Dreams and Forgotten Passwords

GO BLUE!

Well, it's been so long since I posted that I forgot the login and password and had to try several different combinations to get the right one. Sorry to take so long to get something new up. Life has just gotten in the way, I guess. I did have a dream last night about the family all being together at some kind of reunion or other. It was weird in that there were lots of little kids running around that I didn't know - presumably another generation - but I was younger than I am now and our parents were all there about the age we are now. It was at Grammy's house and, of course, I was going around talking to everyone about the blog. Karen complained that there was too much to look through (that Karen, she's such a whiner :-) I was getting ready to take Uncle Archie to a computer (back in what was Gram's bedroom) to show it to him when I woke up. Darn! I'd like to have seen how that went.

I hope to scan some more pictures this week, so I'm posting a few of what I have left from last time. There are still others, but I'll save those until a theme presents itself.

These two include some uncles we haven't seen in other photos.


Sorry Peter, for putting up such a goofy looking picture of you - this should counter the swim team photos your kids saw of you in the yearbooks last fall. And there's Uncle Ed with a drink and a smoke. It's funny how we grew up in a cloud of cigarette smoke - it was everywhere - but now I have a volunteer coming in who is a smoker and I don't want to hang my coat next to hers because I can't stand the smell. Nice one of Heidi and her Daddy. My mother made that afghan and I think I still have it somewhere.
Here's one on the porch. Not sure if Aunt Charlene and Uncle Kenny are married yet in this - but I suspect not. Dale sure was cute.

This one kind of goes along with my comments to the last post. I think the baby is me, but it's a little blurry, so I'm not positive. I'll have to look for others from the same day to be sure.

If you are a Maine Hockey fan, you already know that the Black Bears are going to the Frozen Four in St. Louis in a couple of weeks. They will play Michigan State on April 5th. Wish I could get away for a little vacation about then - it would be a good time to visit cousins I have in the area. It is interesting to watch Maine sporting events with Paul these days. He's a Maine fan until it looks like they might win big - then he starts rooting for the other team. Big wins mean more work and potential problems on campus, something he would rather avoid if possible. It gets very frustrating for me, but I can understand - I guess - if I have to.

Hope all is well out there in Sirois land. Job interview this Thursday, wish me luck.

Betsy

More Snow

Hi Everyone,

Well, we were hit with another good storm yesterday, but the sun is shining today. Again, I drove to Belfast, but this time we closed at noon, so I got to drive home again in the middle of the storm. Let's just say that I was glad to get home after a long slow drive. The above picture is of another snowy day. If it was taken the same day as the one below, it must have been around 1956 or 7. This one is of Rob and Wayne in front of the garage. I bet Uncle Frank could identify the car.

So I got my application in the mail for the job I told you about. The deadline was March 1, so I haven't heard anything yet. The job title is District Consultant for the Northeastern Maine Library District, and though it is a state library position, the office is in Bangor Public Library. There would be lots of in-state travel involved, but not every day like now. I feel like I am in a good spot, because I would love the new adventure and think I would do a good job, but I am still very happy in my current job and feel like I still have lots to accomplish there. We'll see.

I heard from Franny this week and she was having trouble posting. I hope I was able to give her some help, and she will get something added soon. While we were hibernating yesterday afternoon, we watched an old episode of Frazier. In it, they flashed back to when Frazier first came back to Seattle and how difficult it was to reconnect with his father and brother after being away and not putting much effort into the relationship for many years. 3 years later he was realizing how great it was that they were close again and was encouraging Daphne to spend time with her family as well. I think that is one of the reasons I started this blog. With our busy life and the travelling I do each day to get to work, it would be easy to lose contact with all of you completely, and in fact I have done that at times. Without my mother here to bind us, I've even gone months without speaking to my brothers and I almost never take the time to stop in to visit with the uncles and aunts. I do visit Aunt Jeannette occasionally, but not as often as I should. I get lonesome for the family I grew up with, sometimes, and I don't want it to just slip away. So thanks for helping me feel connected and I promise not to get this sappy too often :-)

Well, maybe one more sappy thing for today. This would be my father's 86th birthday and I hope you won't mind me sharing this somewhat blurry photo of my folks.

That's it for now. Betsy.