Monthly Archives: November 2011

Christmas Tree

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The Christmas tree was a little bit of a problem getting up this year. First a light went out at the top of the tree and there are no replacements, because the tree is very old. How old it is exactly is unknown, because the tree was in the basement when we moved into the house. A strong indication of the relative age of the tree is that the electrical plug on the lights, that are attached to the tree, are not grounded, which is to say that one plug is not larger than the other. This has been a standard for quite some time, and surely before the children were born.

New garland was purchased and new lights. The old lights were removed and thrown out. The new lights required an extension cable be run behind the tree. With the help of the children the tree was successfully put up and it does not look so bad. Here is hoping that 2012 is a better year and we will have the money to purchase a new, and better looking, tree for next Christmas.

Third Foot

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Eddy is not going to school any earlier than normal. Matter of fact, he has been having to wait for a ride, which is of course as opposed to riding his bike, to school due to a great deal of rain and cold weather. He might have actually been getting to school earlier than taking a ride when riding his bike. Despite this, he has managed to earn himself a third foot.

One thing Patty noticed was that he actually wears his school shoes to school, which means that he must get to the gym, change into his tennis shoes, and then change back into his school shoes when it is time to cross over into the other building to start school. Kind of just locked into a habit I suppose. He decided to get the neon orange foot this time, so it would seem that he is bound and determined to get every color available.

Eddy’s Confirmation

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To nobody’s surprise the actual preparation for Eddy’s Confirmation was extremely easy. All that was required was pressing some shirts, so that he would have a choice in what shirt he wanted to wear, and that was all there was to it. He wore one of my ties. He originally wanted to wear khaki pants, but I was fairly quick to dismiss that, and we were all prepared. Eddy looked pretty sharp. Eddy’s Confirmation was held at St. Paul’s Parish and Eddy’s Uncle Andrew was his sponsor.

Becky had to miss Eddy’s Confirmation, because she was running a marathon in Philadelphia. There is actually a fairly amusing story about car keys and Andrew leaving Pittsburgh, but I am not going to tell that story here. Eddy took the name “Anthony” who is the patron saint of, among other things, lost articles, which is sort of ironic considering the story I am not going to relate here.

Just as we did for Patty’s Confirmation we all went to another room, but instead of having cake and fruit punch they had cookies and cheese cubes. We were all very hungry, so instead of staying for that we just made sure to take a picture of Eddy with the bishop. The bishop of course is the same one who proceeded over Patty’s Confirmation. We all went out to eat and that was a very welcomed end to Eddy’s Confirmation.

Patty’s Confirmation

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I really do not know what happened here. This event actually occurred earlier this year. I honestly thought that the pictures and the event were already recorded on this website, and it became painfully obvious of my oversight when Eddy’s confirmation was taking place and I could not find anything. There was quite a bit of panic at first, because the pictures could not be found. The pictures have been found and I will do my best to recollect Patty’s Confirmation at St. Paul’s Parish.

It took weeks to find a dress and shoes for Patty’s Confirmation. It was very trying, as Patty had very high standards for what she would accept. Her Aunt Becky, and her sponsor, was a life saver in this respect as she took her out and found her the dress and the shoes for the Confirmation. She looked very pretty in her dress and shoes with heels. Patty took the confirmation name “Felicity” after Saint Felicity who is the patron saint of Mother’s. She took that name, because it is the same as her Grandmother’s.

When the Confirmation had concluded we had fruit punch and cake in the basement of St. Paul’s. That was good and then Becky insisted we all go out to dinner together. It was a very good end to a day of celebrating Patty’s Confirmation.

Dead Man Walking

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I remember posting something about how when Eddy and Patty were in the play last year, at St. Paul’s, that I thought for sure that Patty would attempt to do some acting this year at Archbishop Hoban High School. As it turns out, she is involved in the play, but not in the way I expected. She is playing the violin in the orchestra. The play is “Dead Man Walking” and she is playing in the orchestra on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Second Foot

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Eddy has yet another foot added to his foot necklace. This time the foot is blue, as you can no doubt tell by the picture, and I asked him why the first one was yellow and now he has a blue one. I knew it was not the school colors he was choosing from, and he said that he arbitrarily picked the first foot and the second and that there are many different colors to choose from.

It will be interesting to see what color is chosen next. Eddy getting about one foot every month or so, so at this rate it would not be entirely impossible for him to get one more before the end of 2011 and several more in 2012. I sort of wish that the sent the completed cards home. Might be neat to save them with photos.