Elizabeth, oh Elizabeth, Wherefore art thou Elizabeth?

This is Elizabeth, Isn't she pretty? Some people think she is merely a phantom, a figment of our imagination. We say that she is our sister, but as she is never here I thought I would post a picture of her to prove that she is flesh and bone( not a made up person).
Beth( her nickname) has a blog, no seriously, she really does here is the link to it so you can check it out http://beth-on-the-net.blogspot.com/ Don't go expecting up to date info though, info is a rare thing from beth.

Some might be wondering why I am writing this blog about Beth. I am doing it soley to get her to actually comment on my blog, and am trying to shame her into it.....I wonder will it work

Heck I'll settle for an update on her blog, I'm not asking for much( just write a few letters , are you still breathing?, do you have all of your limbs? Are you an organ donar??

Well that it I guess , I will be upadating regarding the maybe house in a few days....
Lots of love, Happy new year and all that jazz..........
Love Jen



(love ya beth....)

Hospitals and holidays....

Well last night I thought I was having a re run of three years agom but this time with my mom. She called me at work( sonething she never does) and asked if I could stop by the local clinic on the way home from work. She didn't give details when I asked why, but when I asked if she was having chest pains, she said yes, really bad ones. I later found out that she had pains, pins and needles in her arms, and had been walking around banging into walls( she had no balance). The clinic sent her to emerg after giving her some nitro( which helped a lot)Then we waited for hours for test results. Finally she is home now, with a perscrition for nitro( that she had before, but let lapse because she never had to use it) This lead me into a pet peeve of mine.
Pet peeves.....
1) people who are sick, say how much they want to get better then don't bother to go see thir doctor's, or to take medical advice.
2)The song Frosty the snowman(I can never get the lyrics right)
3) Animal haters(need I say more)
4) people who think about themselves before anyone else( I've been guilty of this once or twice, we all have)
5)My own inability to make baked goods look as good as they do on the box( don't laugh)
6) Cigarette makers
...
You know this list could go on and on if I wanted.
How about you what are your pet peeves?
Write em down

Jen

The world as a village of hundred people

My Boss had this printed out in her office.
It really opens your eyes about just how much we all have in laife.
Read it through, and let me know what you think....
Jen
The world as a village of hundred people

Happy Holidays To Everyone!

I just wanted to take a minute to say happy holidays to everyone. I want to wish my friends and family a happy Chanukkah, and a Merry Christmas. I hope you all have a wonderful time with friends and family, and enjoy yourselves, I know I will! I will be getting a few days off over Christmas and will get to spend the eighth night of Chanukkah at My father in laws house. Then I will see my mom on Christmas open up her gift, and then pick up my mother in law at the airport, she will be staying from the 25th till the first. Busy, busy you might say, well you's be right. I actually have two days off from the papers too(sweet!)

Well as my friend Audrey would say...
Happy Honkin to all( this was started by her three year old who could not say Hanukkah!)
Love Jen

It's been 3 years.....

Well It has been three years today since I lost my dad, I have to be honest and say that the pain is still there, and my heart still grieves for him, though it hits me at stranger moments then it used to. I can hear the same songs(well most of them) without crying now, or having to stop the car on the highway because I can't drive. But last summer, getting off the bus at Point pleasant park, and realizing where I was caused me to weep , while trying to hide it from the preschoolers who were with me.

I still have a box of memories from dad, pictures, cards of condolences from friends, flower pins from the funeral home, music that he picked for his funeral all packed up in a box in my cupboard. And I have things around my house that cause me too think about him everyday( his measuring cup, or spices from his pantry) So Though I get sad, I can remember him without being sad all the time.
Though there are things I think about....I think about how different a person he was to each of my siblings, because we all knew a different side of him even thought he was Dad to each of us. Michelle being his first born, Christopher being his son, me being the baby of his first marriage, and Josh being the final child of his heart. He could treat us all differently, while still being the loving father that tried to protect us. I feel for my kids who used to visit him every month(even in the hospital, which Jared hated!)Will my kids remember him, and his warped jokes(made up song lyrics and all)Or will he be a faded memory to them?

It is just such and awkward day, December 4th Lee's Birthday, I feel bad for Lee, not wanting to ignore his special day, we have kind of been celebrating it around the 4th since dad died, because I get the blues. Maybe today Lee and I will go for a walk down at point pleasant and look at the water, and talk about love and life...... I know my mom has been down because of this and many other reasons, she feels so lonely, and misses the family we were when I was 5.... Well my ramblings have come to an end, all I can say is this...
Don't forget to tell those you love that you love them, every day, try to make it the last thing you say when you part, even if your angry, you may never know when your last moment together may be, and you may regret never having had the chance to tell them one last time how you feel about them......
The last time I saw my Dad on Dec 3rd, 2003 I told him I loved him, I hope he knows that I still Do!

Love to everyone.....