Category: it’s all relative
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Paulie surprised me yesterday with Thanksgiving “mood boards”, big prints of our last holiday in sunny Palm Springs. Me: “When did you make these?” Paul: “In my spare time”. Me: “Spare time? You’re married to me…you don’t have any spare time!” Posted with Blogsy
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Dad's, mine and Paulie's… Posted with Blogsy
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“I’m doing that yogurt thing.” (Yoga at the community center). “They need to learn curfiss!” (Discussing a recent change in grade school curriculum). “Wait, it’s Q, R, S, then T!” ( second attempt at singing the alphabet sing for Viv)
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Zio Mike and Zia Kelly are in town for Lisa and Phil’s wedding this weekend. The three day Festa Italiania started last night with pasta and pillow forts! Posted with Blogsy
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It was really hard not to write Grandma Eileen a letter this Sunday. I will miss her forever. Posted with Blogsy
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A hundred or more mourners, countless cards, dozens of casserole dishes, one small town. 70 years a wife and mother, 91 years a writer and reader and giver. They say it’s a long life well lived, a condolence well meant, but a few more days here with us would have been well spent.
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Tom and Linda's wedding was wonderful—relaxed, beautiful and with just enough unexpected snow to make it more memorable. When Mom left Palm Springs, we took bets on how long it would take Tom to find a woman to replace her. We didn't guess that the next one would be The One! It didn't take long,…
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Another piece of furniture made it's way in to my house today. This time, it's a Rossetto family piece. Paulie's Aunt Margee's great some one or another's dresser. Rocky refinished it with a gentle touch; the wood is beautiful. He replaced the hardware too—buying just one knob at a time at Menards because they were…
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The new dinette benches for the trailer are almost done! I can't believe what an amazing job Dad did recreating them from the crumbled, rotting mess that we had to work from as a template. Now I need to order the table top to go with them, just have to work out the support mechanism…
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Dad finished restoring the old wood riding train in just a week. Grandpa Rocky’s restored pedal car, Grandpa Bob’s train…I think we have a little competition going! Wish I could get as much interest in restoring our plaster…. Posted with Blogsy
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