Bring On 2007.

No long soliloquies today,
just one simple wish,
a better
New Year
than last.

Happy New Years!

Our Anniversary.

Christa and I were married sixteen years ago today at St. Micheal's Lutheran Church in Reno. The Church was beautifully decorated with poinsettias and evergreens for the Christmas season. Our favorite time of the year was from Halloween through New Years with its deep reds, golds, and greens.

I still remember seeing her for the first time in her wedding dress. She was stunning. I had such a feeling of pride that a women this lovely had chosen me. We had found each other and were stronger together than we could ever be apart.

It was a simple service, attended by those people most important in our lives. To top it all off, when the service was over we walked out of the church and there was a light dusting of snow on the ground. Perfect.

Christa, I love you and miss you.
Happy Anniversary.

Peace and Good Cheers,
Marty

Happy Birthday Christa.

For those who don't know, today is Christa's Birthday. Today wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. This does not mean in any way that it was easy. We, as a family, talked about Christa more today than we have in a while. Difficult, but good.

Rowen decided we needed to get Christa a birthday cake. I reminded him that if we did it did not mean that Christa would be joining us. He asked if she would have cake in Heaven and I assured him that she would have a wonderful cake with ice cream on top.

I spoke with the children about lighting a candle for Christa on her Birthday. How this act says that we remember her and miss her greatly. I think they understand and overtime will find this act comforting.









Happy Birthday my love.

Peace and Long Memories,
Marty

Merry Christmas and Thank You.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season. I want to thank everyone who has helped my family and me through what has been the most difficult year of our lives. Each of you should be so proud of the way that you of have gone above and beyond for us. I am humbled. You each have shown that you understand what Christmas is truly about,
"It is better to give than to receive".
You have given us the best gift of all, a gift of the heart.

So to all of you I say thank you and my the peace that is Christmas come to you and be with you for the rest of your lives.

Peace and Christmas Cheers,
Marty

And More Funny Stuff.

Picture Time Again.

These are photos that my Mom took when she and my Dad were here for Eilish's 10th birthday.
Part of the fun in posting these is that I then get to comment on them.
I hope you enjoy.

So these are my three little "angels".

Starting at the right, could someone tell me what that look on Rowen's face means.
I have my thoughts.

Doesn't Eilish look nice in the dress she picked out for her Birthday outfit?

Yes, that is a hole in Elora's jeans. No, that is not her best pair of jeans. Yes, they may be her favorite pair of jeans. No, I didn't know she blew the knee out until I saw the picture.

Please Papa Robert please. We promise to blah blah blah blah blah.
Or
Help me! I'm being mugged by three of Santa's elves who have entered the country illegally.

And last but not least, this handsome, young man is sporting his new "Warriors in Pink" t-shirt and looking rather dapper.

I'll try to post again later.

Peace and Good Cheers,
Marty

Need I Say More?

A Series Of Unfortunate Events Or Someone "Upstairs" Is Having A Good Laugh.

Today was the perfect cure for writers block. I consider myself lucky to have made it through in one piece. Let's start at the beginning.

Rowen was the first up this morning. He came into my room around 8 am which is late for him. He crawled into my bed and was still for about ten minutes. Then Eilish came in and he decided it was time to play. This is how are Sunday mornings usually are. We woke up Elora and decided to go get breakfast. After eating, we went over to Kohl's to get a small gift for Amber because the kids were going to spend the afternoon over there while I went to work.

On the way home I clipped the curb at an intersection and blew out my tire. I was able to pull into a parking lot and the give the kids their first lesson for changing a flat tire. I was still in a good mood and able to keep the really "colorful" language to a minimum.

We got home and I made the kids some lunch which two out of three ate. Anymore, if I can get two out of three to eat, I'm doing pretty good. Everyone finished and it was time to get ready to take them to "Saint Shelly's" and then head into work.

I went into my room to change my pants because the pair I had on were a little grungy after having changed the tire. I grabbed my favorite pair of cargo pants, pulled them on, zipped them up, and the zipper gave out on them. I know there are plenty of jokes to be made a this point, I even thought about them myself. Then I thought, "I hope this isn't one of those bouts of bad luck that comes in threes".

As we are headed out the door, I remembered that I didn't have my cell phone. I looked in all the usual spots and didn't find it. "Where did I leave the stupid thing." This is where the little light bulb turns on in my head, because I knew exactly where it was. I went down to laundry room, opened the washer, grabbed the pants I thrown in the wash because they were covered with tire dirt, and pulled my phone out of the pocket. I killed another one.

Now your thinking, well at least that is three, at least the "curse" is broken. HaHa. I had been at work for about fifteen minutes when, as if the bad mojo had to get one more little jab in, I picked up a pen to write some notes and it bleed ink all over my hand.

I really feel lucky to have mad it through the day without seriously hurting myself. Not to say that I won't feel some aches and pains from changing the tire this morning.

So how was your day?

Peace and Good Cheers,
Marty

Snow Funny.

Blogger Having Issues

I have had a couple people email me that they were not able to post comments. I checked the homepage for blogger and they say they have fixed the problem.

I will try to post tomorrow. I'm suffering from a bout of writers block or at least I can't think of anything interesting. Blog you soon.

Peace and Good Cheers,
Marty