NVCB

Nashoba Valley Concert Band rocks! Check it out!

There is and always has been a link - look in the column on the right hand side. There will ALWAYS be a link! ;-) How could I not?

So there Rich! :-P

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In case you can't find it .... I'll even put another one right...

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Wicked good shows!

Just got back from NYC - annual Girl's Weekend - we go every Columbus Day weekend to shop and see shows on Broadway. This year we saw Wicked and Little Mermaid.

Wicked was just that. It was awesome. I've had the soundtrack in my head for the entire weekend.

The Little Mermaid was good too - although I think we would have enjoyed it more if not for all of the little kiddos. We did go to a Sunday matinee, however...

There were two days of street fairs to walk through, and I bought a few Christmas presents. I also bought some stuff for myself - new rainboots, and a dress for my December concert.

We had a ton of fun - ate some good food (unlike last year's Irish pub experience), shopped our brains out (don't worry - I didn't spend too much $$), and saw some great shows.

The Milford Plaza was a step down from last year - apparently the breakfast that we ate last year was NOT included in our price - we aren't club members, so we shouldn't have been eating there - who knew??

We made our traditional stop at Rein's Deli in Vernon, CT and ate the sour pickles. I also had my very first Bialy - a cross between a bagel and english muffin - yummy.

I am finally home, and am planning on taking a nap while catching up on my DVR'd shows.

:-D

PHOTOS

Yay!

The photos are finally up! I have started printing some out, and will be ordering some for our house. We can finally be the kind of vain people who have their phtos everywhere in their own house. Yup, that's us.

People who want their photos everywhere.

Hehe

If you care to look at them:

rmfletcherwedding.shutterfly.com

Check out our super cool photos!

friends, football, fire, and beerdogs

Had some friends up today. We made beerdogs and burned stuff in the chiminea. We watched football, where I definitely felt left out being the only one not involved in a fantasy football league. (not that I would know what I was doing even if I were).

They got the grand tour and we showed them all of our wedding photos - including a great one of them.

We watched the games on tv while the three of them were absolutely freaking out over their fantasy football scores. I laughed.

The boy made his famous beerdogs. Giant beer-soaked Fenway Franks. Yummy.

We had a lot of fun - haven't sat down with these friends since before the wedding.

Now it's back to the real world - work tomorrow - ewwww.

New favorite show

It's a great show - based in Boston!

Can't tell if it is the intriguing sci-fi-geekiness of the plot that makes me watch or the fact that I was obsessed with Josh Jackson on Dawson's Creek...

Doesn't really matter-I'll watch it either way.

I was Joey'd

While grocery shopping today a random stranger came up to me and asked

"How YOU doin?"

I was Joey'd.

Spaghetti Sauce

I made homemade spaghetti sauce today!

Really homemade - the tomatoes were from our garden!!

Yummy.

You're jealous, I know.

The boy is NOT happy...

His star QB of his fantasy team is down and out.

He has left the house to drive around and cool down.

This is not good.

Gmail update

Alright - so I had to download Mozilla Firefox to check my email.

That is somewhat annoying. Does ANYONE know what's going on?!

ugh.

Random tidbit of info

Do you remember the show "Dinosaurs"?

And the baby - "not the mama!"

Kevin Clash was his voice.

You may not recognize his name, but I bet you'd recognize his other voice -

Yup - sweet little Elmo has the same voice as the little devilish dinosaur baby

Funny Blog

I found this blog today while I was searching around on the internet today.

I thought it was hilarious - check it out!

Gmail trouble?

Is anyone else having problems signing into Gmail? My browser just says "redirecting" forever and ever as it loads, then it finally comes to a page that says,




"Bad Request"

"Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. "



Does anyone out there know why this is happening??

bad blogger

Ok - I officially stink as a blogger. I will try harder.

Random Thoughts on a New House:

- I can have packages delivered without worrying about being there to sign for them (or that they'll be stolen if they are left without a signature)

- No more barking dog or crazy lady living across the hall

- I can sit outside without thinking that everyone else in the building is staring at me

- No more rearranging BBQ plans because someone else is using the picnic table area

- No more noisy upstairs neighbors

- I have a freaking pool! I can lounge by it, swim in it, and float in it. But that also means I have to figure out the delicate balance of cleaning it. So far, I have fixed a gasket, and figured out just HOW high the water level needs to be.

- Wallpaper sucks.

- The boy really does like mowing the lawn, which I have to say is most excellent, since I don't believe I would...at least not as much as him...he asks me if the angle he mowed it at looks good! (good thing I don't mow the lawn, if I remember correctly I meandered as opposed to making straight lines)

- Doing laundry whenever I want and without saving $3 worth of quarters actually makes laundry more enjoyable (a little anyways, laundry still blows)

- Surround sound in an enclosed room that can be turned up as loud as we please is REALLY REALLY COOL!

- I can find paint somewhere on me a week after I have painted a room.

- "Tawny Port" paint needs at LEAST 2 coats to cover ugly tan paint

- Paint colors look less bright once you add the furniture (but can still be described as "liquid Smurf blue" - don't worry, I like it!)

- The second layer of wallpaper found underneath the first always sticks more

- A/C in the bedroom is MUCH better than A/C in the living room with 2 fans blowing it around corners into the bedroom

- Boxborough really DID have HARD water! It is so nice to be able to actually DRINK the tap water!

- The third layer of wallpaper is just plain EVIL!!!!!

Escalator Temporarily Stairs.

This is hilarious...

Things you never knew you knew

Apparently, I know how to fix pool filters. Who knew?

I opened up the 5 way valve converter and put a rubber ring back in place.

Wow...

I'm a plumber! :-D

Updates on house

We've been busy!!

We've painted the kitchen "grape leaf green" and the cabinets and trim "tawny port" which is a deep mahogany type color.

The above curtain is in the kitchen - I made it! I saw the fabric, and knew that was what I wanted in the kitchen.

I also made curtains in the living room. Those were more difficult, since they were bigger, and the fabric was also a pain the tookus to work with - it was silky, which meant that it slid everywhere while trying to work on it!

Don't worry - those aren't stains in the above photos - just a weird lighting phenomenon.

We've also done some decorating in the living room. It has a somewhat asian-inspired feel to it. The MIL helped us out there-she had tons of scrolls to hang on the walls. She had previously done her living room in a similar style, but has recently redecorated.

Looking a gift horse in the mouth...

When I first read the headline, I felt really bad for this family.
Then I read the story.

Are these people nuts? You win the chance of a lifetime - you get a house built for you - a DREAM house no less, and you SQUANDER it all away? You live in a decrepit house with a faulty septic system, and hundreds of volunteers raze it to the ground to build you the most gorgeous house within miles, and you use it as collateral for a $450,000 loan for some business venture? What is wrong with these people?! That wasn't enough? It's not like they were paying a mortgage, I am sure of that. (that would kind of stink if ABC built you a house and stuck you with the bill LOL)

Wow - some people just don't know when to quit.

killer squash

This is the zucchini that I found in the garden. It is HUGE. I made a quiche with 6 cups of slices, and also set aside 2 cups of shredded to make muffins tomorrow. That's after I cut out a lot of the middle section with the seeds that were the size of pumpkin seeds!

Wallpaper Saga

There is wallpaper in the upstairs hallway that we wanted to take down. Easier said than done.

We pulled on the paper, and it came down pretty easily! Yay, this will be easier than we thought!

But wait -

There's more...

Ok...ugly brown paper is a little more difficult to take down, but still do-able.

awww....nooooo.....

there's a THIRD layer...

from the 1950s! (I think...maybe the 60s?)

And BOY is that stuff hard to get off the wall! We're vinegar and watering this bad boy (which does not make the hallway smell very good).

This wallpaper is right on top of the drywall-which is not cool.

I'll let you know how it goes.

pics from the house

Here are some over-due pics from the work on the house:

Our supercool wetbar area in the basement (it has some more stuff on it now):

Old colors of the kitchen cabinets:

Cabinet doors on the garage floor waiting to be painted-the drawer has been painted the new color:





Old yucky countertop in the basement:

Tiles that we will be putting over the yucky countertop:

Futon I picked up down the street for $45. We have gotten a new slipcover for it, and it's in our living room.

New paint for the alcove in the bedroom: