Marie LeTourneau

Nov 15 - Hi Friends! To everyone who wrote last week requesting magnets, I'm sorry for the delay in getting them out to you. I had a wisdom tooth go crazy out of the blue this past Monday, and then extracted on Wednesday. It's been a hard road to recovery. My face has been swollen to twice it's normal size (I look like a bloated chipmunk!) The pain has been extraordinary, and I would rather have had my feet surgically broken again than go through this! There's something about having pain in your face, that just sort of ruins your entire day. I've done little more than sleep, take pain medication, and sip soup for the past few days, and I'm slowly shrinking back to my normal face size. I plan on getting back out into the world on Monday (and back to work!) so I'll make it over to the Post Office as well. Thanks for your patience, and to those of you (mostly friends) who wrote or called, thanks so much well-wishes on my recovery.

Sept 13- Not too much to report around here. We had hurricane Hannah come through last week, and thankfully it was a bust. We've had worse rainstorms than that. Now Ike is tearing up Texas. We've had a few laughs regarding the names, though...Hannah is my daughter, and Ike, my Jack Russell. I have another Jack named Jolie, but the weather people decided to name the next hurricane Josephine. I just pray that eveyone down in Texas and the surrounding areas are okay, and that the damage Ike caused is not too devastating. I have some reader-friends who have written in from Texas, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved in this storm. Take care and God bless....

Sept 1- Just returned from a LONG solo trip(minus my family) to Vermont to see my mom for her 60th Birthday.   I've done this drive many times, but for some reason, I got lost in the Bronx on the way home today...how the heck that happened I'll never know. I was spacing out. 8 hours of driving will do that to a person.   But I saw a gorgeous sunset over NYC during my wanderings so it wasn't alwful. Anyway, my sister and her husband and kids were there too. We had a lot of fun at the county fair, and just hanging around. My mom's real birthday is Sept 2nd, and her brother (my Uncle Rick) isactually today, so Happy Birthday to both of you!

AUG 10th - Just returned from my yearly family reunion/vacation up in the gorgeous Champlain Islands (Alburg VT) just a mere 5 miles from the Canadian border. The isles were settled by the French way back in 17somethinorother...it's full of history, and pretty desolate in some spots. (I don't know how the locals live there year round - there aren't many!) It's a beautiful, scenic place with rocky cliffs, old cottages, new strucures, lovely old trees, hills, inlets, farms, dirt roads, bridges, and shale beaches. There's even an old quarry that's now abandon with several million year old fossils lying right under foot. It's home to skunk (we had a nightly visitor) deer, raccoon, osprey, and a host of other critters. The fishing is excellent...

Fun was had by all! Go to pics to see a few.

JUNE 24th 2008 - Congrats to Farmingdale High School Class of 2008!!!!! Tonights the night - GRADUATION! This includes all of my "kids": (The band) Alex, Cody, Brian, and John, Matt, Alicia, Kerry, Ibrahem, Erika, Teri, James, and the entire class. The Letourneau Family wishes you tons of luck and love, and good wishes! We know you will succeed at whatever you do.   We will definitely miss seeing you all over the house. xoxo

June 20 - A special hello to Mrs. Amerante's class in Rhode Island. I received these photos from Lauren W (one of the students mom's.) She told me the kids read "Mice" then made the cheese soup. Hope you all had a blast!!! It was so nice to hear from you, and have a wonderful summer! xo