I'm back....

It's still July and it's Harborfest.... the city's big 4 day party, free concerts, trolleys, buses, junk food to eat, midway rides, all kinds of good stuff. party party party. Also, it's Sky's bday, she 7 now. She comes to stay with us for Harborfest, likes being in the middle of it all.

We head out Thurs afternoon under overcast skies, sure enough we're 3 blocks away from home and it starts raining, we hurry to the trolley stop 1/2 a block away, as the trolley gets there, hop on and it takes us back home. On the ride I call the wife, have her find our rain coats, we hop off, the rain stops, we grab our coats and it's off the other way to the park.

After the short walk, past the 911 trailer, blue boys...



her: I'm not using one of those..

me: fine..

her: how about you..

me: if I have to.....

her: yeah me too, if I really have to..

me: k...



.... past the street walking vendors...



her: what are they doing...

me: getting their stuff ready to sell..

her: can I get something..

me: if you want but, you've got that stuff before and it doesn't last now does it...

her: yeah, I have gotten that before and no it doesn't last, only a couple of days..

I'm going to save my money..

Me: good for you..



7 huh



we get ice cream cones, get a table under to big top tent and people watch, if I've taught her anything it's people watching, we're good at it.

While observing the goings on it starts raining again, then pouring. It's raining hard, right past cats and dogs to fish, ducks and frogs.... it's raining..

then the thunder and lighting or is it lighting and thunder.... at first she fine but the school gals start shrieking with the lighting and thunder and she starts getting antsy..

it lets up a little and we head home to dry out and have pizza...

early evening it stops raining but we're done festering for today, people are dropping by, now we're entertaining.... and fri is another day... hey Ant, wheres my beer....



so long for now..

lost in time

I have to do a better job at this.
A lot of things have happened over the summer.
Bdays, Yankees trip, Harborfest, a wake.....

June....
I'll start with the wake...
Ya see, it was from the old neighborhood, where I grew up...
an elderly guy, 90+, I went with my parents... they're in their 70's, his kids in their 60's and me at 50... it was like I was a little kid again...... young Donny...
weird...

Then the wife and I went on a bus trip down to see the Yankees play the Royals.
We had fun, hot though. We sat in the bleachers Friday evening and nose bleed right field Saturday. Hot saturday, I think I only had 1 beer, too hot for me to drink beer. There were a lot of drunk people on the bus for the ride home, 2 gals slept really well.
Then there was my bday, 51 now, big whoop BUT one has to go through the motions.

July...
The Fourth and the fireworks are across the street from our house, visitors with beer, ya gotta love it.
We have a party at my brother and his wife's house, swimming, burgers, dogs, presents for the nephew, Anthony who's 3. My sister has him shake up my beer all the time, so I pull up his shirt and open it, spraying beer on either his belly or back, whichever way I catch him... it's big laughs.. ya see, he was hatched a little early, 2 months I think, so I guess that's why no one complanes.
Later in the month we end up at our granddaughters other grandparents for her bday party, Sky is now 7. Old Ant is shaking my beer and wearing them well. Being the explorer that he is, he finds the water balloons and I become the target for all the youngins. BUT the balloons weren't filled to the almost breaking point, so they bounce off, drop to the ground where I pick them up, offer them back to the little buggers, only to squeeze and break them over their heads, sending them laughing, dripping and running for more. My own version of shock and aw. and a good time was had by all....
that brings us to Harborfest, but I have to say ttfn and I'll be back in my best Arnold voice...

well, here we are again

Yeah, that's the title and here we are.
Typing away for all to see and don't know if I'm anywhere yet.. oh well

Tuesday's plan worked nicely, except the part where the dog chewed a deck of cards and had them in his cage and scatered around the kitchen...
was he playing solitaire, practicing card tricks or just 52 card pick up with the wife?
I suppose he's just being frisky, seeing how he's not a year old yet.

i need a title every time?

well, I've been looking about, at other bloggers blogs and how they go about blogging.... I thinking I'm learning.. maybe not, still don't know how one gets someone else to check you out....
where's the how to do page cause help ain't helping me...
and I'd just as soon have it as a running commentary of things, ya know?

here's my plan for this morning...
shower and head home
take the dog out
hop on the bike (10 speed) and get to the barbershop
head back home
walk the dog
hit the sack

yep, that's the plan

Newbie

Ok, here I am blogging, but where am I? Do they put you somewhere, does one pick a spot to be or do you just hang around out there in
cyberspace bouncing from server to server up and down wires or what? Are these the thoughts of all newbies or just me? Will anyone see this, will they respond or is this like a highrise building in NYC, people can see other in the bldg across the way but no one speaks the anyone cause they're affraid they might be stuck with some of that other persons baggage? Should that have been more than one sentence? Well, I guess I'll post this and see what happens, like fishing, bait the hook, cast out and wait. While I'm waiting I think I'll look around this place, see what I can learn and think of something more interesting to chat about.