Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Word's out
It's a girl for Mere and Toby. I am seeing pink bows with ruffles on the arrows, and a rainbow fishing pole. What fun!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
That's Life
This goes under the heading "One step forward and two back." I was at Deanna's last week. On top of her regular job, volunteering at church, getting the twins ready for first grade and coordinating the fall soccer schedules for teams and coaches, she decided it was time for a yard sale. (Nathan was out of town lecturing). Two weeks of cleaning kids' rooms, basement and garage and up at 5 am to set everything out, but it seemed worth it. She was able to sell almost everything, had some nice chats with neighbors, Izzy had fun selling lemonade and cookies, and they took the few boxes of leftovers to a local charity at the end of the day. Deanna came home exhausted, but relieved it was over and the clutter was cleared. Until, that is, she pulled into the driveway and got a surprise. Someone else had cleaned out too, but instead of having a yard sale, they decided the Petula twins were the right age to enjoy the toys and books they no longer needed and dropped them all off at Deanna's. The kids were delighted by their good fortune, Deanna not so much.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I lost track of time but in looking at the sun I believe it's the 21st. of August. I'm not sure of the year, the sun doesn't tell me that. If it is the 21st. of the eighth month I'm positive of one one thing. Happy Birthday youngest sister! Look at the bright side, if you were dyslexic you would be 25, give or take a year or two.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Sonja
Sonja is having back surgery again on Monday. Let's all send a card to let her know we're thinking of her. Hoping for a short hospital stay and a good recovery.
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Watsonville CA. 95076
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Walton Reporter
Just an FYI, Paul and I made the front homepage of the online edition of the Walton Reporter... thank you Aunt Sal for the gorgeous picture! Check it out: www.waltonreporter.com
Monday, August 6, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
I've been out of the loop for several days and see some "important" birthdays that passed me by. Chris and James I hope my two sisters treated you to a nice dinner, at least.
I didn't forget Dad's 89th and I had every intention to blog a bit about it. I could say, "better late than never" as I can hear him saying this to me. Trouble is, he usually said this when I failed to get something done on time. A "something" that I could have easily completed if I had put my mind to it. I quite often thought he expected more out of me than was feasible. Now I look back and wish he had demanded more of me. Maybe demanded is what I needed from him. He expected more than he demanded. What I do know is that he was quite a Dad. I often emulated parts of his training while raising my kids. They certainly have turned out better than I, thus far in their endeavors. If only I hadn't argued with most everything he said or asked.
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Dad.
I didn't forget Dad's 89th and I had every intention to blog a bit about it. I could say, "better late than never" as I can hear him saying this to me. Trouble is, he usually said this when I failed to get something done on time. A "something" that I could have easily completed if I had put my mind to it. I quite often thought he expected more out of me than was feasible. Now I look back and wish he had demanded more of me. Maybe demanded is what I needed from him. He expected more than he demanded. What I do know is that he was quite a Dad. I often emulated parts of his training while raising my kids. They certainly have turned out better than I, thus far in their endeavors. If only I hadn't argued with most everything he said or asked.
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Dad.
