Archive for the 'Family' Category

02 Dec

Swell Sisters Second Sat With Petra B

On Saturday December 12th, 2009, the Swell Sister Society will be hosting their second annual group art show at the Coffee Garden. My wife and partner Petra B will be showing at least one piece of her fused glass art and I have to say it’s a really nice piece too!
The Second Saturday reception for [...]

04 Oct

Some Kinda Fairytale Town

It’s  been two years and three months since we were able to take the granddaughters on an outing, just the four of us. But it happened today so I wanted to post about it, real quicklike, before I hit the bed for a few hours sleep before work tomorrow. We were finally able to take them, [...]

28 Aug

Petra Runs, Charity Wins!

She did it! My wife Petra ran in the 5k Race For The Arts tonight. And she did great! She even cut a few minutes off her expected time.
There’s more info about her and why she ran the race in my blog post the other day. Check it out. But the important thing is that she [...]

26 Aug

A Birthday Song For My Wife

And it goes like this:
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, Petra B
Happy birthday to you!
Nice song, huh? I didn’t write it. But I wanted to publicly wish her a great, great, wonderful day, today and everyday. I love her a lot.
As much as can be…

19 Aug

Help Petra B Help The Arts

My wife and partner Petra B is running in the 5k Race For The Arts later this month. How about supporting her and helping a great charity at the same time? All donations to sponsor her will go to the Women’s Wisdom Project, an art program of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
If you would like to donate make [...]

11 May

The Doctors All Say “NED”

Last week was “Go to the Doctor” week here in stevenology world. My wife Petra had four, count ‘em, four doctors appointments all related to her breast cancer from back in 2005. Yes, unfortunately, that issue never really leaves your life once it has so rudely forced it’s way in. She is still on medication with [...]

08 Jan

Gone But Not Forgotten – James A. Bolen

Good ol’ Uncle Jim. Well, technically, he wasn’t my uncle but he did care about me. He was my wife Petra’s uncle and he passed away on December 27th in Illinois. Jim always told Petra how lucky she was to have me, and I won’t argue with that. But the bigger truth is that he [...]

06 Jan

Happy New Year!

OK, so I am almost a week late. We move at a relaxed pace out here on the left coast. But here’s wishing you all the the greatest new year ever possible. As for the past year, well, it’s over and we can say that for it at least. Bygones. There were a lot of highs [...]

02 Dec

Petra B. Is An Artist!

My wife and partner, Petra B, will be one of the Swell Sister artists included in a Second Saturday art show, titled Gather The Women. This will be her first time to have a piece of art included in a public showing. Way to go, PB! Her piece is a work of fused glass and [...]

20 Nov

Barack Is In The House! Our House!

Yeah, baby! It’s the President-Elect. And you all know what big Obama fans we are, having already read this and this. So, really, it’s no big surprise that he showed up at our house to thank us personally for voting for him. Hey, pictures don’t lie!
Possible captions for this photo:
Barack: “This is better than the White House”
Us: “No, [...]

04 Nov

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me The News

No, I don’t mean that old Robert Palmer song (or was it Moon Martin)? Anyway, long-time readers of this blog will remember on my old web site that I kept a running off-and-on commentary about my wife Petra’s bout with breast cancer and her subsequent treatments and current period of remision.
It’s been a few years now, but [...]

22 Oct

The Making Of A Garden Stone

A few weeks ago I made a post about how we bought a very special brick for the grandkids. And that was very cool, check it out if you haven’t already. But this is a little different. It’s a garden stone for my mom. She is gone now, passed away this spring, but when she was here she touched a lot [...]

08 Oct

Happy Birthday, Mom. Rest In Peace.

This is the first birthday that my Mom is not here for. She died earlier this year. This is just a quick note to say we miss her. Her online obituary is here and her guest book is here.
Happy Birthday, Mom.

04 Oct

Our Brick For The Grandkids

How do you like our brick? Sort of speaks for itself, don’t you think? We bought it for two reasons: 1) It is a great, semi-permanent way to show our grandkids that we love them and are thinking of them and 2) The money went to a very good cause, the local kids attraction Fairytale [...]

27 Sep

Happy Birthday To At Least These People

September birthdays for family and friends. Hope your day was great!
Larry T (friend)
Dean Z (friend)
Andrea (family)
Petra’s Uncle Jim
Did I forget anyone? Did I forget YOU? If so please leave me a comment!!