Lola Lomy

[ Sunday, October 16, 2005 ]

It’s a boy!

We are proud grandparents of another baby boy!

Thank you all for all the good vibes! Will give you details soon. I am going to Atlanta tomorrow…

[ Monday, October 10, 2005 ]

Week 2

I’ve been pleasantly busy with my pottery wheel and have, so far, produced a few bowls, a dish and a vase since I retired.  And, whatever furniture I haven’t moved around yet, it will soon find a new place.  I’m Feng Shui-ing my home to death—that’s what I’ve been doing everyday. I love the ease of no time constraints.

Curt’s mom, Linda, is in Atlanta now. Elaine is due tomorrow. Please send prayers for an easy delivery, and a healthy baby.  I will fly down next week for my turn to help take care of the newborn and the twins.

Love and good health to all!

[ Saturday, October 01, 2005 ]

October Birthdays, Anniversaries, Milestones

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to David Barclay(2); DayO Basco(6); Sean Jaromay(7); Bambi Lanto(14); Benjie Laureano(21); and Gabe Basco(26)!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Bobby&Tessie Liwanag(16); Romy&Bambi Lanto(21)!

And CONGRATULATIONS & BEST WISHES to John Dolan & Roxanne Lanto. They will tie the knot on Friday, the twenty-first of October, Two thousand and five.

Treasure past happy memories, enjoy peace of mind today and may each and everyday in your future create more happy events to treasure!

Day 1, as a retiree

So yesterday was my last day of work.

It took me a while to decide on this retirement thing (as far back as 3 years ago)—but working for the past ten years at Public Works in Quantico had been fun. I’ve been called NUTS because I did enjoy work and refused to retire, but it had truly been a constant growth for me. I have enjoyed the personal satisfaction I got from a job well done; I have had beautiful work relationships with everyone.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with our turnover planning deputy heads—young ENSIGNS, who, I instantly felt an affinity to, like sons; and some, I am proud to say, have gotten up in the ranks, and are now Lt. Commanders with important assignments one can surely be proud of. (Check out Rob Ballister

—he’s got a new book, “God Does Have a Sense of Humor"out); and Brian Clapp who’s had a couple of tours in Iraq (thank God, he’s back and well) and is now working for the White House.

I had come from the old school. When I started working in 1980 I was a draftsman (none of that politically-correct term as a draftsperson, yet)—the only woman amongst the ilk of Engineers and Architects; where the tools of the trade I used were: a big-sized drafting board, a long T-Square and the 30/60/90 degree triangles and the old Leroy Lettering set; and we made calculations using the slide rule! My Commanders and their Civilian counterparts were truly older and well, Old-School-type-commanding. Now I’ve become one of the oldest employees, a senior citizen, Commanders are in their late 30’s, early 40’s, young enough to be my sons or daughters; and the office is now teeming with women of all disciplines! I know and feel I have come a long way amid Cyber Space and new Technology.

As time goes, I’m learning to no longer mind being called a Senior—as the term comes with a 10% percent discount, I like that part.

So now I have taken the big step! And even though I’ll finally have all the time on my own pace, I shall probably miss the old grind…

Later, I would probably say that I don’t miss work, but I miss the people I used to work with—I will probably lie.

Now I can visit with my children and grandchildren for as long as they’ll have me; I can pamper the grandkids—and looking forward to the new grandbaby due in 2 weeks!

Then I have a lot of Pottery work to produce and create before Christmas!

We’ll see if I will have the discipline to do all these, and a daily blog, too.

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