Friday, March 21, 2008

It's been a while since I've been here. I thought I should stop by and drop a post.
Things are pretty good, work is busy and the heart keeps on ticking so that's a good thing.
Winter drags on, way too long this year. I swear they get longer every year, but I guess it's just
because I don't seem to be able to tolerate them the way I used to.

I've been thinking quite a bit about my Dad lately. It's hard to believe that he has been gone 7 years already. It's funny, sometimes I'll struggle with a project or I will hear a joke and the first thing I want to do is call him, but then it hits me that it would be pretty hard to do. I still hear his laugh and he loved a good joke. His sense of humor wasn't always so easy to see, but if you knew where to look you could find it. I know my Mom misses him, she doesn't say much but it's pretty obvious that she thinks about him a lot. She is 88 now and her eyesite is starting to really fade. She has trouble with her leg and it hurts a bit, her hearing is poor but she has hearing aids and that seems to help. But, her mind is still very sharp and she stays active.

The time flies for sure. It seems like only yesterday she was standing at the ironing board whistling while she ironed. I always liked to hear that when I came in. The smell of freshly ironed clothes and her tunes is still one of my favorite memories. I think what I would like to do is start trying to bring back some of those memories while I can still remember them. That way my kids will have some kind of record of my life that they can share. I'm going to try to spend more time here laying down some of those old times.

See you soon.