Today we took the train into town to attend an Ameriprise financial planning luncheon. Bob Goodman joined us for the lunch and we learned what the market and the economy will be doing for the near future. Oh!
Trip Log
January 17, 2010
We had the rest of Annika's birthday weekend ending with everyone going Ice Skating at Ice Line in West Chester. They have four rinks with hockey games on three and public skating on the other. It was quite crowded.
January 16, 2010
Yesterday we went to the VA medical center in Philadelphia and what a complex it is. It is very large and in amongst Penn, the Penn Medical Center, the Philadelphia Children's Hospital and Drexel University and the good news is that they will be providing my prescriptions. After my appointment
January 14, 2010
Miss Ellie had a birthday party to attend Saturday so we decided to take Annika early for her birthday weekend. As it turned out the 'birthday party girl' got sick so the party was postponed until next weekend. We decided to take both of the girls this weekend and have Anni's birthday weekend n
January 1, 2010
Happy New Year everybody !!! Bailey and Bridget came over last night to spend New Year's Eve and Day with us. They played and then Bailey built a car and Bridget put together a puzzle. They wanted to stay up until the ball dropped but didn't quite make it so I woke them up before midnight and
December 25, 2009
We had another great family Christmas Eve. The kids came over in the afternoon and we ate and played and ate and played. Nana coordinated the grandkids making and stuffing stockings for each other which was the culmination of months of shopping for the perfect gifts and the stress of making su
December 13, 2009
Bailey turned 9 on Tuesday so we went down to help celebrate. Nana also took a sweater she has been knitting for Bridget. While we were there the kids put on a play, short and sweet, just the way we like them. This was Bailey's birthday weekend with Nana and Papa so we took him shopping and se
December 5, 2009
Winter has finally arrived with big flakes falling. It is a good day to stay inside and watch football, although our satellite signal started fading in and out. I hit the dish on the roof with a snowball and the picture is now steady. We have always talked about converting our numerous slides
November 26, 2009
On Tuesday Alesa put up the Christmas tree. Actually she put up 2/3 rds of the Christmas tree. We took the middle section out of one of our artificial trees and put it on an end table so there would be less to decorate. But our Christmas shrub looks just fine. We celebrated our family Thanksg
November 22, 2009
This week I finished installing the carpet in the hallway and down the stairs. On Friday we went over to Mike's where I cut back the framing on one of his windows so we can add the trim molding. Then we went to Miss Ellie's school to watch her class' presentation of "The First Thanksgiving" aft