More News

Things I forgot:

• Paul is living in Louisville now. He's working at Jack Fry's and Jeff Ruby's.
• Jim and Annie got married on July 4.
• I won a 1st place ribbon for my white cake made with yogurt with caramel icing and a 3rd place ribbon for my petit fours at the KY State Fair this year.
• JoAnn's sister Martha passed away in August.
• Mom visited Nikki and Simone in June (I think) and will be visiting Mitch and Kim at the end of Sept/beg of October.
  

Birthdays, Etc

Since I've been so remiss, here are all the birthdays and anniversaries I've missed. Please let me know if I missed someone or have some wrong info.

• Daniel--June 7--28
• Jill--June 9--31
• Devin--June 12--30
• Alec--June 24--16
• Jason--June 26--34
• McKinzie--June 28--9?
• Gus--July 1--59
• Jeremy--July 6--32
• Sam (Roberts)--July 15--??
• Hannah--July 17--4
• Serena--July 22--82
• August--July 28--34
• Cyndi--July 29--49
• Jim--Aug. 11--49
• Sarah--Aug. 15--3
• Kevin--Aug. 20--58
• Simone--Aug. 25--40
• Fred--Aug. 26--50
• Jo Ann--Aug. 26--55
• Bridget--Aug. 29--43
• Amy--Aug. 29--32
• Jaden--30--4??

Anniversaries

• Gina and Jim--July 21, 1990
• Gus and Pat--July 28, 1973--38
• Fritz and Robin--Aug 3, 1974--36
• Phil and Serena--Aug. 21, 1947
• Chris and Cyndi--Aug. 24, 1985--25

September birthdays:

• Lillian--Sept. 11--3
• Suzanne Arndt Morris--Sept. 14
• Kim--Sept. 16--52
• Lee--Sept. 26--32

Im Memoriam:

• Ed--Sept. 6, 2005

News:

I've taken Mom to the doctor a few times and here's what's going on:

• her cholesterol is good (Dr. Rivera was always concerned about it. Oh, Dr. R. is no longer a family doctor, so we've switched to a physician's assistant, Jason Lemon, at the same office.)
• her blood pressure has been great
• she's gained the weight she lost back, so she's back, much to her chagrin, to around 130
• her knee is still giving her problems--it's often swollen and hurts her, esp. if she goes up and down the basement stairs a few times. Jason L. gave her a prescription for a strong NSAID and told her to put ice on it if it swells, but she's not very good about it. When it gets better, she immediately stops the meds. He said she could ease off after it is better, but I don't think he meant as soon as it looks like it's getting better. Argh! She took a walk with me and the dogs the other day, but it's generally too hot. When it gets cooler, I hope we can walk more often. Mitch, Fred and I have talked about hooking up my washer and dryer in the garage, but Mom doesn't want to stop going up and down the stairs since that's her exercise. Dangerous exercise, I think.
• she has a suspicious-looking mole on her back and the doctor's office was supposed to make an appt with a dermatologist, but they haven't so we'll have to call them about it
• Fred's been having chest pain on both sides of his chest--he's getting it checked out, so I'll keep you posted
• I finally made my trip to Germany in July--it was lovely!
• April is teaching middle school now and is really enjoying it
• Devin has had two seizures in the last few months--she was rattled but mostly alright, just a few stitches in her tongue and chin
• Tiffany got a job as a real kindergarten teacher, so she can now make her aides clean up all the kiddy poo!

Another Bit of News

• Alec has gotten his first job as a caddie at a country club!

April & May Birthdays and News

May
Birthdays

• Caitlin--Sat, May 2--20
• April--Mon, May 4--32
• Pat--Fri, May 8--57
• Shawn--Fri, May 29--31

April
Birthdays

• Mitch--Mon, Apr. 20--53
• Tiffany--Thurs, Apr. 23--26
• Tyler--Fri, Apr. 24--5
• Fritz--Tues, Apr. 28--56

Anniversaries
Ed & Jan--Wed, Apr. 29, 1996

News

• Mom found her Italian Baker--it was in my room in the bookshelf ;-)
• Mom's still going through Dad's things and working on writing her will. She's having a difficult time with the latter. I would suggest that if there is something of hers (or Dad's) that you particularly want, you should let her know. She's given a lot of Dad's old clothes away in part because we really need the space here. If you want anything, you really need to talk to her about it or arrange to come visit soon.
• If you haven't heard, Josh and Sam are engaged.
• Mitch and Kim are on vacation on Hawaii. Well, they're probably back home now.
• Funny grandkid story: When they went out to eat to celebrate Pat and April's birthdays and Mother's Day, Sarah was scarfing her French fries down so fast that she mistook her finger for one and bit into it! I don't think surgery was needed, though ;-)

March Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays

• Aunt Anna--Wed, Mar. 3--98
• Janelle--Thurs, Mar. 11--26
• Jan--Fri, Mar. 12--61
• Aunt Angie--Mar. 18, 1917 -- May 2, 2008
• Chris--Fri, Mar. 19--52
• Nikki--Sat, Mar. 20--60
• Jaylen--Fri, Mar. 26--3

Anniversaries
Mitch and Kim--Wed, Mar. 10--32

February Birthdays

• Kaela -- Sun, Feb. 8 --9
• Gina -- Sun, Feb. 15, 1965 --Feb. 13, 2007
• Max -- Thurs, Feb 26 -- 26

Robin -- Sun, Jan 10 -- 53
Jenny -- Sun, Jan 10 -- 35
Phil -- Mon, Jan 11 -- 83
Andrew -- Mon, Jan 12 -- 6
Aunt Mary -- Mon, Jan 18
Eddie -- Mon, Jan 18
Aunt Rita -- Sat, Jan 23