WAHOO

James mai -mai Matthew wahoo
James and Matthew
James and Matthew

Today the guys went fishing with Mr. Sea-Ment. They caught a Wahoo and a Mai-Mai. Both were citations. Which means they are the biggest brought in to the harbor so far this year. So they get their name on the fish board and a paper that says they have the biggest fish so far. So tonight I will spend my night wrapping fish.

Party

BFF's
Dad, KK, Mom
Madonna and her back up band
Guess Who

What a great party we had for my 50 birthday. I'm a lucky girl to have such a great family and friends. Enjoy the pictures.

50

Well today was the day that I turned 50. I really thought I would feel bad about it, but I really feel no different then yesterday when I was 49. I remember when I turned 40 I felt bad and older, but today I feel good. I had my favorite dinner Louie's pizza and Kohr bothers ice cream the perfect meal:+) The big party celebration is this weekend, I'm sure my family will have all kinds of stories about the past 50 years. The party is in PA so we need to travel, but we haven't been there for awhile so it should be OK. So for all you folks out there turning 50 soon don't worry about it because it was no big deal:+) Just another day........

Car

Well we got the kids a car. I guess I should say we got a car for Jack and I. We seem to be driving it all the time. It is good on gas compared to the Suburban. This weekend the guys are going crabbing. I hope they come home with bushels of crabs because I'm really hungry for them. The weather has been great all week. And most important of all this week my children are gainfully employed. Matthew is a bus boy at the local country club and James is slinging fish guts on a fishing boat. I'm so proud of them. It is bitter sweet..they are maturing, but my babies are gone:+( Being a mother is the hardest job ever.

Summer

It has been a while since I posted. But the summer season is here and life is busy. The weather has been in the high 90's for several days. This is very early for 90 degree weather. It feels like August. The other day on the beach I was actually uncomfortable because it was so hot and humid. But I 'll take it anytime over cold and snow. The hotel has been full every weekend. I love when we have friends and family down. This weekend we are having a full house. My children are done with school tomorrow. James has a job, but of course Matthew does not. Well I guess he just won't be driving when the time comes. We also bought a car for the kids a Pontiac Grand Am. We test drove it last night, it belongs to some young girl who is hot. She sat in the back seat with James last night during the test drive. I'm sure he is in school telling all his friends that he was in the back seat with a hot blond. I'm sure he forgot the part where his parents were in the front:+) THE BODY also had an operation last week for a growth on her back leg. She is healing nicely and all is well with her. She actually got a get well card!!!!!

JROTC

Matthew
James

My children received awards last night for their JROTC program at school. They always look dashing in their uniforms. James is a corporal and Matthew a sergeant. The ceremony was too long but nice. It is amazing how much support they get from the community. I like this program it teaches them a lot. During the program a mother of a graduate got up to talk. Her son was in this program and went on to join the service. While serving in Iraq he was killed. I respect what this program does for the kids, but I'm a selfish person and I pray that my boys choose not to serve in the armed forces during a time of war.

Finally

Cedar street going out to inlet
Public boat ramp
lewes beach
Looking down towards lewes American legion

I have my computer back. It was not working AGAIN. This time it was the key board and the mouse. But now it seems OK. We had a really bad storm last week, it flooded a lot of roads and brought down trees. But we got things cleaned up. It is hard to believe Memorial day is this weekend. The weather is still chilly. Although I was on the beach on Saturday and got some sun. The beach is pretty messed up from the storm. I'm not sure how everyone is going to fit this year. We had guests in the hotel this passed weekend. And it will now be filled every weekend for the summer:+) I hope the weather soon warms up.

Wisdom Teeth

Today Matthew had his wisdom teeth removed. Does that mean he will now have NO wisdom at all? He had all four removed this morning. It had to be done because they were going to push that $5,000 smile of his. They knocked him out to do this and he was all happy and laughing when he first woke up. About one hour later that changed:+( But they gave us drugs to keep him sleeping for a few days so all will be OK. I remember having my wisdom teeth removed and it was not a good time, only then they put you in the hospital for three days. Now you are in and out of the Dr's office in an hour. And for some reason unknown to me Matthew asked the Dr. if he could have his teeth. Now we all know how much I love the dentist and anything to do with teeth. So there we are in the office getting ready to leave and the nurse hands me a little paper pouch with 4 bloody teeth in it. So imagine me standing there, Matthew in a wheelchair next to me laughing and being happy, the nurses all cleaning up getting ready for their next victim. They are giving me instructions for his bloody mouth that is now numb and he is drooling all over himself . And in the middle of all this they hand me this bloody pouch and all I can think of is "I can't put this gross pouch in my good Coach bag, so what do I do with it???????? Well I took a pack of tissues and wrapped it in them before I put it in my bag. Needless to say I ran home and removed them. They are now out in the garage waiting for Matthew, I don't know maybe he thinks the tooth fairy will come and take them, leaving him money for pain and suffering. Only I should be the one to get the money for pain and suffering.

Hooray

Hooray, Hooray, it's the 1st of May. The month that officially starts the summer. I know it's not until the end of the month but it's still this month. The weather is still not that warm yet, I'm hoping that changes soon. Today I also filled my car with gas. It cost me $70.00 that is the most I have ever paid. I think I might start riding the bus.

Busy

Things have been very busy around here. The kids are busy with school activities almost every night. We have been working outside in the flower beds and getting ready for summer. We also have been painting the living room. Hopefully that will be done at the end of the week. The weather is still a little cool. Not time for bathing suits yet. Also the hotel is getting booked up for the summer season already. It is hard to believe that people will drive to the beach when gas will be $5.00 a gallon by summer. But they will and they can thank our wonderful president for that. What a guy. The other night on world news they should George Bush playing band director with the Navy band and looking happy. While we are all sitting here going broke buying gas and food. It's a shame how he and his republican friends have run this country into the ground. We can only hope that the election will bring a change before he collapses this economy. I'll get off of the soap box now:+)

70

Kathy,Dad,Lisa,Steve
The whole family
Mattew,Dad,James
Pat,Dad,Cindy (his sisters)

This past weekend we had a birthday party for my dad. He turns 70 on 4/23. Yes 70. We had a good time. Of course we started the party at 5:00pm and had to tell him to get dressed and take off his pajama pants. We started early so all the old folks could get to bed by 9:00pm. And yes they all left and were home by 9:00. It is hard to beleive that he is 70, that means I'll be 50. Time flies when your having a good life.

Back To Normal

My man is home:+) The kids are in school and I'm doing laundry. A typical Monday. The weather is starting to feel like spring. Yesterday we pulled all the weeds and prepared for the annual mulching event. This annual springtime event is the right of passage for spring to many people. We spend all day pulling weeds and turning the ground over. This event also unearths all of the sleeping worms, slugs, ants, and spiders. We cut down all the dead things from last year and prepare for new life. Then most people go spend hundreds of dollars on mulch. WHY?? Because is looks good, or does it have some nutritional value for the earth? Well I do it because it looks good, and we all know that is important. My house needs to look as good outside as in. But hopefully by spreading the mulch I'm helping the Earth in some small way, just like I do on Mondays when the weather is nice by hanging the laundry outside instead of using the dryer.

Fog Delay

Well the first fog delay of the spring season for school occurred this morning. It was a welcome delay for me since Jack is in Myrtle beach golfing I have to get up every morning this week to get the children off to school. But today we got to stay in bed two extra hours:+) Aunt Lisa comes tonight. She is going to be my date for the wrestling fundraiser since my man is on his man vacation. My tan from Aruba is just about gone:+( I hope the weather soon gets sunny and hot here so I can again get a little tan. The weather has been April showers this week. There was a scuffle across the street this week with the Russians. It was among themselves not me. One Russian came home and it appeared he has intoxicated, they were arguing outside then he tripped and fell over the hand rail breaking it. They all moved inside then so I missed the rest of the show. I should have left "The Body" out she would have taken care of them. She is just drying to get one of them. I think it's because she senses they are afraid of her. Oh well they all seem calmed down now. Speaking of "The Body" she is down for her mid-morning nap I hear her snoring.

While in Aruba Jack found a piece of coral that looked like a foot. So some days our entertainment would be to collect "foot coral" that reminded us of our dear friends back home. I hope you enjoy our humor. original foot coral
Fred Flinstone flat foot coral
Bob W. bunion foot coral
Gail's bitched up foot coral after snowmobliing
"NO FOOT"coral what could have been if the snowmoblie fell harder:+)

Mr. Happy in Aruba

Our trip to Aruba was great, very eventful. There are so many things to tell. The first big event was the group picture with Mr. Happy :+) We also met some new friends their picture is after Mr. Happy. On Good Friday the day was not so good for a hotel guest named Frank. He was swimming and had a heart attack, unfortunately he died. The one thing I did learn was try not to die in a foreign country, because even though you are having a great time, they let you lay on the beach wrapped in towels forever. Good Friday was also Deb & John anniversary. But in Aruba his name is spelled "Don". Also there was some kind of weather event while we were there. The waves were huge and the tide came up into some of the hotel rooms in the middle of the night. Lucky for us we didn't have one of those rooms. But the weather did get Debbie wet having her morning coffee. We did partake in some local customs while there, one was after dinner shots out of the bottle. The local beer was also pretty good. I think we got our money from that all-inclusive feature. At night we would hold the sun countdown, that was a great way to end a hard day of drinking, eating and swimming. At night we would gather at the coconut bar for more alcohol consumption, and also to watch Matthew with his new family. He meet a girl and spent time with her family, they are from Chicago, so I guess he will be asking for plane fare this summer:+)

Here We Go

The bags are packed and we are ready to leave. Tonight we spend the night in Philly then tomorrow morning it's off to the sun and sand in Aruba. Grandmom is here to take care of "THE BODY" Life is good:+)

New Pictures

I talked to Stefanie today things are good in Germany. She sent me some new photos of the kids. They grow up so quick. It is another great day in Delaware. The sun is shinning, and it was warm enough to hang sheets outside. I love the smell of fresh sheets on the bed:+) The kids are getting ready to go trout fishing.

Summer is Coming

Well today had more signs that summer is on the way. We drove to Rehoboth today for Louie's pizza and Kohr's ice cream, they both opened today:+) Two of my favorite things. I was in heaven today. Louie's was full all the locals could smell that it was open and they came for good greasy pizza. As we were sitting there waiting for our delicious lunch my eyes noticed that it was every bright out today, after much discussion with my man about this we decided that it usually is not that bright in Louie's, that the reason must be because it was there first day open and there is no grease build up on the windows yet. Upon reading their new menu I found out that this is their 35th year of operation. And as long as I can remember (which is not 35 years) about 10 or so most of the same people are still working there also.

Finally

Well it was taken some time but yesterday I finally saw my first robin of the season. And since then I have seen about 10. I look forward to seeing a robin because that means that spring will soon arrive. And once spring is here you know what that means "BEACH". I have started to prepare things for our vacation next week in Aruba. The suitcases are down and the suntan lotion is ready:+) Grandmom and Carl are coming to take care of "The Body". They love the grand-dog!!!!!!!!!!!

Varsity

Matthew has made the varsity golf team at school. I think that is pretty great since he is only a freshman. And Jack is helping to coach the JV golf team. He just always needs something to do. Yesterday was two weeks until vacation. I getting excited. I can't wait to sit on the beach soak up the sun and drink beer. The weather here is also getting better the flowers are starting to come up and the birds are starting to sing. But I have not yet seen my first robin I'm looking everyday for one so I know that warm weather is officially on it's way.