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.