Category Archives: My Stuff

What a great Labor Day weekend we had. We spent Saturday and Sunday at the lake. On Saturday our friends Brian and Mikki came down. On Sunday we had the whole family down. On Monday we kicked back in front of the TV all day and then had a home cooked crab cake dinner.

It’s just a wonderful thing how much Jake enjoys his baseball.  Monday night, 6/4/12, was awesome!  He pitched a solid 2 innings and then gave the ball to Josh who pitched well.  Then, the drama started with danny trying to close out the game…..soooo much fun and I’m sure he’ll remember this stuff forever.  He told me today that his dream is to win a championship at the District level.  I will most certainly do whatever is in my power to give him every opportunity to do so….He deserves it!  Love ya dude.

What a great 39th birthday weekend I had.  Carolee and I went to Red Bank, NJ to see a Get The Led Out concert.  Jake stayed with Stacy.  My weekend started off great.  Carolee and Jake surprised me at the door with a b-day cake on Friday afternoon.  After I took Jake to Stacy’s that evening, Carolee and I went to Parx and had an awesome time.  We ran in to her friend at Chickie’s and Pete’s while we watched the Sixers make a great comeback in game 4 of their series with the Celtics. Saturday we got to Red Bank and put our boat in the water (at the best marina in town…HA!).  We cut up some “bunker” and tried to catch some bluefish.  Not so much.  Sat night was incredible.  We ate at Monticello’s (the pork chop was the winner) and then hit the concert.  They even played Carolee’s favorite song.  Side note for the evening, I thought it was so damn funny when the lead singer announced that we had a birthday in the house.  I totally thought it was for me (thinking in the back of mind, how the hell did Carolee pull this one off) and went to get up out of my chair.  Comical.  Had the best pancakes in the universe at Broadway Diner and then hit the Delaware river and Penn Warner for some more fishing.  Now I’m looking for some sleep…..I wish my birthday always fell on a weekend!   Thanks to my family for a great weekend. Carolee, Jake, Stacy, Chris, Debbie, Tony, Mom, Kerri made it all possible.  I love ya.  Can’t wait until my 40th in Atlantic City…..at least that’s the plan for now!

The summer of 2011 was an awesome one with plenty of things to remember.  One glaring memory for me is Jake swimming across the creek at the Motel in North Carolina.  Jake had become friends with this girl about 2 years older than him, she and some of her friends would jump in the creek and swim to the other side so they could jump off one of the big rocks.  Well, after debating if I should let him, I figured what the heck he’s a good swimmer (and I was right there anyway).  He jumps in to this gleaming mountain creek and starts swimming.  My heart drops as I notice he is actually swimming diagonally instead of vertically across the creek.  This is because the water was rushing a bit more than I thought not because he was just a crooked swimmer!  Instead of panicking and potentially embarrassing him in front of his new found friend, I let his determination kick in.  He swam his little mighty ass across that creek like he had done it 50 times before.  Leave it to me to burst his bubble though because once he got over I wouldn’t let him jump off the rock!  Ha.  Either way, just a reminder to my son to always stick it out and never look back.  You can do anything you put your mind to (even if there isn’t a girl involved)!

Wow, is an easy word to describe our short weekend in OC.  We went down the second weekend in October 2011 for Ryan’s b-day party.  What a surprise mini vacation we had.  So many things we did and so many memories to share forever. Arcade, the beach, crabs, boardwalk, football, baseball, funnel cake, crab legs, etc…

What a day!  Mom and Dad took off from work and took Jake to Dorney Park for one last “Hoorah” before school starts.  3rd grade is fast approaching my dear son.  I wish you all the best in 3rd grade and here’s to a great summer of 2011!  Love ya big dude…..

Oh, what fun we had!

Spent last weekend camping at Knoebels.  What an incredible time we had!  So many memories.