Well you would think since I am Scotch/Irish my name would be O'Lalos.
But I married the Greek so once a year I must add the O to my present last name. My heritage is Kirby-Davis-McFaye-Harris. At the moment that is all the farther I have researched, more to come for sure.
So I truly wish each and everyone of you a very special Day on the 17th and drink lots of green beer and eat lots of corn beef and cabbage. Do not forget the potatoes for the Irish in you
Shelby Gail celebrated her confirmation at St. Peter and Pauls. I am so proud of her making this step into becoming a young woman. The service was so nice and so many others along with her. A total of 65 made their confirmation. She is growing so fast and so beautiful inside and out. She is at a very hard stage in process of becoming a young lady now and leaving childhood. She has so many decisions to make and if she makes a wrong decision she learns from her mistake and grows from the experience. That is how it is suppose to work in life RIGHT? One hopes it does. Her she is with her Aunt Barbara Manson her sponsor.
What a great 4 day week-end. My daughters from Ohio and NJ and Fl all were in town to celebrate my baby girl's birthday. I ask Lana to come to town without knowing where we were going and what we were doing. Leah and I drove to Tampa to the Tahitian Inn and Spa on Wednesday October 29 th and checked in. We had Swedish massages at 5pm and at 6pm we felt like JELLO. We went to Chic a flic and had a quick bite and talked about how great the massage was. We then went to TIA to pick up the girls. Lana arrived from Philadelphia at 9 pm so we went into TGI FRIDAY'S for a bite to eat and wait for Leslie and Leanne who were arriving from Atlanta at 11:45.
We went back to the Tahitian Inn and slept. The three girls had their massages at 9am and 10am and then we checked out of the Inn and had brunch in their Cafe. The girl's enjoyed their massages very much. What a way to start a week-end.
We drove to Bradenton and Lana thought we maybe going to another town or east coast, or we might get on another plane and go to Las Vegas. We drove to Bradenton Beach and stayed at the Sand Pebbles. Our apartment/Condo was right on the beach and we walked out in the morning and had our coffee on the beach. I had the best time of my life just relaxing and laughing with the girls. We cooked on the grill and drank, martini's, margirita's, corono's and Michelob's. It took the girl's about 2 days to really wind down and enjoy completely. I had a friend of mine come and give everyone a massage again on Saturday so when Leanne went home Sunday she was relaxed. Leslie went sunday night and Lana Tuesday. All of us voted before they came and I voted on Tuesday AM and I was very impressed with how the results happened and the feelings of the whole world gave me goosebumps. It will be so interesting to see how the next four years unfolds. I feel this is all part of God's plan and it will unfold to everyone's advantage. What a chance to be a part of History. It is very Heartfelt by many.
Maybe by the end of October I will have completed all surgeries and can get on with my life in a normal manner. On September 29th, I had the colonoscopy after drinking the nasty stuff all day on Sunday. So I went to the face doctor on Tuesday, for a piece of skin on my cheek just above my jaw bone. It looked like a skin tag. Well he took a piece of it and said return in two days. When I returned he said it was cancer and he would remove all of it. Now as you can see I have this three inch incision with stitches that will be removed in 10 days or actually October 13th. In the process of all this attention to my face I can't get the stitches wet so the Redness is showing on the forehead and the cheeks and nose. I will celebrate at the end of October with my girl's week-end planned to celebrate my baby girl's 40th birthday
It has taken months but I have finally finished the surgeries and the healing process is in good motion. I have crystall lens, no caterats, eye lids lifted so I can see, eye brows added and eye liner added. Now I can enjoy reading without glasses and I can leave for work 30 minutes earlier since I don't have to put my best face on because it is already the best it can get. but I have to work on the hair. Now i use the 30 minutes to give the white hair some lift and style.
Christmas dinner at the Manson's was outstanding. The menu consisted of Crab legs, mussels, clams, Prime rib, Leah's great Greek Salad and the company of family was one of the best presents. Sarah and Shelby are growing so fast as well as all the other grand children.
Christmas Eve at Boo boo's House is a cherished treat that my family has enjoyed for the past twenty years. Her Christmas Tree is like no other. I have never seen a village under the tree as complete as hers. She has different sections of town and hills and ice skating and a business section that is the business section of everyone's memories. She just does the most out standing job. Leslie and Niko came to Florida for Christmas this year and stayed with me.
The kids bought me the WII and we had such fun. My bowling skills are getting better and my golf skills suck. Tennis needs even more work. I have had such fun and Niko is getting so big. He is same height as me and wears a 10 1/2 shoe. He can pass his 10's on to Uncle George.
I can't believe it is only three weeks to Christmas. It seems like it should only be July 4th, what happened where did the months go????????????
