Prayers are needed

This is going to be a very hard blog to write today. My cousin, Kathy, who is 42 years old, was diagnosed with liver cancer a week and a half ago. The doctors said the cancer was inoperable and a transplant was out of the question. Not good news. Yesterdays news was worse. The doctors have given her a week to live. How can this be?? Kathy is much too young to be taken away now. She has a daughter who is 12 or 13. I am not sure exactly how old. Kathy's dad died when he was 43 from cancer. Dawna and I are going to Butler hospital on Thursday to see Kathy and to probably say good bye to her. That will be so difficult to do. How do you say good bye to a 42 year old woman? I am at a loss for words here. Just please pray for her and her family. They need your prayers at this time. Thank you all so much.

Vacation time

Hi all! I am currently on vacation from the post office. It feels so good to have some time off. Give my feet a rest. They sure need it. I get 5 weeks vacation per year. Can't complain about that! I am working on my basement some this week. I have a steeler room upstairs, but, I am moving it to the basement. Dawna's son Randy is moving in with us around Thanksgiving, so he needs a bedroom upstairs. So, I am giving him my steelers room, and moving it to the basement. It is really a nice room in the basement. I am going to paint it, and decorate it with some nice Pittsburgh colors. Then I need to move all my Pittsburgh memorabilia down there, and maybe get a steelers rug. I have a recliner and a futon, along with a TV, and surround sound system. Should turn out to be a nice room when I am done.
Dawna and I went out to Breakfast this morning with her brother Denny and his wife Pam. They called this morning and invited us to join them. It was a nice way to start the day. think we might go to my Parents house tonight to use their Hot tub. That should help Dawna's back, and my feet. We used to have a hot tub, but, it kind of died on us. It would have cost us too much to have it repaired, so, we gave it away. Now, I wish we had it back. Oh well, guess we can use my parents hot tub for now.
Dinner is almost ready, so I will end this for now. Will post pictures of my new steeler room when it is completed. Have a great day everyone!

More Pictures from Dawna's Birthday

Just wanted to add a few more pics from Dawna's party last week. It went well, and everyone had a great time.

Also, please pray for Dawna's cousin Tammy's little boy Grant. He was in a bad accident on Sunday Afternoon. His Uncle Dan accidentally ran over him with a riding lawn mower. He is in Pittsburgh Children's Hospital. He is 4 years old. Pray that he doesn't lose his leg. More on that when I know more.

Dawna's birthday

Yesterday, we had a surprise 50Th birthday party for my wife, Dawna. This is a picture of her and our granddaughter, Evelyn. We surprised her by having her son, Randy fly up from Texas. He also brought his daughter Evelyn. It was a big surprise for Dawna. We really got her good. Jim and Mindie did a lot of the work for this party. I really appreciate all their help with this. We had 40-50 people show up to help Dawna celebrate. I really think she enjoyed the party and was truly surprised about everything. It was so hard for all of us to keep this a secret. Randy flew in on Friday and stayed with Mindie and Jim until the party on Sunday. I felt bad that he was in town, and Dawna didn't know until Sunday. But, she understood after we surprised her. She knows she is loved by us all, and all of her friends love her, too. We are going to take Evelyn to the Good Shepherd now, to look at clothes for her. Talk to you all soon.

Where has the time gone?

I did not realize that it has been over 2 weeks since I have blogged on here. I knew it had been awhile, but was not aware it was that long. Guess I have been busy doing other things besides being on here. Not sure how many people are still reading this, but, I will try and keep going as long as I can. Dawna is singing at a fund raiser tonight at the Oak Tree Country Club in West Middlesex. It is to benefit the Pregnancy Center in Sharon. She is singing two songs, and we get a free meal! Not bad. Should be a good time, and it is for a good cause.
Dawna's birthday is one week from today. She turns the big 50. And 2 days after her birthday, we will be celebrating our 5Th Wedding Anniversary. Not sure what we will do to celebrate that yet, probably go out to dinner. Maybe see a movie afterwards. We will see. Not sure if there is anything worth seeing right now.
I have been working a lot, also. But, I have been getting a day off in the middle of the week, which is really nice. I was off today. And I am off next Monday, but, that is a holiday, so I guess that really doesn't count as a normal day off. That's okay, I will take any day off I can get.
Steelers are off this week. They are 4-1 so far. Pretty good start. They lost to the Eagles a few weeks ago. I think they are one of the best teams in the league this year. Maybe even a chance to win it all??? That would be great. Have to keep all the players healthy. Willie Parker missed the last 2 games. He should be back next week.
Okay, that's about it for now. I will try and get more news on here a little sooner next time. Have a great week!

Whats new.

It has been a week since I have writ en anything on here. I did not realize it had been that long. I guess life has been a little busy for me here. Dawna and I were asked to join a bible study group from our church. They meet every Friday evening, and they take turns at each others homes. We had the opportunity to host this past Fridays group. We had a very enjoyable time. There are 4 other couples from our church that are in this group. All couples are close to our age group, which makes it very nice. We have a snack, fellowship with each other for a while, then study the bible. We also have a prayer list, and praise list each week. I think Fridays are going to be a good night for us for a while.
The Steelers lost their first game this past Sunday to the Philadelphia Eagles. It was not a good game. Roethlisberger got sacked 8 times. Our offensive line has to get better and give him better protection, or it could be a long season. I hope it was just one game. They play again next Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Hopefully it will be an easy win.
Long day at work today. One of our postal carriers called off sick, so all of us had to work an extra hour and a half. Beautiful day outside, so that helped some. Still, it was a lot of walking. Legs are a little weary tonight. Guess I am just getting older. Arthritis is my big toes hurt a lot too. Am trying Arthritis strength Tylenol to see if that helps.
That's about it for now. 6 more games, and the Pirate season will be over!

Steelers and work.

The Steelers have started off this season with a perfect 2-0 record. They beat Houston pretty handily the first game of the year in Pittsburgh. Ben Roethlisberger only had one incompletion during the game. Willie Parker had a great game rushing. Overall they looked very good. They traveled to Cleveland for their second game on Sunday night. The steelers won 10-6. Very low scoring game. I think the weather had a lot to do with that. The remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through that night. Winds were very high. But, the defense did their job, and shut down the Browns. Next up, are the Philadelphia Eagles next Sunday. Could be 3-0!
I went back to work today. It was my first day in almost 3 weeks. I feel it now. My legs ache tonight. I haven't walked that much in the past few weeks, so my legs feel like jelly tonight. I will be okay after a few days. Just need to get back into the swing of things.
That's about it for now. You all have a great day, and I will be back here soon.