January 24, 2006

Happy Birthday !!!

Very Soon

Serena and John are getting very close to

being parents !!

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About another 2 weeks and "No Name Baby"

will make his appearance.

We are all so excited.. I cannot wait to see

our GRANDSON !!!!

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I have added some pictures of Serena and the beautiful

cradle that KC & Karen made for

the newest family member.

What a wonderful heirloom.

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Serena you look absolutely beautiful ...

Serena & Baby Cradle

Here are some pictures of Serena and the cradle that her

Auntie Karen & Uncle KC made for the baby.

Beautiful Serena

They are both beautiful!

SCANNING....

I am scanning photos from one our canoe trips in 1981.

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What a lot of fun memories. I wish the scanning
part was fun-but it is a lot of work. 
I need to get these photos scanned
before they fade away .
So many of the pictures are blurred and

faded. Yes, I know that a lot of the blurring
was caused by the consumption of alcoholic
beverages on these trips.. deal with it !!

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When most of your friends and canoe buddies
are from the same bar that you work at ,
people should understand that these

trips are going to be a bit on the wild side.

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What a crew- Me & Tom, Fran & Dee

Lynette & Sonny, Big Danny & whoever,

Teddy & whoever, Gypsy and the bitch,

Jesse and what ever woman--never mind

lets not go there. There were always a few

extra people along-- sometimes they would

go on the next trip- sometimes we never saw
them again after we got back to the city.

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Once I get all of the photos scanned I will
have to post a few.

Yes, I realize that there are from
 the "olden days", but they were the fun days.

Sometimes my sister Karen would go with
us , what a riot !

Maybe someday I'll tell you about her falling
out of a tree on the camping trip..

Not tonight- it is to late and I am about

half blind from trying to figure out who the

people are in some of these photos.

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2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We don't go out on New Years Eve--

after working N.Y.E. for so many years, I have

enough sense to stay off the roads.

To many amateurs out there to deal with.

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We had a quiet evening at home and today I am

back to scanning photos-- YES!! I am still at it ,

andTom has started building the bookcases for

my computer room.

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We are getting closer to

"BABY BOY Hester's"

birthday ! ! ! !

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My sleep pattern has become a real pain in the
ass again. Sleeping pills do not work -

 not even prescription ones.

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I am exhausted by mid afternoon- I lay down and
sleep 20 to 30 min --(I wish it would be like 2 or
3 hours)get up exhausted and I still am awake at l
east 4 and sometimes as many as 6 times a night.
Not for long -- just wake up for 15 or 20 min
-- then back to sleep- but it is not restful .

Don't ell me give up the afternoon power naps..

I have tried that too- and all I get is

more tired and even crabbier.
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Ahhhh insomnia- sleep deprivation -
chronic sleep disorder--

call it what you want--
IT SUCKS !!!!!

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