Okay well now its Feb

And who knows if anyone will read this anymore since there have been no posts for such a long time! Had some snow on Sat then some sleet. Apparently this was rather like
the world coming to an end. Some schools will be closed again tomorrow for the 3rd
day in a row. Most larger roads are now clear but neighborhood roads and parking
lots in some areas are still a mess. I'm thinking there's pretty much only 1 plow
per county so that's why they haven't gotten around to plowing after 4 days! HUNDREDS
of accidents during and then after the storm as people took to the unplowed, untreated roads and attempted to drive in snow. Weloome to the south. That's my tiny rant for
the day! It was rather like being in the blizzard of 78 there for a couple days!
Well I should be in bed so I think I'll call it a day and see if anyone reads this!
I'm thinking maybe Patrick since he has some fancy system that tells him when things are posted!

What? Sept already?

And its almost over? How did that happen? Oh well. Not many posts this
summer so we'll do a kind of brief overview of some of the highlights.
Actually we had a nice summer weather wise. Not nearly as hot as some of
our other summers here. And we had a rainier spring so everything has been
nice and green. Lets see.....hmmm. Oh yeah in June we celebrated our 30th
anniversary. Hard to believe its been that long! Seems like only 28 or so.
See most interesting stuff is now posted on Facebook so this is for non-facebookers
ahem..Paul. Started selling Avon in early June and that has been going very well.
Hope to be able to quit cleaning one of these days soon! Didn't too much exciting
for most of the summer, working, seeing friends etc. Then in August we did our
family vaca in VT. Rented a cabin big enough for all of us and had us 3 NC'ers,
Matt, Kaleb and Lucas and Erin & Ryan. Then Oma and Opa came up for a couple
days near the end. We had a good time it was a low maintenance vacation. Of
course it had been cold and rainy all summer in VT and then when we were there
it was like 90 and muggy! Then stopped down in MA for visits w/family on both
sides. Nice to see everyone and have chance to actually sit and visit a little.
Andy just got back today from his CA vacation where he reports he had a great time
and was spoiled. Perhaps we will get some pics posted on here! Lots going on
every week but not much that everyone would find fascinating! Did make unit leader
in Avon this past week so that was exciting. Of course Andy turned the quarter century while on Vacation and then I just had a bday too. Now this coming week
Matty boy turns 29! How can that be when I'm still in my 30s? WEll I guess that's
about it.

Oooh baby!

Its been a long time between posts! Not much to say I guess or just busy.
Lots going on with all the family. Guess they can post their own blog to
tell us whats going on! Been busy working on the Avon trying to get that
built up. Which is good keeps me busy since for the most part cleaning has
been slow this summer except for a couple busy weeks. Getting ready to head
up to VT soon to do some visiting and spend some quality time with the family!
Can't wait. Guess I don't have much else to say. That explains the time between
posts. Change is in the air! God is good. We are blessed. What more do I
need to say?

Goodbye Bing......

As most of you know today we had to say goodbye to Kelly our faithful friend
and companion for the last 3 1/2 years. She had not been feeling herself for
a week or more and went downhill after a visit to the vet on Sat. She could
barely get up, wasn't eating and was having breathing difficulties. She was
an old gal and had old gal issues. Tumors, lumps bumps etc. They would have
had to do tests and blood work and what not to start ruling things out and she
was just suffering so we had decided to not make her go thru anymore.
She was a good dog. Whether hangin out in the snow in VT, dressed in her wedding finery or just hanging out w/her peeps. She could be poggish, pillish and pillooshish and inspired the coining of new words and songs. I will have less cleaning to do, a whole lot less vacuuming to do but somehow that doesn't sound so good compared
to not having someone wagging their tail and glad to see you coming in the door.
Perhaps God gave me Kelly as an example as to how we as people are supposed to be.
She always accepted you however you were or however you looked. She was patient
and loved you even when you weren't patient and lovable to her. She loved unconditionally. Except for the neighbors cat....but maybe she thought that cat
needed the exercise of being chased thru the yard. Bye Kelly...we love you and we miss you and we were blessed to have you with us even for this short while.

Looking forward to meeting the new neighbors!

MMMM

Company!

Well we had a little bit of company recently! 2 weeks ago we had Jeff, Julie, Clare
and the girls stop by for an overnight on their way to FL. Great visit! So nice to
have chance to sit and chat. Nice to see everyone and the girls are getting so big!
Attached are some pics of that visit. Then last weekend Paul and Matt drove down
for the weekend. Another nice visit. They went off disc golfing on Sat but we had
Sunday to hang around and went to Farmers Market restaurant and the farmers market.
Paul headed off to get some pics of the old homestead. Good food, good company, weather was a bit too warm for that thick blooded old yankee known as Paul but he
adapted as weekend wore on! Looking forward to having Oma and Opa here for a couple
nights the end of this month. AND Happy Birthday to Lucas who turned 3 today! Hooray!