July 19 is the birthday of my Aunt Cheryl. She wasn’t at home when I called her, but luckily we live in the Future Age of Technological Wonders and I was able to reach her on her cell phone. Our conversation was very quick, less than a minute quick, but the high points were “Happy Birthday”, “I love you” and “I’ll talk to you later.” In the long run, isn’t that really all that matters when you call someone on their birthday?
We aren’t positive how old Kimber was. He was a rescue cat that was found in an empty apartment with two other cats. I’m not sure what happened to the other two cats, but Kimber changed hands a couple of times before he came to live with me in 1999. On a continuous basis, he lived with me longer than anyone else with the exception of my mother when I was a kid. I’ll miss him, but I really don’t want to talk about it right now.
OK, I am a pretty bad grandfather. My first (and so far only) grandchild had her 1st birthday on March 2, 2009. Unfortunately, last year when I added her birthday to my various calendars, I put down March 3. So not only was a day off, but then I turn around and forgot to put a blog post about it.
Oh well, at least she doesn’t know yet.
My mother has taught my grandmother how to get on the internet. At first it was just to read email, but they have now graduated to lessons on Google. Since the first result on a vanity search for “Ansonia Walls” is this site, it is pretty hard to miss.
Welcome.
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I finally remembered to post birthday wishes on the birthday in question. My brother Devin turns 21 today.
Even though his name is Devin Darnell Ponder, I have almost always called him Billy. Before he was born, I was sitting around with my mother and stepfather, talking about names for the baby. My stepfather (who I believe had been drinking alcohol) said that if it was a boy he wanted to name it Billy for ‘Dollar Bill’ and if it was a girl CC for ‘Chump Change’. It was a joke (and not a very funny one), but the nickname stuck with me. I think that my family (Patti and the kids), friends and I are the only ones who call him Billy, but everybody knows who I am talking about when I call him that.
To keep up with the running theme, as a website owner, I am a horrible father. My youngest daughter Jazmyn had a birthday on February 8 and I forgot to blog about it. In my defense, I spent a great deal of the morning with her, so I wasn’t completely neglectful.
She turned 19, so her mother, sister and cousin took her to a casino in Windsor where the legal drinking age is 19. I’m not sure if she drank or how much she drank, but I’m pretty sure she had a good time. Jazmyn is one of those good kids that always looks bored but most of the time isn’t.
The above picture is from her Baptism and even though it is out of focus, it is one of my favorites of the two of us.
As a website owner, I am a pretty bad brother. My younger brother Charles had a birthday on February 3 and although I called him, I completely forgot to announce it on the site.
Charles currently lives in Washiington DC, so I don’t get to see him as much as I would like, but as long as he is happy, then I am happy for him.
