NANU ALL PAU

May 29, 2012  Another passage in time.  It is probably interesting only to me but we were on our way to Chicago to visit Sean about the same time this year as we were ten years ago when Nanu died.  I always felt we should have had some kind of memorial gathering to honor her 95 years of living and caring for others.
Sugar wrote this today and she is so right.  Thank you remembering her.

I don't usually like to reveal too much about what goes on inside my head emotionally, but maybe in this case I will say something about the passing of my mother and a women who probably needs remembering with some love.

I am slowly coming to grips with the passing of my mother 10 years ago today.  As I recall I was coaching and my life was one of continuous work and coaching that completely consumed me.  Her passing was just a relieve back then.  All I wanted was everyone to have some piece.  I visited her at the beginning of that year when we knew she only had months to live.  I was mad about what had happened to our family and wanted it to all end and go away.  I now see how complicated living is and dealing with who people were and who people have become.  Now that I have time on my side I am trying to see everything in a brand new light.  Life goes on and the memories are what we will hopefully cherish.  Letting go is hard.

I don’t know what happened that all that could be said of her 95 years of living was this:

VIOLET TAM DOVE, 95, of Niu Valley, died May 25, 2002. Born in Honolulu. Survived by daughters, Joann Churchill and Mary Muirhead; sons, Ralph Snively and Michael Dove; sisters, Lillian Deaton and Edith Niemann; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.

She was a complicated woman.  I to this day do not know who she was.  I never had a clue about her past and the family that she came from.  She never talked to me about it and I never asked. 

She deserved more, but I will have to leave that to the past and give this to her today.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. (Anon)

Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is
a mystery and today is a gift,
which is why it is called the present.
What the caterpillar perceives is the end;
to the butterfly is just the beginning.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending.
Make your peace with that and all will be well
(Buddhist Saying) 

Back to the Giro

Back to racing, put on the Lycra and ride.  Get it, Back to.....
I will admit that his years Giro seems interesting.  I am a fan of Ryder.  Hoping he can win this event.

Rest Day at Giro

Don't need to suit up today at the Giro de Italia.

It's Bike to Work Week

I think I can take him on the curve!

Museum Day, Friday May 18, 2012

Bird and Bees

Sugar's Boss has a son who is asking questions that she is having trouble explaining.  Just in case this came up I thought this could help.  It's the first step in explaining how it happened.  Now if only it didn't happen in the house.  JUST GROSS!

MOTHERS DAY

It's sometimes hard to believe but Mom's could have been HOTTIES once.

It's a New Day

Optimism: 1 hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
Not usually one of my best characteristics.

HOLLYWOOD, A DEN OF INIQUITY

"[Travolta had] a strange demeanor, bloodshot eyes and climbed onto the already setup massage table...Travolta removed the entire sheet from his body, and he claimed the sheets were sticky and could not tolerate the heat...Travolta further indicated that he likes a lot of 'Glutes' work meaning a massage on his buttocks...While [the plaintiff] was massaging near Travolta's buttocks area, Travolta would open his legs and spread his butt cheeks open and had a full erection and would maneuver in a way to try to force Doe Plaintiff No. 2 to touch his anus and around his anus." Travolta suddenly turned on his stomach with his legs wide open with a full erection. He then tried to force Doe Plaintiff No. 2's hand on Travolta's scrotum. Then, Travolta started to grab, rub and caress Doe Plaintiff no. 2's upper thighs and buttocks....Travolta still had an erection and wanted his abdominals done, but Travolta's erection was in the way and he refused to have his penis covered by a sheet or a pillow case cover." The new case comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed yesterday by a Texas-based masseur, who alleged that Travolta tried to have sex with him, and even masturbated in front of him, at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Jan. 16. In addition, the actor suggested a threesome with "a Hollywood starlet," and also told the masseur that he "got where he is now due to sexual favors he had performed when he was in his 'Welcome Back, Kotter' days," and that "Hollywood is controlled by homosexual Jewish men who expect favors in return for sexual activity," according to the lawsuit.

 SO WHO IS THE STARLET HE OFFERED. HOPE IT WASN'T KELLY PRESTON. NOW IF THE THREESOME INVOLVED TOM CRUISE, THAT MIGHT BE NEWS. JUST SAYING, the GOSSIP GUY.

Cinco de Meow Day

To Much Sun?

In regards to the recent tanning both controversy.

Now that's ART

A Room with A View.

But Is It ART?

"Grandpa's Balls" Is is ART. Well it fit's the criteria. And this is NOT PORNOGRAPHY. Art is in the eye of the beholder. On a serious note, I hope everything goes well with his operation. I have surprisingly grown fond of the the old bastard.