tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80846237742044563212024-03-13T22:34:58.824-04:00Joann and Jack"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off." ~Abe Lemons
**We are a school librarian and a federal accountant enjoying retirement--with all its days off. This blog allows us to keep our family and friends updated on some of our thoughts and activities from the mundane to the profound with a few interesting tidbits added for fun. We try to stay imaginative and adventuresome in our every day lives.Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.comBlogger1548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-48234364698475123302012-04-06T20:27:00.004-04:002012-04-06T21:37:03.546-04:00Tribute to Joann<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G36hJxZi_OwqrBr0Af1PDT4BytVhOPyBw_INVGubEoZKySo9_viwEWWBQr9T0IRJFNuM8bM6V2yvP8GgUBs8fUMqgcbLxfzlyKcMW4yzQFebIP8P4ZbeKIy_67jNc0sah9D82YIf1FEP/s1600/joannportrait.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 317px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728449431987328306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G36hJxZi_OwqrBr0Af1PDT4BytVhOPyBw_INVGubEoZKySo9_viwEWWBQr9T0IRJFNuM8bM6V2yvP8GgUBs8fUMqgcbLxfzlyKcMW4yzQFebIP8P4ZbeKIy_67jNc0sah9D82YIf1FEP/s400/joannportrait.jpg" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Joann Mary Gariety Shipley, 67, a Fairfax County public school educator who retired in 2001 as the librarian of Franconia Elementary School in Alexandria died April 5, 2012 at her residence in Haymarket, Virginia. She had acute lymphocytic leukemia.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Joann Gariety Shipley was born June 5, 1944, and raised on a farm near Russia, Ohio. She was a 1962 graduate of Russia Public School and a 1966 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a degree in elementary education. She did graduate studies in library science at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. After graduation in 1966, she began her teaching career at Huffman Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio. From 1968 until 1974 she taught for the Department of Defense Overseas School System spending two years teaching first grade on Okinawa at Sukiran Elementary and four years in Germany at Frankfurt Elementary No. 1. While teaching in Frankfurt, she met and married her husband, Jack Shipley, in April 1974.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> After returning to the States in 1974, she resided in Sierra Vista, Arizona, where she was the school librarian at Carmichael Elementary. In 1979 she moved to Virginia and was a housewife and mother to her two daughters until she accepted a position in 1984 at George Mason University’s Fenwick library. She became the school librarian at Franconia Elementary in 1987. After retiring in 2001 she moved to the Piedmont community in Haymarket, VA, where she pursued her three passions—traveling, gardening and reading. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo A. and Theresa (Dapore) Gariety, and two brothers, Paul and Harold Gariety.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-size:100%;" >She is survived by her husband of the home; her daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Terry Karras of Haymarket; and her daughter Jeanine and son-in-law Dave Smith of Woodbridge; her grandson, Jack Karras of Haymarket; a brother, Carl Gariety and his wife Esther Gariety of Russia, Ohio; a sister, Mary Ellen Thobe and her husband Jerry Thobe of Tipp City, Ohio; a sister-in-law, Iona Gariety of Versailles, Ohio; and many nephews and nieces and a host of loving friends.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-size:100%;" >Visitation will be at the Baker-Post Funeral Home, 10001 Nokesville Road, Manassas, VA, on April 9 from 6-8 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 8213 Linton Hall Road, Gainesville, VA, on Tuesday, April 10 at 10:30 am. Joann’s ashes will be placed in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Joann requested that donations be made to the Holy Trinity Catholic Church building fund in lieu of flowers.</span></p>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-51958257269471904262012-03-13T17:23:00.001-04:002012-03-13T17:25:47.475-04:00Mardi Gras<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH9TtNivkDxBbs1GoP7SOohl1PMH5hyphenhyphen63VayH_BWbcEI4v7D4dMIiLL-tnK8AlJK_OPZfDyUdEY2Hai0mKh25Pwz-zbdpe0QBEALAv00efgIWqNctxndTLWuFmBDttGD6K2ZfKI1HvOn9/s1600/DSC02458.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH9TtNivkDxBbs1GoP7SOohl1PMH5hyphenhyphen63VayH_BWbcEI4v7D4dMIiLL-tnK8AlJK_OPZfDyUdEY2Hai0mKh25Pwz-zbdpe0QBEALAv00efgIWqNctxndTLWuFmBDttGD6K2ZfKI1HvOn9/s400/DSC02458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719495592460787426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Mardi Gras</span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-83385322469699395842012-03-13T17:15:00.003-04:002012-03-13T17:22:11.724-04:00Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr32teOkDfHVcJarWN3uqO2BkG_zIbN2rragwI83Tfd6CGXW6kti9U-qVN4pwvDa1-RWzHX21SfyFlXWEnJIZrOl62We3euzC4U1EEoZyF4o2AFyfssUXriM_AbBo7qhhTOs7pCVMiONll/s1600/DSC02457.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr32teOkDfHVcJarWN3uqO2BkG_zIbN2rragwI83Tfd6CGXW6kti9U-qVN4pwvDa1-RWzHX21SfyFlXWEnJIZrOl62We3euzC4U1EEoZyF4o2AFyfssUXriM_AbBo7qhhTOs7pCVMiONll/s400/DSC02457.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719494282267688226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday Before Lent</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsPMQEA8lnlYkWZJI5D3f-Gm3wgKJn5SZ_fiw4BJtQBsHkxnKXcjo88lhYzDEklcD3VUG1Hcge5UgCApZY0H8VdtHSkGUcmAtTLmGPjZXWABwG4nvfQMNKoBSGrKMMZcsbIH0LXkn_Tye/s1600/DSC02458.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsPMQEA8lnlYkWZJI5D3f-Gm3wgKJn5SZ_fiw4BJtQBsHkxnKXcjo88lhYzDEklcD3VUG1Hcge5UgCApZY0H8VdtHSkGUcmAtTLmGPjZXWABwG4nvfQMNKoBSGrKMMZcsbIH0LXkn_Tye/s400/DSC02458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719494079476375922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7eEEEWNJv5BIIq6vnHeH_-Vyte2u4d8qT8ntrGzXvpEJmdY_XrELZPd8Vzi73dTQOunpskgT0ROtkDDy_246nOM8b28GBoGV1IvyL67Xk2N9j3lwouRkfk2KIHVW4wxTf8fSIr0bD_b4/s1600/DSC02460.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7eEEEWNJv5BIIq6vnHeH_-Vyte2u4d8qT8ntrGzXvpEJmdY_XrELZPd8Vzi73dTQOunpskgT0ROtkDDy_246nOM8b28GBoGV1IvyL67Xk2N9j3lwouRkfk2KIHVW4wxTf8fSIr0bD_b4/s400/DSC02460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719494072807004642" /></a>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-48312352722867540512012-03-13T17:10:00.001-04:002012-03-13T17:13:34.576-04:00Jeanine's Birthday - March 4'th<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuZkbR80-xoUhE9O1tRwCO2G9_1aue6AeRew_usqNGUHSV5VK35gBgQFOws4ozgPDhokAzCnbPdFc2BTb1noRLcchFaBd93ZjM2NgM_IGX3BmhWoN4U_YZmX_olQmFjoAGQBPz_jndsFf/s1600/DSC02450.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuZkbR80-xoUhE9O1tRwCO2G9_1aue6AeRew_usqNGUHSV5VK35gBgQFOws4ozgPDhokAzCnbPdFc2BTb1noRLcchFaBd93ZjM2NgM_IGX3BmhWoN4U_YZmX_olQmFjoAGQBPz_jndsFf/s400/DSC02450.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719492366528787922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Jeanine's Birthday - March 4</span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-12774808306455934332012-03-13T17:04:00.002-04:002012-03-13T17:10:37.235-04:00Jeanine's Engagement Ring<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsdKUw4q6ku7agkmiEn4DG-0MaDDpR9RgWLyXW9FB-HSypR1l-uBvAZJB5VSjnwWXS-zvlQmqAVLRAplzviebifUakXc-PbKFmQqkB1e4QoGE3URaDc3cl9rNK5Dz1n2c_uc_e-QB7pbW/s1600/DSC02451.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsdKUw4q6ku7agkmiEn4DG-0MaDDpR9RgWLyXW9FB-HSypR1l-uBvAZJB5VSjnwWXS-zvlQmqAVLRAplzviebifUakXc-PbKFmQqkB1e4QoGE3URaDc3cl9rNK5Dz1n2c_uc_e-QB7pbW/s400/DSC02451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719491602117913074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Jeanine's Engagement Ring</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>So Pretty!</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hPQiD8WrspB1_WGM2xNHErX-pyHFiLDh3PvjzRiSSeyFN6q7hLoKYjnt0I9ERCNFcTd6-gWFX78pouGU8FOrbyXQ6-hbb4LFjlkL9381VuLrWn7sRtPECap1qLfOUkS0P8dGL9Wrv6bG/s1600/DSC02452.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hPQiD8WrspB1_WGM2xNHErX-pyHFiLDh3PvjzRiSSeyFN6q7hLoKYjnt0I9ERCNFcTd6-gWFX78pouGU8FOrbyXQ6-hbb4LFjlkL9381VuLrWn7sRtPECap1qLfOUkS0P8dGL9Wrv6bG/s400/DSC02452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719491595686474866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DPWghcKOiUb06XrLVwmbHobAq8rfosFTgupNVkVBubAE68gA76oCAHq-BAw9Hxta34fUMp9wA0wzOkkN24CQjfCX4-_oMqgox1WXTfL912dHworKVGPScUwcjXJ15cKwNF42QvRgPVMh/s1600/DSC02453.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DPWghcKOiUb06XrLVwmbHobAq8rfosFTgupNVkVBubAE68gA76oCAHq-BAw9Hxta34fUMp9wA0wzOkkN24CQjfCX4-_oMqgox1WXTfL912dHworKVGPScUwcjXJ15cKwNF42QvRgPVMh/s400/DSC02453.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719491589564001314" /></a>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-78358042750260744572012-03-13T16:43:00.004-04:002012-03-13T17:03:19.754-04:00Italian Cruise Ships<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 100%; ">Italian Cruise Ships</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div>In January of 2009 Jack and I sailed on an Italian cruise ship to the western carribean to visit the following places: Key West, Cozumel, Jamaica, The Bahamas and Grand Bahamas. Since it was winter the majority of passengers of this ship were Europeans escaping the cold temps in Europe for a week. The name of our ship was The Costa Fortuna which was the sister ship to <b>The Costa Concordia</b> that was shipwrecked of the coast of Italy. We enjoyed our cruise but now I don 't think we would take another Costa Cruise. Especially since the recent news that <b>The Costa Allegra</b> ran a ground off the coast of east Africa where there are pirates attacking ships from the coast of Somalia.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">What I remember and like so well about this cruise was that a Catholic priest was assigned to the ship and every morning there was the announcement that the priest would be saying mass in the very small but very pretty Catholic chapel aboard the ship.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">To learn more about our cruise and the Catholic chapel go to the right and click on the topic 2009</div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">Carribean Cruise. You will see photos of the ship and the chapel.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-62765848548529898502012-03-05T15:30:00.002-05:002012-03-05T15:34:08.294-05:00The February Book Club Meeting<b>The February Book Club Meeting</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Go to my other blog to learn more about this strange <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">horror</span> story that reads like a Stephen King horror book.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-27509602629064202612012-02-29T10:03:00.002-05:002012-02-29T10:07:12.684-05:00Our Scottish Heather Is Blooming Now<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPoqGdd7BcQF4dWtIrAx-_1Cn_7glzP0hYwT9Tpsd7kgVMVwWM3zJtBBXLjcubVD95n5NUUzALihWkErkpItr3I6jlhveNkBbNPRp1odLxnEewrjUit52Ktmjr880JsymNGbrE8ZgOFVQ/s1600/DSC02440.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPoqGdd7BcQF4dWtIrAx-_1Cn_7glzP0hYwT9Tpsd7kgVMVwWM3zJtBBXLjcubVD95n5NUUzALihWkErkpItr3I6jlhveNkBbNPRp1odLxnEewrjUit52Ktmjr880JsymNGbrE8ZgOFVQ/s400/DSC02440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714573641222809410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Our Scottish Heather Is Blooming Now</b></span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-48743956931529289032012-02-29T09:51:00.002-05:002012-02-29T10:02:54.191-05:00First Week of Lent and Gilligans Island TV ShowFirst Week of Lent and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gilligans</span> Island TV Show<div><br /></div><div>Remember this old TV show. The main characters represent the seven deadly sins. </div><div>The Captain was wrath (anger)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thurston Howell, the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">millionaire</span>,. was greed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ginger was lust.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mary Ann who envied Ginger was envy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gilligan was sloth (laziness).</div><div><br /></div><div>The professor was Pride.</div><div><br /></div><div>And supposedly Gilligans Island was hell where they landed after they got shipwrecked.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Howell the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">millionaire's</span> wife was gluttony.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-68447914002417434422012-02-25T15:11:00.002-05:002012-02-25T15:20:53.613-05:00News Flash: Former Franconia Students<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 100%; ">News Flash: Former Franconia Students</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">I learn from Diana Mistretta, a sixth grade teacher when I was there about some former Franconia students. Charles Watson who was in Diana's class is now a NBA ref and Kathy Whigham is a pediatrician at the Dewitt Army Hospital in Fort Belvoir. Wow. Time goes by quickly when you learn your former students are professional workers.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-42216835727849591592012-02-23T06:07:00.000-05:002012-02-23T06:07:00.058-05:00Kara Lawson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NYe294Nil-gjOzLBPGs3iC80PNtJ8P5XejnnKT8aAgPZW-uXTyNO8PmFtTZ07qcFwUTu8mUmc6vHISaG_M3pNCjfFC65VW0Ezd_L0KqCeFT8J1uRJGCwkdQVM8nMZTDRhsu86BcQ84md/s1600/DSC02432.JPG" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NYe294Nil-gjOzLBPGs3iC80PNtJ8P5XejnnKT8aAgPZW-uXTyNO8PmFtTZ07qcFwUTu8mUmc6vHISaG_M3pNCjfFC65VW0Ezd_L0KqCeFT8J1uRJGCwkdQVM8nMZTDRhsu86BcQ84md/s400/DSC02432.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711992487962506434" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><b>Kara Lawson</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">Jack and I watched Kara Lawson play many basketball games for West Springfield High here in northern Virginia. We noticed this week that she is now a half time announcer for ESPN sports network. Way to go Kara Lawson!</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-88905905693530035562012-02-22T11:05:00.000-05:002012-02-22T11:07:24.630-05:00Ash Wednesday is Here<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj47G86S2tyihXW2lnG7Hom7xn8XeLyUnzyhVh91PXtwHKaCTAdaF3NAp3lvsRZ6ULLGy0ajopr5cEvGknydCKM9esbCA3J0ZS766-ZSTWF_ULB1YEQDKx1LrHeg8y2fFrwpVn04M2SzW/s1600/DSC02433.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj47G86S2tyihXW2lnG7Hom7xn8XeLyUnzyhVh91PXtwHKaCTAdaF3NAp3lvsRZ6ULLGy0ajopr5cEvGknydCKM9esbCA3J0ZS766-ZSTWF_ULB1YEQDKx1LrHeg8y2fFrwpVn04M2SzW/s400/DSC02433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711991866940161234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Ash Wednesday is Here</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Get Your Ashes</b></span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-56937440597792863642012-02-22T10:57:00.002-05:002012-02-22T11:03:56.712-05:00Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaSmx68-PsRMuqfsYFLbX8cAtFjXg3Xn1psWM_fKkHqKbs3idKQ-fPuaf4NwM7efgMr13lcnSsYVwYw_JrVbDw-7URDKf5actiIujATfa1bH14YtcS1rlFlKkQI_zsyrH3dkshnhJOT2b/s1600/DSC02416.JPG" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaSmx68-PsRMuqfsYFLbX8cAtFjXg3Xn1psWM_fKkHqKbs3idKQ-fPuaf4NwM7efgMr13lcnSsYVwYw_JrVbDw-7URDKf5actiIujATfa1bH14YtcS1rlFlKkQI_zsyrH3dkshnhJOT2b/s400/DSC02416.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711990025467074082" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><b>Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, arrived with lots if cold and rain in Northern Virginia. Here's a pic of Jack standing beside our new 2011 Buick La Crosse. He and I enjoy the heated seats and he loves his heated steering wheel on these cold days.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-62036457394615267582012-02-22T09:19:00.002-05:002012-02-22T09:23:31.144-05:00Water Bugs and Dragonflies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76e1BytB_3BJRGVMZXasfxWHoNnuR1JO3gHfTAe2yF2SPSlgvzbuUzVS3R_ojwdxSzom8_-h2aH_JcXoU0rOdIxcdNySYqsOW7lW_CkpMNPrnccCPlF4Y0Rz4Wqgb5duFt1VzzbzvMGLB/s1600/DSC02435.JPG" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76e1BytB_3BJRGVMZXasfxWHoNnuR1JO3gHfTAe2yF2SPSlgvzbuUzVS3R_ojwdxSzom8_-h2aH_JcXoU0rOdIxcdNySYqsOW7lW_CkpMNPrnccCPlF4Y0Rz4Wqgb5duFt1VzzbzvMGLB/s400/DSC02435.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711964564317668770" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><b>Water Bugs and Dragonflies</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">I want to thank my niece Deb Wirrig for sending me this children's book explaining death to little folks. My home nurse liked it so much she wants to get a copy for her home care work.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-29547618830613567842012-02-20T08:19:00.005-05:002012-02-20T09:09:54.813-05:00Letter to Washington Post<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiS-zhMU73nBXxZalu5-8eG1R7KeZlLbu7qOF-mkYS_o01XSry_8UWNeg_mqWgY8kHX57Q18qMCHOzfk6MqFI-6juLfrA1914im1j7uHojmm3zbIVYZYAguGSEdjIrcnH396FChHGncbR/s1600/DSC02415.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiS-zhMU73nBXxZalu5-8eG1R7KeZlLbu7qOF-mkYS_o01XSry_8UWNeg_mqWgY8kHX57Q18qMCHOzfk6MqFI-6juLfrA1914im1j7uHojmm3zbIVYZYAguGSEdjIrcnH396FChHGncbR/s400/DSC02415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711206971521574754" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span><b>Letter to Washington Post</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><span>I agree with the writer who worries that the Susan G. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Komen</span> campaign for breast cancer awareness has turned all cancers to pink. That is not true. I have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">leukemia</span> which is a lymphoma.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><span>The color for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">leukemia</span> is lime green and the month <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">designated</span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">leukemia</span> is September.</span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-78113455388287750122012-02-17T16:29:00.003-05:002012-02-17T16:34:15.209-05:00Look Who Came Over To See Me<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgheNQ6wySacCBlQGr5nRjYIPHC96L7zN2mnGE2VGmCNs3MIy0udNe-oxh3nlckfjmzNCXnSJCCqhxwiZhwBpoHS7sC9bU8XRwxHfwP-8saxyFXa3Ock4QgRIsbdc7ic6mktmPCfJQlO3/s1600/DSC02418.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgheNQ6wySacCBlQGr5nRjYIPHC96L7zN2mnGE2VGmCNs3MIy0udNe-oxh3nlckfjmzNCXnSJCCqhxwiZhwBpoHS7sC9bU8XRwxHfwP-8saxyFXa3Ock4QgRIsbdc7ic6mktmPCfJQlO3/s400/DSC02418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710220032351764978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Look Who Came Over To See Me Friday Night!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>All The Book Club Members With Their Glasses of Wine.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><b>Cheers Everyone!</b></span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-84614338039905415062012-02-17T16:02:00.005-05:002012-02-20T08:09:44.146-05:00Look At This<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9kb1Z4wppKmhR5UtQSNV_gEqmpF5fhREwjLbotJ9KyqWGPmwZVAG6hVL-Vm9PQgIj8HP-a_qXxu4FLrgKW5TK0eYUCVCdG8uc3iR8QVBf4Z5I6yE6xwuQbEXKcmHphPVyG9FJqS1npzl/s1600/DSC02433.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9kb1Z4wppKmhR5UtQSNV_gEqmpF5fhREwjLbotJ9KyqWGPmwZVAG6hVL-Vm9PQgIj8HP-a_qXxu4FLrgKW5TK0eYUCVCdG8uc3iR8QVBf4Z5I6yE6xwuQbEXKcmHphPVyG9FJqS1npzl/s400/DSC02433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710213975605891314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB32V4JzFST6Y2rH9NwxmqMFL-VuZ5sLk8fNFmiBTpJIgUl2L8PsGbOU6pA7eQ7cJne5qPojPKqgR9MEfzYyv03UCtltq86j3khElAxJx_f490kRuA_M3wuWWs7HPX6HJoEF1IK16bS9MQ/s1600/DSC02425.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB32V4JzFST6Y2rH9NwxmqMFL-VuZ5sLk8fNFmiBTpJIgUl2L8PsGbOU6pA7eQ7cJne5qPojPKqgR9MEfzYyv03UCtltq86j3khElAxJx_f490kRuA_M3wuWWs7HPX6HJoEF1IK16bS9MQ/s400/DSC02425.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710213955106670994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHE3pO-19i9ah2UFtiCc-pmUUK_AkjATy58fmA5_vRyS-qff_oDQrHLiWi4CbHCpkfES2K9O7U6HPEDEtNlDGOcl0THGcm3v6rmgCR07U0HzodlAiFl39mAcGtH_pl80jT1ZmY2XvYF60/s1600/DSC02426.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHE3pO-19i9ah2UFtiCc-pmUUK_AkjATy58fmA5_vRyS-qff_oDQrHLiWi4CbHCpkfES2K9O7U6HPEDEtNlDGOcl0THGcm3v6rmgCR07U0HzodlAiFl39mAcGtH_pl80jT1ZmY2XvYF60/s400/DSC02426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710213945222784818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TkUSnYQ2zKqy7uOrfSc3mmHCqIZw61BPIw7hLr79YpgqlHSUtKJCRsbF29RsF5Mf3v5F8HDGSeD5o97Mhc1hOwnpqQCfuYOZIz1Ji1vVpZVdpWAKU5-bwhEVCAsPslovHUHVM8h1kNgu/s1600/DSC02430.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TkUSnYQ2zKqy7uOrfSc3mmHCqIZw61BPIw7hLr79YpgqlHSUtKJCRsbF29RsF5Mf3v5F8HDGSeD5o97Mhc1hOwnpqQCfuYOZIz1Ji1vVpZVdpWAKU5-bwhEVCAsPslovHUHVM8h1kNgu/s400/DSC02430.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710213393734381010" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span><b>Look At This</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><span>Another Valentine bear has arrived. This one is from Dr. Jackson my last principal at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Franconia</span> Elementary School. Isn't he cute. I'll call him Jackson. So here is Darlene and Jackson. Jackson came with a bouquet of spring tulips and iris and a box of gourmet chocolates. Wow!</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><span>Thanks so much Dr Jackson. How sweet of you to send these things to me.</span></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-49106141863515640562012-02-17T15:43:00.001-05:002012-02-17T15:47:21.646-05:00Joann's Valentines Day Outfit<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6Nwq4i4TZU/Tz68rEsgQxI/AAAAAAAAQg8/kuly6-p5zeI/s1600/DSC02410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6Nwq4i4TZU/Tz68rEsgQxI/AAAAAAAAQg8/kuly6-p5zeI/s400/DSC02410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710208825733169938" /></a>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-75888908872272838692012-02-12T16:18:00.004-05:002012-02-20T09:11:40.200-05:00Julie's Rose, Reflections While Growing Up On The Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OUmABbKfPBqU_XGpCj1JInSLOPMNtSEjGkajVOMSQuxkdBdG-qagcUnNi2R_7ukiLCSPqW0_CEwNnuSTe9F6_Jy6dMaT4bcY0tPIe3L8V6u_1t8_XF2fPMuHsiHohZ1rYpYRe5QMubLn/s1600/scan1399.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OUmABbKfPBqU_XGpCj1JInSLOPMNtSEjGkajVOMSQuxkdBdG-qagcUnNi2R_7ukiLCSPqW0_CEwNnuSTe9F6_Jy6dMaT4bcY0tPIe3L8V6u_1t8_XF2fPMuHsiHohZ1rYpYRe5QMubLn/s400/scan1399.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708363023860408146" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span><u><b>Julie's Rose, Reflections While Growing up on The Farm<span><span></span></span></b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u><b><br /></b></u></span>My sister, Mary Ellen, sent me this book and I read it in two days. The setting is very near Russia, Ohio, where I grew up. The book brought back lots of old memories.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-86847398774338995092012-02-04T16:56:00.002-05:002012-02-04T16:59:44.053-05:00Super Bowl 46<b>Super Bowl 46</b><div><br /></div><div><b>The</b> <b>Giants versus the Patriots</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Who do you want to win the big game?</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-67164703503999673722012-02-04T16:50:00.002-05:002012-02-04T16:55:49.130-05:00Honey Bees and Bee Hives<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Honey Bees and Bee Hives</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I talked yesterday to my sister in law,Esther Gariety, who told me that a lady that has bee hives and honey bees said that you can tell when in the next 30 days or so a big snow or cold event is coming because the bees begin to close up their bee hives to keep the cold and snow out and the honey bees safe on the inside of the bee hives. Interesting concept. So get ready folks for some bad weather.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-55127638961559707292012-02-04T16:31:00.003-05:002012-02-04T16:35:23.189-05:00PiedmontReaders<b>PiedmontReaders</b><div><br /></div><div>I would like for you to look over to the right and see my other blog PiedmontReaders. Click on it and you will find out what books the group read from November thru January.</div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-36561119646707163772012-02-04T12:29:00.003-05:002012-02-04T13:00:20.035-05:00Leukemia Update #2Leukemia Update #2<div><br /></div><div>I was in the Prince William Hospital twice in January so it has been awhile since I wrote a new blog. I wanted to add one more thing to my blog about Christmas 2011. Here is a video of the train Jack bought to go around our big tree in our living room. Our grandson Little Jack had fun coming over to see it go around and around our tree.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take a look here.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-_fO_6s6waZ0Qt8wkY2quKkYw0ZCfT2Ge9EriK6Gwmo1LQlBu6-6moEr1NuYnpf9I52siY4Qx5nz8S7e96g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-62212141143503717812012-01-13T08:39:00.002-05:002012-01-13T08:45:28.964-05:00Our First Snowfall of the Winter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVB3rPjKPFPUNTBld-6zkaDUgegmBgzcLnBTcWP_7uLGXinG53ZyJTefOxWRQ2f2Fsh8pN-nSSLlIFEOTWsFzjItRviQhX90WxuuZdxx8pfuXhJxYzsJMhKsiBIlWinJg3p57Wu9j2Hoz/s1600/DSC02398.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVB3rPjKPFPUNTBld-6zkaDUgegmBgzcLnBTcWP_7uLGXinG53ZyJTefOxWRQ2f2Fsh8pN-nSSLlIFEOTWsFzjItRviQhX90WxuuZdxx8pfuXhJxYzsJMhKsiBIlWinJg3p57Wu9j2Hoz/s400/DSC02398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697111112261797058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Our First Snowfall of the Winter</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jack and I woke up to a winter wonderland of snow and ice.</div><div style="text-align: center;">By late Tuesday afternoon it had all melted e</div><div style="text-align: center;">xcept for some very shaded areas of our yard.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNGAPwiluBw-vxIXqtcAgijubglk1TWRrJhyphenhyphenJneU-EM6IUI2QgLeW-VfUo25NPRaSgLeluyI6RvEqUHqQqSFuLoCD-ywON_T2z5SMDK1Ap4xWXt3YeqiBWW7F4em_tZiGyEsP3TOswjpT/s1600/DSC02402.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNGAPwiluBw-vxIXqtcAgijubglk1TWRrJhyphenhyphenJneU-EM6IUI2QgLeW-VfUo25NPRaSgLeluyI6RvEqUHqQqSFuLoCD-ywON_T2z5SMDK1Ap4xWXt3YeqiBWW7F4em_tZiGyEsP3TOswjpT/s400/DSC02402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697111107786951522" /></a>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084623774204456321.post-78607731217143925302012-01-12T18:04:00.002-05:002012-01-12T18:21:20.719-05:00Roman Catholic Version Of 12 Days Of Christmas<b>A Partridge in a Pear Tree : Jesus Christ</b><div><br /></div><div><b>Two Turtle Doves : The Old and New Testaments</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three French Hens : The Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Four Calling Birds :The Four Gospels and The Four Evangelists</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Five Golden Rings : The First Five Books of the Old Testament</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Six Geese A Laying : The Six Days of Creation</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Seven Swans A Swimming : The Seven Sacraments</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Eight Maids A Milking : The Eight Beatitudes</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nine Ladies Dancing : The Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ten Lords A Leaping : The Ten Commandments</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Eleven Pipers Piping :</b> <b>The Eleven Faithful Apostles of Jesus</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Twelve Drummers Drumming : The Twelve Catholic Points of Doctrine in the Prayer, The Apostles Creed</b></div>Jack and Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778598668660834055noreply@blogger.com0