Wow, it would seem that the last few months have just gotten away from me. Alot has happened in the Reeves world. We managed to make it through the unusually long lasting winter. I was so frustrated and fed up with not being able to get out of my driveway let alone down to the main road that I finally scraped my Accord out of the neighborhood and bought a CRV. It was very effective in the snow and almost completely eliminated my instances of being stuck at home because of the weather. Some of the perennials in my garden were not so lucky and unfortunately did not survive the winter. It looks like we are going to have to spend some time and a few $$ at the nursery to replace a bunch of them. Hopefully the replacements will be hardier. Fingers crossed. I'll post some pictures of the unlucky victims later.
March brought the opportunity for travel for me. I had been trying to orchestrate a trip to England for about 8 years but could never seem to get things worked out. It all finally came together and became a reality for me this year thanks to my friend Rhonda who agreed to be my travel buddy and to the low air fares. I'll have a few pics to upload soon and perhaps a slide show later. My main purpose in going to London was to obtain all of the relavent records of my father's time in the British Merchant Marines during WWII from the National Archives. We were able to find a great deal of information that will be extremely helpful in filling in those years in my dad's biography. The trip to Cardiff was to get more family information, see where my dad was born and lived, and visit the cemetary (to get records) where alot of the Gee's are buried. More on my trip later.
April brought the 1st birthday of grandbaby Daniel. (see fawndre.blogspot.com for pics and details). Daniel is such a joy to be around. He is such a good baby and always happy. My baby girl is such a great momma. I am so proud of who and what she has become. I watch her with Daniel, with Andre, and her friends and how she interacts with people. I see the grown up that she has become and I have to say that she has exceeded my expectations. Way to go little girl. She is by far and away a much better mom than I was. She is very positive and happy, very patient, very creative, very intuitive, etc. Andre is a pretty darned good daddy as well. I really like Andre's parents. They are a pleasure to be around and so great and supportive of "the kids". They seem to have quite warmly welcomed Fawn into their family.
Well darnit, the weekend is just about kaput and tomorrow is yet another work day. How many years until I can retire?
