Susan Sharpless Smith

It’s been a hectic few weeks, both professionally and personally. So I eagerly anticipated the arrival of this past weekend. for the first time in weeks, the weather was promising and I didn’t have to travel to Maryland for family business. A bonus was in store for me as well, because our granddaughter, Meredith was [...]

Postage Stamps Engraved by Dad I’m not usually a nostalgic type of person, but for some reason, this holiday has brought a flood of memories about my dad, Howard F. Sharpless. It might be that now it’s time to make sugar cookies tomorrow, I’m remembering that he was the expert at making the best ones [...]

I always look forward to this particular long holiday weekend. Over the years, we’ve established some traditions that the whole family enjoys and this year was no different. This is a low stress holiday that focuses on family time and good food! The Durham Smiths come to town where I cook my one meal of [...]

Ron Puts Lights on the Tree Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie I ended up with a 3 week holiday vacation this year. The first was spent on vacation in St. Maarten. It was a bit hard to return from a tropical experience and jump into Christmas mode, but a variety of planned family activities brought me [...]

At Lunch in Philipsburg Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie This week, Ron and I are in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, spending a week on vacation with both my sisters and my brother-in-law. They had come last December and liked it so much they wanted to come back this year. And invited us to tag along, so [...]

Susan with a Pirate Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie cross-posted on wakeobx: It wasn’t the same being back at the OBX without any of the original wakeobxers except Ron. But we returned for the Year 3 event with our daughter-in-law’s family. They had selected the OBX half/full marathon for their yearly family race event. We rented [...]

Susan in a Redwood Tree Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie My sister, Kate, and I went to visit our older sister, Mary, in San Jose last week. Mary has been working a temporary (6 month) assignment at a hospital there. Before she returns East later this month, we took the opportunity to spend some time visiting [...]

Susan Gets Betty a Gus & Gus Hotdog Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie Finally, I am back at the beach for a week’s much needed vacation. It’s been a long, busy summer at home. The trip had a rocky start with my drive day occurring the same day that Hanna moved up the east coast. But [...]

Aunt Sarah and Meredith Play This was a big weekend at the Smith household. Meredith came to spend the night while her parents had their first night with both of them off-duty since she was born. We planned lots of activities to keep her busy, with the highlight being a visit to the Children’s Museum. [...]

Caden Performs Underwater Flips It’s great to be close by to the Coburns now, and after the triathlon, we headed for Pinehurst for the afternoon to celebrate Rick and Mary’s birthdays. We all gathered at Lake Pinehurst again and spent the afternoon picnicking and swimming. Caden was particularly proud of his new ability to perform [...]