A MATRIARCH PASSES

REILLY MARY E.
In Meriden Dec. 15 2008, Mary E. Reilly age 92 of 321 Eastern St. New Haven sister of the late Philip, Samuel, and Hugh F. Reilly Jr; aunt of Eleanor Reilly, Mary Schmitz, Philip, Vincent, Daniel, Peter, James, and Hugh Reilly; sister-in-law of Margaret Reilly.
Miss Reilly was born in New Haven April 18 1916 daughter of Hugh F. and Mary Lawler Reilly. She was a retired employee of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and was a long time parishioner of St. Francis Church.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Francis Church Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Friends may call prior to the mass at the Clancy Funeral Home 43 Kirkham Ave. East Haven from 8:30. Burial in St. Lawrence Cemetery.

First Dad & now Tudi. I don't know how Mom keeps it all together & isnt' falling apart. I so hope that I have her strength when I need it most.

WORK-FAMILY-WEATHER-HOLIDAYS

Too much going on & never enough time.

Work is changing & somewhat irritating at the moment. Restructuring is happening and yesterday after a phone call with my old supervisor who will still be my supervisor but not directly I felt like I was being thrown under the bus. Not a good feeling in these times.

Family is all healthy except for Tudi. She's ill & is adding undo stress on Mom. Yesterday she ate some food & was feisty when Mom visited so maybe she's getting better. She's 92 & still going strong-Mom calls her the Energizer Bunny.

Weather is strange-cold one day warm the next. Snow, rain, ice, sleet, hail, wind-you name it we've seen it in the last 24 hours. School is delayed 2 hours as of right now & Matt doesn't want K to drive to school since the roads aren't too great.

Holidays are coming & I've done very little shopping. I haven't even decorated the house. Hence the very little time comment that I began with. It just doesn't feel like Christmas or winter for that matter & to be honest I don't feel like decorating at all. I think I'll have to take a day off from work to go shopping. We haven't even had our cookie night yet & I've not heard about it from anyone-my one holiday short cut.