Family Picture Monday

This is my grandmother, Cecilia Metildi. She was married to my grandfather from last week with the baby fishing pole. Will you look at this picture below.  I love this picture. She thought it was cute, too. We laughed over this together. She would say, " That bow in my head is bigger than I am!" And look at her umbrella! This was taken here in Rochester, around 1912.

This next one is at her Catholic first communion, probably 1916. There is so much to like about this shot - her shoes, the curls, her beautiful veil and the background!

Then this is 1952. She is holding my cousin Joyce, the one who died last year. I think I kind of look like my grandmother in this picture.

This one I think is about 1968 or '69. She was happy in her kitchen. We were happy too, because she was an amazing cook! She looks pretty here.

In this last shot, she is almost 90 years old. We were such good friends. We did a lot together. She was so smart, but even more, she was very, very wise. She had a GREAT sense of humor! We laughed together. I learned countless words of wisdom from her. She is always with me when I cook. I miss her terribly, every day. She was my champion.

Mars

NASA says this could be a mud volcano on Mars. For some reason, this strikes me as incredibly funny. I want to see a mud volcano.  Man, can you imagine how cool that would be? It says it could be dredging up little martian microbes. WHAT???

ANYway, for further fascinating information, check out the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Does this officially make me a geek?

Weebles wobble, but I won't fall down

This has been a very interesting two weeks, with Larry out of work, and the two of us trying to feel our way around our emotions and thoughts.

It's been mostly good!

It took him days to fix the commode (refined way to say "the terlit.") He said he would fix it when he was ready. I told him that's why men get nagged. Excuuuuuuse me! Minor bump in the road which took a very good detour into a fine discussion. 

This morning we curled up in the family room and discussed:

 

1.  leaving a legacy,

2.  ethics, and

3.  section 49 of the Doctrine and Covenants 

Those three things. 

I've also been filing stuff today. 

Larry was outside with Harley. 

We watched Judge Joe Brown, Judge David somebody and Judge Marilyn with his mother. 

She LOVES judge shows. And COPS. And American Idol. And of course, the Yankees.

Baseball season is around the corner and I for one, am a very happy woman. Those guys look so stinkin' cute in uniforms....

Family Picture Sunday

Lately I've been thinking about my ancestors, so I thought it might be fun to include some old pictures here once in a while. I may even include some of me! Then if I ever scan some in of Larry, I'll include those, too.

So, here is the first -

This is my grandfather Anthony Iannidinardo as a baby in Italy. He is my mother's father. He was born in 1899 and died in 1987. He was a milkman, back in the days when milk was delivered to your door.

 We were pals. I called him "Pop" or "Papa." He loved baseball, especially the Yankees. We had season tickets to the Rochester Red Wings games for a few years and had a blast going together!

He loved to take us kids on rides. We went to Niagara Falls EVERY year. He also appreciated good food, so he took us out to eat every so often. Because of him, I learned to like apple pie with cheese, lamb roast with mint jelly, and tomato juice with a dash of salt in it.

When I had chicken pox and couldn't go to school, he taught me how to play Chinese checkers. We played regular checkers, too.

He was very cool.

This is him as a young adult -

And then as my grandfather with my grandmother. This is in the very early 60's.

I miss him!

Look! No snow!

It was a gorgeous day yesterday; kind of warm, kind of cool and very sunny. So I go out the back door and there is baby Harley looking depressed and sad and forlorn without Larry. He just sits there waiting for him to come out. Sometimes he barks.

So of course, there goes Larry out to keep him company. I tell you, those two are pals. Harley LOVES him. But I have to keep reminding Larry to wear a hat, because look at his head! He is going to get sunburn, or worse. That man.

Now this -

Larry lost his job on Thursday.

He was one of 200 hundred people that day who got "downsized" because of budget issues. 

Friday was weird. Larry was kind of lost. I was home and we wandered around the house. We watched one of our classes on the history of language, took a nap, read some Calvin and Hobbs books 

and talked a lot. It was definitely a weird day but good. We are surprisingly okay about it as we try to figure out our next step.

Yesterday we went to the temple and felt really peaceful. It was good. 

2010 U.S. Census

A few months ago a friend mentioned that the Census Bureau was hiring people to prepare for the census next year. So I looked on the website here , applied to take the test and lo and behold, I was HIRED! 

It's very cool. I get to swear an oath and even get fingerprinted. 

Then there are four days of training in April. 

I get to wear a badge! I mean, really.

 

New and improved

WAY better after a haircut, (but no makeup.) Still scary.

AND a very happy birthday to KayLee, Linda and Lana  (the first baby I ever witnessed being born and now she is 22 years old.)

Scary photo

So here is the latest picture of the old folks. Larry looks adorable. 

I, of course, need a trim.

Or something.

My hair makes me crazy.

Larry says, "Be thankful you HAVE hair."