Concerts

Today I went with Jim to Evie's concert.They presented TRIUMPHANT! Opera's Greatest Arias, Choruses and Overtures. Special guest artist was Canadian Soprano, Lisa Garant. It was excellent I have gone to Evie her concert all her live. She started when she was in fourth grade. I think I missed one when I went to see my Mom and Dad one year. Tonight the orchestra was profesional. I was very proud of Evie. After the concert we dropped Jim of and Evie and I went out for dinner. I feels great to be with your daughter and reminisce. We have a lot of good memories.

Mothers.

Next monday April 27 was my Mothers Birthday. She would have been 106. From child on this has been a important day for me, and it will be as long as I live.I loved my Mother all my life, but the feeling became stronger when I became a Mother. You can not tell anyone unless you have been there. You get that feeling of responsibility.And then the great love. I see it in my grandchildren. They will do anything for there children. That is the way life should be, but it is not always so. I do not understand some relationships. But going back to my Mother, I remember picking flowers for her and later when I was working bring her flowers our some food from the market. Later she told me that she missed that the most when I went to the U.S.A. She said boys are different, the little things that mean a lot they do not think about.So Mem I will think of you special on your special day.Still love you a lot. By the way my Mother died when she was almost 95 years old.

Pyama Party

Last night we had a belated Birthday party for Anna.Somehow Lucy wanted every one in pyamas,so when the party was over we all could go strait to bed. It all was cute and we had a good time. It also reminded me of earlier days. It was the summer of David graduation from high school. His father gave him a old red MUSTANG. for graduation. David promised me to take me out for a ride sometime. One night around 8.30 he called me and said are you ready for a ride. I said yes, but I was in my nightwear because the next morning I had to fly out to Los Vegas for a two week trip to see the National parks out west. So I was not going to dress up and David gave me the ride of my life.(in pyamas) Things and times like that makes lots of nice memories.

New Citizen.

Today I came on some old papers and found the date when we became citizen. For the record it is nice to have it on paper. The program reads. SEVENTY_FIFTH_DINNER in honor of NEW CITIZENS. Monday Evening, February 6,1956. The Council for Better Citizenship. ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in cooperatie with the Federal,State,County and City Governments. Monroe County American Legion, Woman's Auxiliary, American Legion and the Gannett Newspapers. Arrangements by the NEW CITIZENS COMMITTEE. Presiding By Herbert L Gaylord,Jr.,Chairman.

Window Washing

Today, Sunday is a beautiful day to wash windows.And that is what I am going to do. It has been mayby close to a year when I did it the last time.If my Mother could hear that she would turn over in her grave. I was brought up to do windows once a week. Also polish the brass doorbell every week. Then the side walk had to be scrubbed. A routine that repeats every week. Well first my house is bigger, then I am on a hill and the back windows I need a ladder. Last year Kim helped me. Now I have a real long pole with a sponge and do what I can. When you get older you look at things different. Our needs are different. Also I think God made us lose a little eyesight when we age, so we do not see every thing. It is also not important.The most important is contact with family and friends. Give and receive Love.So I am going to do windows because I have nothing else to do today,but if a call comes in before I start I can change my plan. That is what you can do when you are elderly.Enjoy life.

Easter Sunday 2009

What a day.!It started with the sun shining in the bedroom when I woke up. That really helps my mood. Got my pills for the day dressed and of to Dave and Anna. I was greeted by the two little girls. They look like twins, but Molly is about 10 months younger then Lucy. I brought them some stuff in a shoebox. I decorated the lid with different pictures I cut out of old cards. I had so much fun doing that. Al the time I was working on it I was thinking of the kids. I hope in the future the kids come to my house to teach them different things. I always have love arts and crafts. There are so many things you can make with little money,. I use to have a Girlscout troop for about 13 years. And if I may say myself it was one of the best troop in the neighborhood. Late I worked with seniors, teach them to knit. Make gloves and scarves for the Salvation Army. They gave them to the poor family's for Christmas.I love to help and teach. I have friends who do not read, our do any hand work and I do not understand what they do with there live. What a joy to read. I am now reading three books. The writer is Maggie Sefton, and the books are Knit One, Kill One, A deadly yarn and Needle to Death, I almost done with two books. It plays off in a knitting group becoming ditectives.

Camping

Today I went to the hospital for my pacemaker check. I got a pacemaker about four years ago and once a year the Surgeon has to check it. He said my pacemaker is working about 80%. So I realy need it.And he thinks I have about a other four years on this battery . I have a St. Jude pace maker.So I told my Dr. I am going to make the best of the help I get. So I am thinking of this summer. I know I am going for the 4the July to New York City. Fire works at the Hudson. But then this week my granddaughter said, David and I where talking that we would like to go camping this summer and anyone who would like to go can come. I said great. I love family and the outdoors, and when you can get that together I am all for it. Years ago we started to camp as a family because that was all we could effort. A friend lend us a great big tent and we went up North in to Canada.A car without aircondition and 85 Degree outside. Then three girls in the backseat. A trunk full and a box on top of the car and there we went. We had a Coleman lamp for light and out side a campfire for cooking. One pot meals. It was fun and this was our home for two week every summer. We where hooked. Then we bought a Cox popup camper. Boy we hit the Jackpot. We traveled to Main, Michigan and New york State. Untill The campgrounds changed, noise and dirty bahtrooms. So we started to look for some land and found 15 acres in Prattsburg N.Y.There we put our camper.After a while we started to think of putting up a one room cabin. Well that was a joy. A woodburning stove. No running water or light. But this was our home away from home.My husband and I spend lots of great times there. Sometime with family, our some good times with friends. Great memories, but the best times where when we where the two of us. We cut down trees for the woodstove, and we planted trees and made the land greener.

Easter or Pasen.

Eaters in the Netherlands is a two day event.What I heard when I was young that the Christian, the very strict could not do anything then go to church on Sunday Holiday. So they gave them a other day to have fun . Like biking.And even visiting other family members. All the religions in the Netherlands are two day. Christmas and Pinksteren [Pentecost] To any one who reads my blog, Happy Easter.

The terrible four.

I went out for lunch yesterday with my three daugters. This was my birthday present. Once a month out for lunch. And I enjoy it. It is great to see them together. But in confersation Louise said I have never heard you say the terrible four. So I better explain. Every summer when the four would come to our house for some days, we had a great time and I know the kids have a lot of found memories. One summer I think it was Jimmy and Kim wrote a poem for us . The Terrible Four, Right now Kim has the poem ,mabey some day I will post. But the four of them sang it to grandma and grandpa. It was funny.I always feel bad the four have so many memories, then later Jeff came and he did not have the same experience. He came five years after Kristy. And alone to your Grand parents is or was not as much fun. Now that I think back there are so many great things that happend. But I love them just as much now that they are 29, 30, 31 and 32. And Jeff is also grown up almost 25.

Love and Hate.

Love and hate I had both of them. But I can say now that my hate is gone. Hate comes in many ways. I have seen people so upset ,they hate the other politic party so much, that it consumes their life.And really they can not do much about it.Unless they get involved, then they would understand things better.I had my hate after World War II. I hated Hitler and all the Germans for all the suffering we went through. The hate stayed there for many years, until one year my husband and I took my mother on a Rhine trip in to Germany. There we confronted the normal Germans and then I knew that I should leave my hate there. And I did. Now I say I LOVE our DISLIKE something. I never forget but life is a lot easier with out hate.

Granddaughter

Last night I had a great time with my granddaughter Kim. We had supper together and then I got some memories out . I have several boxes and book with al old stuff. From my wedding until now. I saved. Showing Kim things she made when she was little.Things they did when the terrible four where at our house.Jim,Kim,David and Kristy. What beautiful memories. I even had a cigar box with a cigar from my father inlaw. That cigar must be at least 50 years old. Wonder how that would smell if you smoked it.I have the newspaper clippings of my Mom and Dads 60 wedding anniversary.The dead notes of lots of people. Family. Fhoto's of my husband singing at concerts . The Ed Sulivan show and Ozie and Harriet show. A production that Kodak put on for there investors. It was so great to share a little of my life with Kim. Also she saw her mom in a basket when she was 6 months old arriving in New York city as a new immigrant. When you have a evening like that and you can share it with some one , it brings your whole life again in front of you and it is wonderful.