FIVE YEAR COMPARISON

Here is a current picture of my sister in law's grandchildren.
She has five and will have seven by next May. The photo below is a picture of our five gandchildren five years ago! Here in 2008 we are up to nine PG's, and expecting number TEN in May! (precious grandchildren)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN

TOTO, I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN ALASKA ANYMORE

Lastest pics of the "L" girls

Callen Cleopatra, Maggie Genie and Maura Glenda!

Callen won for the "silliest" pumpkin at her school pumpkin contest!!!! CALLEN AND MAURA ALL SNUGGED UP FOR THE NIGHT.

MAGGIE IS ON THE TRAVELING SOCCER TEAM THIS YEAR.....

HERE IS A GREAT ACTION SHOT OF HER!

CUTTING COUPONS FOR THE TROOPS

Here in Cape Coral, the Elks collect coupons for the families of our "troops". I purchase the Sunday Paper and enjoy cutting the coupons for this worthy cause. It brings back memories of my mother giving me an envelope of "coupons" when I would visit her home! I ask you to see if your town does the same, maybe you too will become a coupon cutter.....

Patrick and Katie's Wedding

Patrick and Katie got married yesterday at the Lakehouse. Patrick is my nephew. Walter and Susan have a lakehouse in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. It looked like a beautiful ceremony from the pictures I got from my sister in law Susan! It is so nice to have another Katie Fitzgerald in our family!!!!

Pine Island Fishing Tournament

Today was the annual Pine Island Fishing Tournament. People fished and donated their catch for a Fish Fry. The Matlacha Hookers organized the Fish Fry and collected donations for scholarships for the Greater Matlacha/Pine Island Area. I am a Matlacha Hooker and worked the event this afternoon.
http://www.matlachahookers.org/home.htm

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

PENANG HILL, MALAYSIA

http://www.geographia.com/Malaysia/penang.html

Erin and Corey are spending this weekend in Penang, Malaysia. Tien is on a "semester at sea" and has a stop in Penang. They are having a blast.............

OCTOBERFEST

This evening our group met at the German Club's annual Octoberfest. It is a fun time with live music and tons of food to enjoy!!!!

PIRATES IN PARADISE BOAT PARADE

This afternoon was Cape Harbour's Pirates in Paradise Boat Parade. We sat out on the docks near our condo to enjoy watching the boats pass by. Everyone in their boats had such spirit as they came by us. They tossed candy and beads to the spectators. It was a fun time for sure..........

CAPE CORAL FARMER'S MARKET

Today was the start of our town's farmer's market. Each Saturday we go and buy our week's worth of produce, along with wonderful flowers for our condo. The market runs from October 25 to May 9th; perfect for a snowbird!

Good godwit: Bird sets 7,242-mile nonstop record

The bar-tailed godwit, a plump shore bird, has blown the record for nonstop, muscle-powered flight right out of the sky. A study published Wednesday reports that godwits can fly up to 7,242 miles without stopping in their fall migration from Alaska to New Zealand. The previous record, set by eastern curlews, was a 4,000-mile trip. Godwits -- which burn off half of their 1.5 pounds during the trip -- flew for five to nine days without rest. They were monitored by satellite in 2006 and 2007. As a feat of sustained exercise unrelieved by sleeping, eating or drinking, the godwit's migration appears to be without precedent in the annals of vertebrate physiology. "The human species doesn't work at these levels. So you just have to sit back in awe of it all," said Robert Gill Jr., a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, who headed the study.

Maddie and Katie

Here are my niece's twins, Maddie and Katie!
ADORABLE.......................

Cape Coral Relay for Life Blog

I am the online Chairperson for ACS's Cape Coral Relay for Life. I was asked to create a BLOG for Cape Coral. I started working on it last night and this morning. It is brand new and will take time for me to feel "at home" with my new blog. I thought you may want to visit it:

http://relayforlifecapecoralfl.blogspot.com/

Our boat has arrived!!!

Bruce from LBI piggy backed our boat behind his and drove it all the way from New Jersey to Florida. He is taking it to a local marina where we will come and get it to bring to our marina to dock. The "Q" will live year round on the Cape..............can't wait to discover the Florida waterways!

Baby Joseph and The Pumpkin Patch

Baby Joseph at 2 1/2 months
Sara and Anna at the Pumpkin Patch

Two Osprey

John and I did an 18 mile bike ride over on Pine Island yesterday. As we were unloading our bikes, these two opsrey gave us a beautiful medley of music from the field's light post. The beauty of birds...................

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Osprey.html

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED

My sweet niece Rosemarie tagged me!!!!! Thanks RO!

Seven random and/or weird facts about myself:

1. John and I use to keep honey bees.............we had five hives at one point and got about 200 pounds of honey from them!!!!!

2. I almost died in the year 2000. I had Hyponatremia....

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hyponatremia/DS00974

3.We use to heat our home with a wood burning stove.........................our children were great helpers with bringing in the wood!!!

4. I have a heart murmur with a mitral valve prolapse, I also have a rare form of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis. http://www.medicinenet.com/ankylosing_spondylitis/article.htm
5.I have never been stung by a BEE.....................

6. I was a La Leche League Leader for many years......don't even ask how long I nursed my babies!!

7. I have lived in four states in the USA.

RANDOM AND WEIRD.......................................

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