New York City, November 2010

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Donna

I went to New York City last week with a group of eight women from church (this included Robin and me). We had a blast! A blast, I tell you! I decided to break up my long blog post into separate entries for each day, so my readers don’t get bored halfway through and give up on me. So here’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

Getting there

When I went to bed on Wednesday night, I knew 4:00 a.m. would come early, so what did I do?  I woke up at 2:30 and could not get back to sleep. My ride to the airport arrived at 5:30 with six women from Spring of Life Christian Church already loaded. It was a game of Tetris getting my suitcases added to the twelve already in the back of the van, but Brenda did it, and we were off! Robin was flying from Boise and meeting us at LaGuardia airport. When we were delayed out of Chicago, I feared she would have a long wait, but alas, the problems were in New York, and she was also delayed – out of Detroit. Her airline obviously had more clout than ours because she arrived an hour before us, but passed the time reading on her iPad until we landed.

Our Sheraton hotel, The Manhattan at Times Square was located on 7th Avenue between Central Park and Times Square. We were in the heart of the theater district, and Robin’s and my room had a lovely view of the top of the front door ramada and the building next door. But if we looked up and outward, we could see Times Square, a beautiful sight at night.

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10 Reasons I haven’t blogged about my NYC trip yet

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Donna
  1. Still basking in the glow of the city lights and Broadway shows.
  2. Got home a day late and can’t seem to catch up.
  3. Mom was in the hospital while I was gone, and I spent a day tending to her needs when I finally did get home.
  4. Back to work. (ugh!)
  5. Tired, jet lagged.
  6. Celebrated Lauren’s 10th birthday.
  7. Christmas shopping is looming and started.
  8. Twenty tv shows stacked up on Tivo that I have to find time to watch.
  9. Working on plans & shopping for a backpacking trip next weekend.
  10. Just lazy, I guess.

I did have a fabulous time and will blog about the trip details soon.

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Halloween Costumes

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Donna

I made Halloween costumes for Lauren, Nathan and Andrew this year. It really was a lot of fun, and they turned out pretty darn cute (if I do say so myself!) Brian and Carrie had a party this evening (a cookout/ potluck), and then took all the kids around the neighborhood trick or treating. It was a fun evening.

The number of pictures of each child is directly proportionate to how quick I catch them for a moment.

As you’ll notice, Lauren was my most willing subject!

Here’s one of Camden and Carsten with Lauren and Nathan.

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Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Donna

I saw the Sound of Music last night for the second time in a theater. The first time was in 1965, the year it was released, and that was my second time in an indoor theater in my life (Swiss Family Robinson was the first). Last night’s event was a sing-a-long, with the words to every song printed at the bottom of the screen karaoke style.  There were 30 Facebook friends as well as about 30 other “singers” in the audience, and we had a blast singing along to every song. I had the album (yes, a vinyl 33rpm ALBUM) when I was a girl – I still have it – and I knew all the words to all the songs. (Well, I admit, I didn’t know the Latin words to the nun’s morning hymn, nor could I ever get all the words to The Lonely Goatherd).

I think this post can turn into a list of 10. Here’s 10 songs from The Sound of Music:

  1. The Sound of Music
  2. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria
  3. I Have Confidence
  4. Sixteen Going on Seventeen
  5. My Favorite Things
  6. The Lonely Goatherd
  7. Do-Re-Mi
  8. Something Good
  9. So Long, Farewell
  10. Edelweiss
  11. Climb Every Mountain

Whoops, it’s a list of 11. Just couldn’t stop myself.

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10 Riddles

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Donna

WARNING — Some answers are starting to show up in the comments below (that’s fine!) If you don’t want to see them, don’t scroll down.

  1. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. You eat the outside and throw away the inside.
  2. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not.
  3. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?
  4. What is wrong with this statement?
  5. What word starts with the letter e, ends with the letter e, contains just one letter, but is not the letter e?
  6. How can you take 1 from 19 and leave 20?
  7. Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
  8. A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday, stayed two nights and left on Friday. How can that be?
  9. Rearrange the following letters to make just one word: UTODWOERNJS
  10. Two fathers and two sons have a pizza that is cut in three pieces. How can each get a whole piece without cutting any?
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10 Ponderings

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Donna

I’ve been wondering about some things.

  1. I wonder what ever happened to my childhood friend, Denice.
  2. I wonder which Broadway shows from our priority list Robin and I will get to see.
  3. I wonder what the occasional noises in my attic are.
  4. I wonder if I’ll have any more grandchildren.
  5. I wonder why my fingernails keep peeling.
  6. I wonder when Dale and Karen are coming.
  7. I wonder how anyone can like mushrooms.
  8. I wonder why debt collectors keep calling here asking for people I don’t know.
  9. I wonder who the rest of the Cylons are. (DON’T ANSWER THAT!!!)
  10. I wonder what I’ll be doing a year from now.
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