Tuesday, October 30, 2007

It's officially Halloween!




Mine's the cat and pumpkin sitting in the window. The boy made the creepy vampire face.

Yay for messy fun!!

Monday, October 29, 2007

oh yeah...and by the way....


swish!!
woot!!
We did it like before in 2004!

newest newest wedding idea

Ok, so after talking to the boy, he seems to want to have childhood pictures of us instead. What do you think about that instead? Better?

Newest wedding idea

For those of you who are in my close family (and my soon to be family), we have an idea for decorations at our reception. We want to have pictures of other family member's weddings in frames around the reception hall. I have some seashell frames of different sizes. I'd like to have the parents and grandparents in larger frames. We thought it would be fun to not include the names, so that people have to guess as to whose wedding picture they are looking at.

What do you think?

is there something I don't know??

We have lost yet another staff member in the middle of the year. This isn't normal. And this isn't just any staff member...this was the FREAKING DIRECTOR of special ed.

Is the ship sinking? Am I one of those people in denial on the Titanic that didn't realize the ship was actually going down until the water is quite literally above my head?

I'm not so sure this is a good feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

swish, swish

What's that I hear? Could it be the sounds of a sweep?

Friday, October 26, 2007

Sox update

Youk is being benched tomorrow night....we'll see how that goes.

Papi at 1st base always makes me tense!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

aw crap...

No Wakefield for the World Series.

Monday, October 22, 2007

and they've done it again!!

I stayed up REALLY late last night to watch the Red Sox KICK SOME BUTT!!!

That was a GREAT game! and as everyone keeps saying, the final score was NOT indicative as to how the game went. It was a nail biter up until the end.

Staying up until 1 am, and the alarm going off at 5 am is a BAAAD combo. I was so tired this morning I put my coffee down sometime around 8:30 half full and I didn't find it again until 6 pm tonight during jazz band.

argh

Friday, October 19, 2007

Is this California, or Massachusetts?

I woke up at around 1:20 this morning because my cell phone fell off my bedside table. I didn't think much of it, since I had only been asleep for about an hour (having stayed up for the SOX game). I picked it up, and went back to bed.

I woke up the next morning to reports of an earthquake that hit Littleton Common. It was a 2.5 on the Richter Scale.

Students were telling stories all day about how their pets woke them up. I don't remember thinking earthquake this morning, but apparently it was felt across the area.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Yesterday's Yard Sales

One electronic instrument tuner - $1.00

One ceramic Mardi Gras mask - $0.25

One ornamental french horn - $2.00

One Mozart CD - $1.00

One bag of 88 granny squares in assorted colors - $2.00

One pocket music dictionary - $1.00

One musical figurine of a girl playing a piano - $2.00

One pair of maracas from Mexico - $0.50

Total: $9.75

Fun day!!

Things I learned while hiking Mount Monadnock today

1). Not so much a hike at points as it is a climb

2). Bees apparently dwell at the top of the mountain

3). Bee stings on pinky fingers hurt a LOT and swell a LOT, so much so that you won't be able to remove a very loose ring.

4). Removing mole skin from the bottom of your feet tickles

5). Do bears poop in the woods? I don't know, but it's certainly not easy for girls to pee in them.

6). Coming down the white dot trail seems a whole lot easier than it would be to go up.

7). It is COLD at the top of the mountain!

8). Pumpkin ice cream at Kimball's Farm is a good way to finish the hike (it's even better when you get the last of the pumpkin ice cream - sorry Jenn!)

9). After driving home for a little over an hour, your legs DO NOT want to move to get you into the house.

10). Watching a guy with a broken ankle trying to make it down the mountain reminds you to be WAY more careful.

11). Seeing the chopper heading up to the top of the mountain to get the guy with the broken ankle makes you think of faking an injury for the ride.

12). Boys will leave girls in their dust on the way up the mountain, but will help them so they don't fall on the way down.

13). Pinky fingers will swell so much from a bee sting, that they won't be able to bend.

14). Ham sandwiches from Store 24 are yummy, especially at the top of a mountain.

15). Faces can get sunburnt, even when most of the day your head is down, trying not to fall over.

16). Calves will protest on the way up the mountain

17). Knees will protest on the way down

18). Did I mention something about bees stinging, and it hurts like heck??

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

crock pot goodness

Crock pot lasagna...mmmmm....yum.

urrrgh

My head hurts.

owie

Monday, October 01, 2007

Way too long

Working from 7 am until 6:30 pm every Monday might start to get to me after a while. Thank goodness for Monday holidays!!

I have a pretty busy week ahead of me:
Monday: HA! At least I am done with that!!
Tuesday: School all day, meeting at Peppercorn's for the Central District Music Educators. (at least there's food!!)
Wednesday: School all day, NVCB 7-9 pm
Thursday: School all day, MEETING WITH THE CATERER-WOOT!
Friday: 1/2 day of school, 1/2 day of meetings, then off to NYC
Saturday: shopping, Mary Poppins
Sunday: more shopping??, Spamalot
Monday: heading back to MA
Tuesday: and we're back to the grind!!

Ronald McDonald's Daughter (Japan Full Spot)

Seriously?? A little strange, but definitely better than the freaky clown.

Japanese McDonald's Ronald (Male)

Ronald sure has changed...

And speaking of a blast from the past...

Thisis one of the songs that I'm playing with the high school Jazz Band. WOOHOO! I was singing this song tonight, and the kids were amazed I knew the words!

Wow...

I was looking through the guide on my tv this evening...and what do I come across, but the VERY FIRST episode of Perfect Strangers. Wow....blast from the past! So of course, I HAD to watch!