And now it's 2015.... Does anyone besides me feel like we're living in the future?
Enjoying retirement.....yes!
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Were we dreaming of a wet Christmas?
It's Christmas Eve Day and all is well....
Yesterday Tom and I raced to an early morning showing of "A Night in the Museum III" (or something like that). It was enjoyable...."you'll laugh, you'll cry, but you'll never forget..." Really; it was worth the money. It was a little heartbreaking though seeing Robin Williams alive and knowing it was his last role..
It seems like warm sunny FL weather was a long time ago. I miss it!
(And to Margie Ferrare, who is my only blog follower, Hi! Merry Christmas! It was so much fun seeing you and Mike in Orlando! We look forward to seeing you here in NJ sometime soon!)
Google+ sent me some compilation of photos of mine of the year. I like it much better than the ones Facebook would have chosen for the year end gimmick people are posting.
Roberta's Photos ala google+ (Kind of cute, right?) :-)
It's hard to believe 2014 is so close to over. What will the new year bring? I hope good health and good times for all.
Yesterday Tom and I raced to an early morning showing of "A Night in the Museum III" (or something like that). It was enjoyable...."you'll laugh, you'll cry, but you'll never forget..." Really; it was worth the money. It was a little heartbreaking though seeing Robin Williams alive and knowing it was his last role..
It seems like warm sunny FL weather was a long time ago. I miss it!
(And to Margie Ferrare, who is my only blog follower, Hi! Merry Christmas! It was so much fun seeing you and Mike in Orlando! We look forward to seeing you here in NJ sometime soon!)
Google+ sent me some compilation of photos of mine of the year. I like it much better than the ones Facebook would have chosen for the year end gimmick people are posting.
Roberta's Photos ala google+ (Kind of cute, right?) :-)
It's hard to believe 2014 is so close to over. What will the new year bring? I hope good health and good times for all.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Vacation News!
Hard to believe I haven't posted anything since early November. Wow.
Well, here's where we are right now...Miami. We'll be leaving soon for The Round-up and some line dancing. En route we are picking up a pogo online tourney group friend of Tom's known as Yee (as in Yeehaaa).
Backing up, our vacation started with a flight to Las Vegas. While there, we visited with my high school friend, Steph, took a day trip via bus to the Grand Canyon, danced at Stoney's and Gilley's. (Gilley's had the added bonus of Cadillac Jack, of old WXTU fame). But the big story on this Las Vegas visit was the 24 hour pass to five of the buffets around town. Yum yum. (My favorite was Paris).
We were home for a about a day and a half (and did a gazillion errands like getting a crown at the dentist, hair cut, and bill paying) and then drove off for our next adventure....Florida!
We got to John and Helen's place in the Villages in a day and a half (with a sleepover at a hotel in NC) and were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with them at a neighbor's. (What a feast!) We golfed, too, and were happy to visit with the Rebardo's until it was time to drive down to phase one of our Bluegreen reservations -Solara in Miami.
En route, we detoured to Sebastian and had a lovely visit with Wilma and Harry, then continued on our trek to Miami. (We cleverly purchased a sunpass for highway travel in the sunshine state).
Interestingly, I spent the first four mornings here in class with some new H&R Block friends in the North Miami district. Skill classes completed. Check.
We have additionally danced at the Round up and enjoyed the beach, pool, hot tub, and other amenities in the area. The temperature has been pretty steady at 80 ish and the wind died down today for the first time (who knew we'd miss it?)
Tomorrow we are going to visit fellow Delran retiree Joan Klaus for lunch at her home here in southern Florida.
Our next leg of the journey is heading back up to Kissimee (and looking forward to seeing Harry and Wilma again, maybe Linda Price, Harry Potter, and Mickey Mouse).
Well, here's where we are right now...Miami. We'll be leaving soon for The Round-up and some line dancing. En route we are picking up a pogo online tourney group friend of Tom's known as Yee (as in Yeehaaa).
Backing up, our vacation started with a flight to Las Vegas. While there, we visited with my high school friend, Steph, took a day trip via bus to the Grand Canyon, danced at Stoney's and Gilley's. (Gilley's had the added bonus of Cadillac Jack, of old WXTU fame). But the big story on this Las Vegas visit was the 24 hour pass to five of the buffets around town. Yum yum. (My favorite was Paris).
We were home for a about a day and a half (and did a gazillion errands like getting a crown at the dentist, hair cut, and bill paying) and then drove off for our next adventure....Florida!
We got to John and Helen's place in the Villages in a day and a half (with a sleepover at a hotel in NC) and were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with them at a neighbor's. (What a feast!) We golfed, too, and were happy to visit with the Rebardo's until it was time to drive down to phase one of our Bluegreen reservations -Solara in Miami.
En route, we detoured to Sebastian and had a lovely visit with Wilma and Harry, then continued on our trek to Miami. (We cleverly purchased a sunpass for highway travel in the sunshine state).
Interestingly, I spent the first four mornings here in class with some new H&R Block friends in the North Miami district. Skill classes completed. Check.
We have additionally danced at the Round up and enjoyed the beach, pool, hot tub, and other amenities in the area. The temperature has been pretty steady at 80 ish and the wind died down today for the first time (who knew we'd miss it?)
Tomorrow we are going to visit fellow Delran retiree Joan Klaus for lunch at her home here in southern Florida.
Our next leg of the journey is heading back up to Kissimee (and looking forward to seeing Harry and Wilma again, maybe Linda Price, Harry Potter, and Mickey Mouse).
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Convention, Parente party, reunion, oh my
I have begun my quest to track down all living members of the Piscataway H.S. Class of '67 for reunion purposes. Hold the date - May 16, 2016! :-)
Tom and I went to the NJEA Convention in Atlantic City and I had some NJREA/ NJEA/BCEA fun.
Randy and Greg held their postponed Halloween Party which was also plenty of fun.
I am heading out for Sugarfootin' Sunday shortly. Dance, dance, dance! Yee haw!
Tom and I went to the NJEA Convention in Atlantic City and I had some NJREA/ NJEA/BCEA fun.
Randy and Greg held their postponed Halloween Party which was also plenty of fun.
I am heading out for Sugarfootin' Sunday shortly. Dance, dance, dance! Yee haw!
Friday, October 31, 2014
Zip this!
I came across this interesting site that tells you demographic info about an area based on zip code. I'm not sure where to save it if I ever want to see it again, so I am putting it here. :-)
http://www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
So, Happy Halloween! and Happy Friday.
I am disappointed with today being the last day of open enrollment for the newly available new, less costly, dental plans for state retirees and not feeling comfortable enough with the situation to take advantage of it. I investigated it the best I could with the limited time frame and access to (read that no one answered the phone) the state pension people. I wanted to do it...no deductible, no maximum paid, comparable costs. It's the network of providers that's the kicker, of course, and the one visit I made to check out my potential dentist(s) was not uplifting. Also, the fact that there was no answer to the question of what happens at the end of the year...is there another chance to switch plans or no?
On a happier note, Tom got the all-clear from the neck doctor to start up regular life activities again. So we celebrated with him driving (yay!) to Prospectors for some dancing. Yee haw!
That was our second Prospectors visit of the week. We celebrated Melissa's birthday there on Wednesday.
Tomorrow is November. Oy. Time is going really really fast now....
http://www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
So, Happy Halloween! and Happy Friday.
I am disappointed with today being the last day of open enrollment for the newly available new, less costly, dental plans for state retirees and not feeling comfortable enough with the situation to take advantage of it. I investigated it the best I could with the limited time frame and access to (read that no one answered the phone) the state pension people. I wanted to do it...no deductible, no maximum paid, comparable costs. It's the network of providers that's the kicker, of course, and the one visit I made to check out my potential dentist(s) was not uplifting. Also, the fact that there was no answer to the question of what happens at the end of the year...is there another chance to switch plans or no?
On a happier note, Tom got the all-clear from the neck doctor to start up regular life activities again. So we celebrated with him driving (yay!) to Prospectors for some dancing. Yee haw!
That was our second Prospectors visit of the week. We celebrated Melissa's birthday there on Wednesday.
Tomorrow is November. Oy. Time is going really really fast now....
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Historical evidence of blogs gone by....
I attended the NJEA Communication Tools Workshop today.
I commented on it on this old old blogsite of mine with roots from yesteryear....
http://teamsallee.blogspot.com/
and now...off to dance! (Maybe Erin Rae will be there...? :-)
I commented on it on this old old blogsite of mine with roots from yesteryear....
http://teamsallee.blogspot.com/
and now...off to dance! (Maybe Erin Rae will be there...? :-)
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Catching up
It has come to my attention that I haven't illustrated for documentation purposes any of our activities and events since May. (?!) That's a lot of months' worth. You could always check out the online collections at shutterfly:
https://tomro.shutterfly.com/
https://salleecountry.shutterfly.com/
https://seeingoldfriends.shutterfly.com/
https://thebrunchgroup.shutterfly.com/
and picasa (which has somehow morphed into an alternate world of google+...)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos?noredirect=1
but I will attempt to grab an assortment to display here as well for your viewing pleasure.....
https://tomro.shutterfly.com/
https://salleecountry.shutterfly.com/
https://seeingoldfriends.shutterfly.com/
https://thebrunchgroup.shutterfly.com/
and picasa (which has somehow morphed into an alternate world of google+...)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos?noredirect=1
but I will attempt to grab an assortment to display here as well for your viewing pleasure.....
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| In Maryland with family before Jackson's graduation |
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| Lobbying in Trenton with BCREA and Martha |
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| Brunch group at Prospectors |
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| More BCREA lobbying |
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| DEAR lunch |
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| Michelle/Chris party |
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| Kim Teri Me at Prospectors |
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| Kim and Teri came out to dance! |
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| Hooking up in Nashville |
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| CMA Fest 2014 |
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| XTU concert 2014 |
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| Tom...isn't he cute? <3 td=""> |
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| DEAR lunch |
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| Jamboree in the Hills 2014 |
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| On the Myrtle Beach beach |
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| Hooking up with the Ferrares in NC |
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| Golf in Myrtle Beach |
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| Lazy river at Shore Crest, MB (Jo-anne Brewin (not pictured) too |
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| John's party in Trenton |
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| Lunch with Gee Gee |
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| Lady A concert in Atlantic City |
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| RandiGregg Pig Roast |
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| DKG event with Jeanne Lombardi |
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| Tom helped out at the Eastampton Fun Day |
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| Poor Tom! |
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| Charlie Zahm after the Sunday Concert at BurlCo Library |
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| Dinner with the Brewins in Myrtle Beach |
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| CONTACT Volunteer Recognition Event |
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| Juniper Belle party in Forest Hills |
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| Roberta looking craft-y with DKG Sigma |
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| Hooking up with the Brewins in NJ |
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