Mother's Day was a great day!!!

So, reading my last post,  I decided to get on here and write about how the day turned out.    Greg and Ally took me and Ally's mom to breakfast at Cracker Barrel.   It was fun to visit with Shelly and take my time with breakfast.   I didn't get to church but God will forgive me I am sure.   After breakfast I came home and spent time on the phone with Ed and then went up to help Dave finish his move!!!! 

Catch up to present day - life is just so busy.    I find myself being at work until 5 or 5:30 and then I don't get home until 6:30 or 7.   Way too late.   Especially on days when I start at 7:30.    But I get so much done later in the day, phone is not ringing and no one is knocking on my door.     I love my job and find it a challenge that I am up to even though some days I get very frustrated,   I am sure I will be able to do it.    Especially on the days when I can vent to Ed on the phone and he talks me "off the ledge".   Can't wait until he is here and we can talk all the time instead of once a day. 

This weekend is Memorial Day and I find myself feeling a little lost.  I really miss Ed's company on the weekends.  I know I will be busy with the kids, but it is not the same.   I will be really happy when he is home for good.   
We opened our pool last week and it has been a challenge to clean up the water.   Right now it is a bright green, but getting clear.   That is a good sign.     Hopefully, by sometime this weekend, we can swim in it????  Stay tuned.............

Mother's Day

Well today I spent the day helping my kids.  What a great way to spend Mother's Day weekend.   Ali needed help with Max this morning so she could clean her house.  He is so cute but does not like to be put down.   So I carried him around and he did fall asleep for a bit.    Then when I got home, I got a call from Greg that they needed Jonathan's help to move Dave's furniture into his new apartment.   So I went and picked up Jonathan and took him over.  It gave me an excuse to see Dave's new place.  It is very nice.  For the same amount of money, he has a bigger apartment and a dishwasher and washer/dryer.   

I finished my day by going for groceries tonight.   I don't usually go for groceries at 7 at night, but it was kinda nice shopping that late.   No one was in the store and I could take my time, not worrying about anyone bumping into me.     Usually I shop on Sundays and the store is very crowded.   

Tomorrow logistics is an issue.   Greg and his girlfriend want to take me to breakfast, but Dave wants help moving at 10:00 am.     Not sure how to do all this.   May ask Dave to hold off till later in the day????   But then we won't have Greg's help as he will be going to work at 3.   UGH   I hate it when there is too much to do.   Well, will write about how this problem gets resolved tomorrow.   

New Start

I can't believe it has been almost two years since I posted to this site!!!   And yet we continue to have visitors to the web site.    I have decided to try to blog every night for awhile and see how it feels. For awhile now, I have wanted to try and write down my "history" in one of those books that says "mom"  but I think this may be the better way to go.

I seem to have a lot of time on my hands lately.  I work every day but the evenings are less hectic, the boys are out a lot and demand almost none of my time.   It seems like it would be the perfect time to spend with my husband.  Unfortunately, he is away  in Saudi Arabia.  I am getting very anxious for him to move back home and that may happen sometime this year.    Then, we will probably be very busy.   Ed always has ideas of what to do, where to go and new projects in mind.     \

I am really enjoying my new job.    Beginning of the year I accepted the position of Director of Resident Services at an assisted living facility.    It is a challenge as I have never had this much responsibility or this  much "power".    I do like it and I just hope I am doing a good job.   I have approximately 40 people who report directly to  me.    I am slowly earning their respect and that is very important to me.    I also have to do a lot of  interviews and hiring and I think the hardest part of that  is when I decide that I can't use someone as they are not qualified for a position.    My tendency is to always see the glass as half full and want to give everyone a chance but I am learning to be a bit skeptical and not believe everything that is told to me.   People will say anything when they want a job.  

My kids are the light of my life right now as are my grandchildren.   They are all doing very well in their lives and I am very proud of them.     Will write more tomorrow.       

Italy - Part II

I forgot to mention our first lunch in Rome. After we had settled into our hotel, we went across the street to this cute little cafe and had lunch. Our waiter - Enzo - was really great. He wanted to teach Brenda Italian and we had so much fun with him. We had some wine with our lunch and just generally enjoyed the fact that we were in Italy and together. Enzo also made the meal a lot of fun. He gave Brenda the name "normal special" and it stuck with her almost the whole trip. LOL I had spaghetti carbonera and I would find it to be my favorite thing in Italy. It was sooooo good. After lunch we went for our site seeing bus tour. We wanted something that was not too much effort as we were pretty tired. The bus tour was perfect, we could just sit and see all the glorious things in Rome.
After the bus tour, we went back to the hotel and rested for a bit, changed our clothes and went to dinner to a seafood restaurant that we walked to. I had the biggest prawns for my dinner that night. After our walk back to the hotel, we had a great night's sleep. There was no rush to wake up, our next tour did not start till mid afternoon. YEAH!!! Night All!!!!!

Our Trip to Italy

On Thursday 10/21 we started our journey to Italy. Since Ed is living in Saudi, I had to meet him in Rome (I know - tough for us), but we did it. I flew to Philadelphia and met up with our friends Brenda and Tom and we all flew to Rome together. I actually flew to another country coach class, which is something I never had to do when Ed and I were jetting around the world. Anyway, the flight was uneventful and shorter then I am used to - 8 hours as opposed to 14. When we landed in Rome, we had about an hour and a half until Ed landed. Brenda and Tom waited with me as we were being picked up by the hotel.
It was so good to see Ed come walking down the hall. We found our driver and started out for the hotel. We arrived at Bailey's Hotel in Rome. It was a very quaint and pretty hotel, the desk clerks were helpful and attractive. Loved the Italian accent.
After checking in and unpacking, we decided to take a site seeing bus ride around Rome. I was so exhausted because I didn't sleep much on the plane, but I was also excited to see Rome. We saw many of the sites of Rome on the bus tour, but I also kept falling asleep. Poor Ed had to keep waking me up. He was in his time zone, only one hour off. We were six hours ahead and had been traveling all night. Anyway, one of the things I felt was interesting - the square at St. Peter's Basilica seemed smaller then it appeared on TV. I loved seeing the sidewalk cafes and all the old buildings of Rome. It was exciting to just be there and also to be with Ed.
I am going to write this in parts, as it would be too lengthy to write about the whole trip. Our pictures are posted and I will start labeling them. There are quite a few so it will take awhile. Stay tuned.

July 4th Weekend!!!

I just realized this week that it has been one whole year since we got home from Dubai. Time goes by so quickly these days. Life is good for us even though Ed is away, we are still finding ways to enjoy every day. We have decided to put an in ground pool in our backyard and they will be starting that in a week or two. Plans are with the town awaiting approval. Ed will be home for a visit next week. We are going to a BonJovi Concert and I am excited about that, almost as much as seeing Ed.
Ed and I have managed to talk almost every day and that makes his absence a bit more tolerable but I still miss just having him around. We all worry about him getting lonely and for the most part I think he is OK except for his days off. I am very lucky to have all the distractions of my everyday life. The job makes my days go really really fast and I am so tired at night, I fall asleep almost immediately. That is annoying at times because I don't get to see any of my favorite TV shows anymore. I am going to have to start taping.
Of course School is over for the summer and Greg and Alex both finished with great grades. I am very proud of how they handled all that has been thrown at them the past few years. They handled themselves well and are the better for all the experiences they have had. They have rejoined their old groups of friends and are enjoying great social lives.
I am happy I have an extra day off this next week and the following week I took an extra day off as Ed will be home. Yes, it is a great life and I want it to slow down and enjoy it all.

Summer Will Get Here Soon - I Hope!!!

Well, David is all graduated and his party was a lot of fun. Family and friends were here and I love having company, even if I did make my sister work while she was here. Poor Sue, I even had her vacuuming. Something I have never done to company before. But then again, I have not worked full time in a long time and life is different in many ways.
I love my job, just wish I didn't have to go to it every day during the week. I guess I should not complain. I don't have to work evenings, nights or weekends or holidays. It is a great job.
Jonathan is here to visit, picked him up at the airport tonight. I had to get a gate pass to meet Jonathan when he got off the plane. The security people did not want to let me pass until they emptied my purse of EVERYTHING! It was really annoying. I told them I was not getting on the plane, just meeting my grandson. I got a lecture about how I had to follow the rules just like everyone else. I didn't think to leave my purse with Alex who was waiting at baggage claim. Anyway, they almost wanted to take my expensive hand cream and I almost cried. Then they decided to let me keep it. UGH!!! Makes you not want to fly.............
We have many new pictures posted - feel free to take a look. I have a great family and it was fun having a photographer here during Dave's party to just snap away. Well, that is it for now. See you on facebook.