Why do they call it an expressway?

Amazingly we got on the road only eight minutes after our planned departure time, which was 9:00. We stopped at the Little Yellow Store and bought some ice for the cooler. We also had a chance to say hi to Jake, an absolutely beautiful black lab pup.
It was a beautiful, sunny day and [...]

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Get ready, Get set, GO…to Williamsburg

We have been planning this trip since late last fall. Once we realized that we had a time share to use prior to year’s end and wouldn’t be able to do so, we paid a little extra and booked this trip. I’m working tonight and get off at 7 AM; we plan to [...]

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wow, Wow, WOW!!!

How many times can a person say WOW! in one day? That was the question that came to mind last night after a day at MQX (machine quilters expo). This is a quilt show in Manchester, NH that highlights machine quilters and their creations. Su and I spent several hours wandering through [...]

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Sunny skies, exercise and labor update

It was warm enough to sit in the sun for an hour today and get sunburned (oops).
Bill and I have joined the new Planet Fitness gym in town. It opened on Tuesday; it’s bright, clean and a pleasant place to be…good energy. I went both Tues. and Wed. mornings after work for [...]

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Baby news is status quo

Vanessa remains in the hospital but things are stable. Saturday was not a very good day. She was weaned off the “anti-contraction” meds Friday night and experienced more contractions on Saturday. On top of that, she started running a low grade fever. The highs and lows of that day were very [...]

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Baby update

It must have been a frightening day yesterday for Greg and Vanessa. After talking with Greg this morning, I learned that not only was Vanessa dilated 1 cm. but she was also having contractions 1 – 3 minutes apart. Vanessa is wearing a contraction monitor but the report on the baby is that [...]

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Early contractions

My daughter-in-law, Vanessa, left a message on my home answering machine advising me that she was on her way to the hospital. She had a regularly scheduled Dr. appt. today and it was discovered that she is 1 cm. dilated. Very disturbing news; their baby girl is not due until June 19. [...]

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Oh happy, sunny day!

Aaaah! There aren’t too many things that feel as good as sitting in the glass room, in the sun. It is a picture perfect day; not a cloud in the sky, very light breeze coming through the slightly open window and the Red Sox on TV, opening day. I have been waiting for [...]

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Wendy’s Birthday

Today is the 28th celebration of the day my daughter was born, my beautiful girl, my “Piglet”. She got that nickname because she had such fat little legs and her dad said she had porkchop legs. Somehow that turned into “Piglet”.
I never would have imagined how much I would grow to love her, [...]

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Measure twice, cut once

Finally some time at home! It has been cloudy, damp and raining for the last couple of days. I woke up this morning to lots of sun, for a change, and lots of wind, again. Shortly after starting my day, the power went out. Yuck! It was a little [...]

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