Thursday!

22 YEARS OLD!!!!!!

BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!

IT BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR AND A TOUGH FOR ME, LOSING SOME REALLY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. JUST YESTERDAY ON THURSDAY WE LOOSED A VERY GOOD BASEBALL COACH FOR THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES JOHN VUKOVICH DIED AT 59 YEARS OLD. HE BEEN IN BASEBALL FOR 37 YEARS.

LOSING FRIENDS LIKE JAMIE LINTZ AND MY BUDDY FROM HIGH SCHOOL DEREK KEHOE. I MISSED THEM BOTH.

MY FIRST BIRTHDAY WITHOUT MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

EVERY BIRTHDAY FOR THE LAST 9 YEARS, I TALKED TO HER ON PHONE

IT WILL FEEL WEIRD THIS YEAR.

SHE IS LOOKING DOWN ON ME THOUGH I'M SURE!

SHE MISSED MY BIRTHDAY BY 3 WEEKS.

THAT WOULD OF BEEN A TRADGEY IF SHE WOULD OF DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY.

SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY!!!!!!!

I WILL BE 22 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!

I AM GETTING OLD AND FAT WITH ALL THE CHOCOLATE I EAT EVERYDAY!!!!!!

I AM BECOMMING AN OLD MAN!!!!!!!!!

I WILL CELEBRATE BY WATCHING 7TH HEAVEN AT 8:00PM SUNDAY NIGHT!

NO SPECIAL OLYMPICS AGAIN THIS SUNDAY

I WILL MISS THEM

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BACK ON MARCH 18TH!

THEY WILL START BASKETBALL WHEN THEY DO START BACK AT A NEW TIME FROM 2PM TO 4PM ON SUNDAYS!

CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY COME BACK!!!!!!

MY ATTENDENT AND I WILL ORDER OUT ON SUNDAY!

EITHER MCDONALDS, PIZZA OR SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER LIKE LONG JOHNS SILVERS!

HOW ARE YOU?

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK?

I WENT BOWLING ON THURSDAY NIGHT!

HAD A GREAT TIME!

I AM DOING GREAT!

CLASSES ARE GOING GREAT!

I LIKE THEM ALL!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ALL WEEKEND?

ANYTHING SPECIAL?

MAKE SURE YOU THINK ABOUT ME WHEN YOU WAKE UP ON SUNDAY MORNING!!!!!!!!

NEXT WEEK WILL BE BUSY FOR ME:

WEDNESDAY: SNOW TUBING. I AM SCARED TO GO SNOW TUBING. I AM TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT.

THURSDAY: BOWLING

SATURDAY MARCH 17TH: WE ARE GOING TO AN ARENA FOOTBALL GAME AT 6:00PM!

A JOHNSTOWN RIVERHAWKS FOOTBALL GAME!

THAT WILL BE A BLAST!

I NEVER BEEN TO ONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE!

PA HOUSE RETURNS AT 1:00PM ON MONDAY!

SONGS OF THE DAY:
GOD BLESS USA
BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD
BEAUTIFUL
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
CRAZY
WALK AWAY
HAVE A NICE DAY
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
HOPE YOU DANCE
CHASING CARS
WHAT HURTS THE MOST
WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME

ALL OF THEM ARE MY FAVORITE SONGS!

THEY MAKE ME WANT TO HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY EVERYDAY!!!!!!


There are many funny, sad and heartwarming stories about John Vukovich, as there should be for a man who touched so many lives.
A person who spends 41 years in baseball, on back fields, dugouts, buses, airplanes, restaurants and hotel rooms, is bound to earn tremendous respect and pick up a lifelong friends along the way.

That's what happened with "Vuk," who lost a second battle with cancer and passed away on Thursday at age 59.

"He was a Californian who married a Philly girl and never left," said broadcaster Chris Wheeler, who joined the organization in 1971 and considered Vukovich among his closest friends. "He loved Philadelphia because he kept saying these people are tough. He loved the area for that reason."

Vukovich, a former Phillies player and coach whose ties with the club dated to 1970, when he debuted as a Major Leaguer, was tough, too.

Diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2001, he appeared to have recovered, proudly returning to the coaching box within two months. After more than five years of relatively good health, doctors discovered that the illness had returned after Vukovich experienced headaches and impaired vision.

In true style, Vukovich kept the news private from even his closest friends, saying everything was going to be fine. Word filtered out when he missed the Winter Meetings in Orlando in December. The family asked for and was granted privacy.

JOHN WILL BE MISSED!

GIRLS WILL BE GIVING ME KISSES ALL WEEKEND FOR MY BIRTHDAY I AM SURE!

MORE THAN NORMAL!

I WILL BE WORKING ALL WEEKEND!

I GET TO WORK WITH MY BOSS SALLY WHITE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!

SUNDAY ON MY BIRTHDAY I WILL BE WORKING ALL ALONE!

I WILL BE WATCHING THE PA HOUSE ON MONDAY!

LADIES MAN!

DANCE MAN!

PA HOUSE MAN!

JOHNSTOWN SPECIAL OLYMPICS NUMBER 1 FAN!

NAZARETH NUMBER 1 FAN!!!!!

ANOTHER E-MAIL ON MONDAY!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

STAY SAFE!

TAKE CARE!!!!!!

WEAVE!!!!!

R.I.P.
GRANDMA WEAVER
JAMIE LINTZ
KRISTEN
DEREK KEHOE
JOHN VUKOVICH

KEEP IT REAL UNTIL MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WILL BE 22 WHEN WE TALK ON MONDAY!!!!!!!!

TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO E-MAIL ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!