Hello - A family memorial mass will be held on Saturday, January 22nd at 8 a.m.
Following the mass, Aunt Ann Click invites all to join us for brunch at her house. Please let Ann if you're able to make it so she can plan accordingly.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas Message from Kathy:
So many people I have talked to lately have mentioned how they wish the Christmas celebration could be simpler with more focus on the spirit and being together. I was going through a drawer looking for my musical bracelet and reread a letter I received from my father in December of 1968 – my first year away at College.
Excerpt from Letter of December, 1968
“I find myself thinking of all the wonderful Christmases we had over the many past years and the reluctance always to take the tree down after Christmas in order that the season might be prolonged for a few more days. – I feel that Tommy senses the mood for last Friday he said to me ‘Cathy wants the house decorated when she comes home so you & Mom go to the Cape and Sunday when you return I’ll have it all done’. Sure enough when we came home Sunday afternoon, he greeted us at the door & proudly gave us a tour. He apparently found decorations that we did not know existed. His reactions were really great.”
Everybody has heard the story a hundred times about how Lobster Newburg came to be a part of a Christmas tradition (Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill came to our house for several years on Christmas eve and Mom served Lobster Newburg and the really small peas. Perhaps one you didn’t hear was the one Christmas Eve where the present opened was a gumball machine – present opened, being carried upstairs at house on Church Street, and the gumballs got loose from machine and came blasting and tumbling down the upcarpeted stairs – some even got into heating vents. I bet today every Christmas eve when the heat comes on at that place – you can hear the rattle of the errant Christmas gumballs.
Merry Christmas!
Family recipe for Lobster Newburg
This was made by my mother every Christmas Eve for my dad throughout my childhood. She served it on toast points with small green peas. She then instituted a Christmas tradition after my father died of hosting a family dinner for her 8 children (no grandchildren) and their spouses and served us Lobster Newburg on the Pepperidge Farms patty shells cups with the small green peas. This tradition lasted many, many years.
RECIPE:
1 cup butter (seems she used more than 1 cup of butter)
½ cup flour
¼ cup cornstarch
5 cups milk
2 cups light cream
3 and ½ lbs cooked lobster meat
1/8th teaspoon nutmeg
1 Tablespoon paprika
1 Tablespoon salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
3 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup sherry or so to taste
1 Tablespoon lemon juice (or so)
Melt ½ cup of the butter in a large, heavy saucepan. Blend flour and cornstarch with 2 cups of milk. Add gradually to melted butter, stirring constantly. Add remaining 3 cups mild and the cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens and is smooth.
Meanwhile, lightly sauté lobster meat in remaining ½ cup of butter in a large skillet. Add nutmeg, paprika, salt, and pepper to hot sauce. Gradually add about 1 cup of the thickened sauce to the eggs, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and gradually stir egge mixture into sauce. Add lobster. Cook about 1 minute longer. Add sherry and lemon juice. Serve in patty shells.
This recipe makes 24 servings.
Excerpt from Letter of December, 1968
“I find myself thinking of all the wonderful Christmases we had over the many past years and the reluctance always to take the tree down after Christmas in order that the season might be prolonged for a few more days. – I feel that Tommy senses the mood for last Friday he said to me ‘Cathy wants the house decorated when she comes home so you & Mom go to the Cape and Sunday when you return I’ll have it all done’. Sure enough when we came home Sunday afternoon, he greeted us at the door & proudly gave us a tour. He apparently found decorations that we did not know existed. His reactions were really great.”
Everybody has heard the story a hundred times about how Lobster Newburg came to be a part of a Christmas tradition (Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill came to our house for several years on Christmas eve and Mom served Lobster Newburg and the really small peas. Perhaps one you didn’t hear was the one Christmas Eve where the present opened was a gumball machine – present opened, being carried upstairs at house on Church Street, and the gumballs got loose from machine and came blasting and tumbling down the upcarpeted stairs – some even got into heating vents. I bet today every Christmas eve when the heat comes on at that place – you can hear the rattle of the errant Christmas gumballs.
Merry Christmas!
Family recipe for Lobster Newburg
This was made by my mother every Christmas Eve for my dad throughout my childhood. She served it on toast points with small green peas. She then instituted a Christmas tradition after my father died of hosting a family dinner for her 8 children (no grandchildren) and their spouses and served us Lobster Newburg on the Pepperidge Farms patty shells cups with the small green peas. This tradition lasted many, many years.
RECIPE:
1 cup butter (seems she used more than 1 cup of butter)
½ cup flour
¼ cup cornstarch
5 cups milk
2 cups light cream
3 and ½ lbs cooked lobster meat
1/8th teaspoon nutmeg
1 Tablespoon paprika
1 Tablespoon salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
3 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup sherry or so to taste
1 Tablespoon lemon juice (or so)
Melt ½ cup of the butter in a large, heavy saucepan. Blend flour and cornstarch with 2 cups of milk. Add gradually to melted butter, stirring constantly. Add remaining 3 cups mild and the cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens and is smooth.
Meanwhile, lightly sauté lobster meat in remaining ½ cup of butter in a large skillet. Add nutmeg, paprika, salt, and pepper to hot sauce. Gradually add about 1 cup of the thickened sauce to the eggs, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and gradually stir egge mixture into sauce. Add lobster. Cook about 1 minute longer. Add sherry and lemon juice. Serve in patty shells.
This recipe makes 24 servings.
Monday, November 22, 2010
RJ’s Eagle Scout Court Of Honor – YOU ARE INVITED!
In case you hadn’t heard, RJ attained the high rank of EAGLE SCOUT back in May – the highest rank available in Boy Scouts. It is an achievement that very few men in America can claim and came as a result of many years of hard work, commitment, leadership and perseverance. Jen and I are very proud of him.
RJ’s official Eagle Court of Honor ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Week-End) at 1:00 PM at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church – 11 East Main Street – Milford, MA. The ceremony is in the lower church and then a reception serving food and drinks will follow in the Bell Tower Room (attached to the church). Jen and I would be honored if any of you could attend to celebrate this special moment with us. Please rsvp to Bob at bob.nealon@cudl.com or 508-981-1746 or Jen at 508-450-8816 – which will help us with the food/drink headcount. Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! -Bob
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Pete and Christine move in!
Pete and Christine are proud new homeowners in Natick. Here is a photo of the moving crew on the big day. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
email update from Big Jack Nealon
Kathy wanted to pass along this email from Jack while on his worldwide adventure...
Hey Kath!
So great to hear from you. I truly have been having the time of my life. As of no I am in India sitting in a airport awaiting my flight to take me back to the ship. We depart tomorrow night. I've have numerous life changing experiences over the past few days. We went to the taj mahal which was beautiful. Then we flew to Varinassi, which is the oldest still inhabited city in the world. Here we spent lastnight's sun set, and this mornings sunrise on the Ganges river. The Ganges serves at a final resting place for most indians who can afford the trip. The thought is to be cremated by the river, then have the ashes spread. It truly was an amazing experience, I have hundreds of pictures. I hope everything is well and you anrt working to hard. I think about the family daily, in that, I know everyone would appreciate the ins and outs of traveling. (Hint- family trip to Ireland) tell everyone I say hello, and that I am sorry for the lag on my blog. I will be docking in singapore on the 31st. Ill talk to you soon, thanks for the email I love reading them.
Ps, it was very ironic when I saw that you emailed me. We were exploging the city if New Dehli and I saw a women and a child collecting and separating bottles and cans. I couldn't help think of all the hours we slaved away in the barn doing the same thing. It made me realize that no matter how different cultures appear they are still very similar.
Love
Jack
Hey Kath!
So great to hear from you. I truly have been having the time of my life. As of no I am in India sitting in a airport awaiting my flight to take me back to the ship. We depart tomorrow night. I've have numerous life changing experiences over the past few days. We went to the taj mahal which was beautiful. Then we flew to Varinassi, which is the oldest still inhabited city in the world. Here we spent lastnight's sun set, and this mornings sunrise on the Ganges river. The Ganges serves at a final resting place for most indians who can afford the trip. The thought is to be cremated by the river, then have the ashes spread. It truly was an amazing experience, I have hundreds of pictures. I hope everything is well and you anrt working to hard. I think about the family daily, in that, I know everyone would appreciate the ins and outs of traveling. (Hint- family trip to Ireland) tell everyone I say hello, and that I am sorry for the lag on my blog. I will be docking in singapore on the 31st. Ill talk to you soon, thanks for the email I love reading them.
Ps, it was very ironic when I saw that you emailed me. We were exploging the city if New Dehli and I saw a women and a child collecting and separating bottles and cans. I couldn't help think of all the hours we slaved away in the barn doing the same thing. It made me realize that no matter how different cultures appear they are still very similar.
Love
Jack
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
2010 Nealon Christmas Party
Hello Family - Uncle Tom and Aunt Anne will host this year's family party/Yankee Swap at their home on Saturday, December 18th. Party starts at 5:30.
We'll order food again this year and ask everyone to pitch in. This has worked well with everyone bringing an app, dessert, and/or wine/spirit. We'll follow-up with an evite so we can keep track of what everyone plans to bring.
Call Ann and Tom with any questions. Can't wait to see everyone. Jack, Chris and Jeff will be home from their studies abroad, so we'll be able to hear all their stories!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Ciao from Florence
My Italian residency has officially lasted a month, so i figured it would be a good time to update everybody on what I've been up to. The entire experience has been crazy so far, between endless amounts of homemade food and countless amounts of private vineyard wine (mom, countless is an exaggeration) it is safe to say that I am establishing quite a liking to Italian culture.
Upon arriving in Florence all of the students were put up in a hotel for the first couple nights during orientation. After a quick two days, we were immediately placed into our home stays, which has turned out to be a great experience in and of itself. My roommate and I (Billy Solano) have been placed with a 65 year old widow by the name of Mariella. She has been great, every night she cooks a homemade Italian meal for us, and even does our laundry once a week! She speaks good English, and is very involved in American politics, creating some very interesting table conversation between our little Italian family.
The first weekend of travel that my roommate and I did was to a region called Cinque Terre (5 towns) which was a very picturesque scene with five little communities built into the cliffs along the coast, we also made a stop in Porto Fino which is an Italian port full of private yachts.
The next weekend we made the trip to the 200th anniversary of Oktoberfest. This was truly an unreal experience. Picture 6 million people drinking and singing for two days straight ( I like to refer to it as a big Nealon Christmas Party). Aside from the festival, Munich is a very cool city, with very good food and a unique European culture.
This past weekend, Billy and I made the trip all the way up to Copenhagen , Denmark to visit a couple college friends of ours. This was another great experience, and we managed to go to Sweeden for the day on Saturday. Denmark was pretty unique itself, mainly because everybody could speak both Danish and English, which i found surprising from a Scandinavian country. I have picked up a couple souvenirs along the way, and look forward to telling everybody stories.
Until Next Time,
Chris
Monday, October 11, 2010
Jon's new show - premieres this week
My latest project premieres this Thursday at 10PM on the DIY network.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Update from the other side of the world
Hi Everyone,
I know it has been a little while since my last update, so I figured upon my return from Spring break would be the best time to post something new. On Monday, I arrived back to Monash University in Melbourne after a jam backed 10 days traveling up and down the east coast of Australia. The trip began with a flight to Brisbane, where we spent our first day at the Australia Zoo petting Kangaroos and appreciating the many accomplishments of the late Steve Irwin ( the zoo is essentially a shrine to the man). After spending the night in a hostel, we boarded a ferry to “Fraser Island” where we swam in one of the world’s largest fresh water lakes several meters above sea level. The water was crystal clear, and reminded me a lot of a much larger, much more Australian (if that makes any sense) Long Pond in Wellfleet. The next three days proved to be the best of the trip, as we boarded two pontoon boats to the Whitsunday Islands where we hiked, kayaked, and enjoyed several beverages by the pool at the South Molle resort off the coast of Northern Australia. After a relaxing three days, our trip took a shot of adrenaline upon our arrival to Cairns, where I spent the next 4 days white water rafting, bungee jumping, bar crawling, and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. Many stories, and a very Irish tan later (I know many of you can relate), I can safely say it was an experience like none I have ever had before and will surely never forget. Despite understandable misconception- yes, I do go to school here and it is back to reality, as I am currently going through the end of semester crunch time, and beginning to prepare for finals.
I hope everyone is doing well, and am looking forward to seeing you all in a month and a half.
Talk to you soon ,
Jeff
I know it has been a little while since my last update, so I figured upon my return from Spring break would be the best time to post something new. On Monday, I arrived back to Monash University in Melbourne after a jam backed 10 days traveling up and down the east coast of Australia. The trip began with a flight to Brisbane, where we spent our first day at the Australia Zoo petting Kangaroos and appreciating the many accomplishments of the late Steve Irwin ( the zoo is essentially a shrine to the man). After spending the night in a hostel, we boarded a ferry to “Fraser Island” where we swam in one of the world’s largest fresh water lakes several meters above sea level. The water was crystal clear, and reminded me a lot of a much larger, much more Australian (if that makes any sense) Long Pond in Wellfleet. The next three days proved to be the best of the trip, as we boarded two pontoon boats to the Whitsunday Islands where we hiked, kayaked, and enjoyed several beverages by the pool at the South Molle resort off the coast of Northern Australia. After a relaxing three days, our trip took a shot of adrenaline upon our arrival to Cairns, where I spent the next 4 days white water rafting, bungee jumping, bar crawling, and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. Many stories, and a very Irish tan later (I know many of you can relate), I can safely say it was an experience like none I have ever had before and will surely never forget. Despite understandable misconception- yes, I do go to school here and it is back to reality, as I am currently going through the end of semester crunch time, and beginning to prepare for finals.
I hope everyone is doing well, and am looking forward to seeing you all in a month and a half.
Talk to you soon ,
Jeff
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