Dear Larry

It has been such a long time since I have updated my blog! Life got very busy and blogging was the last thing on my mind. We had a graduation from high school, a wedding, our youngest head off to Brooklyn, NY chasing her dreams, and a hip replacement thrown in for good measure. All that and more happened in the course of 6 weeks! Overwhelming is not even an adequate description but it will have to do.  

As I contemplated jumping back to my blog I didn't know where to begin...until a few days ago when I came across something I saved because it made me smile.

Last September we saw that there was a new email that had come to my mother's email address (she passed away in January 2013) from someone named Larry. Tim got the job of replying to Larry to let him know that his email did not reach the intended person as my mom didn't know anyone named Larry. What follows is Larry's email and Tim's reply... :D

Larry  how r u doing. do u see ur mom everyday?  i still feel crappy. got a bad cough yet. been trying to get some yardwork done. i think i have a red sqirrel in my furnace. should get a new one anyway. scared to test run mine. i can hear him in the smoke stack. hate to spend the money. not cheap but if i sell this house it will need to be done. my furnace is at least 30 yrs old. hang in there. thinking of u . tell deb and brian hi if u talk to them. love larry and oscar. i guess we are going to hit the sack. Dear Larry,

I regret to inform you that I believe you have my email address confused with someone else.  I passed away about 5 1/2 years ago and I admit that I did not know anyone named Larry.  The news about your health that you shared is distressing so I hope you are feeling better now.  Sorry to hear about the red squirrel in the furnace, things may be heating up for him soon.  My family just realized that my email address here on gmail is still active so they are shutting it down now.  I wanted you to know that this email address is not the correct one for your friend/family member.  I assume Oscar is your cat...  he is very cute.  I'm sorry I am not the right person that you were trying to reach, you sound like a nice person and I wish you well. If I see you soon that may not be a good thing....  (heaven humor there, but I assure you things are good up here when it is time) Best regards, Barb (or at least her family) So that was last September and then in November another email came.... Think I lost ur last email. Something about ur dad maybe? Had a bad day yesterday. Better today. Will try to call deb. I didnt realize we so close in age. Always thought she was younger. Tom wants me to help him with leaves but I have to get my own finished up today.  Oscar says high. Did I tell u he knows how to turn my lamp on next to my bed? Yup every morning at 7 am just light clock work. Later Larry. Tim hasn't responded but he's thinking he wants to just to have a little more fun with Larry! :)