Elections and more

I called my old friend and BCEA fellow officer, Joanne Sanferraro, yesterday as I was filling out my ballot for the NJREA election. It turns out she is running for a position on the Marlton School Board. She would be great! I recommend making an effort to get out and vote for Joanne on April 27!

Last week-end I travelled to Somerset, NJ (twice!) to attend the DKG State Convention. It was really great and I have lots of photos to remember it by http://dkgsigma.shutterfly.com

While I was up in the "rendezvous with Gee Gee" area, I did! She looks good and I was happy to see her after this winter's travel and injury woes that kept us apart temporarily. March was our mutual birthday month. (Hey, we're just getting better, ok?)

Saturday I did a walkabout of sorts with the Eastampton Rec Committee. The only park I knew of ours after all these years of living here was Buttonwood where they always had the Eastampton Fun Day. Now I know two more! And maybe we will get some more and varied use from the farther away from me ones...like a skateboard area and roller hockey........and additional parking for the soccer fans!

Tonight's country awards show are the ACM's. Razz is there. Someone at Prospectors asked me why I wasn't in Las Vegas. Ha ha. (But it would have been awesome!)

Tom's birthday (and the last day of tax season) is coming up April 18th. It's time to celebrate and party!!!

Did someone say snow???

Well, it isn't snowing, but it is raining and cold and kinda overall miserable out...
So yesterday I ran into a big stereotype come true at the oil change place I went to. They told me (a woman...this is the stereotype part) that I needed brakes...badly... and the charge they quoted was 500 dollars (front brakes only). So I said ok. (!!!) But then I cleverly called Tom and got out of it and now I am waiting to hear from the Chevy place where we took the car this morning. It is going to be like 300 max.
So what do you think of that?

I am continuing with H&R Block work...but not at such a frantic pace as earlier in the season.

The DKG convention is this week-end and I'm hoping to hook up with Gee Gee too. It's been too long!

Movie recommendation: the Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston funny one called...I think...Just Go With It. We laughed and enjoyed it in FL.

Florida March 2011

I put some photos of our Florida trip on the Sallee myfamily.com website. Click the link to see them! :-)

Florida March 2011

Watching the world news

Big earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Big flooding in CT and North Jersey. Big snowstorm in Ohio and the midwest. Tornado watches in Arkansas and elsewhere. Political underhandedness in WI..attacks on unions nationwide...collective bargaining hard hit....FL attempts to kill tenure; teacher success tied to student test scores...merit pay...oil prices soar...stock market dives...Charlie Sheen goes crazy and Ghadafi at war....

Meanwhile, Tom and I are enjoying our Florida mid tax season vacation in Florida.
After leaving Orlando we headed out for a fast visit with Wilma and Harry and then continued on to Miami. (We invited them to come down and stay with us, but it didn't work out this time...) We had some very nice weather for the beach and pool and jacuzzi and also really enjoyed driving up to Davie for dancing (and a Justin Moore concert!) at the Round Up.
(Well, we did have one panicky moment of on the highway and running out of gas...but all was ok....in part due to a brave four lane transverse course to the Mobil station!)

We chose a Nook for our electronic reader of choice (Happy birthday to me!) and so far it is working out great for beach reading!

Tomorrow we check out and head back to Orlando...with visions of Linda and Bob dancing in our heads. (Linda is in Lakeland now...) Who knows...we may even hit up one of the Orlando attractions one day before we head home. Another possibility is using the (Bluegreen) Fountain resort facilities as not actually staying there owners....

Give me a V....!

Len's house is gorgeous! I feel like we're living on a movie set for House Beautiful!
We talked to Linda on the way home from food shopping and have tentative plans for sometime between the 12th and 16th. Wilma is going to call when she gets home tonight so we can coordinate calendars with her.
So it was like 11 degrees in Mt. Holly this morning? Oy! Good timing!

Warm weather at last!

Rumor has it today the temperature may be as high as 71 degrees! Tom is going golfing (of course!) and very happy.

Yesterday was warmer than it's been too. I went out with Chris on one of her smoke breaks just so I could enjoy the outside air! (well, there was some smoke, too, but the experience was worth the drawback!)

I have been so so busy with hours at HR Block, my online time for the computer has been severely diminished....it's like withdrawal...painful when I think about it.

I get to go in an hour later than usual today, and neither office scheduled me for Saturday so hooray! A day off!

I threw a Contact overnight into the mix. Bad idea. I mean, I'm glad I had a chance to help out, but it really wiped me out for the next two days (as usual, but this time I had to work those days, not just recover!) Oh, well, I'm pretty caught up now.

I'm looking forward to March :-)

No shadow for Phil this year

Early spring in sight? Hard to tell right now, but at least this week's weather incident wasn't snow accumulative...or even that much ice...not while I was out and driving around afterward, anyway....

Not much new is happening....I am working in my two HR Block offices a lot of hours and then I come home really tired (especially if I meet Tom for dancing at Prospectors on the way home first!) I've met some really nice people.

I still am getting a lot of family news via Facebook and enjoy the regular updates, indirect though they may be! (e.g. Sarah home from China and heading to AR with Mary Grace to visit Hannah and Isaac and Gina and Cait heading to NYC).

If I get some sleep first, we may be able to hit the gym before I head out to work this afternoon.