Saturday, February 28, 2009

So on my ninetieth birthday I dip my toe into the vast sea of communication. Hi there, fellow blogger, may peace be upon you! You'll have to thank- or blame- Phillip for this intrusion.

6 comments:

  1. Happy 90th birthday Pa! And welcome to the world of blogging. I hope your shindig went beautifully. I'm sorry to have missed it. I am, however, very excited about being able to see what you've been up to via your new blog! Much love from Rachael.

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  2. Hey Dad,
    I really enjoyed the weekend. It was great to celebrate with you.
    I hope you were able to rest up after the festivities.
    Love you lots
    Judy
    xx

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  3. Hi Pa, it was so lovely to see you and Ma on the weekend, and we were really glad to be part of your celebrations. I'm going to try & blog some of the party photos tonight.
    Love to you guys,
    Jen
    x

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  4. Thanks for the welcome. The celebrated occasion ('Shindig' indeed!)was marvelous, good nosh, lots of taalk and laughter. I'm hoping for something similar for 2019.
    Bad news: Ruth is found to have an abdomoinal aortic aneurysm which needs immediate surgery.

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  5. Hi everyone. Today Ruth and I saw the doctor who, with computer map of Ruth's aorta explained the procedure of putting a sleeve around the aortic aneurysm. She will go into hospital on April 2. Jenny has offered to come down and see her into hospital.
    This intrusion into our lives has occupied us with phone calls, tests etc., so we have done little else over the past week or two.
    We're thinking of you all, God bless-IE

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  6. Well, Ruth's op is over and she is home and gradually recovering. It has been great to have help from Jenny and Ted and Judy and Phil.Thanks for the good wishes.
    Having recovered from the excesses of my birthday luncheon (two pieces of wine-soaked cake) I am now ready to face the world. I was excited by the Drivers’ gift of a camera and glad Phillip was here to install it. Then he left me to read all about it. I was appalled! “Stop using the camera if you notice unusual odors, noise or smoke”! Stop using it? It goes straight into the Lake! Then, “to prevent batteries from … overheating, or causing a fire or explosion …” What are the Drivers trying to do to me? But we Emmetts are hardy lot and in spite of these perils I am pressing on determined to get it working. To this end I have started on “Auspacken des verpackungsinhalts” What will the future bring?

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