May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 3

[fourmcds]

For those of you discussing taking care of your mothers, my heart goes out to all of you and kind of know what you are going through (watched my mom go through it for years). My GM moved out here after my GF died. She had severe dementia and would not remember anything. She would yell at us all the time. It was harder on my mom as she was the only one to take care of her over her last 10 years. My aunt never saw my GM again after 1995, she died in 2005 and my uncles both passed away in 1995. There is a great book called the 72 Hour Day, which talks mostly about caretaking for people with alzheimer's, but gives some great tricks at handling their frustration and anger at where they are now in life. You all sound like you are doing a wonderful job and will cherish the thought that you are there when they need you.

 

[been2marceline]

Soon it will be time to get ready for church - services start at 11:00, conclude at about 2:00 - tonight we go to receive the Light!

At midnight, the church is darkened, and the priest comes out with ONE lit candle, the light coming back into the world. When the entire congregation then lights candles, and the priest goes outside the front doors of the church, and reads the Gospel of the Resurrection to the world.

After Church, a fellowship meal to break the fast in the social hall. Alex has been fasting all of Lent - no meat for 40 days. It will be strange for me this year, because my mom is not with us - she would cook while we were at church every year, and we would go to mom and dad's for an Easter dinner until 3 am . . . no avgolemono soup for me this year.

Have a Blessed Easter and Pascha everyone.

Kali Anastasi! (Happy Resurrection)

For 40 days after tonight, all Orthodox greet each other with:

Christos Anesti! (Christ is Risen!)

and respond with:

Alithos Anesti! (truly he is risen)

Enjoy your evening and celebration John. Your mom is still with you, she's singing on High!! An angel on your shoulder.

Karen

 

[amesmom]

If I can get them to take a nap I am going to go over the Navigators....yes I printed them off...and see what fun stuff lies ahead! Started packing for this May's WDW trip. The girls things are easy as most of the WDW stuff I don't let them wear to school since the come home with various markers, paints, stains on them.

I have all the Navigators printed off too. Fun to read and dream.

 

[fourmcds]

Holly, hope you are feeling better, or at least far on the road to wellness!

 

[amesmom]

sounds awesome!

the girls are in the tub and have decided on Peter Pan as their movie of choice for the evening.


I just started a book "My Sister's Keeper" and so fr it is great....this 13 year old just walked into an attorney's office to sue her parents for right's to her own body. Their first daughter has leukemia and they had her via egg and sperm in a clinical sense so she would be a perfect match to help the daughter with treatments, etc.

That is a great book. It was one of my favorites from my book club last year.

 

[fourmcds]

That is a great book. It was one of my favorites from my book club last year.

That book sounds like a great one. What was the one mentioned earlier in the week about time and travel or something like that? I think it was Nan and Angel who said they loved it but I could be wrong. I just can't seem to ever get the search to work here.

 

[disneylover5]

Karen, CAn you please tell me the name of the Champagne I need to buy that was at Palo? I have not writen it down yet,

 

[disneylover5]

Well, I have working on computers all night. I got the wireless working on my new computer and I have had trouble with the Scanner driver.....still working on this now.....some of this is just too hard for me!!

 

[been2marceline]

How about just some fresh lemon juice and tabasco sauce? I could sure go for that kind of meal about now with some fresh champagne!!

Noel

Come on up!! We just had our appetizers of a dozen oysters, DH's two types of minionette (sp) and he and DD made their fabulous spicy shrimp too!!

We really aren't that far away...

Karen

 

[fourmcds]

If I can get them to take a nap I am going to go over the Navigators....yes I printed them off...and see what fun stuff lies ahead! Started packing for this May's WDW trip. The girls things are easy as most of the WDW stuff I don't let them wear to school since the come home with various markers, paints, stains on them.

V....I know that most people from here are heading out of the world at the beginning of may, right when my trip starts. When are you heading there? We are at OKW from 5/6-5/13 and VWL from 5/16-5/18. Maybe we will pass while there....

 

[fourmcds]

Come on up!! We just had our appetizers of a dozen oysters, DH's two types of minionette (sp) and he and DD made their fabulous spicy shrimp too!!

We really aren't that far away...

Karen

Karen....that sounds delicious! Much better than the pizza we had tonight. If that was the appetizer, what fabulous entree are you having for dinner?!

 

[been2marceline]

So we took the puppy, Angel, to the vet today for a wellness visit and some shots. She weighs 25.4 lbs. and she'll be 12 weeks old in three days. She was 15 lbs. when we took her home, so she gained 10lbs. in just one month. The vet said that's a good amount for her size and she's very healthy.

Sandi and Joe (DD and DSIL) took the boys home today. YEAH!!! Tom is going to be 16 at the end of this month and Kris is going to be 15 this summer. They were good, just very hectic and crazy and noisy and busy and chaotic. Kris talked to his girlfriend on his cell phone the whole entire visit. I think he only put the phone down to sleep and I'm not even sure about that. Tom works for my neighbor behind my house. He has all kinds of animals, lions, tigers, bears, yes all of the above, and Tom helps feed, water, and clean the animals for him. So it was easy for Tom to get to work these past two days...yes, we live in a very rural community. Everybody has acreage and no one can see their neighbors house from their own. I like having my privacy with lots of land and space around me.

Karen, as soon as the kids left, John and I opened and finished the bottle of Stump Jump. I liked it. Very citrius smelling, tasting, very light and refreshing and dry. We chilled another bottle to bring with us tomorrow since we killed this one. John said, it has a twist off cap. He was very surprised by this.

I knew you might like this one as you said you liked dry wines. It's description and content make you think that it will be sweet, but it is very dry and very refreshing at the same time!!

Having just one child, and a very well behaved, quiet one at that, it is always hard for me when other kids are around! Especially boys!! We are having two of her friends (twins) come up to the Bodega house on Monday with their folks, and then they will stay a couple of days with us. It will be good for her to have her friends here, but it will be more work for me when it gets time for clean up, etc.

Karen

 

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