Posted by
AudiR10TDI on Friday, January 30, 2009 3:05:31 PM
Toronto (January 30, 2009) -- I haven't written much of anything lately because frankly, there's been nothing but bad news. We had two more deaths in our family and a massive blackout that blew up my television, my digital box and the battery to my computer plus the surge protectors (hah) they were attached to; and this looks to be the first January in 170 years that we will not have a January thaw. My normally cheery sister had to go shovel two feet of Global Warming off the roof of her cottage lest it collapse, and her comments re: Gore were that "if he would lose 100 lb. and get hormone replacement therapy, he'd find out it's not the environment that's heating up."
But this week we got some good news at our house, and I thought I'd drop by to share it.
First I have another great-nephew; Bryden Christopher Mushynsky was born Tuesday night to my nephew David and neice in law Leanne and big brother Damien (who is 14 months old and not amused, at least so far). Mom and baby doing fine and will come home this weekend. Dad is finally beginning to breathe again after a rapid dash to the hospital in which he worried all the way he would not beat the baby. This brings our total to 4 great-nephews and 2 great-neices and counting. If there is a birth dearth in this country, we plead Not Guilty.
The other good news was that Mama phoned last night and said that Reminiscence magazine had printed one of Daddy's war stories. The one, as mama wryly put it, about "your father the car thief." It seems that Daddy and his Army buds were sort of innocently wandering around somebody's garage after overruning enemy lines, when they discovered an Opel Ambassador up on blocks with one tire missing. One of the lads speculated that the jeep tires might fit, and they did. The boys drove this car back to Weather Central where they made it the official staff car and Daddy became the designated driver. What makes this story memorable is that Daddy had a photo showing all the lads and their captured darling, and it had not faded at all. I helped Daddy put that story together and I remember him saying "They can't say I made this up! I have a picture!" I wonder if the guy whose car that once was will ever know what happened to it? It was so long ago and most animosity has faded, but I really hope he's forgotten all about it by now.
In a world where everything seems to be on a luge ride to disaster, we take 'em where we can get 'em. And I am glad at long last to have some good news I can share.
I hope you are as lucky. Bundle up and think of spring. It's only 5 months away....