Barb's Sweet Tea

 12/31/23 good bye cya

I am going to try and write more regularly this year - we'll see how it goes. We had a fantastically fun New Year's Eve. Ty and Le...

This past Wednesday my eye surgery on my cataracts was completed. I now look at the world through two eyes uncovered by glasses. (OK, I do w...

Sunday Sharon Howard called me and asked if I would visit Aunt Mary. They were out of town, and her home had sent her to the hospital becaus...

Saturday morning / afternoon is football time. Leah cheers at 11:30, Ty plays at 2:00. So even though the temp was predicted as 99 on Saturd...

Today started out like any other when I work from home. It was quiet and uneventful. Until Joe came home from the post office with the mail....

On Sunday I went to Shirley Meurer's wake. It was in Delhi - at the same funeral home that handled Dad's service. I was a little spo...

When I was talking to one of my team mates from Milwaukee, I was explaining the history of my eye doctor. As a child, I saw Dr. David Sifri,...

Yesterday I was back at the eye doctor's office to get my eyes measured. The good news is that Dr. Sifri has worked on someone whose eye...

Yesterday I went to the eye doctor. Dr. Sifri. The son of the Dr. Sifri that I went to as a child. I went to the same office, sat in the sam...

On Sunday we had a bridal shower for Lauren at deShas. It was mostly family - and a couple of Lauren's friends. I was looking forward to...

Last year I had an ambitous Lenten project - to rid my home of 40 bags of stuff - 1 for each of the 40 days of Lent. This year I have been...

Uncle Tom died last Monday morning March 14th. He had lots of health problems for many years, so for him there is relief, for his family - ...

Today is our 30th wedding anniversary. We were going out Saturday to celebrate, but I was in the middle of the great winter sickness - that...

The last couple of weeks have been pretty crazy at our house. Well since a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, really. Joe and I set asid...

Yesterday my niece Lauren sent out a tweet - looking for suggestions for an amazing wedding DJ. I was thinking about that this morning on ...

Our Lady Of Surprises O, Mary my mother and Our Lady of surprises, what a happy joy you caused the wedding guests, when you asked your Divin...

Into this silent night as we make our weary way we know not where, just when the night becomes its darkest and we cannot see our path, just ...

This weekend Joe and I are celebrating the 30th anniversary of our first date. I'm not sure of the specific day - but it was the weeken...

And on the 83rd Day - she rests. I am 83 days into my work year and taking my first official 8 hours in a row off - tomorrow. That include...

Today is Mom's Birthday. I was up at 5:30 so I could make 7:30 Mass. It was peaceful and just what I needed. Got a little weepy twice...

Today is Dad's birthday. He would have been 84 today. Happy Birthday Dad. I miss you.

Last Saturday we all got new phones. JR dropped his pone in a bucket of paint thinner and melted one. Our contract was up with Nextel , so ...

Yesterday was Good Friday. It was a beautiful day - 84 degrees and sunny. I left late morning to go to the cemetery to make a round of vis...

I am exhausted. I am working 12 - 16 hour days - have been for the last 10 days. It looks like I have another week to go, if I live that l...

It's Friday, and the weekend is supposed to be sunny. Tomorrow I am going to Leah and Ty's basketball games in the morning. It...

February is over and I say "Good Riddance". It was full of snow and cold and dry noses and earaches and sore throats and hours in ...

This weekend was pretty crazy. With Joe unable to do any lifting (nothing more than 5 pounds), many tasks that he usually does were left up...

Here's the latest news. Joe's angiogram was good. His heart is strong, and his arteries are flowing well. Having said that - the...

Tomorrow we are heading back to the hospital for another angiogram for Joe. He has been experiencing cheat pains for most of this month, a...

Since I posted on Ash Wednesday, I have completed a total of 1 bag. I have come down with a sore throat and earache, and have been feeling ...