Nov 25th
Today will just be a day of prepping, dyeing my hair etc. I'm looking forward to having leftovers on Friday!!!
Nov 24th
Well Ann called me last night to say that my father doesn't want me sitting with him and chatting when he's eating his lunch! Are you kidding me? She said to just give him his food and go in the kitchen and read the paper until he's finished. So that's what I did. I went in there, gave him is lunch, went out and read the paper, came back in and got his bowl. I told him I have to leave so I made sure he was laying down and I left! How rediculas!!!
He was released from the hospital on Saturday. They said he passed out from dehydration.
Nov 23rd
I went to visit Pop's today. It took me 1 1/2 HOURS to get the the rehab center in new Rochelle. There was so much construction! He looked great. He was being released and was waiting for my "god damned aunt" to come get him! He's so funny! He still didn't know what was wrong with him but I found out. He doesn't have Mesotheleoma but has lung cancer. Linda will tell him sometime this week... hopefully NOT on Thanksgiving.
Nov 22nd
PJ and I did a little garage saleing today. Pretty soon there won't be anymore sales so we have to fill our yearning NOW! KIDDING! We also took a ride to visit Mrs Celenza for a while. She spoke so highly of PJ and his siblings growing up. I wish she would run for president. What a well spoken, open minded woman she is... especially at her age!
We then came home to watch the end of the Giants game with Alyssa and Dave.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Nov 21st
We were invited to the Martin Viette Annual Holiday fundraiser for The INN
http://www.the-inn.org/ a non profit group that runs soup kitchens, shelters and offers supportative services to Long Islands homeless and hungry. Martin Viette sponsors their Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program. http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=index.html
They encourage people and businesses to plant an extra row of vegetables seeds. When they are ready to harvest, donate that row of vegetables to The INN for the soup kitchens. I was a very fun time for a very worthy cause.
We didn't win anything! That though, didn't spot out excitement! When PJ and Frank get together, you never know what they'll be up to. There was a booth there that had a basket of pens and a basket of clips with magnets on the back. PJ went up and got a pen and a clip. A little while later I see him back up at that booth. In the mean time, Frank was doing the same thing but he didn't know that we spotted him! I questioned him about the bulge in his pants pocket which got a lot of laughs. It was filled with clips! At one point Frank clipped a clip on the back of PJ's jacket. It was quite a while later that PJ realized that he was walking around with that on him! It was funny. Frank showed us his pocket on the inside of his jacket... loaded with pens! You'd think these guys didn't have any pens at home! They both explained that they were really NICE pens and NICE clips! OK! When we got home, I took a picture of our pens and clips:
Nov. 20th
Today I was in my all time FAVORITE class with Mr C. . I was so excited. CJ and Jonathan are in that class so I knew it would be fun. I was greeted so warmly and Mr C actually praised me. He said that the boy that I was a one on one with normally gets one work packet somewhat completed in a day. Today, he got 3 packets fully completed and 6 workbook assignments completed. Mr C was one happy camper!!
Today was a GREAT day!!!
We were invited to the Martin Viette Annual Holiday fundraiser for The INN
http://www.the-inn.org/ a non profit group that runs soup kitchens, shelters and offers supportative services to Long Islands homeless and hungry. Martin Viette sponsors their Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program. http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=index.html
They encourage people and businesses to plant an extra row of vegetables seeds. When they are ready to harvest, donate that row of vegetables to The INN for the soup kitchens. I was a very fun time for a very worthy cause.
We didn't win anything! That though, didn't spot out excitement! When PJ and Frank get together, you never know what they'll be up to. There was a booth there that had a basket of pens and a basket of clips with magnets on the back. PJ went up and got a pen and a clip. A little while later I see him back up at that booth. In the mean time, Frank was doing the same thing but he didn't know that we spotted him! I questioned him about the bulge in his pants pocket which got a lot of laughs. It was filled with clips! At one point Frank clipped a clip on the back of PJ's jacket. It was quite a while later that PJ realized that he was walking around with that on him! It was funny. Frank showed us his pocket on the inside of his jacket... loaded with pens! You'd think these guys didn't have any pens at home! They both explained that they were really NICE pens and NICE clips! OK! When we got home, I took a picture of our pens and clips:
GOOD TIMES!!
Just a small sampling of food offered
PJ and Donna in the greenhouse chatting with the Cornell Chordials who serenaded us for the evening.
Nov. 20th
Today I was in my all time FAVORITE class with Mr C. . I was so excited. CJ and Jonathan are in that class so I knew it would be fun. I was greeted so warmly and Mr C actually praised me. He said that the boy that I was a one on one with normally gets one work packet somewhat completed in a day. Today, he got 3 packets fully completed and 6 workbook assignments completed. Mr C was one happy camper!!
Today was a GREAT day!!!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Nov 19th
Happy Birthday to Keith. Things got too crazy around her so I will call tomorrow!
Dad is back in the hospital today. He passed out while in the eye doctors chair. He was admitted for further testing.
I FINALLY worked today. I was in Niasia's class. Every spare moment she had, she asked me to play with her. It felt good to be remembered. Reese greated me with a warm hug, Trevon stared at me which is actually a good thing and CJ put on a huge happy grin and started to talk to me and his aide made him quickly go with her. She does that alot. Pretty sad. I don't think she likes me. I'm probably one of the few adults that can converse with this boy and the aide feels threatened. DUMB! Actually, she should feel threatened!
I had a nice day and all went well. It really felt good being back. As a matter of fact, while sitting in the speech room, right outside of support, I heard..." You BITCH, You F...ing Bitch! Get away from me you F...ing Bitch! I'm trying to upload my anger"! I just had to laugh at that! Welcome back!! That was a first grader!
I'm working tomorrow so hopefully it will go as well.
Happy Birthday to Keith. Things got too crazy around her so I will call tomorrow!
Dad is back in the hospital today. He passed out while in the eye doctors chair. He was admitted for further testing.
I FINALLY worked today. I was in Niasia's class. Every spare moment she had, she asked me to play with her. It felt good to be remembered. Reese greated me with a warm hug, Trevon stared at me which is actually a good thing and CJ put on a huge happy grin and started to talk to me and his aide made him quickly go with her. She does that alot. Pretty sad. I don't think she likes me. I'm probably one of the few adults that can converse with this boy and the aide feels threatened. DUMB! Actually, she should feel threatened!
I had a nice day and all went well. It really felt good being back. As a matter of fact, while sitting in the speech room, right outside of support, I heard..." You BITCH, You F...ing Bitch! Get away from me you F...ing Bitch! I'm trying to upload my anger"! I just had to laugh at that! Welcome back!! That was a first grader!
I'm working tomorrow so hopefully it will go as well.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Nov 18th
I got an email this morning from PJ's brother John. He said "I sent Great Grandma to you and you should be receiving her in the mail. We have no use for her anymore"! What the heck was he talking about. I found out a few minutes ago when the Fed-Ex truck delivered a big box to me. It was the picture of PJ's Grandfather's mother, Ona Kosmach, from Russia.
I always loved that picture. It used to hang in PJ's mother's house. The glass is rounded. I don't know if that would be considered beveled or what you would call that but it's cool looking. The picture is interesting because they actually got rid of the background which was of PJ's Grandfathers cousins and just kept her on it. Below is the original picture.
I always loved that picture. It used to hang in PJ's mother's house. The glass is rounded. I don't know if that would be considered beveled or what you would call that but it's cool looking. The picture is interesting because they actually got rid of the background which was of PJ's Grandfathers cousins and just kept her on it. Below is the original picture.
I'm so happy to have this picture but now I have to find a special place to hang it!Nov 17th
If you were this piece of paper... 
What would you do with it? That's my dilemma. My brother bought it in France for me, thinking I would use it for some project. I don't have a clue what to do with it!! It's 28"x24". It seems to be made on brown craft paper or something like that. What to do....
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Nov 16th
I love how the fall color of leaves looks so beautiful against a darker object or vice versa. It instantly puts you in a good mood!!!
Nov 15thWe went to visit Pops in the hospital today. He looks so scared. It's so sad to see him like that. His lab tests and x-rays were send down to NYU hospital for them to look at and try to find the reason that his lungs keep filling up with fluid.
Nov 14th
We went out to dinner with D&F tonight. It's ALWAYS so much fun hanging out with them. Frank was telling us about taking his parents to the airport, being on the plane and taking them to their condo in FL. It sounds boring but it was so funny. It sounded like a Seinfeld episode! We couldn't stop laughing! When our parents were bringing US up, we were allowed to do stupid things because we were kids. Now that we're bring up our parents, what seems so funny, is really sad in the long run. But I guess as long as we can laugh, it will keep us from crying!
Nov 13th
When Brooke was in college, she took some photography courses. She took a picture of PJ and I in the kitchen and blew it up to a huge picture. We never did anything with the picture until now. We will be using a carved frame that we bought at a garage sale last week and we went to AC Moore and bought mat boards. The stores didn't have any that were cut already that were large enough. PJ will bring it all in to work and have them cut the mats to fit properly. I took a picture of the picture and I was a bit slanted!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Nov 11th
Today is Veteran's Day. PJ wasn't normally off but took a vacation day to go to museums with the kids. The other day Stan asked PJ if him and Mary can take him to look at funeral homes! He wants to plan his funeral! OK then! So Tuesday night PJ kept calling Stan on the payphone at the home. The residents answer and aren't very helpful. The first 3 times the answer was that Stan wasn't there. The last time the answer was that Stan took his meds and was already in bed. So much for that. First thing this morning, PJ called again. They said Stan went out and won't be back until the afternoon! PJ and Mary decided Stan will now have to plan this for another day instead of them waiting around for him to get home.
PJ woke up Scott to see if he wanted to go and he said no, he has too much to do today. He's going to Cortland tomorrow.
So we decided to take a trip to Coin Galleries. PJ had bought 5 or 6 chains at a garage sale last week. They were 25 cents each. He had a hunch! As it turned out... some of the chains were gold!!! We got $65 for them!! Now THAT was exciting!!!
Alyssa was watching the CMA's when I heard someone singing. I recognized his voice and had to go see for myself. It was HIM! I used to be a big fan of Hootie and the Blowfish. They just seemed to disappear. I figured that they were doing the small venue tours or something. I just loved Darius Rucker, the lead singer. Well heeee's baaaack!!!! He's now a country singer! I HATE country music but I think I'll have to give it my best and try to listen to the new Darius! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etr7UtnUflM
Today is Veteran's Day. PJ wasn't normally off but took a vacation day to go to museums with the kids. The other day Stan asked PJ if him and Mary can take him to look at funeral homes! He wants to plan his funeral! OK then! So Tuesday night PJ kept calling Stan on the payphone at the home. The residents answer and aren't very helpful. The first 3 times the answer was that Stan wasn't there. The last time the answer was that Stan took his meds and was already in bed. So much for that. First thing this morning, PJ called again. They said Stan went out and won't be back until the afternoon! PJ and Mary decided Stan will now have to plan this for another day instead of them waiting around for him to get home.
PJ woke up Scott to see if he wanted to go and he said no, he has too much to do today. He's going to Cortland tomorrow.
So we decided to take a trip to Coin Galleries. PJ had bought 5 or 6 chains at a garage sale last week. They were 25 cents each. He had a hunch! As it turned out... some of the chains were gold!!! We got $65 for them!! Now THAT was exciting!!!
Alyssa was watching the CMA's when I heard someone singing. I recognized his voice and had to go see for myself. It was HIM! I used to be a big fan of Hootie and the Blowfish. They just seemed to disappear. I figured that they were doing the small venue tours or something. I just loved Darius Rucker, the lead singer. Well heeee's baaaack!!!! He's now a country singer! I HATE country music but I think I'll have to give it my best and try to listen to the new Darius! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etr7UtnUflM
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