Best Life

 Today I managed a walk to Saddleback Lake.  Just over 3 miles round trip over a very muddy road.  The rain let up just after lunch and it felt good to move! Saddleback Lake through the years.                                                               Today with the clouds hiding the mountain.                                             Nicole, Kaitlyn, Katie and Megan Girl Scout trip 2007                                                                 Winter 2017  ...

 Today's word of the day - ennui.  Meaning boredom.  Totally appropriate as the day is cold, rainy, and dark.   But look at the cute photos I found!                                                  Maddy on June 6, 2011 at Memere Sakkinen's                                                         Scott graduating from preschool June 6, 2007.                            My biggest accomplishment today - a second coat of urethane on the porch glider. A trip to the dump and IGA before washing windows and floors between movies.  Trying to prevent cabin fever. National Trails Day....

 Congratulations Madelyn Joy!  The beginning of amazing things.  Oh the places you will go and the successes you will accomplish! Know we are so proud of you!                                                                                Madelyn Joy                                                                           Mom and Karen Thank you Karen for the photos and the link to watch Ponaganset High School Graduation via YouTube.  We were able to watch the whole ceremony and see Maddy handed her diploma!  (Unfor...

June 4, 2015.  Eleven years (!!!!) ago Kevin graduated from high school.  Now a college degree, a grown up job and even a wife!   Today's weather was perfect.  We started early and managed 6 roof panels before we stopped for lunch.  We were feeling very energetic and hopeful. After lunch the sun angle was a bit brutal despite sunglasses and the temperature rose to almost 80.  Our water breaks were more frequent and longer.  Our total for the day - 11 panels.   Only 2 1/2 panels in the front and the 1/2 panel in the back and the roof will be complete!  The end is in sight! Our original trash can from 1990.  It has the wounds from a bear attack that occurred sometime in 2003.  We came up to find our debris, including Scott's diapers, spread throughout the woods and the can smashed.  Thank you Don for helping in cleaning it up!                        ...

  Sunny and 75.  No clouds.  No rain.  No wind.  Tsetse flies seemed less but the black flies - vicious.  (Apparently they will be rampant until at least Father's Day.)  New England weather at its finest! Climbing to the top of the ladder to the roof line to help measure gave me this "bird's eye" view. We placed the final 3 panels on the back half .  The final half panel will wait until the front wall panels are complete.                     Front c orner trims were cut and eave trim installed along the top along the front wall.  Next step are roof panels. At this point we called it a day.  Covered in sweat and bug spray (and probably a fly or two tangled in my hair) - I needed a shower to stop the itchiness.  Plus the sun angle was blinding.  If we start early we can have the sun at our backs.   A late lunch, shower, nap, dinner and a movie.  All well e...

 My baby girl is having a baby girl!  Congratulations Megan and TJ!                                                                        Paul, Me and Megan                                                                           December 15, 1994 To say we are excited is an understatement.  May your daughter be as precocious as Brianna.  Healthy and happy and loving.  May she give you less grief than you gave your parents but also as much happiness.  Know that everything is temporary (the good and the challenging) so enjoy ever...