REQUIRED UPDATE!

Well, it looks like it has been a couple YEARS since I've updated my blog! Can't believe it! Time sure does fly after retirement . . . .

My updates are that my children are now 30 (Lisa), 28 (Linda), 26 (Susan) and 19 (Matt). Lisa just moved to ALASKA (Girdwood, AK). Not sure if she can get any farther away from me than that! As long as she is happy and doing what she wants to do on this earth, then I am happy for her. Linda still works for the city of Novi, MI. She is still living in Howell and is single. She seems happy and normally content with life, so I'm happy for her too.....Susan bought her own home in 2010 and has been living there for over a year now, and has been on her new job working as a Medical Assitant in a Cardiologist office - it's just her and her dog, "Lucky" or as she calls him "Midder Duke". I see Susan more than the other two cause she is close by and our dogs like to "hang out" together, so it's all good! Last Christmas Eve we lost our beloved little pooper Wilson (he was almost 12 years old, Scottish Terrier) and he died of cancer. He ALMOST made it one more Christmas - he died at 11:30pm on Christmas Eve. Very sad, we really loved that little guy.

I have really settled in to being retired. I do however volunteer for the Michigan Humane Society one day a week - I am a dog walker - doesn't sound like much, but those little pups sure love to see me! I wish I could take a few of them home with me, but for now I'll just do what I can to make them happy!

Bob and I just celebrated our 20 year wedding anniversary on August 16th. Didn't do much, but we did buy ourselves a new TV for the occassion :)

Bob is still the President of the Novi Youth Hockey Association and it keeps him very very busy.

Our son, Matt, is going to be a Sophomore at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He played on the Michigan Club Hockey team last year and plans to do the same this year. He was out for a couple month last year with a broken hand (what a nightmare - his RIGHT hand - and with a full class schedule it was pretty tough for him without being able to write or type!) but he got through it - if there is a will there's a way! The season this year starts in a couple weeks - but unfortunately he already was hurt in a hockey camp scrimmage - someone decided to nail him into the boards which caused not only a slight concussion, but an AC Joint Sprain/Separation. I think he got lucky on that one cause it is in the best category for recovery - they said it could be 2 to 10 weeks, but it's only been a week and the pain has significantly gone away and he can now move his arm where he could not for a few days after the injury. HOpefully he'll be on the ice before the first practice!

Other than that, the only things coming up besides a little vacation to the Smokey Mountains (Gattlinburg, TN), is a wedding in October - my nephew Rick is getting married to a great gal and so the family expands! Not only by marriage, but the family is also expanding 3 more times - three of my nieces are having babies! Kandace is due in October (2011), Jenna in February (2012) and Kate in March (2012). More little rug rats to chase around LOL. Fun stuff!!!

I'm going to add a few pictures below for grins! Hope it's not another 3 years before my next post! See y'all soon!

Photos: Wilson, Lisa & Logan, Bob w/Lisa & Matt, Lisa&Linda&Susan, and then Susan's house! Thaaaat's all folks!