We had Mike and Lisa's girls this weekend and had a great time. They brought their 'dance' game for the Wii and kept Nana pretty busy. This summer in Erie we bought a "Three Piggy Opera" at a teacher store with sheet music and a CD. It was for the 4 grandkids to perform and the girls had a gre
Trip Log
November 13, 2010
It has been a quiet week with just medical and financial appointments and all is well on both counts. On Friday we packed up to go shooting at the French Creek range but it was too crowded with hunters sighting their weapons so we decided to take a hike as it was such a nice day. Since it is hu
November 5, 2010
Wednesday we went to the Philadelphia VA hospital and all is going well. That night Jeff called because Bailey wanted to Skype so he could show us how he was doing on his new drum set.
November 2, 2010
We woke Sunday morning to a fresh blanket of snow in the Maine woods. It stuck to the trees and on the lawns but not to the roads which was good because it snowed fairly hard all the way to Bangor. We shopped at Sam's Club and then met Steve and Laura at her daughter's where we visited with Dav
October 30, 2010
We continue to stay busy in the beautiful state of Maine. Tuesday Steve took me perch fishing on Fourth Lake in his Grand Laker. We didn't have any luck but it was a great 'Cast and Blast' kind of day because we fished, shot at a couple of ducks and stalked some geese. Everything was safe exce
October 27, 2010
On Monday morning Bob, Cathy and Becca headed back to Erie and we headed out to Vermont. We drove in and out of peak leaf colors on a very nice drive on a glorious fall day.
October 25, 2010
Today was Michael's annual Eagles tailgate party at his home. It was a great time but the Eagles lost to the Titans.
October 23, 2010
Today we have visitors from Erie. My brother Bob, his wife Cathy and daughter Becca came down to attend Mike's annual tailgate party tomorrow afternoon. They arrived this afternoon and got to test Alesa's new Pot Pie recipe and then we will head to Jeff's for a visit. He and his family will no
October 14, 2010
We have been busy the last few days working around the house. About 20 years ago we bought some wisteria and built a pergola around the deck for it to climb on. It loved it and it has been quite a job keeping it trimmed back. We cut the top off the pergola, made it a short trellis, trimmed the
October 10, 2010
How can you let a day like 10/10/10 go by without a post? You can't, we had Mike's girls for the weekend and we kept them busy especially because they were preparing for their Dad's surprise birthday party. We picked them up on Friday and I can tell you I really don't miss driving in rush hour