Sunday, October 28, 2007

Pop and new Grandson

Nicholas Gregory



The baby has been born! Click here to change the birth information.
o Birth date & time: October 28, 12:07 pm
o Birth weight: 9 lbs 12 ozs
o Birth length: 22 inches

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Optimus Jack Prime


He'll have that thing worn out/ ripped before weekend--less Halloween

The Boys new sleeping Quarters



They decided to combine their bedroom into one area--although they both seem to fall asleep in TV room in front of tv. We then changed Max's old room (my old other office) into a Boys Club Room with big tv/ PS2/ etc.

The Boys New Club Room

Today's Rutager's Due Date and......


No Rutager

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Jack on the slide???


What is Jack doing on that slide?

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Sharon's last day of work yesterday

She is now on Maternity Leave--awaiting Baby Rutager to arrive

Nancy Update

Last Saturday after working, then cleaning the house, went to see Pop at his house. I went childless. We had a nice evening and went to Damons for dinner. In the morning we went to Lady of the Fields for 9:30am mass, to breakfast at the new diner, then to Homestead Gardens and Mimi;s grave. We stopped at Mr Kranzlers grave and he had 5 stones there. We said prayers for both.

This weekend Nick is home. The house was filled with boys last night. He said when he went to the Penn State football game last week the girls volleyball team were announce at half time and senior girls came on the field. They are a champion team and Dede's daughter - our cousin, Kara Callahan is on the team and she came out. Nick said she was very pretty. As did all his buddies. One guy a little older said she is the best one on the team. She does anything to get the ball returned over the net. Kara is on facebook. I told him she knows you go there - that alond and being a cousin is a great introduction.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

CrissB Sick

Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Baby Guessing Game


i was way off!!! im sick today. :- / i was sick yesterday and today. i mean REALLY SICK.

Rutager's Due Date Game

Welcome to Sharon and Gerry's Baby Game!

Welcome! This game was set up so you can join in the excitement and anticipation of the new baby. Please participate by entering your guess!

The due date is October 25, 2007

The game is locked as we await the birth!
40 guesses
Player Name Guess From Who I Am
Gender Weight Length Birthday
Sean boy 7 lbs 0 ozs 20 in Oct 10, 3:00 pm Alexandria VA work colleague
Max boy 8 lbs 3 ozs 20 in Oct 14, 8:20 pm c'town MD baby's brother
CrissB boy 7 lbs 3 ozs 18 in Oct 16, 6:42 pm Westminster MD they are my aunt and uncle
Tara boy 7 lbs 12 ozs 21 in Oct 17, 4:30 pm Fort Worth TX Friend
Nancy boy 7 lbs 3 ozs 21 in Oct 20, 2:07 pm Westminster MD Sister to parents Godmother/Aunt to baby
Wayne boy 7 lbs 5 ozs 20 in Oct 20, 10:00 pm North Potomac MD uncle
katie (carols daughter) girl 8 lbs 5 ozs 21 in Oct 21, 2:12 am Philadelphia PA i am the daughter of carol who is the friend of sharon whos daughter is my friend
Gerry boy 7 lbs 11 ozs 20 in Oct 21, 9:00 am Crofton MD Father
Kelly boy 8 lbs 4 ozs 20 in Oct 21, 7:00 pm Crofton MD neighbor
brooke boy 8 lbs 11 ozs 19 in Oct 21, 10:28 pm Crofton MD I am the daughter and sister of the newborn
Jeff boy 8 lbs 4 ozs 21 in Oct 22, 8:43 am Abingdon MD Bro
Sheldon boy 8 lbs 8 ozs 20 in Oct 22, 9:08 am Waldorf MD A student in Sharon's school of parenting (held in W-12222).
Bill boy 8 lbs 5 ozs 20 in Oct 22, 10:24 am Glen IL Uncle from the midwest
Andrea boy 8 lbs 6 ozs 20 in Oct 22, 6:08 pm Birmingham AL Best outlaw of course!!
Doris girl 6 lbs 10 ozs 19 in Oct 23, 12:20 am Waco TX Aunt
Steve boy 9 lbs 6 ozs 21 in Oct 23, 5:23 am Crofton MD Friend and neighbor
Chrissy boy 9 lbs 0 ozs 21 in Oct 23, 6:00 am Crofton MD fan of big families
Mary boy 8 lbs 1 ozs 20 in Oct 23, 7:00 am Odenton MD Grandmother
G$ boy 8 lbs 12 ozs 21 in Oct 23, 9:00 am B'ham AL coach/mentor/friend
Laura boy 8 lbs 5 ozs 19 in Oct 23, 9:18 pm crofton MD longtime friend and neighbor
allie boy 7 lbs 2 ozs 20 in Oct 24, 6:16 am greenville SC sharons niece
Carol boy 8 lbs 0 ozs 20 in Oct 24, 1:20 pm Philadelphia PA friend of Sharon - we go waaaay back
Caroline boy 8 lbs 1 ozs 23 in Oct 24, 2:25 pm Westminster MD niece of parents
Donna boy 7 lbs 0 ozs 20 in Oct 25, 12:00 am Allentown PA Dowd Cousin
Rogene boy 7 lbs 7 ozs 22 in Oct 25, 12:00 am Washington DC Sharon's colleague and jewelry consultant -- OK so not so important for a boy!
Don Joseph boy 7 lbs 8 ozs 19 in Oct 26, 12:00 am Arlington VA Fellow Battered Writer
Brendan boy 8 lbs 10 ozs 19 in Oct 26, 2:00 pm Crofton MD friend of brother Jack
jeanine boy 8 lbs 2 ozs 21 in Oct 27, 12:30 am alexandria VA sis
Katie boy 8 lbs 6 ozs 19 in Oct 27, 9:50 am Washington DC person most likely to disturb mother's maternity leave
robert dowd boy 7 lbs 14 ozs 21 in Oct 27, 10:08 am drexel hill PA uncle
Nick Bair boy 7 lbs 11 ozs 18 in Oct 27, 11:11 am State College PA Nephew/Godson
Jack boy 6 lbs 0 ozs 23 in Oct 27, 5:30 pm Crofton baby's very big brother
Gramps boy 7 lbs 4 ozs 20 in Oct 27, 7:04 pm Odenton MD Baby's grandfather
Tracy boy 8 lbs 1 ozs 19 in Oct 28, 4:17 am Sunnyvale CA Sister-in-Law
sharon boy 8 lbs 6 ozs 21 in Oct 29, 6:04 am crofton MD mom
patty boy 8 lbs 2 ozs 21 in Oct 30, 3:04 am greenville SC Sharons sister
Michele boy 8 lbs 4 ozs 20 in Oct 30, 7:15 am Crofton MD friend who will answer the middele-of-night call!
Jim boy 9 lbs 0 ozs 22 in Oct 31, 6:05 am Sunnyvale CA Brother
Marie boy 8 lbs 2 ozs 20 in Oct 31, 7:22 am Philadelphia PA 1st Cousin
Gar boy 8 lbs 4 ozs 21 in Oct 31, 1:11 pm greenville SC sharons nephew

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Big Week for Saint's Days

Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:14 AM
Subject: big week for Saint's days


Today: Teresa of Avila
Tues: St Margaret
Weds: St ignatius
Thrs: St Luke

Sat: St Paul of the Cross

Sat 830a Mass said for Carolyn Lauth (gigi?)

St. Margaret

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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October 15, 2007

The visions of Christ granted to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (virgin and religious) led to the Church's formal veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Margaret Mary was born in 1647; her childhood in eastern France was unhappy because of family problems and illness. After briefly considering marriage, she entered the Order of Visitation Sisters at the age of twenty-four. She was considered a simple and undistinguished nun. She was humble and patient and open to criticism and correction, but her superiors considered her clumsy and somewhat slow.

Though Margaret Mary had difficulty meditating in the formal way expected of the sisters in her order, on December 27, 1674, Margaret Mary experienced an apparition of Christ. Jesus showed her His Sacred Heart — a symbol of His often rejected love for humanity — and asked her to promote devotion to His Sacred Heart through frequent Communion and an hour of prayer each Thursday night (in memory of His agony in Gethsemane).

Christ appeared to Margaret Mary on four separate occasions. When others learned of her visions of Christ, they accused her of delusions or deliberate fraud. However, her Jesuit confessor, St. Claude de la Colombière, believed, supported and encouraged her.

Margaret Mary died in 1690. Her gentleness and patience convinced many people of the genuineness of the apparitions. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was eventually established in 1856.

Other Saints We Remember Today

http://www.catholicexchange.com/en/node/66558

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Nick PSU

Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:37 AM
Subject: Penn St


Great win yesterday!

Who decides who gets to be in the S in the stands? It was cool last time I watched it was all white except for the blue S.

Did the couple in the altercation with JoePa know it was him? Are they in the PSU community?

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Anniversary's

Gerry and Sharon: Oct 6
Nancy and Mark: Mar 18
Greg and Andrea: Nov 5
Erik and Jill: Oct 12
Jeff and Terry: March 20

Pop and Mimi: July 25

Monday, October 8, 2007

Saint Matthews Cathedral



10a Mass in Latin with some donuts afterward--very nice

Mayflower Hotel for Oct 6



Little getaway for a night at the 4 star Mayflower Hotel in downtown DC

Saturday, October 6, 2007

17th Wedding Anniversary

17 years ago Gerry and Sharon Married

Friday, October 5, 2007

October Birthdays

Probably sneak Rutager (for those whom actually read this--the real name is mixed in with this post) in there somewhere

Brennan Oct 22
Max Oct 23
Mark Oct 27
Pop Nov 6
Ryan Nov 12
Terry Dec 7

Gerry Jan 12
Andrea Jan 12
Erik Jan 20
Brooke Jan 25
Nick Jan 30
Kevin Feb 15
Jeff Feb 19
Sharon Mar 4
Jill Mar 11
Nancy Mar 30
Christopher May 31
Katie Apr 19
CarolB May 1
Greg May 9
Mimi May 21
Ava Jun 5
Maggie Aug 14
CrissB Aug 16
Alexis Aug 17
Jackson Aug 23
Jack Aug 27

Rutager Guessing Game

Monday, October 1, 2007

Maggie's Baptism


With godparents

Baby Rutager--guessing his arrival?



Disclaimer: Rutager will not be his name but funny to say

http://www.expectnet.com/games/Rutager