Next Door to Normal: Happy Birthday Joe!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Joe!

Hard to believe that twelve years ago today at 5:36am we welcomed Joseph Donald Koski into the world. His sweet personality continues to bring love and happiness into our world. Happy Birthday Joe, we love you!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday, Joe!

We love you very much. Hope your day is great!

We look forward to seeing you in two weeks.

Love,
Ben, Leslie, Gracie, Luke, and Drew; September 28, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Unknown said...: Happy 12th, Joe.
We really enjoyed seeing you last week. (And we're glad you saved us as we were driving in circles around the neighborhood!)
Now it's your turn to come and spend time with us.
Love.
Aunt Sandi and Uncle Ron
(and Xanto and Xena); September 28, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Anonymous said...: By the way, is this picture taken before the chili-cheese frito incident?; September 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Anonymous said...: Happy 12th Joe! Sorry that we didn't get to spend your birthday with you, but we will party at Crystal's wedding.

We love you,

Aunt Patti, Uncle Paul and Buck the wonder dog; September 29, 2008 at 9:54 AM

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The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford Reading this one for book club and so far enjoying it.
Every Last One - Anna Quindlen Generally I love AQ, she's a wonderful writer but this novel is killing me. I've been having nightmares. Thanks Patti.
The Kings of the Earth - Jon Clinch So, so good. I loved Finn and I'm loving this one as well. He's an amazing writer.
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service-Blaine, Hill & McCubbin Fascinating and tragic account of the assasination
Nothing Daunted-Dorothy Wickenden Not as good as I'd hoped or as big a deal as the hype but enjoyable
The House at Riverton-Kate Morton Another delicious novel from KM
Drinking Life-Pete Hamill As always, wonderful stuff from Mr. Hamill. I love the way he writes.
Weird Sisters-Eleanor Brown The story of 3 sisters and their Shakespeare scholar father, Really liked it!
Ireland-Frank Delaney Another Irish history novel but this one all about the tradition of story telling.
Bossypants-Tina Fey What can I say? I'm loving it.
Ghosts of Belfast-Stuart Neville Still on the Irish kick but this one is grittier.
The Forgotten Garden-Kate Morton LOVED it! My favorite novel in a long time.
1916 A Novel of the Irish Rebellion-Morgan Llywelyn I'm kind of obsessed with Irish history at the moment
Snow in August-Pete Hamill Loved this novel and want to read more by PH
Sin in the Second City-Karen Abott The true story of the most famous brothel in early 20th century Chicago
House Rules-Jodi Picoult Her books are always interesting and enjoyable
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American Wife-Curtis Sittenfeld One of the best novels I read in 2010. At the end of it, I kind of liked W but really liked Laura. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, is worth a look too.
The Happiness Project-Gretchen Rubin Reading her book is a great way to start off the new year!
Loving Frank-Nancy Horan We just visited Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park a few months ago. He was a genius but such a jerk! Fascinating read.
Fly Away Home-Jennifer Weiner Her novels are like a delicious treat. I eat them up quickly so enjoy them.
Scout, Atticus & Boo-Mary McDonagh Murphy This is a nice little collection of essays about the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It's interesting to read famous folk's take on this iconic novel. and timely too since we read it this semester in Soph English.
Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul-Judith Valente & Charles Reynard I just keep revisiting this little book, written by a local judge.
Finn - Jon Clinch I love novels that take an existing piece of literature but look at it from a different angle. This novel presents the backstory of Pap, Huck Finn's nasty character of a father. The author manages to echo Twain's style without going overboard. Loving it!
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert For some reason I was reluctant to read this but I loved every minute of it. I'm both excited and hesitant to see the movie.
Hellraisers - Robert Sellers This is one of those books you pick up and read a chapter at a time. It's about Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed and all their crazy, drunken exploits. Whew!

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Joe!

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