Pro Volleyball Better Watch Out

Last week, Bren, Dan, Eddie, Sean, Kevin and I went to see Matt play volley ball in Clearwater. While there , Matt aarainged for us to have a court to play on. We played for about an hour and a half. Or I should say, they played for that time. I agreed to be the manager. We took a picture but I was unable to post it on this site. We are ready to take on any challenge. But you better be prepared for a whupping!! Just to be clear, Matt is on our team.
Bren, Jana and Colleen were visiting last week. We had a great time. They spent a lot of time on the beach. Colleen realy enjoyed the water. The first few days they were here, we had our first storm of the year. There was a lot of rain but it was not as bad as the media made it. Brandan upgraded my computer to a cable hookup. Now Mom and I can look at all the pictures you are going to send us.
Kate, Chad and the boys are coming to visit on Saturday. They will stay for a week. They will stay in Joe and Lisa's home as they will be rafting in Colorado for the week. We are eagerly awaiting their arrival.
Jean, Harry and Colon will be arriving on the following Saturday. They are staying in a condo in Bradenton Beach. As you know, Justin is working with Matt for the Summer.
Dan, Dawn and the boys will be visiting long Island next week. They are leaving next Tuesday.
Everyone is on the move. Thats great!!!!!!

77 and puttering along.

Well on Tuesday I reached 77. 50 years ago, the only time I thought I would reach 77 was in a 35 mph zone. Thank you all for your well wishes and your gifts.
Last week Eddie and Sean were both Confirmed here at OLL. I was Seans sponser and Mom was Eddies sponser. It made us very proud to stand there with these two fine gentlemen. They will both be starting High School next fall and both will be in an honors program. We all went out to dinner on Friday and Joe and Lisa had some people over on Saturday.
Matt secured an internship for Justin at his company for the summer. He arrived down here on May 28th and will be here for about three months. He will be staying with Matt. They came over last weekend and Justin really enjoyed going out on Joe's boat.
Bren, Jana and Coleen will be arriving here tomorrow for a week.
I was sitting at my desk yesterday and noticed my old USMC pilot logbook. I opened it and saw that I had my first solo flight in a SNJ (pictured above) on June 8, 1954. I will never forget it. The takeoff and flight were all normal. The fun didn't begin until I was on my final landing approach to Corey Field in Pensacola. I had the airplane all over the sky. It was every way except upside down. I decided to take a waveoff and go around for another approach. At Corey Field, you had to go out about ten miles to reenter the landing pattern. I was at 1000 feet and going to the reentry point when I looked down and saw that my airspeed was only about 80 knots dispite my having full power on the engine. 120 knots was normal. I concluded that the airplane was having engine problems and I started tightening my parachute and prepared to jump out. Luckily, I took another look and saw that my wheels and flaps were still extended and that was causing my lack of speed. I corrected that and came around and landed without any problem. I flew about 20,000 hours without putting a scratch on any aircrft.The moral
When a problem happens always be quick with a prayer and a second look.