It's Winter

Today marks our 40th Anniversary, nothing special happening. I generally forget when the day comes, When January comes then I know it will be soon, but never really  know what date i'am in so if someone doesn't remind me then I forget. Believe it or not Pat is the one who keeps telling me how long we been together, he likes these sort of days n Birthdays. (He at least likes to be acknowleged) I am not much for celebrating anything I guess it was my upbringing. Mom would always have a Birthday cake on our days and if a friend happened to be over we'd invite them to have some cake. My Grand Mother (Niemi) would always ALWAYS send a card to us kids, that's as far as it went and I was very happy with that. I guess this is why I am shocked when these days little kids get a party every year.

Far too cold for our bike rides, I miss doing that pretty bad. So now getting NO exercise what so ever, Shots in my knee haven't been helping very good lately, it's hard just walking through the house, I don't know what I'll do with our up coming vacation *sighs*

My Hands are getting a good work out what with all the crocheting I been doing, I keep trying to make the perfect hat, it's time for me to yarn bomb all these *Failed hats again* but it's so darn cold I can't even poke my head out the door to get the mail off the porch.

Alicia * EXIT STAGE RIGHT*

oops, this video has my entire play list sorry bout that, but then you can stop it any time it's 100 videos I think lol maybe i'll go back some day and fix that.
Alicia makes the perfect Fouetté: A whipping movement on one leg while changing the hip and upper body direction

Jump rope

Some things I did this summer

This is my brother Jan's garden, he tells me to go ahead and pick what I want and boy does he ever have some tomatoes, but still green when I visited last and only got 3 

 Here he is picking a bunch of celery, I have never really seen a back yard garden with celery, I felt pretty proud of his accomplishment

 Green beans grew out of control, so I picked tons of them.

 The lovely sunset on the day of our block party, weather turned out really great

 Remember Seth? Our little tv commercial star here holding Ashlynn at the big 0 party
Candy girl turned 10, Kathy P turned 40, Jim 50, Glenn 60

 This here photo has a story, see one day just at sun set Pat and I were out for our usual bike ride when I saw a man all set up with tripod pointing out toward Biddle ave, I looked to see what he was shooting and it was the amazing sun behind a lovely church steeple, it was glowing so beautiful. I thought I really needed that photo also. It took me nearly a whole month before I ran out on purpose with my camera just at sunset to get the same shot, but damn, the sun wasn't behind the steeple like before, I drove around town like a mad man, trying to get the right angle and it just wasn't going to happen, so I gave up and took a picture of the top of Lowes, no steeple, no fabulous glow, just a perfect FAIL

 Here's Auntie Kathy lighting candles for the big 0 birthday people

 A bike ride at the park path but that's not us you're looking at, It was some old couple who hollered * On yer left* as the shot past us :-)

I am still here

Got out early today to watch the sun rise.

Nothing really happening lately besides crocheting my fingers off, got Luigi done for Marley and a minion for me or to donate to Alicias golf deal and drawings they have or something like that, maybe it will be a

                                                     booby prize :-)
                     I think he's adorable. So much that I am working on another one.
Dad wants to go to the UP and I agreed reluctantly, I think we should take off today and get that over with *sighs* the drive is soooooooo long and painful :-(

Gene's final rest

Took us a whole year but we finally did it and put my baby brother to rest today. Several of his best friends (The boys from the ole neighborhood, who all grew up together) came to join us which I thought very nice and showed me who his true friends were.
Jan spent way too much money not certain how many people would come, My plan was to bring hot dog fixings and some charcoal, to picnic at the near by Willow park. It was sooo hot but we took the heat and sat around and talked for a couple of hours, ate, then a huge thunderstorm brewed up so we packed up and left.
The time together was just right for me

 Brent was indifferent, he shows no emotion, this is so sad to watch, I have no clue as to how and help him.

 Good friends came to support us. I felt happy that they came.

We each took turns to fill in the grave, I didn't plan on doing that but something pushed me to go ahead, it did bring a tear

Brother Glenn took special care to fill completely, this was sad to watch

We stood back and watched the grave digger enlarge the too small hole, silent, not knowing what to do with our selves. 

quick update on my knee

This last shot did me no good. Can't get the swelling down, simple walk through the grocery store and it swells. Aches, not serious pain, just very annoying.So this sucks. Tried riding my bike, hills are out of the question but level land is doable, for a very short distance.
Going to bury Gene on Saturday afternoon with my siblings and maybe a few of Genes friends.
Jan wants to start a tradition and fill in the hole ourselves, so I guess that's what we will do.
Then a simple picnic at Willow Park just around the corner from the Cemetery. I am not looking forward to this, I've had a whole year of healing and I believe this will just open wounds. oh well