Epiphany 2009 An Audio Post
I have a special treat for you all today. I'm going to bring you up to speed with an audio post.Enjoy.
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Broken Leg
It has been a VERY long time since I posted, but life is like that.On 26 Apr 09 my beloved Gardenia broke her left leg and big toe. She fell down the stairs while I was at the grocery store. I rushed...
View ArticleGood Night Dear Lady
My Dad called me yesterday at about 9:15 to tell me that my maternal Grandmother (Bushia) had passed. She was a very special lady and with my Grandfather they were the role models for our marriage.She...
View ArticleStarting Again
It has been many moons since I've kept this blog up. I'm going to start again. I won't attempt to try to catch everyone up. I will start from this weekend and move forward.Here in Mundelein we are...
View ArticleCongrats Brother Rose!
Yesterday the whole garden went to see my brother Rose get promoted to CW2. This is pretty big because now they commission warrant officers of CW2 and above. As a WO1 he only had a warrant (hence the...
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Another Visit with Papa Pansy
Orchid, Tulip and I went to Papa Pansy's house again yesterday. We left as soon as the Bears game ended and had dinner there. Marigold and Apple Blossom bought a ham and we had a lovely meal.Papa looks...
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Concert Last Night
Last night we went to the school concert. Young Tulip does bell ringing now and she was really fun to watch. Orchid, who is in 8th grade was unable to make the concert because she had a cold yesterday....
View ArticleFirst Update of 2010
I haven't been updating here as often as I'd like and I'll get to that later.We had a nice Christmas at home. We went to church Christmas Eve and then to Opa for Greek food. Little Tulip couldn't get...
View ArticleLent Lent Lent
I just got a comment on my post about Lent from 2 years ago (wow). So I'm prompted to post, because I really should.For the second year now Star is going whole hog, so to speak, about lent. She is...
View ArticlePapa Report
Went to visit my Dad again this weekend.The week before last he came home from the hospital. He had had to go in because he was very weak, not eating and not having BMs. After a few days he decided...
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Papa 1942 - 2010
We lost Papa last night at about 7:30. Several members of the family were with him in Rochelle as he passed quietly in his sleep. The rest of us were enroute. We will have a memorial service the...
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HAPPY EASTER
(Boy am I behind. I intended to post this Sunday night. I actually wrote it on my PDA while out of the house, but just now got a chance to post it)Happy Easter everybody. Christos Anesti! Alestos...
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Goodbye Papa
This last weekend we had the Memorial for my Father. On Friday we had the Visitation, Firefighter and Police Honors and the Celebration of Life. On Saturday we had the Memorial Mass, Military Honors...
View ArticleOrchid's Back!! And Other Weekendy Things
Our little Orchid went on her first plane trip alone this weekend to Washington D.C. She went with people from school, but it wasn't an official school trip because the Catholic Archdiocese has some...
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Shaggy ~2001- 27 Nov 2010
Goodbye old friend.The other day I went down in the basement to check on the sump pump and I smelled something just a bit off. I checked in the tank where I thought Shaggy was sleeping and, well he...
View ArticleWelcome Back - Grand Re-Opening
I've decided something. I need to make Illini6my "Professional" blog. I need to make that a website I can point strangers to and show off my writing work. That needs to be the showcase of my writing...
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End of Summer and a Goal Report
Summer ended this week for us in Mundelein. School started for the middle school and high school on last Wednesday.Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday we got new siding all around our house. The new...
View ArticleReport from Mundelein for the Week of 18-24 Aug 13
I have a lot to report this week, but no pictures.Evee was selected captain of JV Volleyball team. I'm hoping she will grow into the leadership role.Sophie tried out for Volleyball and didn't make it....
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Special Report #1
Everybody is doing okay. I talked to them yesterday. I am in Tanzania right now for a while.I'm now working on my Swahili. I don't know if it is working better or worse than Greek, but I am...
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Special Report #2
I went for a walk yesterday, up the hill a bit. After a couple of hours I got to the headquarters of the Uluguru Nature Reserves. It was locked because it's the weekend, but I got some really nice...
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