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Children - Guaranteed to Break Your Heart
I've been away from blogging for quite some time due to just having too many other things taking up my attention and time. Deciding to deactivate...
Got a Scare - FB to the Rescue
The night before last Mom didn't answer the home phone, assumed one of the siblings took her to see Dad. Then yesterday morning again no answer to t...
Taken for granted
A friend of mine has been having a right whinge about her daughter-in-law using her as an on-tap babysitter without so much as a by-your-leave. Her DI...
Stepping on hot coals
I'm disenchanted with America's favorite pastime. No, not baseball. I'm talking about meddling. If it's not Iraq, it's Iran. If it's not Libya, It's Y...
if you were born a boy or a girl, what are you now ...
There's some weird stuff happening in UK schools and the Daily Mail has got very overexcited about it. I know it's a long blog. You can skip to the la...
Lucy Lucy Lucy
Remember that I inherited a dog named Lucy when my friend passed. Bella nor I saw that coming. Getting a spoiled dog with no instructions has been a...
The long descent
On windy days I often think back to an event that took place long, long ago when I was but a boy and health and safety was still in short trousers. T...
Dignity
My Dad was a proud man all his life. As a Father he was a hypocrite who taught us do as he said not as he did. No one is perfect. He loved the fami...
To the dearly beloved
And greatly missed. I do not stand alone. What's always standing behind me to be strong, and do the right thing is the honour and love of m...
NEWBORN DEATHS
Death of infants seem to be on the rise here in Belize, the USA and other places. The dads are physically beating two months old, eight months old...
Wait a minute ! The name of the new baby from Prince Henry & Megan Markle is....Archie ?!?!?
That's not a joke. There may be former English kings, queens, princes & princesses rolling over in their graves right now. They couldn't thi...
One door closes...
another opens. Old AA saying. And it's so often true. Was never as close to my 5 sibs as I admired in other families, such as many Irish ones. Even in...
HE Washer? be a frayed of this...
A while back, my old washing machine died. I decided to replace it with an HE (High Efficiency) washing machine. These washers require less soap and l...
Nose in the phones
I got an early Mother's Day surprise from my son and his family as they came up this weekend to see me and the folks. I took us all out to breakfast...
Walking a mile in other's moccasins....
She's perfect, on so many levels. And still pretty, in our age group. We separated over parenting prerogatives, but have become best of friends. Doing...
Happiness
Not many pictures as of now to post. Exhausted. Relieved. One down, three more to go. Three sisters and a friend. The bride and her maids. Hindu...
Will it ever go away?
I'm not referring to a goiter, a urinary tract infection or herpes flare-up. No, I'm talking about the craving I have for a smoke. I average a couple...
You never know
Those that read my blogs may remember that I'm dealing with aging parents. Dad with alzheimers is in a physical therapy rehab, Mom goes three times a...
After it seemingly has ended........VERY ended.....
how about renewing the relationship? Remarrying/reattaching with the same person? Who hasn't heard of this intriguing life maneuver, and perhaps even...
I was going to write a blog....
But the topic is a sensitive one for me and I'm not ready to spill my blood and guts on these pages just yet so here's a little something I whipped u...
Terrible News
Having a great family support system makes it fairly easy to deal with what my aging parents are going through. I'm glad I have no need to throw a pi...
So, according to Archie Bunker, I'm a Heeb, or a Yid
I had my DNA done by 23andMe and the results came as a surprise. I am 46.2% British & Irish, 15.8% French & German, and 18.7% Ashkenazi Jewish. I h...
Therapy
It's almost been a year now since I semi retired and moved a hundred miles to Tampa where my elderly folks live. I've talked for many years about my...
Thank you
For those who sent prayers for my son for his successful scholarship Examination. THANK YOU ALL Though the result is not released yet. Except math...
Kids without a mom and a dad at their sides ...
Just talked to my 3rd son, after work today. I felt that pain, as am supposed helped them in every difficulties they are going through. He was worrie...
Best Gift...
Am thinking these past days...just that, I could not think what must be the BEST GIFT for a son, who worked hard in school, to compensate the hardship...
So yesterday was interesting, kind of, maybe..
My friend's mom flew in from Napal last week with a big luggage bag full only of native spices (most of them easily obtainable at any American Interna...
Marriage licenses.....
...Sure, the blood testing, and ruling out of the underaged, or of close cousins, (except in places like US Appalachia), make some sense. But we licen...
A Tribute to my Mom ~ on my birthday
It was against the odds. She was 46 and already had 4 adult children and 1 still at home. A new relationship, after a scandalous affair had ripped...
There's no such thing as fun for the whole family...
...according to Jerry Seinfeld. In my duties as executor of my folk's estate, I'm learning things, and perhaps being confided in, more these days. Lea...
Hungary
Just heard a few days ago that Hungary is encouraging young Hungarian families to have more kids (due to population decline) and with that comes some...
The Pressure Cooker
Stove top pressure cookers have done nothing but terrify me so you couldn't give me one. However the digital counter top ones stole my heart after I...
Becoming pregnant......
....should be a joy. Sure, the birds and bees advice some, but more and more, not all, of our folks gave us, mostly did the job. And speaking of paren...
Wish I could turn back the clock..
But I know I can't. I am realistic about Life. But I think it is okay to wish. Yesterday my oldest daughter got married. The legal part of it. The...
Challenges and Chores
Seems everything in life has trade offs so one just has to take the bad with the good. Luckily I've been told many times throughout life that I can f...
Family drama that can't be avoided
I'm living my dream. I retired from my job of 20 years in Orlando in April to move to Tampa just 2 miles from my folks. I wanted to be a helping hand...
The meaningful message
.................... The meaningful message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yERil...
Tension in the aisles
Doing the weekly shopping isn’t one of my favourite things but, luckily, I can make it more bearable by combining it with my hobby of people watching....
Surprise military homecoming
Eitan and Romit Urman are annual season ticket holders of the Phoenix Coyotes NHL team. Needless to say, they are familiar with the team. They’re fami...