That’s right. I haven’t had a blog up for almost a whole month and truthfully this could be the only blog I do for November.
First thing is Halloween.
Halloween is so much fun in my community. I remember as a kid walking around that huge circle in Barrington and walking up everyone’s drive way, knocking on doors, than the person has to walk to the door and give you the candy. In my neighborhood it feels like Halloween is an event. Around 5pm everyone starts to head out side. There are very few houses you actually have to knock on a door. Everyone comes outside and they are set up and you just walk up to them. It’s really cool and a lot of fun too. I thought I was going to sit this year out and hand out candy but thankfully Lex realized everyone else was too slow and I was the best trick or treating partner.
Here are some pictures of Lex and Jack ready to trick or treat.
Than on November 6th we celebrated Jack’s first birthday!!!!
We had the party over at my parents place and had a lot of family that was able to attend. Lex made sure that Toy Story 3 was running on a continuous loop all day long. Jack had a blast being passed from person to person. Probably the best part of the day for me was I got to open up all of Jack’s gifts. Out of everything he received I think his favorite was a toy cell phone.
I also have the election to cover. November 2nd was Election Day and it was a good day for the Republicans. Locally I made some political endorsements for 17 races. Out of the 17 I endorsed 13 won their election. I also participated in guessing nationally for 140 races and I have 118 right so far (some races have not been called yet still).
Here is my scorecard from the previous blog post.
Political Endorsements:
Governor Race – Martin O’Malley won (wrong)
Senate Race – Barbara Mikulski won (correct)
1st Congressional – Andy Harris won (correct)
2nd Congressional District – Dutch Ruppersberger won (correct)
Slots at the Mall won (correct)
Maryland 7th District Senate – J.B. Jennings won (correct)
Maryland 7th District House – Rick Impallaria won (correct)
Maryland 7th District House – Pat McDonough won (correct)
Maryland 7th District House – Kathy Szeliga won (correct)
Maryland 8th District Senate – Kathy Klausmeier won (wrong)
Maryland 8th District House – Joe Boteler III won (correct)
Maryland 8th District House – Eric Bromwell won (correct)
Maryland 8th District House – John Cluster won (wrong)
Maryland 42nd District Senate – Jim Brochin won (correct)
Maryland 42nd District House – Sue Aumann won (correct)
Maryland 42nd District House – Bill Frank won (correct)
Maryland 42nd District House – Steve Lafferty won (wrong)
And finally there is some sad news to pass along. On Monday November 8, 2010 at 12:54am Lisa Grandfather Milton Beever Sr. passed away. Lisa and I were fortunate enough to be able to go to the hospital and say our good byes to him on Sunday. Milt was a joy to be around and I enjoyed the 9 years that I have gotten to know him. The Baltimore Sun posted his obituary on Wednesday. Which you can click HERE and sign the guest book. Below is the obituary that was published in the Baltimore Sun this past week.
"BEEVER SR. , Milton On Monday Nov. 8, Milton Beever Sr ., age 81 died after a long illness. The youngest of eight children, during World War II, at the age of 16, he left school to work to help support his mother. Milton married his wife of 60 years, Lorraine, in 1950 and began to raise a family and work at Davidson Chemical. He also returned to night school, graduating 3rd in his class at Univ of Baltimore receiving his law degree. Shortly thereafter, he became a member of the bar in the state of Maryland. After a number of years in the insurance industry Milton joined the Social Security Administration retiring 20 years ago. As a final expression of his concern for the good of all, Milton donated his remains to the Maryland State Anatomy Board for use in scientific study. Milton was preceded in death by his son Bill Beever. He is survived by his wife Lorraine; children Milton (Vicki) Beever Jr, Joanne (Mike) Borman, Karen (Emry) Whitworth, and Keith (Toni) Beever; grandchildren Megan (Daniel) Redmon, Lisa (Scott) Williams, Milton (Ann) Beever III, Jason (Allie) Borman, Hagen Beever, and Maguire Beever; and great-grandchildren Audrey Kate and Benjamin Redmon, Lex and Jack Williams and Victoria Beever."
Published in Baltimore Sun on November 18, 2010
