Newest Electronics

Susan & Sharon with two new transistor radios for Christmas, Circa 1967? More comments needed! Do you know more?

3 Sisters @ LInda's

A typical Susan expression, one that always makes me laugh. I think that Patty had something to say, just not sure what.

More Games

Susan at the center of all of us. Just a lazy day at the Rouge River. Look at all the happy faces :)

Just A Wave

A day at the Rouge River. Susan and Sharon playing picnic games. I was just taking pictures and my beautiful wife just giving me a wave. I sure love her!

At the lake

Susan at the lake with the McDonald's, I know they all had loads of fun. I missed this escape to the mini vacation, but Susan couldn't stop talking about it !

The Best Day

Wedding Day, the day I married my best friend, Luck Me!

The sisters all together to celebrate a happy day with us

Friends

Living in Hawaii was the best place to have friends and family to visit. Again, living in places where other people like to vacation.

I think we changed addresses around a dozen times, hard for everyone to keep their Christmas card list up to date :)

Amy, Susan and I on the streets of Lahaina -

Circa 1999 -

Out at Pat's house when everyone was healthy, happy and all our family was together. Susan's smile is infectious. Anna & Joe look pretty happy with Susan looking fantastic, I sure love her!

Pic From Sharon

This pic is from Sharon , she wrote on the back :

"I sure love this picture. I had a huge project going for Anna's Kindergarten class, panicked and crazed - as is normal for me. Susan jumped in and got us in mass production mode - completed 28ea. 16" x 28" western themed scrapbook pages! She saved my skin, not to mention my amazing reputation of being clever, creative and able! This was in 2003. She looks beautiful doesn't she? "

My Sister Susan

Susan never did anything by halves. If it was worth doing, it was worth doing intensely, wildly, fearlessly – whether loving, working, or adventure-seeking.

She threw herself into each job she had, working 80 hours per week and then working at home for the rest of the hours! She was promoted as far as she wanted to go in each company she worked – only turning down positions when they took her too far from family – and she never sought a job – they always found her.

When she wanted fun – she chose sky-diving, scuba-diving, triple black diamond snow-skiing, water-skiing – she was game for anything, yes, a bit of a dare-devil.

You probably know all that, but you might not know - that Susan loved Christmas decorations – not Christmas necessarily, but the décor. Susan and Tracy’s house would have at least three Christmas trees, miles of lit garland, and every room would be decorated, including the kitchen and bathrooms.

Speaking of bathrooms, did you know that Susan loved low-brow humor most of all? Her favorite movie of all time? “Dumb and Dumber”. She was a connoisseur of the scatological.

On a higher note, Susan loved words – books, magazines, nicknames, calligraphy, crossword puzzles, made-up words, and greeting cards! Susan could spend hours in front of a card rack – she would read each one in the shop and buy dozens at a time. Susan was not the least bit mean, but boy, she loved mean birthday cards. Four months before one’s 40^th birthday, it was not unusual to start receiving an avalanche of cackling evil humor from her.

Susan loved

Tracy,

cats,

rocks - from gravel to gemstones,

lots of salt on everything,

acrylic nails - she was a champion back scratcher,

Chanel # 5 - her signature scent for the last 35 years,

Lemonhead candies - Susan was disinterested in chocolate except for maltballs, history – especially World War II and contemporary political scandals,

beef - she was a capital S serious carnivore,

Tropics in general and Hawaii in particular,

And gravy. Susan LOVED gravy. A bit of family lore has her drinking a mug of gravy once. I sort of remember that, but I do know for sure that you didn’t dare leave Susan in charge of stirring the gravy. When you came back it would be half-gone (uh, it must have cooked down?) and way too salty!

She didn’t have many dislikes except maybe pointless exercise, hair in her face, and most dogs.

Susan was fiercely loyal to her people, riotously funny, generous both with her worldly goods and with her love and affection. She leaves a huge hole in the world.

(Having three sisters, each of us was always one-of-four: “the four of us”, “all four”, “the sisters”, “the girls”. Growing up, we all answered to “Li-pa-su-sha” the generic Nevaril daughter name – and it usually meant trouble. But we never felt generic, we each had our own identity plus one other: the four of us. How can we be only three? We have not only lost our sister Susan – leaving a sorrow that will never be gone, but we have also lost who we have been our whole life – “the four of us”.)

Things To Remember

A trip to the grocery store today made me think of all the things Susan loved to eat and drink. I miss buying them for her.

*Concord Grapes
*Blueberries
*A Great Steak
*Malted Milk Balls
*Soy Breakfast Burgers
*Apple Fritters
*Frozen Fruit Bars
*Butter Milk & Whole Milk
*Extra Thick Bacon
*Puffed Rice Cereal
*Japanese Pears
*Watermelon
*Eggs Benedict
*Corned Beef & Cabbage
*Bearnaise Sauce
*Over-Easy Eggs
*Rare Prime Rib
*Crab Legs / Clarified Butter
*BBQ Ribs
*Sweet Peas / Raw
*Carrot Juice
*French Onion Soup
*Garlic in Everything
*Corn On The Cob
*Ice Tea / No Lemon
*Banana Splits
*Butter Popcorn / Extra Salt at the movies
*Chicken Noodle Soup
*Pork & Beans
*Emperor Steak from Kobe's (Maui)
*Salt
*Double Baked Potato
*Chicken Wings / With Garlic Salt
*Corn Bread
*Bread Pudding
*Cheetos
*Beef Jerky
*Rootbeer
*Chicken Pot Pies
*Apples Dipped in Carmel
*Pineapple / Fresh Cut
*Fruit Salad
*Potato Salad
*Egg Salad Sandwiches
*Carrot Cake (Jean's)
*Fresh Pumpkin Pie
*Cashews
*Peanut Buster Parfait
*Red Licorice
*Triscuits
* Extra Sharp Cheese
*Caesar Salad
*Apple Juice
*Waffles
*Oatmeal
*Garlic Salsa
*Toasted Cheese Sandwich
*Ham & Beans (Soup)
*Roasted Fresh Pumkin Seeds


I miss all the little things and will the rest of my life -