Dear Friends,
Another day went as planned. Linda did have a chance to do a little shopping before going off to her Book Club Dinner at Il Trattoria. She said her friends raved about the food, but Linda thought what she ordered was “Okay”, but not great.
My UNICO brothers worked very hard to prepare, and put out Pizza, baked Chicken nuggets, and “make your own Sundays” for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization. Of course, they thanked us profusely for putting out a great product. A couple from the Italian American Club dressed up as Santa and Mrs Claus.
Speaking of the Italian American Club, the 36 year old son of an Italian Club member collapsed and died. The parents are flying up from their winter home in Florida to deal with their loss.
It is so sad that the death occurred during the Christmas season. Don’t I always say that “Life is a crapshoot”, and to enjoy life every moment that you are on this earth, and don’t sweat the little things. The deceased has a brother who frequently purchases food from our son’ restaurant in East Boston. The obituary is in today’s local newspaper. There will be no wake and funeral, but there will be a memorial service at a later date.
Social Calendar – I believe that I am the only one with commitments today. Linda said that she would accompany me to my doctor’s appointment at 11 AM. I have a feeling that I will be getting an MRI done on my leg that has been giving me trouble. Oh Joy! Note – Linda brought her Kindle with her for my eye appointment the other day, and she will take it again today.
The temperature will be rising to the middle 20’s when I and three UNICO brothers do our 3 to 5 PM bell ringing shift at Walmart today. I am going to dig out my hunting boots that are guaranteed for temperatures reaching 20 below zero. Snow showers will be falling throughout the day.
Sports – I fell asleep last night as a last minute shot by a Celtic player ended up being the winning basket. The Bruins weren’t so lucky.
Game wardens in New York State arrested several people in a deer hunting sting. The hunters were using lights attached to their rifles, hunting at night time, and they killed as many deer as they could shoot. When you shine a light on a deer, they stand perfectly still which makes them easy targets. The game wardens confiscated the illegally obtained deer, and all the rifles of the hunters caught in the sting. These hunters usually lose their hunting licenses, and are fined heavily. I wonder how many years that they have been doing this illegal hunting?
It looks like the New York Jets’ conditioning coach might lose his job which is beyond the fine a four game suspension for tripping an opposing player as he ran by the Jets’ bench.
Politics – The Tax compromise bill is moving through Congress. I am really hoping that they can reach an agreement. A compromise doesn’t necessarily mean that each side gets exactly what they want when the bill is passed.
Observation – I have been finding people a little less grumpy during the Holiday season. I wonder if they could make that attitude last for a longer potion of the year.
On a different note, some of my UNICO brothers and sisters who help out with Bell ringing at Walmart have noticed that the Walmart customers who are dressed the best, and often carry out large ticket items, walk right by the Salvation Army kettle. The poorest of the poor happen to be the most generous.
Have to go and finish my morning routine. I also have to replenish my bird feeders. The creatures have been ravenous. A big fat bunny enjoys the sun flower seeds which hit the ground. They do their eating when it is dark. Yesterday, the squirrels had jumped into my suction cup bird feeder attached to the kitchen window. The squirrels will eventually knock this feeder onto the deck because they are too heavy. Oh Darn!
Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Hello on Wednesday
Dear Friends,
Hope that all of you had a pleasant Tuesday.
Linda accompanied me to my eye doctor appointment on Tuesday. I have what is known as a “Droopy Eye”. If you go on Web MD, you can find out what it is, and what I am going to go through to get it fixed. The optometrist put me through the multiple usual tests because he has to prove that it is a medical issue so that our Health Insurance will cover the delicate surgery.
When we arrived home, after multiple hours at the optometrist, there was a message on our answering machine. My orthopedic doctor wants to see me since I dealt with a Physicians’ Assistant when I went for an appointment a month ago. I am booked in for an 11 AM appointment on Thursday.
Linda doesn’t like the fact that my body is falling apart faster than hers, but she said that she is willing to fulfill her wedding vows for a little while longer.
On a positive note, our Pittsfield Irish Sister City Christmas Party / Unofficial Meeting went very well. There was much food, fun, and merriment. Every one brought a dish of some sort without telling the host what they were bringing. There were no duplicates. From appetizers to the main meal, and into the desserts, everything was so good.
When a majority of us decided to go home, a few diehards were still there. After sending this e-mail, I have to write up the minutes of the meeting.
My UNICO brothers and sisters, who will be doing the bell ringing at Walmart for the Salvation Army, better dress warm. The temperatures will be hovering around 20 degrees for the high of the day with a wind, and snow showers. When I do my shift tomorrow, it will be a high of 24 degrees. When our crew starts our shift, the sun should give us the illusion of warmth. It will be quite cold when our shift ends at 5 PM.
Social Calendar -- Linda doesn’t have to leave the house until her Book Club Christmas Dinner at an Italian Restaurant. She spent so much time with me yesterday that she didn’t have a chance to go shopping and use some coupons. She will be doing so today.
I will be leaving the house a little before 3 PM today to help out with the UNICO sponsored Big Brothers and Big Sisters pizza party at the Italian American Club. As I said in yesterday’s e-mail, we will be preparing and serving the pizza for the event. It shouldn’t be a late night for me.
News – Every news station is broadcasting the video of the lone Florida gunman who went to a school board meeting to protest his wife’s firing. He whips out a hand gun. He fired 16 shots, got into a fire fight with a security guard, before killing himself. Luckily no one was killed except for the gunman.
Politics – It looks like the compromise that the President wants with respect to the tax issue might be a hard sell in the House. The American voters want to see a compromise take place, but I am not sure if it is going to happen.
We got invited to another party while at last night’s party. The host of yesterday’s party invited us, which will include our grandson Max since we will be baby sitting him, to brunch on January 1, 2011. She said that her friends are welcome to come to the house any time after 11 AM on New Year’s Day. Of course, this is after we go to a house party on New Year’s Eve. I will have to start a diet very soon after New Year’s.
The fundraiser for the 2 year old diagnosed with leukemia, which will be held on December 19 at Patrick’s Pub from 12 Pm until 6 PM, is coming together. A couple of the Irish Sister City females have been soliciting donations at a frenzied pace. The raffles include some wonderful items. There is even a pair of Celtic Tickets. Linda and I are going to leave our third party of that day early so that we can purchase raffle tickets.
Our son and his wife have been sending daily pictures of their two children. Linda and I can’t believe how fast that these two cherubs are growing since we last saw them in mid July. We haven’t purchased tickets to Kansas yet because Michael is waiting to get official word that his one week military trip to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas during mid January is still on. The trip depends on the Federal budget issues. We want to visit when both adults are home.
Observation – Two of our Irish Sister City members work for an agency which distributes food, and fuel vouchers, pet food, basic supplies like toilet paper, etc. to needy people. They do have the right to ask their clients for proof of need like tax returns, pay check stubs, etc., before helping these needy people. I always ask my friends how things are going at work when I see them. Their stories are absolutely heart wrenching. One man came in the other day hoping to get some dog food and or food for himself. He told our friend that the dog eats when he eats. Another female client came into our friend’s office, and saw a roll of toilet paper in her office. The toilet paper was for the worker’s personal use, but she gave it to her client. With the weather being so cold lately, people are running out of oil to heat their homes, or can’t pay for Natural gas bills, or electric bills. Our friends said that their clients line up each day seeking some kind of assistance.
As all this is going on, sports’ teams are paying ball players millions of dollars to play a game. We spend millions of dollars to keep wars going each month as we have people in the United States who need our help more than ever. Is there anything wrong with this picture?
Well, I have to end this e-mail, read the local news paper, and get to the minutes of last nights meeting.
Have a great Wednesday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Hope that all of you had a pleasant Tuesday.
Linda accompanied me to my eye doctor appointment on Tuesday. I have what is known as a “Droopy Eye”. If you go on Web MD, you can find out what it is, and what I am going to go through to get it fixed. The optometrist put me through the multiple usual tests because he has to prove that it is a medical issue so that our Health Insurance will cover the delicate surgery.
When we arrived home, after multiple hours at the optometrist, there was a message on our answering machine. My orthopedic doctor wants to see me since I dealt with a Physicians’ Assistant when I went for an appointment a month ago. I am booked in for an 11 AM appointment on Thursday.
Linda doesn’t like the fact that my body is falling apart faster than hers, but she said that she is willing to fulfill her wedding vows for a little while longer.
On a positive note, our Pittsfield Irish Sister City Christmas Party / Unofficial Meeting went very well. There was much food, fun, and merriment. Every one brought a dish of some sort without telling the host what they were bringing. There were no duplicates. From appetizers to the main meal, and into the desserts, everything was so good.
When a majority of us decided to go home, a few diehards were still there. After sending this e-mail, I have to write up the minutes of the meeting.
My UNICO brothers and sisters, who will be doing the bell ringing at Walmart for the Salvation Army, better dress warm. The temperatures will be hovering around 20 degrees for the high of the day with a wind, and snow showers. When I do my shift tomorrow, it will be a high of 24 degrees. When our crew starts our shift, the sun should give us the illusion of warmth. It will be quite cold when our shift ends at 5 PM.
Social Calendar -- Linda doesn’t have to leave the house until her Book Club Christmas Dinner at an Italian Restaurant. She spent so much time with me yesterday that she didn’t have a chance to go shopping and use some coupons. She will be doing so today.
I will be leaving the house a little before 3 PM today to help out with the UNICO sponsored Big Brothers and Big Sisters pizza party at the Italian American Club. As I said in yesterday’s e-mail, we will be preparing and serving the pizza for the event. It shouldn’t be a late night for me.
News – Every news station is broadcasting the video of the lone Florida gunman who went to a school board meeting to protest his wife’s firing. He whips out a hand gun. He fired 16 shots, got into a fire fight with a security guard, before killing himself. Luckily no one was killed except for the gunman.
Politics – It looks like the compromise that the President wants with respect to the tax issue might be a hard sell in the House. The American voters want to see a compromise take place, but I am not sure if it is going to happen.
We got invited to another party while at last night’s party. The host of yesterday’s party invited us, which will include our grandson Max since we will be baby sitting him, to brunch on January 1, 2011. She said that her friends are welcome to come to the house any time after 11 AM on New Year’s Day. Of course, this is after we go to a house party on New Year’s Eve. I will have to start a diet very soon after New Year’s.
The fundraiser for the 2 year old diagnosed with leukemia, which will be held on December 19 at Patrick’s Pub from 12 Pm until 6 PM, is coming together. A couple of the Irish Sister City females have been soliciting donations at a frenzied pace. The raffles include some wonderful items. There is even a pair of Celtic Tickets. Linda and I are going to leave our third party of that day early so that we can purchase raffle tickets.
Our son and his wife have been sending daily pictures of their two children. Linda and I can’t believe how fast that these two cherubs are growing since we last saw them in mid July. We haven’t purchased tickets to Kansas yet because Michael is waiting to get official word that his one week military trip to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas during mid January is still on. The trip depends on the Federal budget issues. We want to visit when both adults are home.
Observation – Two of our Irish Sister City members work for an agency which distributes food, and fuel vouchers, pet food, basic supplies like toilet paper, etc. to needy people. They do have the right to ask their clients for proof of need like tax returns, pay check stubs, etc., before helping these needy people. I always ask my friends how things are going at work when I see them. Their stories are absolutely heart wrenching. One man came in the other day hoping to get some dog food and or food for himself. He told our friend that the dog eats when he eats. Another female client came into our friend’s office, and saw a roll of toilet paper in her office. The toilet paper was for the worker’s personal use, but she gave it to her client. With the weather being so cold lately, people are running out of oil to heat their homes, or can’t pay for Natural gas bills, or electric bills. Our friends said that their clients line up each day seeking some kind of assistance.
As all this is going on, sports’ teams are paying ball players millions of dollars to play a game. We spend millions of dollars to keep wars going each month as we have people in the United States who need our help more than ever. Is there anything wrong with this picture?
Well, I have to end this e-mail, read the local news paper, and get to the minutes of last nights meeting.
Have a great Wednesday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Hello on Tuesday
Dear Friends,
Our Monday went as planned with no bumps along the road.
I am up early today because my body needs a light workout at Retro Fitness. I will be there with the 4:30 AM crowd.
My UNICO meeting went well last night. There are so many UNICO events for the month of January all lined up that I will be very busy. Some events I will miss because Linda and I are planning to head out to Kansas to see our other two grandchildren and their parents during the middle of January.
Of course, there are several UNICO events lined up for this month both before and after Christmas.
While Linda is out with her book club girlfriends on Wednesday night at an Italian Restaurant, I will be working a pizza party at the Italian American Club for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization. I have to show up at 3 PM. We buy the pizza shells from a local bakery, but we put on the ingredients, and cook and serve the pizzas. We usually have ice cream for dessert.
The next day I am booked into a Salvation Army Bell Ringing event at Walmart. My shift goes from 3 PM until 5 PM.
Social Calendar – I have an eye appoint today at 11:30 PM. Linda will be going with me because her Tuesday Mah Jongg session had a few sick players, and others who had those “Can’t miss” meetings.
I want to squeeze in a short afternoon nap before we head off to a 6 PM Irish Sister City Christmas Party at the home of one of our members. It should be a fun time. Our grab bag gifts are all set.
Politics / The Learning Channel – After my meeting last night, I sat down with Linda to watch a program which Linda recorded. It was called “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” If you were a gun toting life long member of the NRA (National Rifle Association) or like hunting and fishing, you would vote for Sarah as our next President. On this program, Sarah went on an Elk hunt with her Dad, and a guide. They were flown into the wilderness by a plane that could only have one person in the plane at a time besides the pilot. They slept in tents. They walked miles to find the elusive Elk. Sarah did shoot an Elk. They showed them cutting up the Elk, packaging up the meat, and eventually putting the meat in the refrigerator / freezer when they arrived home.
I tried to visualize the wives in our circle of friends being like a Sarah Palin with respect to going hunting, shooting an animal, carving it up, sleeping in the wilderness in tents with wolves, and bears nearby, but none of our female friends appear to be that type of person. We do have some friends who do go hiking, kayaking, biking, and aren’t afraid to sleep in a tent, but they have no firearms in their homes of any type in their homes except for a pellet gun to shoot garden pests.
Sports – Brett Farve was on the injured list for last night’s football game that was moved from Minnesota to Detroit. His streak of starting almost 300 consecutive games came to an end. His career should end also.
Have a great Tuesday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Our Monday went as planned with no bumps along the road.
I am up early today because my body needs a light workout at Retro Fitness. I will be there with the 4:30 AM crowd.
My UNICO meeting went well last night. There are so many UNICO events for the month of January all lined up that I will be very busy. Some events I will miss because Linda and I are planning to head out to Kansas to see our other two grandchildren and their parents during the middle of January.
Of course, there are several UNICO events lined up for this month both before and after Christmas.
While Linda is out with her book club girlfriends on Wednesday night at an Italian Restaurant, I will be working a pizza party at the Italian American Club for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization. I have to show up at 3 PM. We buy the pizza shells from a local bakery, but we put on the ingredients, and cook and serve the pizzas. We usually have ice cream for dessert.
The next day I am booked into a Salvation Army Bell Ringing event at Walmart. My shift goes from 3 PM until 5 PM.
Social Calendar – I have an eye appoint today at 11:30 PM. Linda will be going with me because her Tuesday Mah Jongg session had a few sick players, and others who had those “Can’t miss” meetings.
I want to squeeze in a short afternoon nap before we head off to a 6 PM Irish Sister City Christmas Party at the home of one of our members. It should be a fun time. Our grab bag gifts are all set.
Politics / The Learning Channel – After my meeting last night, I sat down with Linda to watch a program which Linda recorded. It was called “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” If you were a gun toting life long member of the NRA (National Rifle Association) or like hunting and fishing, you would vote for Sarah as our next President. On this program, Sarah went on an Elk hunt with her Dad, and a guide. They were flown into the wilderness by a plane that could only have one person in the plane at a time besides the pilot. They slept in tents. They walked miles to find the elusive Elk. Sarah did shoot an Elk. They showed them cutting up the Elk, packaging up the meat, and eventually putting the meat in the refrigerator / freezer when they arrived home.
I tried to visualize the wives in our circle of friends being like a Sarah Palin with respect to going hunting, shooting an animal, carving it up, sleeping in the wilderness in tents with wolves, and bears nearby, but none of our female friends appear to be that type of person. We do have some friends who do go hiking, kayaking, biking, and aren’t afraid to sleep in a tent, but they have no firearms in their homes of any type in their homes except for a pellet gun to shoot garden pests.
Sports – Brett Farve was on the injured list for last night’s football game that was moved from Minnesota to Detroit. His streak of starting almost 300 consecutive games came to an end. His career should end also.
Have a great Tuesday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Monday, December 13, 2010
Hello on Monday Morning
Dear Friends,
I hope that my snow bird friends postpone their trip down south. It will be about the same temperature in the Northeast as it will be down south as the latest front moves through. The southerners will be wearing winter jackets and gloves for sure. The snow in the Midwest is another story. We won’t be getting that white stuff they have been getting.
Speaking of snow, my New England Patriots did quite well in the snow and cold in Chicago. They showed the NFL that they might be the team to beat this year. I watched a New England Sports program after the game. One of the announcers, who was on two Super Bowl Championship teams said that this year’s team has more talented players than his two Super Bowl teams.
How about the coaching tactic that Belechik used in practice? He froze 12 balls, and forced the team to practice with frozen footballs.
How about Rex Ryan, the coach of the Jets, burying the football after losing to the Patriots on Monday night? First of all, he copied that motivational technique form Bill Belechik, and it didn’t work. They lost their Sunday afternoon game.
Our Sunday did do exactly the way which we had planned. I surfaced from my Man Cave for supper which was the crock pot beef stew which I mentioned in my Sunday e-mail. It was wonderful. Linda put in some fresh herbs from her Aero Garden. I did take a morning nap so that I could stay up and watch a whole day of football as the wind and rain drenched us in the Northeast. The weather guy said that the temperature will start dropping around 5 PM with snow showers, and the roads freezing over. I am the only one who has to go out this evening since I have a 6 PM UNICO meeting. I am hoping that the meeting is no more than an hour long. I have two football games to watch this evening since the Giants vs Vikings had their game postponed due to the collapse of the roof of the Metrodome in Minnesota.
Linda read the two Sunday newspapers, clipped some coupons, did some knitting, dealt with a load of my clothes, and watched her DVR recorded programs, and set the table for supper.
Politics – I do hope the Democrats and Republicans can put together a compromise bill about those tax break issues. The rich have becoming so rich over these difficult times us middle class Americans are trying to make ends meet. I don’t agree with the argument that rich will produce more jobs for the average American if we keep the tax cuts as they are right now.
Dream – I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt that I caught a teenage burglar in my back yard. He was driving a beat up pickup truck. He was loading up a bunch of stuff in a wheel barrel. He even stole my metal mailbox from the front yard. I was trying to figure out where this dream came from. I remembered a conversation from the Saturday night party. One of our retired teacher friends is a real estate broker. He said that he was with a client and another real estate broker as they were looking at a south county house. As soon as they all walked in the house, they all sensed something was wrong. Someone broke into the house by way of a rear door, and took out most of the easily accessible copper pipes in the basement. My brain sure works in mysterious ways.
Well, I have to finish my morning routine, get dressed and do a couple of errands.
I might whip up a couple of Irish Soda Breads as gifts for some of the parties which we will be attending.
Have a great week at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
I hope that my snow bird friends postpone their trip down south. It will be about the same temperature in the Northeast as it will be down south as the latest front moves through. The southerners will be wearing winter jackets and gloves for sure. The snow in the Midwest is another story. We won’t be getting that white stuff they have been getting.
Speaking of snow, my New England Patriots did quite well in the snow and cold in Chicago. They showed the NFL that they might be the team to beat this year. I watched a New England Sports program after the game. One of the announcers, who was on two Super Bowl Championship teams said that this year’s team has more talented players than his two Super Bowl teams.
How about the coaching tactic that Belechik used in practice? He froze 12 balls, and forced the team to practice with frozen footballs.
How about Rex Ryan, the coach of the Jets, burying the football after losing to the Patriots on Monday night? First of all, he copied that motivational technique form Bill Belechik, and it didn’t work. They lost their Sunday afternoon game.
Our Sunday did do exactly the way which we had planned. I surfaced from my Man Cave for supper which was the crock pot beef stew which I mentioned in my Sunday e-mail. It was wonderful. Linda put in some fresh herbs from her Aero Garden. I did take a morning nap so that I could stay up and watch a whole day of football as the wind and rain drenched us in the Northeast. The weather guy said that the temperature will start dropping around 5 PM with snow showers, and the roads freezing over. I am the only one who has to go out this evening since I have a 6 PM UNICO meeting. I am hoping that the meeting is no more than an hour long. I have two football games to watch this evening since the Giants vs Vikings had their game postponed due to the collapse of the roof of the Metrodome in Minnesota.
Linda read the two Sunday newspapers, clipped some coupons, did some knitting, dealt with a load of my clothes, and watched her DVR recorded programs, and set the table for supper.
Politics – I do hope the Democrats and Republicans can put together a compromise bill about those tax break issues. The rich have becoming so rich over these difficult times us middle class Americans are trying to make ends meet. I don’t agree with the argument that rich will produce more jobs for the average American if we keep the tax cuts as they are right now.
Dream – I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt that I caught a teenage burglar in my back yard. He was driving a beat up pickup truck. He was loading up a bunch of stuff in a wheel barrel. He even stole my metal mailbox from the front yard. I was trying to figure out where this dream came from. I remembered a conversation from the Saturday night party. One of our retired teacher friends is a real estate broker. He said that he was with a client and another real estate broker as they were looking at a south county house. As soon as they all walked in the house, they all sensed something was wrong. Someone broke into the house by way of a rear door, and took out most of the easily accessible copper pipes in the basement. My brain sure works in mysterious ways.
Well, I have to finish my morning routine, get dressed and do a couple of errands.
I might whip up a couple of Irish Soda Breads as gifts for some of the parties which we will be attending.
Have a great week at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Hello on Sunday
Dear Friends,
I am still in the “taking care of the grandchild” mode. I must admit that it was okay to wake up today to the solitude in a house, instead of checking the baby monitor while having my first cup of coffee. Of course, we both missed our grandchild as soon as we left North Tewksbury at 9 AM on Saturday. Yes, I do miss that smile when I rescue him from his crib in the morning. I will miss putting him down for his naps, and at bed time, and the way that he doesn’t fight going to sleep. I was with Max longer than Linda during this baby sitting gig, and not once did he object when we decided to put him in his crib for some needed rest for him and his grandparents. In my e-mails, I keep on saying how wonderful he is even at the touch, and grab, etc. toddler age. If you were with him for the over a week, you would know what I am talking about.
When we left Tewksbury on Saturday, we went right by the exit to get on the Massachusetts Turnpike. We drove about 20 minutes past the exit to the Wrentham Outlets. Linda went to only one store, and shopped for over an hour. When we arrived at the Vera Bradley store, there was a line out front. An attendant was letting one person in when one person exited the store.
As we left the Outlets, Linda was almost in tears because she wanted to go to all of her favorite stores in the place, but couldn’t do so. We needed to get home so that I could take a nap in preparation for the Saturday Night house party which we were invited to.
The party went very well. There was much food, fun, and merriment before the party broke up and we headed home. The hosts didn’t get the message that our grandchild would not be at the party. They were really looking forward to seeing Max. They will see him when we baby sit once again around the New Year’s time frame.
If Max was there, there were so many objects within his grasp that we would have been chasing him and protecting all the objects that he could touch. I walk into the host’s great room where they have their main Christmas tree. Max would have taken down at least 20 to 30 decorations which were in his grasping range.
The host had Christmas Candles and decorations on every coffee table. I would have to have put handcuffs on Max because he would have played with the objects. Now this doesn’t sound too harmless, but then he liked to bang the objects on the table too. This too doesn’t sound bad, but one of their tables has a glass top. At our house, Linda put runners on the coffee table, and maybe a Christmas book. He liked to pull the runner off of the table including whatever objects were on the table runner.
The hosts have two daughters so they didn’t go through what a male toddler was like when their children were growing up. My Dalton friend and I firmly believe that boys and girls are wired differently. He said that his granddaughter would just look at the Christmas tree, and observe how beautiful it was when it was all lit up. Max wanted to feel the beauty by not just looking, but grabbing everything that he could reach. At his home, Max liked to pull the cord out of the socket so that the lights would go off on the tree.
All this stuff which Max does sounds so negative, but it is what toddlers do. As parents, you have to be quick, and nimble, and have a set of eyes in the back of your head. Most of us baby boomers lack those skills.
While at the party we were discussing Healthcare, Social Security, and which body parts aren’t working so great. These types of conversations weren’t part of our daily vocabulary when we were in our 20’s and 30’s. We were trying to figure out where the next party was.
One of the couples, who would normally have been at the party, called to wish everyone a “Merry Christmas”. This is the couple whose daughter gave birth to twins a couple of weeks ago. We didn’t realize that the new parents lived in Stoneham which isn’t too far from where Kevin and Kyla live. Linda and I will have to stop in for a visit when we are in North Tewksbury.
The Curley’s aren’t leaving the house today. We are going to treat it like a snow day. I am going to set up a two person amount of beef stew in our crock pot. Linda bought a loaf of Italian Bread to soak up the juices. I am going to take an early afternoon nap, and wake up, go into my man cave, and watch the Patriot game which starts at 4:15 PM in a cold, snowy, and windy Chicago.
I will come up stairs at half time for some beef stew. After the Patriot game is over, I will get ready for Sunday night football.
Linda told me last night that she wants to sleep until noon. I am not sure if I could be that quiet for so many hours.
It is raining out right now, and the wind is blowing. The couple inches of snow on the ground will be gone in no time at all. Linda and I would rather see snow than rain.
We have an extremely busy week coming up. Either one or both of us are out every night of the upcoming week. For me, some are meetings, others our Christmas parties which we will go as a couple, and some are parties with Linda and her girlfriends.
We still haven’t figured out how we are going to make it through the four parties, one of which is a fund raiser, which take place this coming Saturday.
Well, I have to out to the driveway, and get the Boston Globe, and the Berkshire Eagle. My first quiet activity, after I set up the beef stew, is to read the newspapers. I am really hoping that we don’t get any telephone calls from anyone until after Linda wakes up.
Have a great Sunday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
I am still in the “taking care of the grandchild” mode. I must admit that it was okay to wake up today to the solitude in a house, instead of checking the baby monitor while having my first cup of coffee. Of course, we both missed our grandchild as soon as we left North Tewksbury at 9 AM on Saturday. Yes, I do miss that smile when I rescue him from his crib in the morning. I will miss putting him down for his naps, and at bed time, and the way that he doesn’t fight going to sleep. I was with Max longer than Linda during this baby sitting gig, and not once did he object when we decided to put him in his crib for some needed rest for him and his grandparents. In my e-mails, I keep on saying how wonderful he is even at the touch, and grab, etc. toddler age. If you were with him for the over a week, you would know what I am talking about.
When we left Tewksbury on Saturday, we went right by the exit to get on the Massachusetts Turnpike. We drove about 20 minutes past the exit to the Wrentham Outlets. Linda went to only one store, and shopped for over an hour. When we arrived at the Vera Bradley store, there was a line out front. An attendant was letting one person in when one person exited the store.
As we left the Outlets, Linda was almost in tears because she wanted to go to all of her favorite stores in the place, but couldn’t do so. We needed to get home so that I could take a nap in preparation for the Saturday Night house party which we were invited to.
The party went very well. There was much food, fun, and merriment before the party broke up and we headed home. The hosts didn’t get the message that our grandchild would not be at the party. They were really looking forward to seeing Max. They will see him when we baby sit once again around the New Year’s time frame.
If Max was there, there were so many objects within his grasp that we would have been chasing him and protecting all the objects that he could touch. I walk into the host’s great room where they have their main Christmas tree. Max would have taken down at least 20 to 30 decorations which were in his grasping range.
The host had Christmas Candles and decorations on every coffee table. I would have to have put handcuffs on Max because he would have played with the objects. Now this doesn’t sound too harmless, but then he liked to bang the objects on the table too. This too doesn’t sound bad, but one of their tables has a glass top. At our house, Linda put runners on the coffee table, and maybe a Christmas book. He liked to pull the runner off of the table including whatever objects were on the table runner.
The hosts have two daughters so they didn’t go through what a male toddler was like when their children were growing up. My Dalton friend and I firmly believe that boys and girls are wired differently. He said that his granddaughter would just look at the Christmas tree, and observe how beautiful it was when it was all lit up. Max wanted to feel the beauty by not just looking, but grabbing everything that he could reach. At his home, Max liked to pull the cord out of the socket so that the lights would go off on the tree.
All this stuff which Max does sounds so negative, but it is what toddlers do. As parents, you have to be quick, and nimble, and have a set of eyes in the back of your head. Most of us baby boomers lack those skills.
While at the party we were discussing Healthcare, Social Security, and which body parts aren’t working so great. These types of conversations weren’t part of our daily vocabulary when we were in our 20’s and 30’s. We were trying to figure out where the next party was.
One of the couples, who would normally have been at the party, called to wish everyone a “Merry Christmas”. This is the couple whose daughter gave birth to twins a couple of weeks ago. We didn’t realize that the new parents lived in Stoneham which isn’t too far from where Kevin and Kyla live. Linda and I will have to stop in for a visit when we are in North Tewksbury.
The Curley’s aren’t leaving the house today. We are going to treat it like a snow day. I am going to set up a two person amount of beef stew in our crock pot. Linda bought a loaf of Italian Bread to soak up the juices. I am going to take an early afternoon nap, and wake up, go into my man cave, and watch the Patriot game which starts at 4:15 PM in a cold, snowy, and windy Chicago.
I will come up stairs at half time for some beef stew. After the Patriot game is over, I will get ready for Sunday night football.
Linda told me last night that she wants to sleep until noon. I am not sure if I could be that quiet for so many hours.
It is raining out right now, and the wind is blowing. The couple inches of snow on the ground will be gone in no time at all. Linda and I would rather see snow than rain.
We have an extremely busy week coming up. Either one or both of us are out every night of the upcoming week. For me, some are meetings, others our Christmas parties which we will go as a couple, and some are parties with Linda and her girlfriends.
We still haven’t figured out how we are going to make it through the four parties, one of which is a fund raiser, which take place this coming Saturday.
Well, I have to out to the driveway, and get the Boston Globe, and the Berkshire Eagle. My first quiet activity, after I set up the beef stew, is to read the newspapers. I am really hoping that we don’t get any telephone calls from anyone until after Linda wakes up.
Have a great Sunday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Friday, December 10, 2010
Hello on Friday Morning.
Dear Friends,
It was a balmy 5.4 degrees on the north side of our house as I started to compose this early morning e-mail.
We had another fun day with our toddler grandson, Max, on Thursday. He has only a few more days left before his vacation is over. It will be sad to see him depart this weekend. I must say it is like having the energizer bunny with you 24 / 7. His father was exactly like his son. It is so cute at the end of the day with Max when his batteries start to wear down. His little body gets to the point where he stops running around, and he will sit calmly next to you as we watch the final kid’s television program of the day. Yes, I know that some parents try and keep the television off and create some family activity, but it is difficult when most toddler children have short attention spans.
Note – Max has touched every single object on the first floor, and in the basement which is at his eye level. Not a single object has been broken or destroyed. We do have a few tire tracks from some of his car toys on the family room television which is lower that the television in his own home.
Our Dalton friend stopped over after work and after his cardio workout to see Max since Max was crawling the last time that he saw him. We got to discussing if boy toddlers and girl toddlers are wired differently. His granddaughter just turned two years old around Thanksgiving. I asked him if his granddaughter was as active as Max at the 16 month old age. He said that his granddaughter wasn’t as active from what he observed as he watched Max. My Dalton friend did say that when his daughter was a toddler she got into everything. I would bet that her older brother had influenced her decision making.
I received an e-mail yesterday from an Irish Sister member about a benefit next Sunday at Patrick’s Pub from 12 PM to 6 PM for an Irish Band member’s two year old son who was just diagnosed with leukemia. The Irish American community is reaching out to the public to help support this fundraiser. I always feel so sad when I hear about children who have these life or death situations. It seems so unfair that they have to go through so much suffering. The Curley’s will try and make an appearance even though we are booked into three Christmas parties starting at noon, and going until about 6 PM.
Details -- 2 year old Jacob Daniels has been diagnosed with Leukemia. There will be a benefit at Patrick’s Pub Sunday December 19, 2010 from noon to 6 pm.
$15 dollar donation
The Benefit will feature a day filled with musical performances by some of Berkshire County's most talented acts including, Rakish Paddy, Mary Verdi, Satellite Shine, Rev. Tor, Andy Kelly and friends, Cam Collins, Shaun Callaghan and more! We are having a 50/50 Raffle and a Chinese Auction. Donated items include: Special Gift signed by James Taylor, 2 Canyon Ranch Spa Renewal Days, Luxury Spa Gift Basket and Gift Certificates to Friends Grille & Catering, Olde Forge, Ski Fanatics and more coming in.
Observation -- While reading the local obituaries on Thursday, I saw that a former south county educator passed away at age 72 after a brief illness. I first met this gentleman when I was a youth and high school soccer referee. With his mentoring help, I made it into the college refereeing ranks. I was always impressed what great shape that he was in even as he got older. He liked to jog several miles each day which helped him keep up with those speedy college soccer players. He was one of those guys who I thought would live for ever because of his good workout and healthy eating habits.
This is another example that “Life is a crapshoot.” You have to enjoy every moment that you are on this earth. Celebrate your life by surrounding yourself with family and friends. Enjoy your grandchildren every moment that you can like Linda and I are doing right now. Also, don’t sweat the little stuff because there are people like the little boy mentioned above who are dealing with life and death issues.
Linda is working on flights to see our two Kansas grandchildren and their parents during the mid January time frame. Since we get almost daily e-mail pictures from Kansas, we can easily see how fast that these two cherubs are growing up. We haven’t seen these two grandchildren since mid July. I did tell their parents that when I give Max a hug, I always have their two children in mind.
Linda had fun at her BONCO gathering last night. I always ask her if she picked up any gossip from her lady friends. The host’s son, who is a friend of son Kevin, has a new girl friend. He had a long term relationship with another girl that we all thought would turn into a marriage. Well, it didn’t happen. His new girl friend is a Lee High Wildcat. I don’t know her, but I think that she is from a Lee family that I knew growing up in the town.
I got myself in trouble the other day when I announced pre-maturely that one of Kevin’s friends was engaged. The engagement is official now. The boy’s Mom called Linda yesterday, and said that the engaged couple has set a date for the summer wedding. The couple doesn’t want to drag out a whole year of planning, and arranging things. If this wedding turns out to be like his twin brother’s was, it will be another fun weekend.
Observation – I got to thinking about Marilyn Edwards whose husband abandoned her as she was dying of breast cancer. I thought that part of the marriage vows said something about “for better or worse”. I thought that a married couple was supposed to stick together “in good times or bad times”. Maybe every couple should have a framed copy of their marriage vows hanging on a wall in their house. Maybe some people should talk to my parents who will have their 65th wedding anniversary on January 5, 2010, and ask them how their marriage vows have worked over these many years of being together.
I fell asleep watching the Celtic game last night. The ending must have been exciting because the Celtics won by one point.
Well, the Red Sox organization must have deep pockets. They paid almost $300 million dollars for two players who were signed to long term deals. I think that it is outrageous to pay people such large sums of money for playing a sport when a lot of communities across the nation are struggling to balance budgets as well as talking about layoffs or cutting services.
The temperature has dropped to one degree since I started this e-mail. It is difficult to imagine that the temperatures on Saturday will rise to the high 30’s with total sunshine. In the Berkshires, we are in for a round of freezing rain and just rain for Sunday and Monday.
Social Calendar – We were thinking of taking Max to an Irish American Christmas Dance at the Elk’s Club this evening, but we don’t know where a portable crib could be set up. The band starts playing about the same time that we have been putting our grandchild to bed. It looks like the Irish American Club members and their guests will have to party on without the Curley’s. Oh Darn!
I am going to grab that second cup of coffee before Max wakes up.
Yes, Max and I have been on the same napping schedule.
We both enjoyed a morning nap on Thursday. We tried an afternoon nap, but Max would have nothing to do with a nap.
Maybe this is why we both faded early on Thursday.
Have a great weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
It was a balmy 5.4 degrees on the north side of our house as I started to compose this early morning e-mail.
We had another fun day with our toddler grandson, Max, on Thursday. He has only a few more days left before his vacation is over. It will be sad to see him depart this weekend. I must say it is like having the energizer bunny with you 24 / 7. His father was exactly like his son. It is so cute at the end of the day with Max when his batteries start to wear down. His little body gets to the point where he stops running around, and he will sit calmly next to you as we watch the final kid’s television program of the day. Yes, I know that some parents try and keep the television off and create some family activity, but it is difficult when most toddler children have short attention spans.
Note – Max has touched every single object on the first floor, and in the basement which is at his eye level. Not a single object has been broken or destroyed. We do have a few tire tracks from some of his car toys on the family room television which is lower that the television in his own home.
Our Dalton friend stopped over after work and after his cardio workout to see Max since Max was crawling the last time that he saw him. We got to discussing if boy toddlers and girl toddlers are wired differently. His granddaughter just turned two years old around Thanksgiving. I asked him if his granddaughter was as active as Max at the 16 month old age. He said that his granddaughter wasn’t as active from what he observed as he watched Max. My Dalton friend did say that when his daughter was a toddler she got into everything. I would bet that her older brother had influenced her decision making.
I received an e-mail yesterday from an Irish Sister member about a benefit next Sunday at Patrick’s Pub from 12 PM to 6 PM for an Irish Band member’s two year old son who was just diagnosed with leukemia. The Irish American community is reaching out to the public to help support this fundraiser. I always feel so sad when I hear about children who have these life or death situations. It seems so unfair that they have to go through so much suffering. The Curley’s will try and make an appearance even though we are booked into three Christmas parties starting at noon, and going until about 6 PM.
Details -- 2 year old Jacob Daniels has been diagnosed with Leukemia. There will be a benefit at Patrick’s Pub Sunday December 19, 2010 from noon to 6 pm.
$15 dollar donation
The Benefit will feature a day filled with musical performances by some of Berkshire County's most talented acts including, Rakish Paddy, Mary Verdi, Satellite Shine, Rev. Tor, Andy Kelly and friends, Cam Collins, Shaun Callaghan and more! We are having a 50/50 Raffle and a Chinese Auction. Donated items include: Special Gift signed by James Taylor, 2 Canyon Ranch Spa Renewal Days, Luxury Spa Gift Basket and Gift Certificates to Friends Grille & Catering, Olde Forge, Ski Fanatics and more coming in.
Observation -- While reading the local obituaries on Thursday, I saw that a former south county educator passed away at age 72 after a brief illness. I first met this gentleman when I was a youth and high school soccer referee. With his mentoring help, I made it into the college refereeing ranks. I was always impressed what great shape that he was in even as he got older. He liked to jog several miles each day which helped him keep up with those speedy college soccer players. He was one of those guys who I thought would live for ever because of his good workout and healthy eating habits.
This is another example that “Life is a crapshoot.” You have to enjoy every moment that you are on this earth. Celebrate your life by surrounding yourself with family and friends. Enjoy your grandchildren every moment that you can like Linda and I are doing right now. Also, don’t sweat the little stuff because there are people like the little boy mentioned above who are dealing with life and death issues.
Linda is working on flights to see our two Kansas grandchildren and their parents during the mid January time frame. Since we get almost daily e-mail pictures from Kansas, we can easily see how fast that these two cherubs are growing up. We haven’t seen these two grandchildren since mid July. I did tell their parents that when I give Max a hug, I always have their two children in mind.
Linda had fun at her BONCO gathering last night. I always ask her if she picked up any gossip from her lady friends. The host’s son, who is a friend of son Kevin, has a new girl friend. He had a long term relationship with another girl that we all thought would turn into a marriage. Well, it didn’t happen. His new girl friend is a Lee High Wildcat. I don’t know her, but I think that she is from a Lee family that I knew growing up in the town.
I got myself in trouble the other day when I announced pre-maturely that one of Kevin’s friends was engaged. The engagement is official now. The boy’s Mom called Linda yesterday, and said that the engaged couple has set a date for the summer wedding. The couple doesn’t want to drag out a whole year of planning, and arranging things. If this wedding turns out to be like his twin brother’s was, it will be another fun weekend.
Observation – I got to thinking about Marilyn Edwards whose husband abandoned her as she was dying of breast cancer. I thought that part of the marriage vows said something about “for better or worse”. I thought that a married couple was supposed to stick together “in good times or bad times”. Maybe every couple should have a framed copy of their marriage vows hanging on a wall in their house. Maybe some people should talk to my parents who will have their 65th wedding anniversary on January 5, 2010, and ask them how their marriage vows have worked over these many years of being together.
I fell asleep watching the Celtic game last night. The ending must have been exciting because the Celtics won by one point.
Well, the Red Sox organization must have deep pockets. They paid almost $300 million dollars for two players who were signed to long term deals. I think that it is outrageous to pay people such large sums of money for playing a sport when a lot of communities across the nation are struggling to balance budgets as well as talking about layoffs or cutting services.
The temperature has dropped to one degree since I started this e-mail. It is difficult to imagine that the temperatures on Saturday will rise to the high 30’s with total sunshine. In the Berkshires, we are in for a round of freezing rain and just rain for Sunday and Monday.
Social Calendar – We were thinking of taking Max to an Irish American Christmas Dance at the Elk’s Club this evening, but we don’t know where a portable crib could be set up. The band starts playing about the same time that we have been putting our grandchild to bed. It looks like the Irish American Club members and their guests will have to party on without the Curley’s. Oh Darn!
I am going to grab that second cup of coffee before Max wakes up.
Yes, Max and I have been on the same napping schedule.
We both enjoyed a morning nap on Thursday. We tried an afternoon nap, but Max would have nothing to do with a nap.
Maybe this is why we both faded early on Thursday.
Have a great weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Hello on Thursday
Dear Friends,
My bio rhythm is out of whack right now. I should be sleeping, but I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. I tried fighting the urge to get up, but nothing I could do could get me back to sleep. So I am sitting at the computer with a cup of fresh coffee, and trying to create my morning blog. I will definitely need a couple of naps today.
Max was his good natured self on Wednesday. We took a mid morning nap at the same time. He slept for an hour longer than I did. After lunch, we packed up and headed off to do a few errands. We did go and visit Mom in the nursing home, and Dad was there at the same time. They both got a chance to see Max which turned out well.
Max prefers my “Man Cave” instead of running around the first floor. He gives me a clear signal when he doesn’t want to be on the first floor. In a few years from now, I can visualize Kevin and Kyla finishing off at least one of the two rooms in the basement of their home, and creating a Man Cave.
Max’s mom and dad have sent e-mails saying that they miss their son. Linda spent several hours sending the latest pictures to them over the internet. Maybe one day, when we get “I phones” like our children and their wives have, we can send pictures instantaneously.
Linda had fun with her Knitting group at Panera Bread last evening. She said that there were a large number of knitters. This was probably due to the cold weather which we have been having. Today we are going to hover around the 20 degree mark all day long. It is 16 degrees out right now, and it usually goes a few degrees colder by the time the sun comes up.
When the temperatures reach in the high 30’s on Sunday with rain, it will be like a heat wave. The temperatures then drop once again. By the time next Thursday gets here, it will be in the low 20’s once again. I will be bell ringing for the Salvation Army with my UNICO brothers and sisters. My shift goes from 3 PM until 5 PM on December 16, 2010. The first hour usually starts out okay, but as the sun goes down, it gets down right cold. I will be wearing my electric socks for sure.
There was an article in the CNN news blog that said that someone stole a Salvation Army Kettle (not in Pittsfield).
This week I would normally be writing out Christmas Cards, but I can’t do that while chasing Max around. I decided to send cards if I receive one from friends and relatives. Am I weird because I like sending cards out with a little personal note? Yesterday, I received a nice Christmas card from my Aunt Lil who lives in Ohio. Her hand writing (The Palmer Method) is just the way that we Catholics were taught in Elementary school. She often sends me an article related to something that I put in my daily blog. Yesterday, she sent me an article from her local newspaper about feeding the birds which she knows I love. The article said that it was a myth that we do harm to the furry and feathered creatures by feeding them.
While I was feeding Max lunch yesterday, Max started pointing to the suction cup bird feeder, which had a couple birds eating my sunflower seeds, which I have attached to the kitchen window. He knows that Grandpa likes to feed the animals too.
I think any family which has small children should put up bird feeders so that they can appreciate all of God’s creatures. Now if you happen to have bears coming to the feeders, like we do, you might want to alter times that you put the bird feeders out, or take the bird feeders in at night.
There is nothing prettier than seeing a bright red cardinal against a snow white background. Seeing a woodpecker attacking a suet cake is another great sight for kids to see.
Linda is socially engaged today, but I have nothing on my social calendar. She has a body maintenance procedure at 10 AM, and her monthly BONCO session at a friend’s home at 7 PM.
I have another sporting contest to watch after Max goes to bed.
Speaking of Sports, the Boston Celtics won their game last night. To summarize, the New England Patriots won their football Game on Monday night, the Boston Bruins won their hockey game on Tuesday night, and the Celtics last night. The Boston sports market seems to put out great teams whether in the football Stadium, at the Hockey rink, on the Basketball court, and on the Baseball diamond. The New England sports teams play to packed houses and tickets are often difficult to come by even in this depressed economy. There aren’t many States in this great country which can make this claim. This is why I love living in New England. I always have some team to cheer about.
Well, I am going to go back to bed.
I am getting a little tired even after having a cup of coffee.
I hope Max sleeps until 8 AM like he did yesterday.
Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
My bio rhythm is out of whack right now. I should be sleeping, but I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. I tried fighting the urge to get up, but nothing I could do could get me back to sleep. So I am sitting at the computer with a cup of fresh coffee, and trying to create my morning blog. I will definitely need a couple of naps today.
Max was his good natured self on Wednesday. We took a mid morning nap at the same time. He slept for an hour longer than I did. After lunch, we packed up and headed off to do a few errands. We did go and visit Mom in the nursing home, and Dad was there at the same time. They both got a chance to see Max which turned out well.
Max prefers my “Man Cave” instead of running around the first floor. He gives me a clear signal when he doesn’t want to be on the first floor. In a few years from now, I can visualize Kevin and Kyla finishing off at least one of the two rooms in the basement of their home, and creating a Man Cave.
Max’s mom and dad have sent e-mails saying that they miss their son. Linda spent several hours sending the latest pictures to them over the internet. Maybe one day, when we get “I phones” like our children and their wives have, we can send pictures instantaneously.
Linda had fun with her Knitting group at Panera Bread last evening. She said that there were a large number of knitters. This was probably due to the cold weather which we have been having. Today we are going to hover around the 20 degree mark all day long. It is 16 degrees out right now, and it usually goes a few degrees colder by the time the sun comes up.
When the temperatures reach in the high 30’s on Sunday with rain, it will be like a heat wave. The temperatures then drop once again. By the time next Thursday gets here, it will be in the low 20’s once again. I will be bell ringing for the Salvation Army with my UNICO brothers and sisters. My shift goes from 3 PM until 5 PM on December 16, 2010. The first hour usually starts out okay, but as the sun goes down, it gets down right cold. I will be wearing my electric socks for sure.
There was an article in the CNN news blog that said that someone stole a Salvation Army Kettle (not in Pittsfield).
This week I would normally be writing out Christmas Cards, but I can’t do that while chasing Max around. I decided to send cards if I receive one from friends and relatives. Am I weird because I like sending cards out with a little personal note? Yesterday, I received a nice Christmas card from my Aunt Lil who lives in Ohio. Her hand writing (The Palmer Method) is just the way that we Catholics were taught in Elementary school. She often sends me an article related to something that I put in my daily blog. Yesterday, she sent me an article from her local newspaper about feeding the birds which she knows I love. The article said that it was a myth that we do harm to the furry and feathered creatures by feeding them.
While I was feeding Max lunch yesterday, Max started pointing to the suction cup bird feeder, which had a couple birds eating my sunflower seeds, which I have attached to the kitchen window. He knows that Grandpa likes to feed the animals too.
I think any family which has small children should put up bird feeders so that they can appreciate all of God’s creatures. Now if you happen to have bears coming to the feeders, like we do, you might want to alter times that you put the bird feeders out, or take the bird feeders in at night.
There is nothing prettier than seeing a bright red cardinal against a snow white background. Seeing a woodpecker attacking a suet cake is another great sight for kids to see.
Linda is socially engaged today, but I have nothing on my social calendar. She has a body maintenance procedure at 10 AM, and her monthly BONCO session at a friend’s home at 7 PM.
I have another sporting contest to watch after Max goes to bed.
Speaking of Sports, the Boston Celtics won their game last night. To summarize, the New England Patriots won their football Game on Monday night, the Boston Bruins won their hockey game on Tuesday night, and the Celtics last night. The Boston sports market seems to put out great teams whether in the football Stadium, at the Hockey rink, on the Basketball court, and on the Baseball diamond. The New England sports teams play to packed houses and tickets are often difficult to come by even in this depressed economy. There aren’t many States in this great country which can make this claim. This is why I love living in New England. I always have some team to cheer about.
Well, I am going to go back to bed.
I am getting a little tired even after having a cup of coffee.
I hope Max sleeps until 8 AM like he did yesterday.
Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
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