Wow it's been a few years since we've blogged!  Well here we are in 2016!  The year off to a much different start than 2015.  Last year there was a ton of snow and cold cold temperatures!  As well as a fractured right foot that kept us from doing a lot!!  This year off to a crazy and uncertain start of home improvements and one home improvement show.  One so far accidental the other planned, though it wasn't supposed to happen in winter! Windows in winter!  Who gets windows in January??  Its been a roller coaster of a January... will it snow on window day or not! Can you put faith in the extended forcast on your weather app??? Well, the convent prayed, St Anthony was in position and the rosary was in the tree! All went well!  Wondering what February will bring as we start organization projects and pick out paint.  As they say the only constant in life is change!!

back to normal?

Someone asked me recently if things were getting back to normal...I'm not sure if things will be normal again...but then what exactly is "normal"...

nor·mal

/ˈnɔrməl/ Show Spelled [nawr-muhl] Show IPA

adjective

1.

conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.

2.

serving to establish a standard.

3.

Psychology .

a.

approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.

b.

free from any mental disorder; sane.

4.

Biology, Medicine/Medical .

a.

free from any infection or other form of disease or malformation, or from experimental therapy or manipulation.

b.

of natural occurrence.

5.

Mathematics .

a.

being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.

b.

of the nature of or pertaining to a mathematical normal.

c.

(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the square of the absolute value of any function is 1.

d.

(of a topological space) having the property that corresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets are two disjoint open sets, each containing one of the closed sets.

e.

(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set of elements results when all the elements of the subgroup are operated on consistently on the left and consistently on the right by any element of the group; invariant.

The !8th

A month ago today... the world really changed from what we knew... what was safe, was not...what was a wonderful place to grow up, became scary...  The only constant in life is change they say... May things change for GOOD in the future!  Every day strive to make things better!

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

Bob Feller

90th year

What do you get when you add 40 + 50?  How bout when one spouse turns 40 and one turns 50 in the same year? Well you'd have 90 wouldn't you?!  There are times when we've joked that we're celebrating our 90th year, which is a fun way to look at our respective milestone birthdays. While doing a bunch of  "home work" this year we're working in some fun as well! We'll do a bit better with the updates of out 90th year of fun... we promise!
Mixed into our fun this year... S has had a stress test that went well and M is having surgery in June - a septiplasty, endoscopy, among other things... as breathing, and doing it well, has a big impact on your everyday function. All home work must be completed by June! Wish us luck!
Back to the fun...well back in April, we went to a ballgame.  We went to our first Reds vs Pirates game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh!  Its a great park!  If you have the means and are a fan of the game, get there, its a great time!  Let us know if you have the pulled pork topped with pirogies!

HOMEWORK

Did you do your home work?  Something we didn't think we would hear when we finished school... Then home work was something the teacher would give to reinforce the lessons.  Now it could refer to research for a product you may wish to buy. Or, in our current case literally working on our home! In which case we have had to do home work to work on our home! Hurricane Sandy hit us too.  Thankfully not as bad as some others!  Our hearts and prayers still go out to those folks. Now that winter has passed we find ourselves patching the crack and spot on the living room ceiling from the leaking roof (Sandy ripped a shingle or two off).  The roof has been repaired and just last week the chimney had a 3/4 rebuild! Things are shaping up! Currently we're working on the living room. New colors have been selected and purchased and we're in the prep stage. Remember the 32 mirrors on the wall, those that came with the house...GONE! Speaking of home work and prep though... I'd better get going on the wall paper removal... that was behind the big mirror above the fireplace...along with an outlet?!