One more attempt to resuscitate the blog

Why not?
There is plenty to say. But I'm going to start (re-start?) with a picture.
This is what it's all about - family. (This picture is missing Number 3 son, but you get the idea.)
We're all in this together.

Hotel suggestions for the Reunion

Hotel and B&B Suggestions

AIRPORT HOTELS

Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport


9000 Bartram Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153
Phone: (215) 365-4500

Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Airport

8900 Bartram Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153
Phone: (215) 365-2200

Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia Airport

4101A Island Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153
Phone: (215) 492-0400

ALOFT PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT

4301 Island Avenue
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19153

QUALITY HOTEL PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT
45 Industrial Highway
Essington PA 19029
(610) 521-2400

RED ROOF INN
49 Industrial Highway
Essington PA 19029
(610) 521-5090


RENAISSANCE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT
500 Stevens Drive
Philadelphia PA 19113
(610) 521-5900




Local to Swarthmore

Days Inn / Springfield (This is the closest hotel)

650 Baltimore Pike
Springfield, Pennsylvania 19064
Phone: (610) 544-4700 | Fax: (610) 544-2527

The Longfellow House Bed and Breakfast

124 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, - (610) 544-4588

Purcell Darrell House B & B
http://www.purcelldarrellhouse.com
315 North Chester Road, Swarthmore - (610) 690-4421

Alpenhof B&B
2001 Ridley Creek Road Media PA 19063
-- (610) 891-8222

There is also a Quality Inn near the Granite Run Mall.


Also there is the Motel Providence:
Motel Providence
200 South Providence Road • Media, PA 19063
610-566-6480
"Conveniently located in Delaware County at the intersection of Providence Road Route 252 and Baltimore Pike, Motel Providence offers 41 rooms, including one apartment and 18 fully-furnished efficiencies. Weekly and monthly rentals are available."

Health Care Reform

I am not posting anything significant on health care reform, because this blog is not anonymous, and you all know I work for a pharma company. But for heaven's sake, can't we try being just a little bit sensible here? These are people's lives and livelihoods that are at stake. This is not a time to play the hyperbole game.

FaceBook is killing my blog

Well, to be really honest, this blog was moribund, or at least in a vegetative state before i joined FaceBook. But tonight I realized that I have not posted to this blog once since I joined FaceBook. And no-one (not even me!) has noticed! But maybe, once Third Son has finally departed for the world of Higher Education, I will get back to sharing my inner thoughts with the world in a longer format than FB permits...we'll see..or should I say, I'll see, because I don't think anyone else will notice!

I Joined Facebook

Because I don't have enough ways already to avoid doing things I don't want to do.

Happy New Year!

(well almost)
2009 will be a verrry interesting year, I'm sure. We'll become an obama-nation, with hope for a new direction.
on a more personal note, Third Son will graduate from high school, and we'll be ever closer to that so-called "empty nest." (Though I'm pretty sure I'll be ready for assisted living by the time all the off-spring have spread their little wings and flown away for good.)
Best wishes for the New Year to one and all!

Is there a Glasgow Coma Scale for blogs?

I have no excuse.
First Son's wedding could have been an excuse, but that was 2 months ago!

Having to spend my evenings helping Third Son with his homework could have been an excuse, but he has been exemplary in doing it without being nagged (not that I could help him with the math and physics homework anyway).
Spending my time reading great literature, training for a marathon, or redecorating the house could have been excuses, had they actually happened.
I have no excuse at all.