A Sailor's Wife

Today Sandy sent me this poem about being a sailor's wife. I really liked it so I just had to share with everyone...

Nantucket Girl's Song
I have made up my mind now to be a Sailor's wife,
To have a purse full of money and a very easy life,
For a clever sailor husband is so seldom at his home,
That his wife can spend the dollars with a will that's all her own,
Then I'll haste to wed a sailor, and send him off to sea,
For a life of independence is the pleasant life for me,
But every now and then I shall like to see his face,
For it always seemes to me to beam with manly grace,
With his brow so nobly open, and his dark and kindly eye,
Oh my heart beats fondly towards him whenever he is nigh,
But when he says Goodbye my love, I'm off across the sea
First I cry for his departure, then laugh because I'm free,
Yet I'll welcome him most gladly, whenever he returnes
And share with him so cheerfully all the money that he earns
For he's a loving Husband, though he leads a roving life
And well I know how good it is to be a Sailor's Wife.

Thanks Sandy! :-) Although, I'd always rather be sharing Joseph's time than his money but hey, I'll take what I can get! LOL

Crayola Factory

Last Saturday, Joseph and I took Katie to the Crayola Factory in Easton on a whim. What a great decision! All three of us had so much fun!!! I think it's safe to say we all can't wait to go back. :-)

P.S. I posted our first blog video. Check it out below!

Here's how the crayons are made:

Wax poured onto belt and it drops through the holes into a crayon mold.
Once it cools the tray holding the new crayons is pulled out from under the belt
and taken to the next machine.

Honestly, I forget what this machine does, lol.
I think it sorts out the crayons and rids the bad quality ones.

The wrapper machine.
This is how they get the paper label on there.

The sorting machine.
Pulls 1 of each color and inserts it into the box.

Some pictures of us enjoying the day:

Must you bother me while I'm coloring?

Sidewalk Talk
(Look, she drew an A!)

Big Cheesy

Some teamwork to make Katie's necklace and crown
Mommy's helping too
Our New Family Portrait

Joseph and Katie dancing - Our first video post!!!
This is so funny!

Sending our boat through the lock in the National Canal Museum
(attached to the Crayola Factory)

Heeeeerrrrrreeeee Fishy, Fishy, Fishy

Daddy and his pumpkin

Oh... and our "skinny pictures":
(Time for a diet!)

Uncle Jack Memorial Fishing Trip

Every year we go on a fishing trip run by the Jim Junod club. The trip is in memory of my Uncle Jack who was a member before he passed away in 1998. My Uncle Joe still belongs to the group and so we venture out on this 8 hour fishing trip each year. The company is always good, but the weather and fishing are not always so great, lol. This year the weather was beautiful and the water was calm (not like last year when Chris begged to be attacked by a shark rather than have to stay on the boat, lol). The fishing was pretty good too. Lots of people were catching fish - someone caught a 5lb flounder! I caught 5 fish, Karen caught 16, and Jen caught 8. Not sure how many Kevin, Uncle Joe and Steve caught as they were down the line from me but they did have some catches too. Out of all of our catches though, only 2 were keepers - both caught by Karen. All I got to keep was a NASTY sunburn! It was only 7am when we left and I thought "oh, I'll put on sunblock in a little bit". Well, I got involved in fishing and totally forgot until it was already way too late! By Sunday, it didn't look so bad but on Sat night... Oh my goodness, I looked like a tomato!!! Two new "victims" (Jen and Steve) joined us this year and Jen had a great time but Steve joined the ranks of Joseph, Chris, Chrissy, and John. He was a trooper though and still fished and tried his best to fight off feeling sea sick. Hope they'll both join us again next year! :-)

Jen striking a pose

As our guys would say... Sea Hags! LOL

Hmmm... where's Mike? He chickened out on us!Jen and SteveKatie took this terrible picture of me but
I had to include it to show my "lobster look"