The Producers

Alyssa and Adam are crazy about the movie The Producers. Both of them know the words to all the songs and can practically recite the movie verbatim. When I saw that the play was coming to the State Theater in Easton, I couldn't resist surprising them with tickets to the show. The four of us went on Sunday afternoon; the show was fabulous. The kids really enjoyed it! The play really followed the movie...sometimes there can be a huge difference in the play vs. the movie.

I meant to take this picture prior to the show, but as we were walking to the theater from the parking garage, we came across a woman who had tripped and fallen on the cobblestone sidewalk. She had a significant nosebleed and was asking to have an ambulance come. Of course, I couldn't walk away...so by the time I called 911 and the ambulance was on the way, it was almost show time. So I got this picture as we drove away after the show was over...unfortunately, they had already changed the marquee to the next show!! So, no...we didn't see Dorothy the Dinosaur...LOL!!

Quiz

Anyone care to venture a guess as to where Adam is this weekend? Winner gets the personal satisfaction of having the correct answer....

Miscellaneous Ramblings

*The high school is currently undergoing a major renovation. This is the second time my kids have had the privilege of their school being torn up. During the end of their elementary years there was an addition being put on that school, and they had the joy of no electricity, broken water pipes, white haze throughout the building, etc. Now as they are both in the high school, they again are having to live through the nightmare! As the renovations began in the high school, they had to remove the portables in the back of the building. This in turn, lessened the amount of classroom space. As a result, they put classrooms in the basement and also divided the gym into several classrooms. The gym classrooms are a different story for another day!! There have been parents complaining that their kids who have classes in the basement have been sick since the beginning of school and are blaming it on mold, etc. Alyssa came home last week and said all the classes in the basement are being moved out; I'm not sure if it's because there is indeed a health issue or not down there. Two of her classes have just been moved up to the first floor, but her honors psych class will now be held in the middle school. Now, I don't have anything against the middle school...it's a lovely place (Dave...LOL)...but it's a bit of a hike from the high school. And it's not an indoor hike...she has to go out in the elements (wind, rain, snow, cold, heat, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc....) to get there. One would assume the high school would protect these kids from the elements, but I have been told by reliable sources that there are no intentions of doing that. One would then assume that these kids would be given extra time to get to class, in order to be able to get their coats from their lockers if they so choose, plus allow them enough time to get down to the middle school and back. My reliable sources tell me they are being given an extra 60 seconds...whoa...so now they have 5 minutes instead of 4 minutes...how generous can they be?!?!?!?!?

*Kurt is in Denmark this week. I can't decide if that is a good thing or a bad thing this particular week! It has been absolutely nuts with mom in the hospital and trying to coordinate all the running, working, halloween parades, meals, boy scouts, etc by myself. It would have been nice to have some help. But then again, as I thought about it, I also decided it was nice to not have to worry about him coming home from work and expecting a meal in front of him. We could come and go as we pleased. Anyone who knows me, knows that when Kurt's away, we eat out. And thank goodness Alyssa is driving now; that has been a HUGE help!

Cute Kittens

Macy Moose at the window seat

Macy enjoying the fresh air

Sassy hanging out on the sofa

Frodo asleep on my lap

Frodo looking comfortable

Homecoming Dance 2006

First let me preface this by saying I did the stupidest thing....I took pictures of the three girls plus Alyssa who met here before going to the homecoming dance. I planned on posting the pictures that same night, but when i went to download them onto the computer, I accidentally hit the DELETE button. I could have cried! It was only four pictures, but they were the only ones I had! Fortunately, Alyssa had taken her camera with her, so I called her on her cell phone and asked her to be sure she took some pictures, so I could at least post some of those pictures. Silly me!

This was Alyssa's first and last Homecoming Dance; she never had any interest in attending any of the other ones. Her outfit plus accessories cost close to $200 (don't tell Kurt...LOL). I decided I could explain it away by suggesting he divide that cost by 4 (freshman,sophomore, junior, senior years...). If you look at it that way, it really only cost $50 for this year! Sounds right, doesn't it?!?!?!?

Alyssa and that smile of hers

Alyssa, Karlie and Sarah (L-R)

Alyssa and Karlie...self portrait

Friends outside

Friends inside

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 22nd anniversary. Some days it feels like that has been forever, other days it seems like just yesterday. But for the majority, it seems like FOREVER...LOL!! Kurt had these beautiful flowers delivered to my office. They arrived sometime between noon and one o'clock while I was out to lunch. I just now told him that was when they came. He was shocked and I couldn't understand why. Here he said that he only called the florist in Nazareth just before noon!! Now I'm afraid they took the flowers from someone else (maybe someone's funeral...LOL!!) to get them to me so fast! It's about a fifteen minute drive from Nazareth to Easton. Kurt said he was afraid that when he called that late they wouldn't even guarantee delivery today yet!

We went to dinner at the Hanoverville Roadhouse with another couple from church who share the same anniversary as we do. Shortly after we joined the church, they began talking about what the weather was the day they got married....it sounded so much like what the weather was like the day we got married. Turned out we actually got married the same exact day....us at 3 pm and them at 4 pm (at different churches). So we are married one hour longer than them!!

Cool Sites

Here are two cool web sites:

First, the Kim Komando site gives you cool computer links...

Second, this link was on the Kim Komando web site. I used it to resize my picture that I just changed in my profile. Best of all, it's free!!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.....

One down and one to go....Alyssa received her acceptance letter today from Shippensburg University!! How exciting! Unfortunately, it's not her first choice...that's the main campus at PSU. She won't hear from them til sometime in December probably. So now it's a waiting game....

Collegiate Band Festival

Kutztown University

Alyssa got tickets for her and I to attend the 11th annual Collegiate Marching Band Festival which was held today at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown. I wasn't really looking forward to going, but I had a fantastic time! The festival featured seventeen of the nation's finest college marching bands. College bands from as far away as Massachusetts and Virginia participated. Some bands had as few as 65 members, while one had 350 members. We weren't expecting the hot sun, though! I never even thought to bring sunscreen....it's October, for heaven's sake!! Alyssa and I both have sunburn on the right side of our faces!! Here are some pictures...be sure to click on them so they enlarge....there will be more of an impact with a full size picture.

Slippery Rock

Shippensburg University

University of Delaware