family – Cornell Family Doings /WP/static/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Rose: Don’t mess with my Dunkin Donuts /WP/static/rose-dont-mess-with-my-dunkin-donuts/ /WP/static/rose-dont-mess-with-my-dunkin-donuts/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:38:14 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=726 Continue reading →]]> Columbus Day weekend 2019. Betsy was down in Charleston with Mary Lou and Dolores, Kristin was away with friends, and Christian was busy with soccer so I had Rose for the weekend. I planned to take her to Mass with me on Sunday. As Saturday rolled around, and Rose and I went up to church to open it up, I realized that the only time Rose had been to church with me in the last year had been when it was just the two of us, opening up or doing some setup. She loves to run in and out of the pews, enjoy the echo, play the piano, test the baptismal font water temperature, etc. So I am starting to worry if she will be able to stay quiet during Mass.

I started to tell her that we were going to Mass tomorrow and that if she was quiet and sat still during Mass we would go downstairs and have Dunkin Donuts afterward.

We got to church a little after 8 Sunday and sure enough Rose started running around, pretending to read the lectionary, and telling me not to catch her. The choir members who had come early for rehearsal are looking at me like, “you are going to have your hands full during Mass!”. I tried to get her to sit and get in the mood for Mass but she continued to crawl away from me and run up and down the aisles.

Finally about 5 minutes before Mass started, I took her downstairs and showed her the donuts all setup on the table, and said, “All this can be yours if you are quiet and sit with me during Mass. But if you get noisy, we are going to leave and go to Lancaster.”

Mass started and she was absolutely perfect. She sat or let me hold her, and she was quiet. But every time I started to sing, or say the responses, she turned to me, and said, “Shh” with a look that said, “You’re not going to mess up my donut treat!”

]]> /WP/static/rose-dont-mess-with-my-dunkin-donuts/feed/ 0 Rose: Ice Cream can help /WP/static/rose-ice-cream-can-help/ /WP/static/rose-ice-cream-can-help/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:27:30 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=723 Continue reading →]]> Summer 2019 – Rose was waking up slowly from her nap as she likes to. I was sitting on the couch in her room letting her decide when she wanted to get up. I opened the blinds after a while and she saw that it was cloudy and getting dark even though it was afternoon. She stood up in her crib looking out the window and said, “Storm is coming”. She has been reading a Winnie the Pooh book about the Storm that sparkled and was a tiny bit obsessed about storms. I told her that it wasn’t coming until later that night. She repeated, “Storm is coming.” I repeated that it wasn’t coming yet. She insisted, “There’s going to be thunder!”. I said it isn’t supposed to come now but even if it did we were safe inside so she shouldn’t worry about it. She looked me right in the eye and said, “Ice cream would help.”

]]> /WP/static/rose-ice-cream-can-help/feed/ 0 Sr. Doretta receives the 2017 Partnership for Global Justice Award /WP/static/sr-doretta-receives-the-2017-partnership-for-global-justice-award/ /WP/static/sr-doretta-receives-the-2017-partnership-for-global-justice-award/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:32:34 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=706 Continue reading →]]> Helen receiving the PGJ Peace and Justice awaredAt the luncheon, Sr. Susan McCarthy, RDC, introduced the 2017 PGJ Peace and Justice Award winner, Sr. M. Doretta Cornell, RDC, after which President of the Board Sr. Kathy Nolan, CSJ, presented the Award. After the luncheon, Sr. Doretta presented an overview of the work done by the Sis-ters of the Divine Compassion to make their properties environmentally more responsible, and various ways she advocates and works for justice and peace, particularly in regard to the environment.

See article in October PGJ newsletter here :http:/Helen/PGJ Newsletter October 2017.pdf

]]> /WP/static/sr-doretta-receives-the-2017-partnership-for-global-justice-award/feed/ 0 Camp Cornell in full swing /WP/static/camp-cornell-in-full-swing/ /WP/static/camp-cornell-in-full-swing/#respond Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:04:28 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=657

]]> /WP/static/camp-cornell-in-full-swing/feed/ 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stone – 7/6/12 /WP/static/mr-mrs-stone-7612/ /WP/static/mr-mrs-stone-7612/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:17:56 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=655 Continue reading →]]>

And for those who weren’t sure, that was me doing the harmony with John Denver on the 2nd verse, and both melody and harmony on the last verse of the Father Daughter dance. And the DJ totally talked right over the end, which was probably a good thing 🙂
Listen to it here

Dexter dancing with the bride.

]]> /WP/static/mr-mrs-stone-7612/feed/ 1 Cavorting with the Calicorns /WP/static/cavorting-with-the-calicorns/ /WP/static/cavorting-with-the-calicorns/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:49:33 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=637 We had a great time out in San Diego.
Here are some pictures (lots more on Mariel’s facebook mobile uploads).

Some video clips too.




]]> /WP/static/cavorting-with-the-calicorns/feed/ 0 Much to be thankful for /WP/static/much-to-be-thankful-for/ /WP/static/much-to-be-thankful-for/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:41:07 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=450 We had a wonderful 12 day visit from the West Coast Cornells and all who came up from NY/NJ and over from Lancaster to enjoy them.


Link to pics

]]> /WP/static/much-to-be-thankful-for/feed/ 0 Woody around the house. /WP/static/woody-around-the-house/ /WP/static/woody-around-the-house/#respond Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:12:31 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=312 Hi Chase,
Here are some more pictures of Woody around our house.
On the window sill in our bedroom

On the window sill in our bedroom

Here he jumped down onto the bed and is getting ready to take a little nap.
Watching the Olympics with Nina downstairs in the family room

Watching the Olympics with Nina downstairs in the family room

]]> /WP/static/woody-around-the-house/feed/ 0 44th Lopano/Venuti Christmas party /WP/static/44th-lopanovenuti-christmas-party/ /WP/static/44th-lopanovenuti-christmas-party/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:36:34 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=217 Another great Christmas party where nothing spilled and there were no fights http://www.mindanews.com/buy-acyclovir/ between kids or adults. Food was fantastic.

Link to pics.

]]> /WP/static/44th-lopanovenuti-christmas-party/feed/ 0 Early Thanksgiving and much to be thankful for /WP/static/early-thanksgiving-and-much-to-be-thankful-for/ /WP/static/early-thanksgiving-and-much-to-be-thankful-for/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:30 +0000 http://cornells.org/WP/?p=215 Well somehow everyone managed to converge on 206 Hudson Road for an early thanksgiving celebration.  The following is a visual sample. I wish I had the technology to offer an olfactory sample. The food was amazing.
iphoners

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