Archive for October, 2008

Phils Win, Phils Win, Phils Win

After 28 years, the Phils are the World Series Champions.  It was great watching it with Jake, Abby, and Jean, and I can’t help but think of my Grandpop through all of this.  He would have loved this.  It’s hard to believe I was the same age as Abby the last time the Phils won [...]

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School Pictures

These aren’t the best quality once they get scanned into the computer, but here’s the most recent pictures of my favorite Sacred Heart students.  Don’t they kids look great?

 
 

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Jim’s Appendix

Monday October 20th was quite a day.  I woke up around 2 am with some pretty intense discomfort in my stomach between the bottom of my rib cage and the top of my belly button.  After a couple hours of sleeplessness, I called in to work and took the day off.
To add to the confusion, [...]

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Starting this Friday…

Jean will begin as a substitute teacher.  She went to the Chester County IU at the end of last week and finally had all of her clearances approved, so she’s now able to work as a substitute.
Her first day is this coming Friday.  She’s filling in for one of her Rosemonster friends (Lisa) who teaches [...]

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The Tournament to End All Tournaments

This weekend the Cheetah’s played in the Dillsburg Dual Shootout Tournament located right outside of Mechanicsburg.  In the three years of Abby playing travel soccer, this was the one tournament that eclipsed all others in regards to the amount of time it took up.  We left the house around 6 pm Friday night, and we [...]

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We’ve Got Our Passports

In an amazing set of circumstances, the US Postal Service and the US Government managed to get our passports processed in record time.  After reading various horror stories online about the amount of time it takes to grab a passport, we went down to the Post Office on Tuesday morning to get our passports ordered.
We [...]

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Harry Potter

Following the lead of Lucas and Dorsey, I started reading Harry Potter to Brett as a bed time story.  I had forgotten that I did this with Jake when he was in kindergarten, and he loved it.  I actually read Jake the first three stories in the series, but I figured once he could read [...]

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Soccer, Jewlery, Pizza, and Johnny Dangerously

Saturday was a busy day in the house, and we were all going in different directions.  It took some planning and a little bit of help from others to make it all happen, but we got it done.
It started with Brett’s soccer game at 8:30.  The Haffey’s stuck around until 10 the night before, so [...]

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A Day Off from School

For some reason, the kids had a day off from school on Friday.  It was a bit of a scheduling nightmare because Jean had already made plans to spend part of the day observing one of her fellow Neumann classmates teaching his class.
Jake spent Thursday night at his buddy Patrick’s house for a sleepover and [...]

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“Mamma Mia” from the Sugar Mammas

For those of you waiting to see the video of the girls at Karaoke night, feel free to check it out.  Jean is on the left, then Diane Carol, Shelia Mauger, and Bridget McGuigan. Dana Rosenblum is the lead singer.
I’ve removed the actual video, but here’s the link for the Sugar Mommas.

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