Hello Nice People,

     Here I am, in the Summer of 2012, and I am officially retired.  I finally did it.  I took all the steps for retiring from being a lowly school bus driver of 33 long years.  You might think I held a job of great importance, considering all the steps I had to take to make it official.
#1   I had to write three letters:  one to the Board of  Education, one to the Transportation Department and one to the Administrator of the school, Atlantic County Special Services.  Now, there was a time when I was a whiz at writing.  I loved to put words together and have them sound like I was the most blossomed writer of all time.  (see, how do you like that word blosssomed?)  But over the years,  after spending all my waking hours with kids;  Little ones, just starting a vocabulary, and big ones who have already tossed theirs to the curb, I have definetly lost my touch. 

     Write three letters, hmmmmm,  I don't want them to sound like I am an uneducated, this is the only job I can do, good thing you hird me thirty five years ago kind of person.  Hmmmmm, I can do this:

Please accept this letter as confirmation of my retirement as a bus driver with



Atlantic County Special Services Transportation Department, as of June 30, 2012.






May I also take this occasion to thank Beth Buoro, the Board of Education, and


of course, Carmella and her staff for the opportunity to work with the children and people of Atlantic County Special Services.






I sincerely hope my services were rendered in a satisfactory manner.

                                                              Sincerely,

Not bad, right?



                                                                  

#2    Register on line with the New Jersey MBOS, which is the Division of pensions.  Not easy to do, but I think I have it.  We shall see, if I don't get a check by August 5,  I have to start from scratch.  Wish me luck.



A WARM WINTER AT THE JERSEY SHORE

Hello Nice People

It's been a warm winter here at the Jersey Shore.  Actually, it's been rather nice all up and down the East Coast.  We are beginning to think that maybe we won't be seeing ANY snow this winter.  That will be AOK with this OLD school bus driver.    People always say, "OH, schools are closed on snowy days."  BUT, there are always those days that start out nice, just a little grey, and then the snow starts to fall.  That's when they call us in and tell us to get the kids home safe and the way we found them.  Never mind the icey roads and the accumulating white stuff. 

Temps have dropped the past two days, and supposed to stay that way for a week or so.  Hubby, (that's him over there on the couch->->->)  is getting a little old and stiff in the bones for keeping the wood stove filled.  He still keeps up though with some help from Gloriebelle.

Come on, Daddy, let's get that fire going.  This sweater gets shorter everytime washes it.



Get those corners good and clean Dad, we don't want any embers jumping out.



Well, that's better, maybe now I can enjoy a little shut eye. Oh yeah, Thanks Dad.

Trying to blog from my new IPAD.

If this works, it would be so terrific. I found the APP for blogs. Now I just have to type with 2 fingers without too many mistakes. And learn how to put in pics and publish. I tapped on a picture. Let's see if it comes up.

THANKSGIVING...AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER.

Hello Nice People,

        It is a BEE YOU TIF AL day here at the Jersey Shore.  And I haven't been out of the house.  The day after Thanksgiving day....and I haven't done a thing all day.  A little bit of crocheting, a little TV  ( I'm watching Achmed the Terrorist) and trying to find the Dashboard for my blog.  We had the usual Thanksgiving.  I purposely cut back on some of the work.  Bought those mashed potatoes that you find in the cold section of the supermarket.  I put them in a nice dish, added some butter and wa la!!, no one knew the difference.  Instead of the ususal lazagna, I bought 2 and a half pounds of already made lobster ravioli, and it went over quite well.  Pretty good with a white sauce, add a little grated cheese and butter----not bad!  The next step, I am still a little embarassed about.  If you don't think you can handle it, stop right here!-!-!
I used  paper plates.  There, i said it.  Now its out in the open.  I thought about it last year.  Then reconsidered.  but, you know,  I'm not getting any younger.  And it's SO much work,  cooking and cleaning and preparing for a big dinner.  Well, since it's only the immediatly family.....no one cared.  And in the end it was a lot less cleaning up.  I washed all the pots before they  came and the plates went in the trash.  Silverware was the only thing left to wash.  So Paper Plates it is for next year.

A Rainy, Nasty, Saturday In October

Hello Nice People,

         Thats if there is anyone left.  Pauline, you are so faithful.  I used to check your blog, just to see what was  new with the turtles.  It's a nasty, cold , rainy Saturday here at the Jersey Shore.  There is snow just a little North of us in Pennsylvania, but i don't think we will be seeing it.  the ground is just too warm for that.  I made some Fried green tomatoes, for the lack of anything else to do.  Hubby, (thats him over there on  the couch---->)  ran the sweeper and swiffered the floor,  so that  leaves a relaxing day in the house.  Now I'm makinga pot of chicken soup.  that will get rid of the chicken frame from a Sam's chicken.  While that's cooking, I think I will get into some crocheting.

Hello Nice People,
      Things have changed  since I was here last.  I don't even remember my password for this blog.  Ihave been to 6 or 7 different Google screens and they keep sending me around in circles.  I  think I did successfully reset my password though.  I read that if you don't update your Blog in the next few months, it will be deleted.  And I would hate for that to happen.  I  always have intentions of getting back to it.  What a shame to just let it go into cyberspace.    I think there are two reasons i didn't keep up with it.  #1--i got a laptop because Hubby,  (thats him over there on the couch------>)  discovered playing cards on the desktop.  And #2--Facebook:  its just too easy to keep up with everything thats going on.  One little click and I am on FB.....and a few short sentences and I am done.
       I have too get familiar with this site again.  I can't even remember how to add pictures.  Hopefully, it will all fall into place.  I have a pot of stuffed cabbage on the stove, so this will have to wait til later,  I think its just about done.
      i hope to get back to this blog.  If I don't,  someone please yell at me.  If I have any friendly readers left.
                                       Til later!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Melody

Where was I 43 years ago today? Well, I was not a happy camper, that's for sure. I had no idea what to expect in the next few hours. All I wanted was to "get me out of here." Can anyone guess? Yep, I was in the labor and delivery having my first of two babies. Today is Melodys 43rd birthday. I was so poorly informed of what was happening. Then this 8 lb beautiful little bundle of pink and red appeared and she has been a joy to our hearts eversince. I don't think I have ever told her how proud we are of her. We just don't say those things to each other, but she knows that we will do anything for her and of course, for her family. Both Melody and her brother, Dominic are the best thing that could have happened to us, the Ole Boy and me. Melody has had a lot of stress in her life, but she overcomes all of it and never complains. Melody, we love you, and we are so rich to have you in our life. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELODY!!!!!!!!