Joann and Jack

Joann Mary Gariety Shipley, 67, a Fairfax County public school educator who retired in 2001 as the librarian of Franconia Elementary School in Alexandria died April 5, 2012 at her residence in...

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Mardi Gras

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MARDI GRAS = FAT TUESDAY BEFORE LENT

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Jeanine's Birthday - March 4

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JEANINE'S ENGAGEMENT RING SO PRETTY!

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ITALIAN CRUISE SHIPS In January of 2009 Jack and I sailed on an Italian cruise ship to the western carribean to visit the following places: Key West, Cozumel, Jamaica, The Bahamas and Grand Bah...

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THE FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB MEETING Go to my other blog to learn more about this strange horror story that reads like a Stephen King horror book.

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OUR SCOTTISH HEATHER IS BLOOMING NOW

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First Week of Lent and Gilligans Island TV Show Remember this old TV show. The main characters represent the seven deadly sins. The Captain was wrath (anger) Thurston Howell, the millionaire,...

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NEWS FLASH: FORMER FRANCONIA STUDENTS I learn from Diana Mistretta, a sixth grade teacher when I was there about some former Franconia students. Charles Watson who was in Diana's class is now a ...

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KARA LAWSON Jack and I watched Kara Lawson play many basketball games for West Springfield High here in northern Virginia. We noticed this week that she is now a half time announcer for ESPN s...

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ASH WEDNESDAY IS HERE GET YOUR ASHES

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MARDI GRAS, FAT TUESDAY Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, arrived with lots if cold and rain in Northern Virginia. Here's a pic of Jack standing beside our new 2011 Buick La Crosse. He and I enjoy the ...

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WATER BUGS AND DRAGONFLIES I want to thank my niece Deb Wirrig for sending me this children's book explaining death to little folks. My home nurse liked it so much she wants to get a copy for ...

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LETTER TO WASHINGTON POST I agree with the writer who worries that the Susan G. Komen campaign for breast cancer awareness has turned all cancers to pink. That is not true. I have leukemia whi...

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LOOK WHO CAME OVER TO SEE ME FRIDAY NIGHT! ALL THE BOOK CLUB MEMBERS WITH THEIR GLASSES OF WINE. CHEERS EVERYONE!

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LOOK AT THIS Another Valentine bear has arrived. This one is from Dr. Jackson my last principal at Franconia Elementary School. Isn't he cute. I'll call him Jackson. So here is Darlene a...

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JULIE'S ROSE, REFLECTIONS WHILE GROWING UP ON THE FARM My sister, Mary Ellen, sent me this book and I read it in two days. The setting is very near Russia, Ohio, where I grew up. The book bro...

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SUPER BOWL 46 THE GIANTS VERSUS THE PATRIOTS Who do you want to win the big game?

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HONEY BEES AND BEE HIVES I talked yesterday to my sister in law,Esther Gariety, who told me that a lady that has bee hives and honey bees said that you can tell when in the next 30 days or so a ...

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PIEDMONTREADERS I would like for you to look over to the right and see my other blog PiedmontReaders. Click on it and you will find out what books the group read from November thru January.

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Leukemia Update #2 I was in the Prince William Hospital twice in January so it has been awhile since I wrote a new blog. I wanted to add one more thing to my blog about Christmas 2011. Here is a...

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OUR FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE WINTER Jack and I woke up to a winter wonderland of snow and ice. By late Tuesday afternoon it had all melted e xcept for some very shaded areas of our yard.

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A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE : JESUS CHRIST TWO TURTLE DOVES : THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS THREE FRENCH HENS : THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES OF FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY FOUR CALLING BIRDS :THE FOUR G...

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