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Ahoy Judi, and other @ddicts..it's been a glorious year, and a tough year.. so our Familial glass is Half full. we still battle ahead..and count our ledger as being WAYYYY tilted in a postitive way!!for first and foremost we all have our good health;our happy home; three trips last year, our 40 years celebration of my parents successful marriage and corporation lives in Maine to enjoy.. and 5 good kids we are Blessed/Cursed with and their sundry beaus(ette):grin..we are both firmly employed,and with life the way it can get.. that in and of itself is dang fine!!..sadly still missing our sweet Scooter Baby.... and Hester Cat.. sigh..our 5th AND final Child's college graduation to attend this May..Amen we crossed that road succesfully!!..our final tuition payment dance in December... was a long standing goal cemented..!!.. a long 9 year year haul of tuition and loans that continue for 6 more years yet to come!!but being that we can truthfully say when we married we made a pact we would promise to see to the end all 5 of our children with secondary educations to be able to support themselves to the style of which they had become accustomed to.. and we have done it!!..WHOO HOO.!!!.. so as has been said reflecting makes you savour the good times, and be glad the hard times were *only* what they were.. and soldier forth.. Happy 2008 all!!...:daisy..Joanne
Ahoy Judi, and other @ddicts..it's been a glorious year, and a tough year.. so our Familial glass is Half full. we still battle ahead..and count our ledger as being WAYYYY tilted in a postitive way!!
for first and foremost we all have our good health;our happy home; three trips last year, our 40 years celebration of my parents successful marriage and corporation lives in Maine to enjoy.. and 5 good kids we are Blessed/Cursed with and their sundry beaus(ette):grin
..we are both firmly employed,and with life the way it can get.. that in and of itself is dang fine!!..
sadly still missing our sweet Scooter Baby.... and Hester Cat.. sigh..
our 5th AND final Child's college graduation to attend this May..Amen we crossed that road succesfully!!..our final tuition payment dance in December... was a long standing goal cemented..!!.. a long 9 year year haul of tuition and loans that continue for 6 more years yet to come!!but being that we can truthfully say when we married we made a pact we would promise to see to the end all 5 of our children with secondary educations to be able to support themselves to the style of which they had become accustomed to.. and we have done it!!..WHOO HOO.!!!
.. so as has been said reflecting makes you savour the good times, and be glad the hard times were *only* what they were.. and soldier forth.. Happy 2008 all!!...:daisy..Joanne
