parking the car in our garage when I return from the gym.
Have a great weekend.
The start of ours has been great so far! The Curley Lad
We had another pleasant day here in the Berkshires. I finished savoring another book as Linda went off to her appointment.
We had a quick lunch of leftovers before Linda got in her comfortable position on the couch, and hunkered down for an afternoon of listening to the radio auction from 1 PM until 5 PM. She picked up some wonderful restaurant food certificates which we will share with family and friends.
I decided to take a nap while she was glued to the radio.
We went off the Shamrock Restaurant & Pub last evening at 5:30 PM thinking that we would beat the rush. Not! The place was packed when we walked in the door, and continued to be so for at least two hours straight. If there is a recession, you couldn’t tell that it affected this restaurant. We met to other friends, and had a leisurely meal for at least an hour. When the meal ended, the women decided to hit the Macy’s store in the Berkshire Mall. I was able to go home alone and watch my Boston Celtic team win one on the road.
We won 30 dollars playing Keno which helped to make for a pleasant evening. Linda was also lucky on a couple of scratch tickets, but she is still waiting to win the big one.
The radio auction is on again today starting at 9 AM so you know what Linda will be doing. I have to do a couple errands, and wrap a birthday present for the 40th birthday party which we are attending this evening at the Skyline Country Club. There should be a lot of food, fun, and merriment for this full blooded Irish birthday boy.
I am going off to the Retro Fitness gym in a little less than an hour. The 6 AM weekend starting time does have a few more distractions that the weekday starting time of 4:30 AM. I hope that the distractions are at a minimum today.
I skimmed through the CNN news before starting this e-mail, and there is so much craziness which continues to go on iin the United States and the world. I usually look for things that jump out at me like the quarter back of the Steelers called “Gentle Ben” getting himself in a little legal trouble. A female has charged him with sexual assault. The other thing that jumped out at me is the sex scandal a the Vatican which involved male prostitution.
The pirates seized another ship. I think that these ships should have their own armed gunmen and big time weapons on their ships. How about if they had they had a couple of those military style helicopters loaded with everything that the military has on theirs? Take no prisoners would be my motto!
It is a balmy 17 degrees in the Berkshires. The weather people are predicting that we should hit the mid 40’s today. I will see if our cars need another washing. I love having a clean car.
Talking about clean, the husband of her nail person does power washing. He drove by yesterday, and took a look at our house, and gave us a price of getting the mildew off of our vinyl sided home. He said that if we could get another person or two to have their houses done too, he would even give us a better deal. You might be thinking that I should just get my own power washer and do it myself. I have borrowed one from my neighbor, and my sister. I have borrowed my neighbor’s ladder too. I can’t reach the peaks of the house (Colonial) with his ladder. At 63 years old, I am starting to get too old to be up that high on a ladder, especially when I am not a fan of heights. My gutters have to be cleaned too, and the guy said that he would even wash the windows on the outside for me.
I have to select my gym clothes, and head out the door to Retro Fitness. When I return from the gym, I have been parking my car outside of the garage so that I won’t wake up Linda with sound of the garage door opening. Yesterday, she said that she didn’t pay attention, and she backed out of the garage forgetting that my car was in the driveway. Luckily she backed out straight, or otherwise we would be dealing with a dent or two in my car. I decided that I am parking the car in our garage when I return from the gym.
Have a great weekend.
The start of ours has been great so far! The Curley Lad
Friday, March 5, 2010
Hello on Friday Morning
Dear Friends,
Our Thursday went as planned. My UNICO brothers and I worked another Pasta Fund Raiser Dinner last evening and Linda went off to a dinner / meeting Book Club event at a friend’s home. We both had fun doing our own thing. Linda even squeezed in a body maintenance procedure too.
I am not sure what our social calendar plans are for today. It could be a chill day, or we could go to the Beacon Cinema to see the Alice in Wonderland (in 3 D) which received a 3 out of 4 star rating.
There is also a radio auction today and tomorrow on one of our local radio stations. Linda will miss a portion of the auction today because she has another body maintenance procedure during the mid morning.
Observation – More of the beautiful people are starting to show up at Retro Fitness at the early time. It is difficult to find a machine which is located away from the distractions. As I was leaving the gym this morning, I told the woman who has that Sarah Palin hairdo that when I look quickly, I really think that I am working out with Sarah Palin. That was all I said as I walked out of Retro Fitness. Do you think that I made her day?
We have a busy weekend coming up. On Saturday evening, we are off to a 40th birthday party for a friend and officer of our Pittsfield Irish Sister Committee. His lady friend even paid for a billboard with his picture on it which is next to Berkshire Medical Center, and across the street from the family business à Dwyer Funeral Home.
Sunday afternoon our son Kevin and his family from East Boston will be arriving at our house for supper (?) and an overnight visit. I have to retrieve the baby stuff which I put away from last week’s visit. The portable devices are so easy to take down and put up. If the weather is nice on Monday morning, I will take Max for a stroll in the neighborhood.
We are so busy next week because of our Irish Sister City guests from Ballina, Ireland who will be with us from March 8 through March 15. Even when they leave on March 15, Linda and I will still be busy because then we have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner (at the Italian American Club), Pub Crawl, and a house party to end the evening. I am not sure how I can squeeze in a nap each day.
Well, I have to read the local newspaper, and the USA Today that I purchased on the way home from the gym.
Have a great weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Our Thursday went as planned. My UNICO brothers and I worked another Pasta Fund Raiser Dinner last evening and Linda went off to a dinner / meeting Book Club event at a friend’s home. We both had fun doing our own thing. Linda even squeezed in a body maintenance procedure too.
I am not sure what our social calendar plans are for today. It could be a chill day, or we could go to the Beacon Cinema to see the Alice in Wonderland (in 3 D) which received a 3 out of 4 star rating.
There is also a radio auction today and tomorrow on one of our local radio stations. Linda will miss a portion of the auction today because she has another body maintenance procedure during the mid morning.
Observation – More of the beautiful people are starting to show up at Retro Fitness at the early time. It is difficult to find a machine which is located away from the distractions. As I was leaving the gym this morning, I told the woman who has that Sarah Palin hairdo that when I look quickly, I really think that I am working out with Sarah Palin. That was all I said as I walked out of Retro Fitness. Do you think that I made her day?
We have a busy weekend coming up. On Saturday evening, we are off to a 40th birthday party for a friend and officer of our Pittsfield Irish Sister Committee. His lady friend even paid for a billboard with his picture on it which is next to Berkshire Medical Center, and across the street from the family business à Dwyer Funeral Home.
Sunday afternoon our son Kevin and his family from East Boston will be arriving at our house for supper (?) and an overnight visit. I have to retrieve the baby stuff which I put away from last week’s visit. The portable devices are so easy to take down and put up. If the weather is nice on Monday morning, I will take Max for a stroll in the neighborhood.
We are so busy next week because of our Irish Sister City guests from Ballina, Ireland who will be with us from March 8 through March 15. Even when they leave on March 15, Linda and I will still be busy because then we have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner (at the Italian American Club), Pub Crawl, and a house party to end the evening. I am not sure how I can squeeze in a nap each day.
Well, I have to read the local newspaper, and the USA Today that I purchased on the way home from the gym.
Have a great weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Hello on Thursday
Dear Friends,
Linda and I had a pleasant day on Wednesday. We decided to catch a 12:40 PM matinee at Beacon Cinema, and then do Lunch at Shiro’s Japanese Restaurant. The latest Bruce Willis movie was okay, entertaining, but kind of dumb. When you get senior citizen discounts for the tickets, then the pain is less. The lunch at the restaurant was very good. Eating rice with chop sticks was quite a challenge.
After the movie, Linda processed some grandchild pictures at a nearby CVS. I waited for her in the car since the process is long and slow. Linda did have a few hours of relaxation before she went off to her 7 PM BONCO session. I had the Boston Celtics to keep me entertained.
Our social calendar has us both engaged today. She has her Dinner / Book Club meeting at 6 PM while I will be at the Italian American Club helping out with another Pasta Fund Raiser. This is for a joint school hockey team since many high schools in the county are too small to support their own hockey team. The weather is going to be okay so the turn out should be very good.
Observation – Every Sunday there are multiple coupons which arrive in the local newspaper and the Boston Globe. While Linda was cutting some out, she always asks me if I use a particular product. Well, I decided that I have to get into the 21rst century with respect to the body wash products. I am from the old school of using a bar of soap, but when I stay at the homes of relatives and friends, I very seldom see a bar of soap in their showers. There is all those make you smell good body wash products. I ask Linda to pick me up some while she was out doing errands the other day. If any guests shower in my house, you will have access to body wash products. I tried them for the first time, and I found it difficult to use them. They body wash seems to slip out of your hands, and most of the product fell off my body before doing the job. The second day, I went back to my bar of Irish Spring soap. I guess I will give the body wash product another try today. Maybe I need an assistant in the shower with me!
Politics / News – It appears to be the same old stuff day after day. There are a lot of unhappy and sick people out there. From the politician who have big corporations providing vacation junkets for them, to the now discovered abuse in the a German Monastery since the 1950’s, to the sex offender who is linked to the California teenager who body they found, to the never ending wars all over the world, etc. You have to make sure that you are happy in your own little world so that you can be shielded from all this turmoil.
I slept a little late today so I missed my regular 4:30 AM Retro Fitness time. I might go when the beautiful people are there. If not, I will be there tomorrow.
Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Linda and I had a pleasant day on Wednesday. We decided to catch a 12:40 PM matinee at Beacon Cinema, and then do Lunch at Shiro’s Japanese Restaurant. The latest Bruce Willis movie was okay, entertaining, but kind of dumb. When you get senior citizen discounts for the tickets, then the pain is less. The lunch at the restaurant was very good. Eating rice with chop sticks was quite a challenge.
After the movie, Linda processed some grandchild pictures at a nearby CVS. I waited for her in the car since the process is long and slow. Linda did have a few hours of relaxation before she went off to her 7 PM BONCO session. I had the Boston Celtics to keep me entertained.
Our social calendar has us both engaged today. She has her Dinner / Book Club meeting at 6 PM while I will be at the Italian American Club helping out with another Pasta Fund Raiser. This is for a joint school hockey team since many high schools in the county are too small to support their own hockey team. The weather is going to be okay so the turn out should be very good.
Observation – Every Sunday there are multiple coupons which arrive in the local newspaper and the Boston Globe. While Linda was cutting some out, she always asks me if I use a particular product. Well, I decided that I have to get into the 21rst century with respect to the body wash products. I am from the old school of using a bar of soap, but when I stay at the homes of relatives and friends, I very seldom see a bar of soap in their showers. There is all those make you smell good body wash products. I ask Linda to pick me up some while she was out doing errands the other day. If any guests shower in my house, you will have access to body wash products. I tried them for the first time, and I found it difficult to use them. They body wash seems to slip out of your hands, and most of the product fell off my body before doing the job. The second day, I went back to my bar of Irish Spring soap. I guess I will give the body wash product another try today. Maybe I need an assistant in the shower with me!
Politics / News – It appears to be the same old stuff day after day. There are a lot of unhappy and sick people out there. From the politician who have big corporations providing vacation junkets for them, to the now discovered abuse in the a German Monastery since the 1950’s, to the sex offender who is linked to the California teenager who body they found, to the never ending wars all over the world, etc. You have to make sure that you are happy in your own little world so that you can be shielded from all this turmoil.
I slept a little late today so I missed my regular 4:30 AM Retro Fitness time. I might go when the beautiful people are there. If not, I will be there tomorrow.
Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Hello on Tuesday Morning
Dear Friends,
Our Monday went okay. I did not go with Linda on her day full of errands. I headed off to visit dear old Mom at the nursing home. I spoke to several patients besides my mother. The first stop was to see a friend’s Aunt Mary. When I go by her room, she is normally sleeping, but not yesterday. After chatting with her, I went to Mom’s room. Mom is still without a roommate since hers passed away a couple of weeks ago. Mom does now have the bed next to the window. When the snow melts, I told Mom that I would put a bird feeder in a tree right outside her window. While chatting with Mom, I saw Mrs. Tristany tooling down my mother’s hall in her walker with a physical therapist right behind just in case she needed some assistance.
During the visit with my Mom, lunch arrived. The meal was meatballs and pasta. The dietary aid cut up the meatballs for Mom. Everything was going smoothly until Mom started choking. I hit the call button, and aid came first. When she saw Mom in distress, she went and got the nurse. When the nurse saw what Mom had for lunch, she went ballistic. Mom is waiting for a new set of dentures to be made, and she is supposed to be on a puree type of food, or just a light soup. After the choking stopped, the nurse put a mask on mom with some kind of chemical in it to ease the congestion which she has had in her lungs for months.
After this incident, Mom said she wanted to go back to bed. On the way out of the nursing home, I stopped at the nurse’s station to ask them to put Mom from her wheel back into bed. I ran into my final patient and friend of the day, Mr. DiNicola who I know from the Italian American Club.
I felt like I was a greeter at Walmart on this particular day at the nursing home!
Linda’s day of errands didn’t go as planned. She was at the photo shop in Walmart trying to process some pictures, and the machine died when she was on her last picture. An hour and one half of cropping, getting rid of red eye, etc, was over in a second. The attendant couldn’t retrieve the pictures that she was just ready to print. Linda left the photo shop in tears. Her frustration continued because the items on her list were no where to be found. When she went into the store, she had a handful of coupons, but the items she wanted just weren’t there.
The frustration continued on at the grocery store.
To ease the pain, we went off to Matt Reilly’s Pub for their Monday night fish and chips for supper.
I am ready to head off to the gym. After the workout at Retro Fitness, I am going to load up my car with ice-fishing gear. I am going to commune with nature while Linda goes off and plays Mah Jongg. I just got through packing a healthy lunch. I will be at the bait shop when it opens at 7 AM. I am going off to Pontoosuc Lake, and see if I can catch a record Northern Pike or a Tiger Muskee. At this point just getting a flag will be exciting. The temperatures are supposed to be in the mid 30’s so I am looking forward to a pleasant day.
I am thinking a salad, grilled steak, a baked potato, and a vegetable will be a quick and easy meal for supper.
Have to select my workout clothes, and head out the door.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Our Monday went okay. I did not go with Linda on her day full of errands. I headed off to visit dear old Mom at the nursing home. I spoke to several patients besides my mother. The first stop was to see a friend’s Aunt Mary. When I go by her room, she is normally sleeping, but not yesterday. After chatting with her, I went to Mom’s room. Mom is still without a roommate since hers passed away a couple of weeks ago. Mom does now have the bed next to the window. When the snow melts, I told Mom that I would put a bird feeder in a tree right outside her window. While chatting with Mom, I saw Mrs. Tristany tooling down my mother’s hall in her walker with a physical therapist right behind just in case she needed some assistance.
During the visit with my Mom, lunch arrived. The meal was meatballs and pasta. The dietary aid cut up the meatballs for Mom. Everything was going smoothly until Mom started choking. I hit the call button, and aid came first. When she saw Mom in distress, she went and got the nurse. When the nurse saw what Mom had for lunch, she went ballistic. Mom is waiting for a new set of dentures to be made, and she is supposed to be on a puree type of food, or just a light soup. After the choking stopped, the nurse put a mask on mom with some kind of chemical in it to ease the congestion which she has had in her lungs for months.
After this incident, Mom said she wanted to go back to bed. On the way out of the nursing home, I stopped at the nurse’s station to ask them to put Mom from her wheel back into bed. I ran into my final patient and friend of the day, Mr. DiNicola who I know from the Italian American Club.
I felt like I was a greeter at Walmart on this particular day at the nursing home!
Linda’s day of errands didn’t go as planned. She was at the photo shop in Walmart trying to process some pictures, and the machine died when she was on her last picture. An hour and one half of cropping, getting rid of red eye, etc, was over in a second. The attendant couldn’t retrieve the pictures that she was just ready to print. Linda left the photo shop in tears. Her frustration continued because the items on her list were no where to be found. When she went into the store, she had a handful of coupons, but the items she wanted just weren’t there.
The frustration continued on at the grocery store.
To ease the pain, we went off to Matt Reilly’s Pub for their Monday night fish and chips for supper.
I am ready to head off to the gym. After the workout at Retro Fitness, I am going to load up my car with ice-fishing gear. I am going to commune with nature while Linda goes off and plays Mah Jongg. I just got through packing a healthy lunch. I will be at the bait shop when it opens at 7 AM. I am going off to Pontoosuc Lake, and see if I can catch a record Northern Pike or a Tiger Muskee. At this point just getting a flag will be exciting. The temperatures are supposed to be in the mid 30’s so I am looking forward to a pleasant day.
I am thinking a salad, grilled steak, a baked potato, and a vegetable will be a quick and easy meal for supper.
Have to select my workout clothes, and head out the door.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Monday, March 1, 2010
Hello on Monday Morning
Dear Friends,
I took Max out of his portable crib at 5:30 AM on Sunday morning. He smiled as I picked him up once again. We tried to be quiet but it was difficult with the addition of the two dogs who also wanted to go out and play with grandpa.
After a hearty breakfast for Max around 9 AM, Kyla packed up everything, including Max, and they head back to East Boston. From what I found out it was a happy reunion. The last time that Max saw his father was last Monday night at 6 PM.
After they left, I put away all the baby items from portable cribs, toys, booster chairs, books, etc. You wouldn’t even know that we had a 6 month old in our house for a week.
There is an 11 AM memorial service on Cape Cod for whole family who were killed in a small engine airplane crash in Belize. The memorial website for Mike Casey and his family is heart wrenching. Mike is survived by his parents and a brother and a sister I believe. I don’t know how the remaining family members can ever get through a tragedy like this.
Linda has a busy week coming up. Every event that was cancelled last week has been rescheduled for this week. After she makes it through today’s errands, which will require going to multiple stores, she will have her Tuesday Mah Jongg, Wednesday BONCO, Thursday dinner / book club meeting. She has a body maintenance procedure on Friday.
I might have a Friday baby sitting gig in East Boston to take care of Max while Kevin and Kyla attend the above mentioned memorial service on Cape Cod.
Saturday night we are off to the Skyline Country Club for a 40th birthday party for an Irish Sister friend.
I should be able to squeeze in a few days of ice-fishing. I also have to visit Mom in the nursing home.
The following, week we are involved every day of the week since we will be attending several meetings, 3 covered dish functions, Irish American Club St. Patrick’s day dinner/dance, Polenta Dinner at the ITAM, and partying with two guests from our Irish Sister City who will be flying into Logan from Ballina, Ireland. Our Irish guests will be with us from March 8 through March 15. The third week of March has St. Patrick’s Day falling in the middle of the week so you know that we will be busy on that day.
I will be at the door of Retro Fitness at 4:30 AM today. I have to get back to my workout routine. Baby sitting is like a workout, but not all of the parts of the body get used. My male and female friends who I see at the gym are probably wondering where I have been.
The earth quake in Chile has dominated the news over the past few days. Are Haiti’s problems now put on the back burner? The media just packs up and move their film crew to the newest disaster.
Politics -- It is back to the table on the Health Care Issue. I was wondering where all the sign holding protesters come from. How can they afford to be at all these rallies? Does some one or some big time corporations pay for them to attend these rallies? Are the protesters from the ranks of the unemployed?
Sports – I did watch the exciting Olympic Hockey Game on Sunday afternoon while Linda was at her Red Hat Brunch and Shakespearian Play. I was alone for almost 5 straight hours. I was in heaven!
Well, I have to finish my cup of coffee, and select my workout clothes.
Have a great week at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
I took Max out of his portable crib at 5:30 AM on Sunday morning. He smiled as I picked him up once again. We tried to be quiet but it was difficult with the addition of the two dogs who also wanted to go out and play with grandpa.
After a hearty breakfast for Max around 9 AM, Kyla packed up everything, including Max, and they head back to East Boston. From what I found out it was a happy reunion. The last time that Max saw his father was last Monday night at 6 PM.
After they left, I put away all the baby items from portable cribs, toys, booster chairs, books, etc. You wouldn’t even know that we had a 6 month old in our house for a week.
There is an 11 AM memorial service on Cape Cod for whole family who were killed in a small engine airplane crash in Belize. The memorial website for Mike Casey and his family is heart wrenching. Mike is survived by his parents and a brother and a sister I believe. I don’t know how the remaining family members can ever get through a tragedy like this.
Linda has a busy week coming up. Every event that was cancelled last week has been rescheduled for this week. After she makes it through today’s errands, which will require going to multiple stores, she will have her Tuesday Mah Jongg, Wednesday BONCO, Thursday dinner / book club meeting. She has a body maintenance procedure on Friday.
I might have a Friday baby sitting gig in East Boston to take care of Max while Kevin and Kyla attend the above mentioned memorial service on Cape Cod.
Saturday night we are off to the Skyline Country Club for a 40th birthday party for an Irish Sister friend.
I should be able to squeeze in a few days of ice-fishing. I also have to visit Mom in the nursing home.
The following, week we are involved every day of the week since we will be attending several meetings, 3 covered dish functions, Irish American Club St. Patrick’s day dinner/dance, Polenta Dinner at the ITAM, and partying with two guests from our Irish Sister City who will be flying into Logan from Ballina, Ireland. Our Irish guests will be with us from March 8 through March 15. The third week of March has St. Patrick’s Day falling in the middle of the week so you know that we will be busy on that day.
I will be at the door of Retro Fitness at 4:30 AM today. I have to get back to my workout routine. Baby sitting is like a workout, but not all of the parts of the body get used. My male and female friends who I see at the gym are probably wondering where I have been.
The earth quake in Chile has dominated the news over the past few days. Are Haiti’s problems now put on the back burner? The media just packs up and move their film crew to the newest disaster.
Politics -- It is back to the table on the Health Care Issue. I was wondering where all the sign holding protesters come from. How can they afford to be at all these rallies? Does some one or some big time corporations pay for them to attend these rallies? Are the protesters from the ranks of the unemployed?
Sports – I did watch the exciting Olympic Hockey Game on Sunday afternoon while Linda was at her Red Hat Brunch and Shakespearian Play. I was alone for almost 5 straight hours. I was in heaven!
Well, I have to finish my cup of coffee, and select my workout clothes.
Have a great week at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
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