I didn't realize today was Columbus Day, so my plans to make phone calls, go to the bank...blah blah blah...got changed really quickly! Instead, I've made Banana Bread using a new recipe I found on Pinterest. It uses honey and no sugar added applesauce instead of sugar and oil it also uses whole wheat flour, so it's healthier than the typical recipe. I added a little cinnamon and vanilla, so we'll see how it turns out!
My oldest brother, Bob, had a bad heart attack on Friday. They did a heart cath this morning only to find out that he has 9 blockages total...and will have a quintupple bypass on Wednesday, Oct. 10th. I feel so badly for him and Becky, his wife.
Bob is hilarious. He's always kidding around...(all of my siblings do) and he's so casual at being funny, that you can be having a serious conversation with him and he'll say something hysterical in a way that you think it's part of the serious conversation! He'll wait a second, and then he starts cracking himself up! He's really smart. In fact, all of my siblings are very intelligent...and they all have their own hilarious sense of humor. There's NEVER a dull moment when we're all together with our spouses and families...my three brothers smoke cigars and tell tall tales and try to out-do each other on the hilarity spectrum! My two sisters and I mix up some cocktails and keep each other in stitches with knowing glances, wise cracks, funny faces and that " I can read your mind and you're cracking my ass up" thing that all sisters have going on! Our 84 year old mom, just watches, shakes her head and smiles while intermittently interjecting her opinion about whatever is taking place at that time. I wish Dad was still with us so he could see us all, and enjoy all of their grand children and great grand children. He'd be a very happy man.
Our entire family (my brothers, sisters and their kids and grandkids) have never been together at the same time. Not ALL of us. If we were to get together...there would be a total of 39 of us. That's including spouses, one significant other, my brother's and sister's kids and grandchildren. My brother, Bob and his wife Becky-and John and myself- are the only ones out of the 6 of us Sullivan kids that don't have children.
For some reason, I'm really missing my Dad today. I have been for a few days. I think...he's been around me recently...in spirit or whatever that is that happens. I think my Grandma Dunn has been too. I've been seeing things out of the corner of my eye...like someone was walking by, or some kind of movement...and of course, when I look over...no one is there. Last night, I thought that John was walking down the hall toward me from the bedrooms. I was in the kitchen. I was cooking and was facing the living room/hall way and "saw" him walking behind the couch toward the kitchen. When I looked up all of the way, there wasn't anyone there. John, was still taking a nap in bed. I immediately felt the presence of Dad...I don't know what made me think it was him, but...I did and do. I'm hoping that Bob is feeling Dad's presence today as he goes through all of this heart stuff. Hopefully, there will be some kind of comfort there.
I've got to take my Banana Bread out of the oven, so ta-ta for now.
My oldest brother, Bob, had a bad heart attack on Friday. They did a heart cath this morning only to find out that he has 9 blockages total...and will have a quintupple bypass on Wednesday, Oct. 10th. I feel so badly for him and Becky, his wife.
Bob is hilarious. He's always kidding around...(all of my siblings do) and he's so casual at being funny, that you can be having a serious conversation with him and he'll say something hysterical in a way that you think it's part of the serious conversation! He'll wait a second, and then he starts cracking himself up! He's really smart. In fact, all of my siblings are very intelligent...and they all have their own hilarious sense of humor. There's NEVER a dull moment when we're all together with our spouses and families...my three brothers smoke cigars and tell tall tales and try to out-do each other on the hilarity spectrum! My two sisters and I mix up some cocktails and keep each other in stitches with knowing glances, wise cracks, funny faces and that " I can read your mind and you're cracking my ass up" thing that all sisters have going on! Our 84 year old mom, just watches, shakes her head and smiles while intermittently interjecting her opinion about whatever is taking place at that time. I wish Dad was still with us so he could see us all, and enjoy all of their grand children and great grand children. He'd be a very happy man.
Our entire family (my brothers, sisters and their kids and grandkids) have never been together at the same time. Not ALL of us. If we were to get together...there would be a total of 39 of us. That's including spouses, one significant other, my brother's and sister's kids and grandchildren. My brother, Bob and his wife Becky-and John and myself- are the only ones out of the 6 of us Sullivan kids that don't have children.
For some reason, I'm really missing my Dad today. I have been for a few days. I think...he's been around me recently...in spirit or whatever that is that happens. I think my Grandma Dunn has been too. I've been seeing things out of the corner of my eye...like someone was walking by, or some kind of movement...and of course, when I look over...no one is there. Last night, I thought that John was walking down the hall toward me from the bedrooms. I was in the kitchen. I was cooking and was facing the living room/hall way and "saw" him walking behind the couch toward the kitchen. When I looked up all of the way, there wasn't anyone there. John, was still taking a nap in bed. I immediately felt the presence of Dad...I don't know what made me think it was him, but...I did and do. I'm hoping that Bob is feeling Dad's presence today as he goes through all of this heart stuff. Hopefully, there will be some kind of comfort there.
I've got to take my Banana Bread out of the oven, so ta-ta for now.
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