Here's hoping that you had a groovy Christmas and New Years!

I'm STILL a bit tired from my 36 hour world wind tour that took me 12 hours up to NY and then back to SC BUT I'll suck it up for you BECAUSE frankly, THAT'S HOW I ROLL!!!!!! So I know you will ask me being that I sparked your curiosity with the last sentence. I have been planning for a year to head up to Casa de Singer in A-TOWN (Allegany) New York and spend Christmas Eve with Gary and Barb Singer. I only told their two sons so it was a surprise to Gary and Barb to see me.

 

It's the simple things FOLKS!!! Drinking beer with an old friend in their garage is what it's ALL about!!! This right here makes 12 hours in a car WORTH IT!!!!! As you read along, you will know it was kind of an emotional trip for me. I also hung out for a while with Lynda and Steve Kockler. Mom and Lynda have been friends FOREVER as this pictorial proof will show.

This was my mom's bridal shower in 1969.  Their son Jimmy and his family were there too. He graduated with my brother and works at the Pentagon. Doing what you ask? Well he could tell ya BUT he would then have to kill ya. So it's best if you don't ask... ANYWAYS!!!! I think that was the first time I have seen him in 18 years!!! GOOD GOD!!!!

I also made Steve a little thing to show how much I appreciate him and all the stuff he and Lynda have done for me over the years.

It's a night light consisting of an LED light and an old glass insulator from the telephone poles that ran along the R.R. Sure it might be GEEKY but it's something I know he would like. He loves TRAIN'S as much as I do.. That's not the ONLY arts and crafts going on at casa de McBride! I made a few cluster pictures consisting of old hockey, baseball and football cards...

$10 dollar frames at Big Lots!!!! WOO HOO!!! Oh and if you were wondering, the manager John knows who I am and greets me every time I am in there!!!!!! Saving $ and GREAT customer service! What more can I ask for!?!?!?!?

Christmas day I went to my aunt and uncle's house where she proceeded to give me a check for $300!!! All of the other cousin's got that too RIGHT!?!?!?! HA!!!!! But seriously, SHE DIDN'T GIVE ME THAT but she did make my uncle Bill give me a bunch of stuff that was CLUTTERING up the basement, like this SWEET @$$ PBR poster

and a bunch of tile that they didn't use when they expanded their house..... American-Olean Tile!!!! ONLY THE BEST FOR A SNOB like me!!!

I would show you that I used it for my closet floor BUT I ran out of tile mortar and I couldn't get anymore because Home Depot closed early!! WHAT THE!!! They act like it was New Years Eve or something! Oh it was, NEVER MIND!!! So the unveiling will have to wait until next month's entry.  Where was I? Oh yeah, I then went to my aunt's house that was my grandpa and grandma Cawley's house. It was the first time I had been in that house since Grandpa passed away in 2003.I practically grew up in that house!!!

This was Mike (my brother) and I in 1975.I got some KICKIN' heart burn from some YUMMY IN MY TUMMY chicken wing dip that my cousin's girlfriend Susie made!!! But that's why they make TUMS!!!!! Besides the BITCHIN' heartburn, the trip was WELL worth it and I would do it again because it made a lot of people very happy and that, my friends, MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT!!!

Remember 2011 is now 2012 or as I would like to say, same $#!+, different toilet! Have a good one and talk to ya next month.....

PROJECT: CAWLEY PHOTOS! 

These are all the pictures I took when Grandpa passed away in 2003. I put captions on the ones that grandma wrote on the back of the photo. If a caption is missing and you know who it is then feel free to email if you know who is in the picture and I will put it in there for the W.W.W to see..... This is an ONGOING project so I will add more pictures each night or so. GOOD LORD Grandma took a TON of pictures!!!!! Dare I say, Japanese tourist= Grandma Cawley!!!!! I just sit back here in my back room with a beer, my Grandpa McBride's heater, my music on the iPod and just start scanning. Why am I doing this!?!?!? I was inspired to do this after witnessing my mother and her sister's 'NOT SO GOOD' attempt to scan the pictures that Cece had...... GOOD LORD!!! Ladies over 60's TRYING to be tech-savy!! NOT GOOD!!! 

Oct 1972

Oct 1972

Oct 1972

Dec 1971

OCT 1972

OCT 1972

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 Katie, Pat, Chris Mackowski, George Kuhn, Bob

Bob & Mary Cawley

 Mark Parmeter

 Cece, Katie, Patrick, Bob

 Mark Parmeter, Margaret Wolcott

 Faye Slavin

 Kevin, Kenny Slavin, Bob

 Pat, Mike and Andy 1973

Patrick, Michael, Andy, David Matheny 1975

Mike and Andy McBride late 1975

 Pat and Andy. Pat's 14th birthday 9-12-1975

Robert Andrew McBride 1973

25th anniversary party 1/27/70 given by our children!

Peg, Caroline Cawley, Gruinnip? Marg Wilcott, Pat D?

Kenny Slavin, Pat, Lela Ressler, Kevin, Gil Brinn, Don Lee

Bob, Mary Cawley, Pat, Becky Cawley

Faye, Joe, Clara

25th Anniversary party 1-27-70 

Margaret Wolcott, Gen Soplop, Harriet Parmeter

Pat Davis, Mary Fran, Paula

 Shower for Katie at Brinnier's

Katie, Margaret, Becky, Cece (before she auditioned to be a GO-GO dancer for Laugh In) Shower for Katie at Peg G. Jan 1969

 Katie, Ron, Pat, Jamie+Kevin Kevin's graduation June 1972

Shower for Katie at Peg G. Marilyn Lee, Gen Parmeter, Harriet Parmeter, Peg Bednar

Shower for Katie at Bonnie Brinnier

Bolivar Country Club Bonnie, Cece, Mr. and Mrs. McBride, Fred Howell

 Stricklers House South Bend, IN

June Strickler +Bob Cawley

Cawleys +Stricklers LakeMichigan

Sarah Strickler at the lake

Faye Slavin + Mary Cawley (Katie and Ron's wedding)

Mary+Bob Cawley (Katie's wedding 2/15/69)

Shower for Katie at Peg Guinnip's. Mary Cawley, Pat Davis, Peg Guinnip, Suzanne Torre, Peg Bednar, Harriet Parmeter

Shower for Katie at Peg's Nancy Cawley, Barbara Cawley, Katie, Clara Stilson

Ron + Katie 2/15/69 (Tom Cawley + Steve Kockler in the background)

Katie + Ron McBride Cece Cawley, Andy Ranpulla

 Cece+ Michael +Matt+ Norene Ferris March 7, 1971

Micheal + Tony 1st Birthday

 Michael + Katie 1st birthday March 7, 1971

 Patrick's 9th birthday Sept 12, 1970

Katie's 24th birthday Jan, 1 1971

Cece, Patrick, Michael + Matt Ferris 1st birthday 3/7/71

 Pat and Mike Christmas 1970

 Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy and Kevin

 30th Anniversary Jan 27, 1975

 Katie and Robert Andrew 1973

 Michael 1970

 Michael and Matt Ferris 1970

Kevin's 17th birthday Feb 14, 1971

Kevin, Michael, Pat, Nancy, Katie 1971

 Stricklers + Cawleys

Jamie and Kevin's Wedding Sept 19, 1970 Kevin Cawley, Steve Yehl, Jerome Wolcott, Patrick Cawley, John Lyons, Joe Wolcott, Dad and Rosamond

Cece

Cece + Kevin Schaffner Cawley

Bob Cawley, Bob Strickler, Martha Strickler 1958

 Dad and Michael 1970

Patrick and Michael 1970

Cece + Michael + Kevin 1970

Mom, Nancy, Patrick, Michael Oct 1970

Katie feeding Michael + Aunt Cece 1970

Patrick + John Sherwood 1970

Christmas 1953

Patrick

Christine (2 years old) and Jennifer (6 months) Dec. 1971

Nancy + Kevin

Cece + Patrick Spring 1962

Cece + Pat + Nancy + Lorrie Sept 1963

 Thanksgiving day at Mom and Dad Ebert's Christine Cawley 16 days old

Christine Louise Cawley Nov. 1970 Age one

 Katie, Nancy + Pat 1965

Mike McBride Christmas 1970

 Michael McBride Christmas 1970

 Shower For Katie at Bonnie Brinnier's

Tom, Ellen, Jayne, Katie 1952

 Patrick, Kevin, Hugh McD + Muggins 1965

 Mom (Our old red barn behind her)

 Mom and Dad , Katie Rehearsal Dinner before Kevin and Sandy's wedding 11/1977

 Mary Nuttall, Eileen Rehler, Virginia Crahen, Celestine McLoughlin, Eunice Schill Roth, Mary Jane Heenan, Jane Seitler, Gen Nenno: Class of 1938

Mom, Nancy, Kevin 1954

 Mary, mom, Mark 1960

Dad, Cece, Katie in front of Griffith house 1949

Mary Parmeter 1942

 Nancy and Jim Margeson 1973

Cece & Andy McBride 1975

Kevin & Lance Shaner 1956

Cece + Katie Wellsville St. 1949

Mike, Andy, Martin, Ben (Aug 1978 @ Aunt Cece's house)

Mary + Bob Cawley (Cece + Doug Root's wedding 1975)

The Cawley Children Cece, Katie, Nancy, Tommy, Pat, and Kevin 1965

 My 3 Grandson's: Mike, Andy and Marty (Nov. 1975)

 Cece, Aunt Kay, Grandma, Baby Paul?

Robert Joseph Cawley

Faye

Cece 1961

Tom, Pat and Dad

Bob and Mary Cawley 1980's?

Tom Cawley and Ron McBride Doug and Cece's wedding 1975

Dad and Tom 1949

Katie Cawley 1952

Kamp 1988

 Dad & Tommy in Eldred Summer 1949

Andy & Mike McBride 1975

Cece + Dennis Haught Jr- Sr. Prom 1964

Katie + Cece 1967

John Messer +Peg Richardson Hilltop

 Peg Richardson and Mary. Cuba,NY

House on Plum St. 1940's

Ron &Kate McBride Oct 1971

Pat, Katie, Cece, Dad Spring 1965

Mom's birthday @ Joe's in April of 1957

The Cawley Gals 1972

The Parmeters Family 1938 'I received my fur coat for Christmas, My freshman year at Mercyhurst.

Bob Cawley

Katie, Clara Stilson, Mary Cawley Christmas 1970

Notre Dame Stadium Dad, June, Bob, Cece

 Katie & Ron McBride, Cece Cawley, Nancy Cawley, Bonnie B.
Feb 1969

Mary and Bob Cawley 1966

Winter in our back lawn 1970

Faye, Paul, Catherine, Mary. Easter 1965

Dad, Cece, Katie, Pat 1965
Oh and I have NO idea what's on my mom's coat!

Mama, Faye, Joe?, Mark? Catherine, Baby Mary 1921

 Mom and Dad, Barbara L?, Jane Wallen, Mary, Jake G?, Catherine, Preston, J Detzel?, Ted Franz. July 4th 1942

Dad, Pat, Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy, Kevin Easter 1963

Back Yard Fall 1986

Bobby, Kenny, Joe, Dick, Tommy 1950

Grandmother and Grandfather Cawley at home in Eldred

Bob and Mary Cawley 1980

Katie and Cece 1949

Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy 1953

Grandpa Cawley and Andy 1973

Mom and Dad, Ron, Mike Oct 1970

Pat, Vicki, Jenny Christmas 1981

Margaret Cawley Wolcott

CAWLEY REUNION + PICNIC @ SHAAFFNER'S CAMP

NO DATE GIVEN

 Lois Loop, Mary Hughes Cawley, Rosamond Cawley, Leanna McDermott, Eva Eberl

Mary Hughes Cawley, Bob Cawley, Hobby Cawley, Margaret  Cawley Wolcott

IN THE BACKGROUND

Jody Wilcott, Becky Cawley, Katie Cawley

Cece, Katie+ Pauline Tierock's 2 girls

Joan Cawley Emerson, Leona McDermott Cece, Katie + Pauline Tierock's girls

 Bernard Cawley, Margaret Cawley Wolcott, Bob Cawley, Joe Wolcott, Randall Cawley, Terry Cawley, Jay Appleby, Jim Cawley (Lying down)

Bob, Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy, Kevin, Dick & Joan Emerson, Jamie Cawley (IN BUFFALO)

Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy Cawley

Katie and Ron's wedding day, the Cawley family Nancy, Kevin, Cece, Bob, Katie, Tom, Pat, Mary

HA!!!! TAPE (Helping keep your glasses together since Feb 15, 1969!!!!)

Bobby Cawley 

 Mary Parmeter

 Bobby Cawley

 Alice Edger?? 1939

 Suzanne, Nancy, Bill Slavin Spring 1945

 Bob Cawley, John Pyle: Mansfield

 Cece in Linda Blisse's side lawn

 Mom + Tommy 1949

 Bobby, Cece, Katie, Tom, Nancy: Summer 1953

 Kevin and Sandy's wedding 1977

 Giffith house on Wellsville St.: Cece and Katie 1950

 Suzanne and Ron McBride