L'Shana Tova - 5768

Good bye Speedy

Our fish Speedy who grew from a little fish to about 16 inches, died on Thursday night. He was a beautiful fish and we had him for over 5 years..................

The Meetin'

The day for me started at 3AM........Bathroom break and unlike other days, I could not fall back asleep, as I knew that today was the day to meet our baby girl, Charlotte Sara.

We drove to the hospital and it was a glorious day!

Here is the front entrance with beautiful flowers of

CentraState Hospital in Freehold, NJ. Really great hospital.

I worked some in the morning - sending and answering emails from the uncomfortable hospital bed.

Then Ron and I played some MasterMind - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game) - a great game that I have been playing since I was a little girl. I am happy to say that it took some time, but I was able to get the decode in three (3) rows. Ron bought this as a gift for me to take to the hospital.

We hung out pretty much all day and watched TV, listened to music - Linkin Park, The Police Greatest Hits, NOW 25 and Fergie. Then 6:00PM came and they said it was show time. For the next hour and 25 minutes, we worked hard and as you know at 7:25PM - Charlotte Sara made her debut. She didn't really cry a lot until they started cleaning her at the warmer. Then Ron went over to see her and take pictures - and as soon as he started talking to her, she got quiet. Very cool and unbelievable moment.

August 3rd.....This date in history

On Aug. 3, 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

On Aug. 3, 1900, Ernie Pyle, the famous World War II American war correspondent, was born. Following his death on April 18, 1945, his obituary appeared in The Times.

1492
Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas.

1778
The opera house La Scala opened in Milan, Italy, with a performance of Antonio Salieri's "Europa riconosciuta."

1852
America's first intercollegiate athletic event was held as Yale and Harvard met for a crew race on Lake Winnipesaukee in Center Harbor, N.H.

1914
Germany declared war on France.

1914
At the outbreak of World War I, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey remarked: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."

1923
Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack.

1943
Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice.

1948
Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist, publicly accused former State Department official Alger Hiss of having been part of a Communist underground, a charge Hiss denied.

1949
The National Basketball Association was formed.

1958
The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

1981
U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.

1987
The Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels.

1993
The Senate voted 96-3 to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.

1994
Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.

2003
Annika Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Women's British Open.

2004
The Statue of Liberty pedestal in New York City reopened to the public for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

2007

Charlotte Sara Bertoni was born at Centrastate Hospital in Freehold, NJ at 7:25PM. She weighed 7lbs. 15 1/4 oz. and was 21 inches long.