May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 3

[LiserAnn]

For Deb and whoever else may be interested . . .

The traditional Greek Easter Hymn translated:

Christ has risen from the dead
By His death He trampled death
And those in the tombs,
bestowing to them the eternal life!

You can hear it here:

http://lent.goarch.org/holy_pascha/listen/

It is sung, oh, I don't know 40 some times after midnight in our church!

Yes....40 times or more...........thanks John, I actually only knew/heard the Greek versin of Christos Anesti. Our church did a lot in the Greek language, not much in english, so I appreciate seeing what I was singing all those years!

 

[LiserAnn]

You bring it into your house lit and bless your house for the next year. We have stood them in glass jars inside of water bowls and left them lit all night until morning. I have the candles from every year all over my house.

I remember the times my mom and I would drive home from church with the lit candle. I'd be so stressed that I'd set something on fire...she'd be driving so I'd be holding the candle and I was young. You know the whole, don't play with fire thing and then I'm holding a lit candle in a car! Phew! But you're right, it is truly a spiritual experience. I too, not knowing the words to what I was singing, found it all very peaceful!

 

[birkner]

Nice to see you again Noel, you have been missed! Hope everythink is ok.

My health is fine but have had some family issues related to inheritance etc. to deal with the lawyers and my surviving siblings etc. We had to deal with some issues regarding my deceased sister's surving son which were not properly handled in my father's trust. Resolution is not what we wanted but my father did not want to pay large legal fees so many of the contingencies that are in my DH and my personal trust were not covered in my father's trust.

Needless to say, it sure would have been less expensive in the long run if my father would have spent the money on the front end with my lawyer instead of the one he used really did not even want to administer the trust. My sister made eleven phone calls to her after my father's death which were not returned. Her only response was an acknowledgement of the transfer via letter from the new trust attorney of the transfer.

Lesson learned by my siblings is making a very basic trust with an attorney who makes basic trusts without considering ramfications has cost our family several hundred thousand dollars in legal and tax fees. Basic mistake the attorney made is not properly advising us to deal with the issues of money and property that my sisters minor son would inherit as a minor in the year before my fathers death.

On top of that stressful situation, I had to help my middle DD by taking care of her children while they deal with some medical issues related to her husband. With that and Easter this weekend, I may be on and off the computer through the weekend.

 

[HollyTyler]

My health is fine but have had some family issues related to inheritance etc. to deal with the lawyers and my surviving siblings etc. We had to deal with some issues regarding my deceased sister's surving son which were not properly handled in my father's trust. Resolution is not what we wanted but my father did not want to pay large legal fees so many of the contingencies that are in my DH and my personal trust were not covered in my father's trust.

Needless to say, it sure would have been less expensive in the long run if my father would have spent the money on the front end with my lawyer instead of the one he used really did not even want to administer the trust. My sister made eleven phone calls to her after my father's death which were not returned. Her only response was an acknowledgement of the transfer via letter from the new trust attorney of the transfer.

Lesson learned by my siblings is making a very basic trust with an attorney who makes basic trusts without considering ramfications has cost our family several hundred thousand dollars in legal and tax fees. Basic mistake the attorney made is not properly advising us to deal with the issues of money and property that my sisters minor son would inherit as a minor in the year before my fathers death.

On top of that stressful situation, I had to help my middle DD by taking care of her children while they deal with some medical issues related to her husband. With that and Easter this weekend, I may be on and off the computer through the weekend.

Noel, I'm sorry for all that's going on with you and your family.

 

[birkner]

Noel, I'm sorry for all that's going on with you and your family.

Thanks Holly!! Hope you get some soup and feel better!!

Noel

 

[UKANGEL]

Then get this everybody, at midnight, all the lights in the church go out and one candle is the light of God and every person in the church has at least one candle and they all get theirs lit by the light of God candle. The front row people get the first light and they pass it on until people standing out the doors get lit....then you don't put the candle out when you go home. You bring it into your house lit and bless your house for the next year. We have stood them in glass jars inside of water bowls and left them lit all night until morning. I have the candles from every year all over my house.

It's a purely spiritual experience.

This sounds a little like the Service of Light our church holds at Advent ach year. It starts off in the dark then as our Vicar starts to read the service we geradually start off with one candle, lighting one other, who then lights another etc until we are all singing in the light I haven't described it well, but it's really beautiful.

OK I'm finished for now...got busy work in the house then the two teen boys, grandsons, are coming to sleep here tonight and tomorrow. Their parents, DD and DSIL, are going to Atlantic City until Saturday night. DSIL is getting in on a couple of poker tournaments there. Hope he wins big so he can throw some money towards our Oct 07 cruise together. HA HA HA

The house should be very bustling and chaotic for the next few days....See empty nesters, they never actually leave, they come back and when they do they bring more people, kids, and pets.....Yes, their dog is coming with the boys too. Angel will LOVE it and Ella will hide all weekend.

Enjoy your weekend Deb!

My health is fine but have had some family issues related to inheritance etc. to deal with the lawyers and my surviving siblings etc. We had to deal with some issues regarding my deceased sister's surving son which were not properly handled in my father's trust. Resolution is not what we wanted but my father did not want to pay large legal fees so many of the contingencies that are in my DH and my personal trust were not covered in my father's trust.

Needless to say, it sure would have been less expensive in the long run if my father would have spent the money on the front end with my lawyer instead of the one he used really did not even want to administer the trust. My sister made eleven phone calls to her after my father's death which were not returned. Her only response was an acknowledgement of the transfer via letter from the new trust attorney of the transfer.

Lesson learned by my siblings is making a very basic trust with an attorney who makes basic trusts without considering ramfications has cost our family several hundred thousand dollars in legal and tax fees. Basic mistake the attorney made is not properly advising us to deal with the issues of money and property that my sisters minor son would inherit as a minor in the year before my fathers death.

On top of that stressful situation, I had to help my middle DD by taking care of her children while they deal with some medical issues related to her husband. With that and Easter this weekend, I may be on and off the computer through the weekend.

Nice to have you back Noel, sounds like a stressful time.

 

[lillygator]

Noel, hopefully you can relax some this weekend. Sounds like you have tons going on.



Happy Afternoon!
Is everyone off tomorrow? We have to work, all our month end entries have to be in by noon tomorrow. The girls have their egg hunts and parties at school tomorrow as well.

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

Noel,

I hope everything works out for you.


We are off to the beach soon. I will have 4 days to catch up on. Talk to you guys on Sunday. Happy Easter to everyone.

 

[granmaz]

Noel, sorry to hear all about those problems. I hope you manage to relax this weekend.

 

[HollyTyler]

Happy Afternoon!
Is everyone off tomorrow? We have to work, all our month end entries have to be in by noon tomorrow. The girls have their egg hunts and parties at school tomorrow as well.

I have to work, but our office will close early (noon), so that helps. My chest hurts now from the heavy coughing, but I can't call in tomorrow because I'll be the only one here. Yeah, working for all 8 attorneys with how miserable I feel?! That should be entertaining.

 

[fourmcds]

Noel:

Sorry for the stressful time you are going through. It is so sad that a death is almost always followed by extreme stress over the will/estate etc. My GM's estate is still being fought over (my dad's siblings are very greedy and don't like the fact that the trust was set up to go to all the grandkids and not them) and she passed away last March!
Sending you to get through this stressful time and hope that you have a fantastic Easter weekend with some relaxation.

 

[birkner]

Nice to have you back Noel, sounds like a stressful time.

Thanks for the hugs and good wishes!!

Noel

 

[birkner]

Noel, hopefully you can relax some this weekend. Sounds like you have tons going on.



Happy Afternoon!
Is everyone off tomorrow? We have to work, all our month end entries have to be in by noon tomorrow. The girls have their egg hunts and parties at school tomorrow as well.

Thanks for the warm wishes!! Have a blast with your children at their egg hunts, parties and on Easter.

Noel

 

[birkner]

Noel, sorry to hear all about those problems. I hope you manage to relax this weekend.

I don't know how much I will be able to relax but it will be lovely to be with DD's family!! Have a wonderful Easter weekend!!

Noel

 

[fourmcds]

Noel, hopefully you can relax some this weekend. Sounds like you have tons going on.



Happy Afternoon!
Is everyone off tomorrow? We have to work, all our month end entries have to be in by noon tomorrow. The girls have their egg hunts and parties at school tomorrow as well.

I always have Fridays off...so no work for me I am actually leaving here at 6am tomorrow and driving to Redding, CA to the Costco there and then heading home Is there a smiley for crazy?! My girlfriend is hosting a fundraising Adult Prom for her DD's bowling team and she needs to purchase a large amount of alcohol for the event. She figured everything out and it would be cheaper to head to Cali and buy it there than to get it here in our liquor stores (even with the cost of gas and hotel). She asked me to go along to keep her company. Although it isn't ideal...2 days childless sounded kind of nice, so off I will head tomorrow am.

Then we head to the IL's on Sunday for Easter...hopefully just for a quick bite, egg hunt and then out of there to get home again!

 

[fourmcds]

Holly...don't forget to take that bath and go to bed so you can make it through work tomorrow! Take care and enjoy LOST when you get to watch it (all cuddled up in bed with your soup!)

 

[birkner]

Noel:

Sorry for the stressful time you are going through. It is so sad that a death is almost always followed by extreme stress over the will/estate etc. My GM's estate is still being fought over (my dad's siblings are very greedy and don't like the fact that the trust was set up to go to all the grandkids and not them) and she passed away last March!
Sending you to get through this stressful time and hope that you have a fantastic Easter weekend with some relaxation.

Thanks for the wonderful advice. I just wish it were a simple argument among siblings but things are never quite that simple. We are just worried about some of the issues about money and my nephew which were not addressed in the trust. Another minor problem of course are siblings DH's or BF's who think their opinion should carry weight when legally it does not. Luckily sister who is charge of the trust has last word and she and I don't have DH issues. Enough said!!

 

[HollyTyler]

Noel,

I hope everything works out for you.


We are off to the beach soon. I will have 4 days to catch up on. Talk to you guys on Sunday. Happy Easter to everyone.

Have a great time at the beach! Have a Happy Easter!

 

[lillygator]

can today be over already?
My brain feels like mush!! I did a bit of grocery shopping last night and have some shrimp for tonight. Plan to toss it with some pasta and a light sauce of some sort. John has a game at 8:15, so this will be the third night in a row that he isn't really home....
no big plans for Easter...haven't heard from the Outlawz...my mom did ask us what we were doing but I just said nothing. I know that DH's paretns will be heading back to Ohio soon...well, probably end of April. Snow birds you know.

 

[HollyTyler]

OK everybody, it's safe to talk about Lost now, unless there's somebody else here who cares and hasn't yet seen it. Just finished my soup, took some Nyquil, and am headed to bed with my laptop to watch Lost as I fall asleep. My chest is really hurting from coughing, so hopefully sleep and Nyquil will do the trick. And since I made it through the day today in my foggy state, I can surely make it through a 1/2 day tomorrow and will go back to bed again.