He's Here !

2 Weeks Early

Our first grandchild = GC1

Can't wait to go see him this weekend !!!!

38 YEARS OF TAG-TEAMING LIFE!

The Mrs and I have been tag-teaming Life for quite a while now and it ain't easy when your opponent's partner is Time!

PARTY TIME !!

Party at S1’s house.

His betta-half had the Family over to Celebrate.

Seems he got his Masters of Engineering from

The University of Idaho.

Way to go S1, you make us proud parents !

CHRISTMAS SUPRISE

S1 and his better half put this under our tree.

This  will be or first Grand child.

Hey we're in our 60's now, bout time things like this were happening !

LONG OVERDUE

Well it’s been a while, guess I’ll start with a month ago.

The Mrs. And I flew back East to visit some kin.

We flew into upstate NY to see my 93 year young Aunt. She is the last blood kin I have left from my Parents generation.

She is doin great. Made us grilled cheese and soup for lunch both days we were there.
Cooked a big supper one day and took us out the other night. She even had us go along to her Thursday morning Breakfast Club at the local greasy spoon.

I had never been there before. I think it was 1957 when they moved to this house.

Then we drove a rental car to the southern point of Maine. The Mrs has a sister, niece, and families there. They all live in the country in the Trees. I had never seen so many Trees, from upstate NY we drove due East for 400 miles and it was Trees the whole way. We were just a little early to see the leaves as they were just barely starting to turn.

I’d never been to the Atlantic Ocean , my first time WOO HOO !

We rode Amtrak to Boston one day and took a Tour Bus excursion. I'm not a history, or big city person.

Had a seafood feast put on by the In-laws

Shrimp on the Barbe, Steamers, Corn on the cobb, and Lobtsa. The shrimp was my favorite.

Anyway back home safe and sound.

SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO !

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

Oh yeah that was a Movie that S1 loved as a youngin.

It's hitting home this year.

The Mrs is overwhelmed with everything coming out of the Gardens this year!




We netted the grapes as last year the birds got every concord the minute it started to change colors.
They never touched the green grapes, Birds must not see the color Green as being food.

Anyway the first batch of juice came out so SWEET and without adding any sugar, WE're not sharing with anyone !

"SOILED DOVES"

So the Mrs went to Idaho to visit her sister this weekend.
They get along pretty well, can really tear up the garage sale and thrift store scene !
The SIL did "Rendezvous" for many years and has carried it to the point of yard decor.

There is an Outside bedroom and bath.

The Pioneers would be Proud !

GOOD SAINTS THEY AINT !

BONDED BY GREASE

Well Fathers Day came and went.

S3 and I bonded over repairing the Mrs' car.  Her throw out bearing was bad and she wouldn't drive it till it was fixed. Pulled the engine on Sunday and put it all back together on Monday.  He called in with car problems to get the day off, didn't tell them it was his Mom's car.
Anyway it's an OLD car but gets 40MPG, would have cost more to hire it done than car is worth.
Was only a 100 deadpres to do it ourselves and put in a new clutch and rear main while we had it apart. 

Like this but with more clothes !

Any way the Mrs is back in business, watch out DI she's on her way.


Oh yeah Fathers Day, S1/DIL stopped by with some special cupcakes.
S2 took us to the White Owl for lunch on the rooftop patio.
And we checked out the booths at SummerFest.

Back to normal, that’s were Methuselah is, no more of this CRAP lately.

A friend said it was just a bladder infection and I guess he was right as it all passed.(get it!)

She’s been on her chair by the potbelly stove since we started firing it up last fall.

Ahh, a cat’s life !

Think that’s what I’ll come back as, who wouldn’t, you get Nine of em !

THEN AND NOW

THEN   1975

NOW

SEEMS LIKE ONLY MINUTES NOT YEARS !