Hello on Monday

Dear Friends,

The end of a pleasant weekend took place around 6:30 PM on Easter Sunday. This was our departure time from North Tewksbury. Easter dinner was great as well as the socialization which took place among family and guests.

Kevin and Kyla set up an Easter Egg hunt for Max outdoors. Kyla filled up plastics eggs with all kinds of chocolates, M & M's, and jelly beans. Max wanted grandpa to open each one, and he proceeded to try and eat all of the goodies in each egg. His cheeks were filled like the squirrels and the chipmunks that eat all my sunflower seeds at my birdfeeders. Max had on this brand new white summer like shirt given to him from his Florida grandmother. Well, everyone knows that Linda is a master of removing stains in my clothes, so she was given the task of getting the stains out when we went back into the house. I spilled red sauce on a brand new shirt that I was wearing at the dinner table. Oh Darn!


Max was his usual good self the whole day. As we were heading out the door, Kevin and Max came out to say goodbye. I picked him up to tell him that we were leaving. He started waving to Kevin thinking that I was putting him in our car. Luckily there were enough people in the house that it was easier for us to say goodbye and head out the door. Last Sunday when I left after my baby sitting adventure, Kyla said Max cried for an hour because he didn't want me to leave.

On the way home we were invited to stop in for a continuation of the pleasant day at an Irish Sister City friend's home, but the traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike, in the usual bottle neck area, was backed up for over four exits. We took and rain check, and headed directly home.

We have a full day on tap today starting with a neighbor who will be cutting down a choke cherry tree behind our storage shed which leans over a fence into this neighbor's property. We also have a guy coming over for a little deck work which includes replacing screens and blinds in our three season room on our deck. Linda is trying to hook up with a girlfriend who is ten times busier than Linda and I. I have a 6 PM meeting at our local senior center. Our UNICO Board will be going over a by-laws update. Hopefully, this won't be a long meeting, but there are no guarantees since the last board meeting took 2 hours, and we couldn't complete what we set out to accomplish.

The world continues to be in turmoil, as this week we have the Royal Wedding as its focus.
During the afternoon on the day of the wedding, there will be a launch of the Space Shuttle on which the husband of the Congresswoman Gifford. She was shot in the head by a crazy person in Arizona.



The most important things on our social calendar is the UNICO Wine Tasting on this Friday night at Berkshire Hills Country Club, and Max and his family coming to the Berkshires for a wedding shower. Linda and Kyla will be attending the shower on Saturday at 11 AM at The Country Club of Pittsfield. As of this moment, the Tewksbury family will be arriving in Pittsfield while Linda and I are off to the Wine Tasting event on Friday night.

Jerry Brodeur continues to do well after his Kidney transplant. His sister, who donated one of her kidneys, was released from the hospital in Boston on Sunday. Jerry has several more days before he can be discharged.

Well, it is back to work or school this week. Yes, Linda and I do remember the Monday after a week's school vacation. We were always so exhausted when that first day came to an end. It took so much energy to pick up where we left off in the classroom, and to keep the students motivated, and on task. We like the way things are right now during these retirement years. What time does the movie start, is the weather good enough to play golf, what are we doing for lunch and supper, should I do some yard work or wait until another day, do we have any babysitting gigs coming which involve the grandchildren, when is the next party or cookout, etc., are the only things that are on these retirees' minds.

Have a great week.
April is coming to an end.
Talk to you soon! The Curley Lad