Christmas with the Kayes in Pelham

It only took us an hour and a half to get to Jeff's. (Apparently it sometimes takes that long just to get across the George Washington Bridge, but this must have been the lowest traffic time of the week-end!)

We found their house with no trouble and it was a great house!

We had snacks and games and music and then Millie and her crowd came and we had more fun and dinner and called Jennifer to touch base with the other half of the family on the West coast of America.

A good time was had by all!

We had a bit more traffic on the way home, but no snow.

Today, on the other hand, it started snowing at 11 a.m. and never stopped. NJ is a disaster area and there was no football game and no Sugarfootin' Sunday dancing. Boo hoo. We were cozy and comfy indoors, though, and had a lovely Boxing Day!
(I even got to play Scrabble with Jennifer....online!)

It's beginning to look..........

We will be heading out to the Prospectors Christmas party soon. I'd love to stop in and say hi (and take photos!) of the DIS crew at Lisa's too, if that works out.

Tom and I saw Tangled in 3-D today. It was cute.

I was happy to see Gee Gee the other day. I'm pretty sure I liked the movie (Burlesque) a bit better than she did, but it was great to see her, as always.

The Goffs are all heading for PA; I hope we will have a chance to visit them. We are also looking forward to being with Jeff and family!

The less than one inch of ice fall the other night created such a traffic nightmare. Poor Tom was heading to bowling and he called to give me a minute by minute accounting...for hours! Then, right he before he got there, it was canceled! So I met him at Prospectors instead and danced the night away!

We danced there last night, too, and it was a lot more populated! :-)

Fun at the Burlington County Library

Today I went to the Burlington County library for a refresher on Power Point presentation creation. It was fun and Joan Divor did a great job.
After the class Joan and I discussed some other things and in the process I made this really neat wordle from my delicious tag

Year's end approacheth

So yesterday I spent all day working on the family assortment book on shutterfly. (Major project thrust upon me suddenly.) It was fun sorting through all my old photos, though.

I missed Sugarfootin and I missed my window of opportunity to stop by Vicki's show :-(  but I did get to the BCEA Officers dinner in Burlington City and had a great time.

I have been eating a lot! and it's time to meet Vicki and Sky at the gym to try and work some of the delicious holiday meal producing calories off!

Family Assortment

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December already!

Just checking in.....
Happy birthday to Jassy......
Yesterday I officially started my tax (pre) season with H&R Block helping people get Emerald Advances at the Lumberton office. We were quite busy, to say the least!
Friday night I won a pair of tickets to the New Years Eve party at Prospectors, so I am still on that lucky streak (where's the nearest lottery ticket selling store???)
I went to DIS to gather up checks from my former colleagues who wanted to attend the BCEA Holiday social on Tuesday. And then I left my camera there, so I had to go back and get it on Friday to be able to take pictures of the decorated Manor House for Louise. Next was our Friday pinochle game at the Rec Building. Then the Tree Lighting was that night. Very nice, but cold. Throw in a haircut before and dancing afterward and that was a pretty busy day!
Oh, and not to forget the brunch group's get together today at Prospectors. (and I picked up new movies at Blockbusters and got gas).
Hmm...I'm starting to sound like some Facebook people I know....LOL!
Looking forward to the social and lunch with Gee Gee and Megan's Open House among other things this month!

Thanksgiving

I am so thankful for my wonderful husband, Tom, and our life together!

We had a fun week-end catching up with Fringe, dancing, enjoying the new Harry Potter movie (I knew it was only the first half, but it was still disappointing to have it end right in the middle of the story!), and eating with The Brunch Group at Little Marrakesh in Dresher, PA  You know how you never leave an Atlantic City casino with any quarters? Well, when we left this Moroccan eatery, none of us had any dollar bills left!!! The seven course meal was tasty and filling and the belly dancing was quite entertaining!

This is going to be a busy week with HR Block training and Contact In-services and Eastampton Book Club along with the big holiday. (I thought I'd never want to eat again after all that food last night, but apparently that isn't how it works...)

We're going over to Kristen's later to buy her bookcases and a microwave. This is step one in organizing my "stuff". My fingers are crossed!

More publicity

Thanks to Lindsey and Rose there is an article about our Nashville adventure in today's Burlington County Times. Here's what it looked like online (well, the printed version of it) SALLEES IN NASHVILLE

We were just watching our recording of the show and took this photo from the TV so you can get an idea of where we were sitting. (It's the yellow splotch!)  

After we got home, I attended the H&R Block orientation for this season on Saturday and then had lunch with Gee Gee on Sunday.
     

I had fun at the  Zumba class at the Eastampton Community School
Monday night, too.

Slide show of CMA trip to Nashville

Trip to the CMA Awards in Nashville

We are home now. What a fun trip! The funny part is we were interviewed and three people came up to us to congratulate us because they recognized us from being on television (Channel 2, the Nashville ABC affiliate). You can see our interview .
We flew in on Tuesday, Nov. 9th, stayed at The Renaissance Hotel, did the Nashville tourist routine :-)  , went to a private show with Josh Thompson and Montgomery Gentry performances, got interviewed by tv folk twice, went to the CMA Awards show and post party and then flew home today. It was so much fun! Many thanks to Greased Lightning and CMA for this fabulous gift!

We saw the Josh Thompson/Montgomery Gentry private acoustic performances at the Ford Theater in the Hall of Fame Museum. They were great!

                                          Legends was just one of the famous
Broadway honky tonks we visited.  One group we really enjoyed
watching there Tuesday night was Barefoot Renegades.




  After reading that Razz had eaten 
at The Palm, we checked it out and
had a delicious lunch.                                                                                                                      

                                                                         We passed the Ryman
                                                                          many a time.

                                                               Our second interview was here

We got a tip from Jerry about Dierks' sound check
the day before his GMA appearance.

                                                                        Our seats at the CMA Awards show afforded us an interesting perspective of some behind the scenes set-ups as well as the performances themselves.




   The after party was very cool with great food! 

Raining and cold; welcome to winter :-(

I attended the DEA wordpress workshop on Monday. It was interesting and I am now on contributor mode for the DEA website.
I met Vickie at the gym Wednesday (fun!) and baked cookies for and attended the Eastampton Rec Building Open House (disappointing turnout, but the people that came were great and potential Committee members/helpers).
Yesterday I went to the NJEA Convention (by train for the day). It was rainy and cold on the way, but I had fun when I got there. I mostly hung at the huge technology area they had set up. I learned about thinkfinity and glogster among other things and I a set of headphones with microphone as a gift for attending some of the sessions (thank you, Verizon Foundation!).
   I didn't see a lot of people from Delran on the convention floor, but I saw more at the BCEA Hospitality reception (which had really good food!)
   On the way home from the train station I pulled in to the Prospectors parking lot (if I'd gone home, I'd never have gotten back out again; trust me!) I had fun dancing (Tom came, too, after bowling) and really enjoyed a special group that played onstage for us- Thompson Square. (We may see them again in Nashville this week!)

Happy Halloween!

The itinerary came for our Nashville trip and it sounds like so much fun. Something I didn't know we were included in is a private acoustic performance event with Montgomery Gentry and Josh Thompson. Very cool.

I just went through three other (old) blogs I have on blogger....so interesting to see what I was doing and caring about in those days. I added to all of them today, of course! One, two, three....if you want to look!

Too bad I finished all the candy corn :-(

Tomorrow is meet Vickie and the gym and later attend the (second try!) DEA workshop on using WordPress for a website. I tried one: http://www.deawebber.wordpress.com 
Hopefully, it will be much improved after I learn everything I need to know tomorrow! :-)

Lots going on....

Marge Gessmann was so surprised to get the Jim McAndrew Local President award. She so deserves it! I was happy to be there and see her well deserved recognition.

I hate my cell phone! It makes enough inexplicable noise other times. Why doesn't it keep me posted when I have voice mail? I missed playing with Wilma today because of it...and missed a potential meeting with Louise too. (Twice now!) Grrrr.....

In the last few days I have had lunch with Wilma and friends at Marcia's (very nice), attended the HR Block PTIN sign up with IRS session, manned the BCEA office, worked on the BCEA website, attended the TP& AF meeting in East Windsor, went to the memorial service for Tania, went on a Fall Foliage (and bird watching) walk in Smithville Park,  took photos at and participated in the BCEA Presidents Dinner, and danced at Prospectors....among other things.....

Later today I'll be making political phone calls at the BCEA office, meeting with Louise (finally!), possibly seeing Joanne on her way up to her Mom's ( or maybe on her way back home...), and more. But now sleep sounds good.

It gets better

I just watched Joel Burns on You Tube   What a powerful message.  Children are committing suicide. The bullying and harassment in schools has to stop. It gets better, Joel says. Allow the time to let it.

Today is the memorial service for Tania Reath. I am planning to go over earlier than the starting time of 3, in case there is anything I can do to help. I have some photos on my computer if they want to display them....

Yesterday's TP&AF meeting (pension fund) was pretty sad. The Director wasn't there to answer questions and our concerns about the pension fund being sued by the SEC and also reports of it being out of money by 2019 also remained unanswered. Martha was officially voted in on the board (although she's been in the position since last Jan). It lasted just under an hour and it seemed somewhat pointless for us to be there--but I was happy to see some friends I hadn't seen in awhile, and the cookies were good.........

We saw "Flynnville Train" at Prospectors last night. They were really good! Tom and I danced the whole time and the sound system they had hooked up was amazing.

The Bonfire/Hayride Rec Committee activity in Eastampton Friday night was awesome! So many people were there! We sold the rides and a lot of flashy things. There was a pumpkin contest and good music and fire! (There were two fires, actually...a big bonfire and a little one for toasting marshmallows). I took pictures, of course! http://multiply.com/slideshow/eastampton:photos:16

Lots of fun!

It's Dina's birthday and I send her good wishes and hope this is her best year ever!

At Harvest Diner

Yesterday Tom was in a bowling tournament in New Brunswick, so GeeGee and I changed our lunch plans and watched Tom bowl instead. It was the first time they met and we all had fun. (Tom's best game was a 279! Awesome!)

 

 

It was Witches Ball night in Mt. Holly and Vickie was covering the Home Fine Arts Gallery, so I drove around for 20 minutes to find parking and then walked in to visit her

  before I headed out to Marissa's play with the Bridgeplayers.  
When I walked into the theater I was happily surprised to find Dan, the DIS computer teacher in the audience! Then, two seats down, I found Debbie Light! So I got to watch Marissa's great performance in the company of good friends. Interestingly enough, it turns out some of the cast, crew, and friends were dancing at Prospectors Wednesday with us! Small world!

Our current household crisis is with Comcast not coming out until Tuesday to fix the DVR's. Tom is inconsolable (and had to stay home to watch the games since he can't "tape" them).

My plan for the day includes Sugarfootin'  at Prospectors. I'm looking forward to NYC with Sue, Jeff, and the boys tomorrow and a week filled with tax classes, exercise, dancing, and fun! Oh, and the BCREA Fall lunch/meeting is this week, too! (and remind me to return some library books......)

Busy times

We joined another gym today...and tested it out after a night of dancing at Prospectors! It was fun and we look forward to being in good shape!

I've been taking a myriad of tax classes with H&R Block (love them! :-) and Tom has three bowling leagues going as well as some tournaments interspersed here and there....

I'm looking forward to lunch with Gee Gee Saturday, and hanging out with Sue and Jeff (and the boys) in New York City Monday.

I am using my in car travel time to good purpose as I listen to the audio tape of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.  It's an amazing story. I have a bunch of books I'm reading with my eyes, too!

Tom and I finished the last season of  Lost this week. I miss it.We did the whole six seasons worth of DVD's  in a row. It was great not having to wait a week after each cliff hanger ending like people who actually followed it while it was airing originally had to. It was confusing, but we loved it.

Busy day!

Call me a procrastinator...In 20 minutes I have to leave for my current HR Block class and a filled dance card, as it were..... That's the start of a 12 hour-filled day including volunteer work, book club, and an in-service, as well as the aforementioned class. Whew! I hope Tom remembers me by the time I get home tonight!

We had fun at Prospectors last night! I'm looking forward to Eron's Ren Fair, Delran Day, Sugarfootin' Sunday, more tax classes,  lunch with Gee Gee, Sue's visit in NYC, visiting DIS one of these days (photo ops!),  lunch with Suzanne sometime, and.....oops! Gotta run!

overdoing the opening?

I went to Sugarfootin' Sunday at Prospectors today. That made it five days of dancing in a row! I am glad my favorite dancing place is back and I think they did a good job, overall, with the renovations.

Today we also went to Cleopatra, the exhibit, currently at Franklin Institute, with The Brunch Group. Awesome! (And I bumped into Suzanne Brooks! :-)  What a great surprise! I haven't seen her in such a long time!

Soda? Pop? Where do you live?

I  remember when Tony moved to Indiana and had a heated discussion with people there regarding the soda vs pop term for carbonated beverages. Of course, there's no right or wrong answer (and according to this fascinating map compilation of date, we of the soda bent are in the minority...) but he really raised their hackles by querying at a bar, "Well do they call the drink "Scotch and pop"?
Here's the map! http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html    Wow, eh? (and kudos to the folks who researched it!)

Patty and Kathryn

I believe we are heading to the beach soon...........Yesterday was really the first day of school (with kids) but I was tied up (Capital Assets class in Delran, stopped by DIS for a fast hello and a few 1st day pics,

Jason in my old classroom

Cindy, hard at work

stopped by BCEA to update the website more, ran to kickboxing class with Daryl....)   but we need to be back for tonight at Prospectors. They're letting us on the dance floor at last!!! (and Teri Nickerson just called and she'll be there, too! Whoo hoo!)

Just Scrabbling Around..........

I'm hoping to hook up with Margie today for some Scrabble fun.

Standing outside Macy's      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 
Meeting up with Sue and Kym in NYC was big big fun! I hope the rest of Kym's USA adventure is going well!


Tom and I were headed to Brigantine to celebrate the first day of school this year, but en route we saw people having fun on the beach at Atsion Recreation, so we went there instead. Nice find!

Meeting online friends

I'm taking the train to NYC for lunch with Sue and our first time in America Australian friend from megalottso, Kym. How exciting!

I was very happy to see my Delran friends for the Ott's get-together and hope we can do it ....or something like it...again soon. (Number one reason some could not attend: babysitting grandchildren! Hmmm.....)

Tom and I ended up at Atsion for our first "First Day of School Trip to...." instead of Seaside, or our actual original destination, Brigantine. (Can you say cedar water?) It was a nice find; too bad they are closing for the season on the 6th.

Oh, guess what? We're going to the CMA Awards show in Nashville in November, courtesy of Greased Lightning. They called today to tell me we were picked! Whoo hoo!

Getting together

One fun part of summer is getting together with people. Since the Brunch Group eating at the Cheesecake Factory, I've met Linda for lunch in Lambertville, Gee Gee for lunch in Highland Park, danced at Michael's and Parx, made boxes with the DKG sisters, and I'm going to be visiting an online friend from Australia when she vacations in NYC later this month, and we're trying to get a big bunch of  Delran folk together for lunch at Otts before school starts up again! :-)

....and the living is easy.................

Happy birthday (yesterday) to my sister Sue....who will never be quite as old as I....

It was good to see the Brunch group and catch up on all the news and events. I liked my lettuce wrap at the Cheesecake Factory....not all of our company were as lucky........but it all worked out. We made plans for Cleopatra and a show and Marrakesh for some future dates...

We have seen plenty o' movies in the last month or so....and had big big fun at the Jamboree in the Hills and in Myrtle Beach (love that warm water!)

Randi and Greg's annual pig roast was the usual fun time....and it was great to have a dance floor (did I mention they closed the Beachwagon down in Myrtle Beach? Boo hoo!)(But we did go to Fat Harold's for some shag lessons..and history of the dance....)

My August calendar is filling up quickly. The good news about being retired is August isn't like the end of the world (read that...summer vacation) anymore. :-)

Who has the best husband in the world? Me!!! <3

Hooray for Slomins

So there we were in the movies and the phone rang and it was Slomins (Home Security System) letting us know the police were checking our house after the alarm went off. Everything seemed to be fine and it is now reset...but hopefully the bad guys (?!) got scared and ran and won't be back.
Hooray for Slomins and if you don't have a security system in your house and want one, I recommend them highly (and if you decide to go with them, please say Roberta and Tom Sallee sent you, so we get some kickback credit! Thanks! :-)

We have been having lots of summer fun with our friends at the beach and golf and movies and dancing!

Summertime and the living is...........hot!

Post Fourth of July...and didn't that used to mean summer vacation was on the downside? Of course it's always vacation time now (sorta...)!

  So....Margie's party was great, as always. I just realized we drove off with her Scrabble game so I really have a great excuse now to get back there and play!

I met GeeGee Otto for lunch in New Brunswick and had big big fun! I'm going to see her again in August and Linda (Kepnach) Price is coming to NJ in August, too, and we are making plans as well. :-)

We did a quick turnaround drive to Baltimore airport yesterday to pick up Tom's mother for a visit. Then we spent four hours on the internet and phone trying to work out a plan to get her wheelchair fixed.

Prospectors is closed for summer renovations. We headed to Parx Casino Tuesday to enjoy Cowboy Kenn and NicoleLineDancing at their new venue for music and dancing. Big crowd! It was fun seeing a lot of familiar faces from yesteryear (as well as yesterweek! lol)

We were disappointed to miss George and Dor while they were in NJ. Turned out we independently enjoyed 4th of July week-end fireworks, but we look forward to seeing them soon at Jambo.

It has been extraordinarily hot this summer (and spring, too) this year so far.(Is the world more and more like a disaster movie, or is it just me noticing all the weather extremes, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, oil gushes, and accidents?)

Happy 70th birthday, Ringo Starr!

Four years and counting.............

 My Eastampton Recreation Committee held a successful Movie Night last night. I missed dancing, but it was my first time working this event and it was fun. We didn't have that many people, but they all had a good time, I'm sure!

After over a month of having a flag-dotted lawn indicating digging for new electric underground wiring (and the added necessity of removing and replacing the flags for each lawn-mowing session), they finally got to us this morning. It's noisy and I'm nervous about them hitting anything while digging and my power going out, but other than that it's a fine day. We're looking forward to Margie's party.

We're up in the air with details about Tom's mom's upcoming stay with us while the Goff's make their transition to their new home in PA. (This is their fifth move in six years, I believe.....) Meanwhile, Dor and George will be here Fourth of  July week-end and I'm hooking up with Gee Gee again soon, too. Then the start of HR Block classes,  JITH,  MB (Joanne?), hopefully getting some beach time with the NY Kayes upon their return, and other summer fun.

I am really looking forward to seeing my former colleagues at the Retirement Breakfast Monday. The whole current economic climate and its devastating effect on our public schools and the rest of us in NJ is of great concern to me.

Weather-wise it's been like walking into an oven once I get out the front door. (Can't wait to see the PSE&G bill this month....   :-(

Fun in Nashville

Well, sorry the Flyers didn't win, but times are happier here in Nashville. The CMA Fest officially starts tomorrow, but we have been enjoying the city's sights and sounds for a day or two. The 14 hour drive here was long but smooth sailing and the parade and entertainment today were fun. If a huge downpour and thunderstorm hadn't interrupted the Joe Nichols set it would have been perfect.
A big part of the fun here is meeting new people and sharing experiences with them. The dash to the shelter of the Visitor's Center with lightning flashing around us was a major bonding opportunity!

Big Decision

I made a big decision today. I hope it all works out. Don't ask.

Meanwhile, the XTU concert is tomorrow and that should be fun. Then on to bigger and better things......!

We had a lot of fun on the nature walk today. I learned a lot, too. I wish I had notes, but I do have pictures (not that I remember what anything is!)

Busy week-end

The weekend in a nutshell: Friday night dancing, 6:30 a.m. Saturday set up for the 5 K run for the Eastampton Township Rec Committee, race to the bus for the Trenton rally, met George, Dor and Carol for dancing at Prospectors;Sunday  met at Prospectors again for brunch, went to Tom's bowling tournament - where he had a 300 game! Whoohoo! - then to Moorestown Presbyterian where friend Sky McClaine was singing a Mozart Mass with her church choir.

Tomorrow I have to call the jury people and see why they put me back for another tour of duty for June after they had me on hold but unneeded..."thank you for serving"....in May. ??

The quest for financial planning continues, as does the search for an explanation of some bumpy skin itching issues. (ew)

Counting down the days to country music bliss blitz time.......

Lots of eating!

Despite my good intentions for regular attendance at the gym we belong to, I haven't made it yet (Tom, on the other hand, has been doing great!). AND a lot of my recent activities have included inordinate amounts of food consumed. But they were fun occasions. There was lunch with Gee Gee in Piscataway, the BCEA Teachers Day Social at Carlucci's, Marrakesh with Marc in Phila (remember the parking ticket? :-(   I just paid it. Ick.), DKG pot luck meeting, Eastampton Ladies Night Out Dinner and Chinese Auction at Charlies Other Brother, Ultimate Girls Day Out in Robbinsville, Brunch Group dinner at Casamari in Burlington, and the BCREA Spring Luncheon at Charlies Other Brother (again!)

Coming up we have some workshops, a local ticket run ( hope I remember to go this time!), George and Doreen in town (yay!), the Trenton Rally (same day as Eastampton 5 K run event...but I can do both),  an HR Block seminar, the XTU concert and more!

I started listening to my first book on tape! It is interesting (but will I be able to find 10 and a half hours by the time of my book club meeting?!) I'm pretty sure I read faster than I hear. (Is that like lightning and thunder, ya think?)

Tom's been doing a bunch of bowling and golf and the perfect eyeglasses pursuit. The knee injections have been successful for the most part. That's a good thing!

Vote for my school, thank you very much!

They have some contest going. DIS could sure use the $20,000. It's over May 21st, so if you see this, please vote for my school....    VOTE LINK
 and tell your friends, too, ok? Thanks

I actually have to go now and make deviled eggs for the upcoming DKG meeting. (Thanks to Tom for boiling the eggs last night after we got home from dinner with Marc at Marrakesh in Philadelphia and I fell asleep.)

Talking about Marrakesh, seeing Marc was very cool, but we ended up with a $76 ticket. We had no idea, even after inspecting the sign by where we parked thoroughly, that the space we were in was not legal. So when we saw the violation envelope on the dash, we were appalled and dismayed.

It was not the happiest moment of the day, to say the least......
But other things in our life are good (well, not the stock market) so we are still overall really happy.

Hooray for Facebook!

We didn't get to Jessica's wedding last month, but now, thanks to her Facebook album posting, we were able to share  the beautiful experience. Thanks, Jessica!

In other Facebook news, I've been busy adding old photos to the "Everything I Know I Learned in Fifth Grade" group. I enjoy the comments from the now grown-up former fifth graders!

Next week I get to see Gee Gee Otto again. I am so looking forward to it. There's a whole Piscataway High School reunion of sorts coming up in June, too, but, unfortunately I have to miss it; we'll still be in Nashville for the CMA Music Fest. The good news is, it's not a conflict with the XTU concert this year, so we get to go to both. :-)

May is just around the corner (happy birthday to Zoe May!). The years just go faster and faster, don't they?

Jessicas Wedding

Jessicas Wedding

Tax season is almost over....no fooling!

We were delighted to have Jeff, Alex, Jackson, and Nathan with us for a short visit Tuesday/Wednesday.

They came in a rain-stormy day, but our Philadelphia touring weather was sunny and comfortable. How fun to revisit historic Philadelphia (well, I have done it 27 times with classes before....) with some English folk who knew little of our American Revolution history! We left some areas untouched, and have promised to return for more in the future.

The lack of ice cream for breakfast was, I hope, adequately compensated with the chocolate bunny substitute.....

On a sad note, I learned that Janice Lilley Fisher passed away last Saturday. Losing touch with friends of yesteryear is something I hope to remedy. Facebook has been helping with that, and I am inspired now to redouble my efforts.

Still raining.....

Yesterday on the way home from Contact, I stopped in at an Expo at Burlington County College. It was called "Body, Mind & Bottom Line: 2010 Expo" and was wonderful!Besides all the interesting exhibitors, there were information packed seminars. I loved Elsie Kerns and Kathy Milano who spoke at the "How to Survive Your Own Personal Tsunami:Dealing with Life's Crises" seminar moderated by Barry Lefkowitz. I didn't win any of the door prizes of the event, but I had the pleasure of being Elsie's "guinea pig" in front of the group (and she said really nice things about me (from my aura!) AND I bumped into former student Tyler Seville, who attends the College and was helping out. He looked great!
After a brief power nap at home, I went dancing at Sugarfootin' Sunday at Prospectors and had a lot of fun, as usual!
     My dentist appointment for today got canceled, so I had a nice day off. I am looking forward to lunch with Sandy Wednesday and possible Brunch Group get together (for dinner!) soon.

Spring isn't MARCHing in that fast............

I have been suffering from my first official cold in ages, but I am persevering! (Thanks goodness for Tom and his catering to me with pills and snuggies and TLC!)

Highlighting the last week or so were two social events: lunch with Gee Gee and lunch and seeing the show "Respect" with Jill and Dina and the whole female side of the brunch crowd.

Lunch with Gee Gee was in Princeton and we talked and ate and caught up for four hours!

We had lunch at La Fourno before the show.

       Al, the owner, and Marco, our super waiter, were wonderful...as was the delicious meal!










We enjoyed and highly recommend both La Fourno and "Respect" !

Meanwhile, tax season goes on.....

In the musical good news department, the XTU is not in conflict with our CMA Fest trip in June this year, so we get to attend both. Yay! And the Jamboree in the Hills line-up is getting longer, so that's good too.(Although that one is a conflict with Sue's pool party. Sorry, Sue! We will be thinking of you all!)

Oops! Time to get to work! Hasta luego, mi amigos!