A test.
Second time today. This from the laptop. Have sent some Rome suggestions to Monica and finished, we think, the federal income tax work.
Fairly mild now, with some sun. Hope to do some RV work this PM.
Dad
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Potter's Lake Valentine Brunch
Good Morning,
It was great to see Susan, Jay, Bridget, Maura, David, Susan ROC, Finn, Mark, Monica, Nemo, Domino, and Capri yesterday. Calls from Michelle and Kevin were also a part of the picture.
Lots of sunshine made for pleasant driving, apparently, and most got a start for home with the prospect of plenty of daylight for the trip.
We'll be busy the next two weeks preparing for our trip and we were pleased that David suggested yesterday's gathering as a sendoff for us and for Domino who will fly off to New Zealand on Thursday.
Pleased to learn that Monica has the opportunity to go to Italy in 3 weeks on business. The name of the town in the very south was not familiar. I didn't think to write it down, so not sure where it is in terms of the "boot heel" area but will try to send her some ideas on what to see in Rome.
Will be making an attempt to write here on the blog frequently as we travel. Nemo did help me get the laptop set for e-mail monitoring, but I'm still a little hesitant about the steps once we are on the road and needing to find places where we can get free/inexpensive wireless connections.
Must be on to some prep tasks.
Love and prayers, Mom and Dad
It was great to see Susan, Jay, Bridget, Maura, David, Susan ROC, Finn, Mark, Monica, Nemo, Domino, and Capri yesterday. Calls from Michelle and Kevin were also a part of the picture.
Lots of sunshine made for pleasant driving, apparently, and most got a start for home with the prospect of plenty of daylight for the trip.
We'll be busy the next two weeks preparing for our trip and we were pleased that David suggested yesterday's gathering as a sendoff for us and for Domino who will fly off to New Zealand on Thursday.
Pleased to learn that Monica has the opportunity to go to Italy in 3 weeks on business. The name of the town in the very south was not familiar. I didn't think to write it down, so not sure where it is in terms of the "boot heel" area but will try to send her some ideas on what to see in Rome.
Will be making an attempt to write here on the blog frequently as we travel. Nemo did help me get the laptop set for e-mail monitoring, but I'm still a little hesitant about the steps once we are on the road and needing to find places where we can get free/inexpensive wireless connections.
Must be on to some prep tasks.
Love and prayers, Mom and Dad
Thursday, January 21, 2010
I think the blog sounds like a good idea. I have checked it regularly even though I didn't add anything and no one else did. All's very quiet in ET with the kids back at school. Bridget started her lab job this week and Colin is tweaking his schedule but still has 17 credits. He still will have to go back next fall for one more semester. Busy week at work, as usual, and I will be glad its Friday! Love to all, Susan
A Laptop check test item at 326 pm 1/21/10
Looks like I did it.
Have had a busy week. Sorry we missed Michele's call back. Mom left a message last evening. Also a phone call from Mark midday when we were in Waukesha.
Enjoyed having dinner with the O'Connell-Longs on Saturday evening. Susan
prepared home-made pizza which we really enjoyed. Both Bridget and Colin had concluded their AV work day so they were able to be with us for dinner. Susan was able to share many/most of the Hawaii pix which David had sent--and which Michele mentioned in her summary e-mail.
Mom saw our new Opthalomologist at Great Lakes on Tuesday and learned that things were, as she suspected, about the same as the cataract doctor had told her at their last meeting. She is now to be on a 6 month cycle--it had been a year since January 2007. We will be seeing, or being seen, by the Optometrist on 2/11 for our annual vision test, so she will learn then if she may receive a new prescription.
This is Mom's turn---this was my turn for preparing a light breakfast ffor 20-25 people so hd a busy day yesterday. Our partner pepared ham and rolls, I baked a coffee cake and= corn bre4aqd cones, and Dad made what has become a very good apple salad. This is a good time for catching uip on visiting with friends.
Good news - Dad found a device on the internet that is helping me with my reading. It is a hand held magnifying glass (TV camera)with a bright light which gets plugged into a small box next to the downstairs tv. The reading material is held on your lap or a table and you move the light (mouse) along the line of print and it is magnified so much that I can read it easily. (Dad's editing--It is called EZ Reader)
Looks like I may require carpal tunnel surgery, too, since tingling and locking knuckles on my left hand have been causing trouble. Always something new; Listening to a weather report about the weather in the west, and it doesn't sound like a trip west is too desirable right now. We still are planning on a trip to AZ early in March , weather permitting. Our snow has not melted too much and what is below the snow is ice . The deck didn't get shoveled on time so we cannot budge the mass that is covering it, so it may still be here by summer time. A belated happy birthday to Michele and two good wishes to Finn and Stephen. Hope it is a happy one.
That's all--Love and prayers, Mom and Dad
Have had a busy week. Sorry we missed Michele's call back. Mom left a message last evening. Also a phone call from Mark midday when we were in Waukesha.
Enjoyed having dinner with the O'Connell-Longs on Saturday evening. Susan
prepared home-made pizza which we really enjoyed. Both Bridget and Colin had concluded their AV work day so they were able to be with us for dinner. Susan was able to share many/most of the Hawaii pix which David had sent--and which Michele mentioned in her summary e-mail.
Mom saw our new Opthalomologist at Great Lakes on Tuesday and learned that things were, as she suspected, about the same as the cataract doctor had told her at their last meeting. She is now to be on a 6 month cycle--it had been a year since January 2007. We will be seeing, or being seen, by the Optometrist on 2/11 for our annual vision test, so she will learn then if she may receive a new prescription.
This is Mom's turn---this was my turn for preparing a light breakfast ffor 20-25 people so hd a busy day yesterday. Our partner pepared ham and rolls, I baked a coffee cake and= corn bre4aqd cones, and Dad made what has become a very good apple salad. This is a good time for catching uip on visiting with friends.
Good news - Dad found a device on the internet that is helping me with my reading. It is a hand held magnifying glass (TV camera)with a bright light which gets plugged into a small box next to the downstairs tv. The reading material is held on your lap or a table and you move the light (mouse) along the line of print and it is magnified so much that I can read it easily. (Dad's editing--It is called EZ Reader)
Looks like I may require carpal tunnel surgery, too, since tingling and locking knuckles on my left hand have been causing trouble. Always something new; Listening to a weather report about the weather in the west, and it doesn't sound like a trip west is too desirable right now. We still are planning on a trip to AZ early in March , weather permitting. Our snow has not melted too much and what is below the snow is ice . The deck didn't get shoveled on time so we cannot budge the mass that is covering it, so it may still be here by summer time. A belated happy birthday to Michele and two good wishes to Finn and Stephen. Hope it is a happy one.
That's all--Love and prayers, Mom and Dad
Twenty Ten or 2 oh 10?
Hi to some who have had some what of a January thaw!
Seems like we have all been boycotting the blog!
Even Domino, who really tried valiantly to keep it alive, has turned to other pursuits. And she does have a lot on her plate with all the excitement and planning for her trip to New Zealand.
As we are beginning to plan our RV trip to the southwest in a little over a month, i am thinking that we could possibly use the blog more effectively to communicate our where abouts and activities more quickly by blogging more frequently and then you could just check the blog and we would not have to send emails.
What do you think? Is there another way that we could make it easier for you and for us to keep in touch with the least difficulty for all, especially since many of you use e-mail less frequently?
We will send this same request out via e-mail with the same questions.
Love and prayers with this intial blog of 2010
Mom and Dad
Seems like we have all been boycotting the blog!
Even Domino, who really tried valiantly to keep it alive, has turned to other pursuits. And she does have a lot on her plate with all the excitement and planning for her trip to New Zealand.
As we are beginning to plan our RV trip to the southwest in a little over a month, i am thinking that we could possibly use the blog more effectively to communicate our where abouts and activities more quickly by blogging more frequently and then you could just check the blog and we would not have to send emails.
What do you think? Is there another way that we could make it easier for you and for us to keep in touch with the least difficulty for all, especially since many of you use e-mail less frequently?
We will send this same request out via e-mail with the same questions.
Love and prayers with this intial blog of 2010
Mom and Dad
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Oops, I forgot to mention this in the last post...
The Quidditch World Cup is this coming Sunday. Games will be broadcast live at: http://www.collegequidditch.com/wc/ from 9:45am to 6pm (Eastern Time), in case you feel inclined to watch. I think it will be great fun!!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wyatt Earp has Alopecia!
Egads! It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it? My life has been out-of-control busy, but I’m on October Break now, inside and watching football (only getting the Vikings game, unfortunately, but hopefully I’ll get to watch them lose…) on a cold, drizzly day, and it seemed like it was time for an update.
This semester has started… stressfully. But, as is usually the case, everything is working itself out for the best, I think. At the very beginning of the semester were auditions for Drama Department shows, and I went in with very high hopes since we’re doing RENT and a Streetcar Named Desire, both shows I adore. Plus the third show, Haarlem Berlin, is also a musical, so it was an exciting time to be auditioning. Of course, that made it all the more devastating when I got cast in nothing. Nothing. Well, that’s not entirely true, I got cast as the Assistant Costume Designer for Haarlem Berlin. But, while I enjoy costuming, it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to be doing production-wise this semester. However, my friend Andi was cast in the ensemble of Haarlem but had to drop out do to scheduling conflicts and they asked me if I was interested in taking over her part. I was.
Haarlem Berlin is an original musical written by one of the professors here at Vassar, with music by a guest artist. It was directed by a guest director from NYC. The music was beautiful (I have it on my computer. If you’re interested in an original cast recording, let me know), and unlike anything I’ve ever done before. And the process itself was taught me a lot about what it’s like to workshop a new show. The cast was a great group of people, and all in all I had a great time. We performed the first weekend in October, which means September was extraordinarily hectic, but it freed me up in time to get involved in student shows here, too. So I’m currently in a show called Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. It’s very lighthearted and hilarious. It’s set in the 1920s, and is about two 19-year-old girls, Cornelia and Emily, who go to Paris and have all sorts of absurd misadventures. I’m Emily, and I’m having a wonderful time. Rehearsal is probably my favorite part of the day.
In other news: Fencing is going really well. I’m the most experienced female sabre fencer on the team, which I was really worried about because it means I’m in charge of getting the girls ready to compete, I’ll be in charge of the roster/substitutions during tournaments, I’m expected to help coach them a little, etc. and I feel like I’m still learning so much myself that I wasn’t sure if I was ready to give other people advice. But the Alumni Match was the other weekend, and not only did I win undefeated, but I realized that I did have a lot of tips to offer the other girls. I’m pretty sure our squad is going to get killed at tournaments, but I think we’re going to have a fun time anyway, and I’m actually excited to be able to help them the way that all the previous sabre girls helped me.
The Quidditch World cup is next weekend, and it’s going to be incredible. Our team is phenomenal this year! And there are going to be 24 teams there from all across the country, and I think one from Canada. International. Awesome. I’ll let you know the results when we get back!
In other academic news: I love my classes, as usual. I’m taking Sources of World Drama, which I enjoy immensely most of the time. We’re reading drama from a time well before the women’s rights movement, however, and I’ve gotten a name for myself as the girl who always brings up feminism. Ah well. It’s just like being back in high school in Fort.
I’m taking a Seminar in Paratheatre, which is the study of everything theatrical that is not theatre. For example, religious ceremonies, sports games, and even everyday conversations, given that one behaves (or performs) differently depending on who they’re talking to (the audience). It’ very fascinating, but I sometimes feel like I’m beating my head against a wall because a main premise of paratheatre is that everyone has an individual definition of what constitutes a performance, so discussions can get very circular.
Because my semester would not be complete without a class where I do yoga, lie on the floor and breathe, play acting games, and other strange things that I often think it’s funny I do in college, I’m also in the Actor’s Voice. So far my favorite days have been the one where we learned tongue stretches (I often catch myself doing them in public now, which would make my professor proud, but is more than a little weird…), and the day where we got to look at our own and others’ soft palates and learn how to lift them correctly. It was one of the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen, but it’s actually been really helpful, especially for voice lessons.
Speaking of, voice lessons started off a little rocky this semester because I’ve been so busy and wasn’t able to practice as much as I should have. However, now that my life is a little more calm, things are going really well. I’m singing some wonderful songs, including The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music, because I’m a huge dork, but it’s SO MUCH FUN! My friend Charlie and I really want to do a senior recital together and we want to sing the Edelweiss duet. I’m so glad I’ve found someone else here who knows how to appreciate The Sound of Music.
I need to go apply to my abroad program in New Zealand now, because I’ve been putting that off for far too long. But I hope you are all well and enjoying the early snow! I know I am!
This semester has started… stressfully. But, as is usually the case, everything is working itself out for the best, I think. At the very beginning of the semester were auditions for Drama Department shows, and I went in with very high hopes since we’re doing RENT and a Streetcar Named Desire, both shows I adore. Plus the third show, Haarlem Berlin, is also a musical, so it was an exciting time to be auditioning. Of course, that made it all the more devastating when I got cast in nothing. Nothing. Well, that’s not entirely true, I got cast as the Assistant Costume Designer for Haarlem Berlin. But, while I enjoy costuming, it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to be doing production-wise this semester. However, my friend Andi was cast in the ensemble of Haarlem but had to drop out do to scheduling conflicts and they asked me if I was interested in taking over her part. I was.
Haarlem Berlin is an original musical written by one of the professors here at Vassar, with music by a guest artist. It was directed by a guest director from NYC. The music was beautiful (I have it on my computer. If you’re interested in an original cast recording, let me know), and unlike anything I’ve ever done before. And the process itself was taught me a lot about what it’s like to workshop a new show. The cast was a great group of people, and all in all I had a great time. We performed the first weekend in October, which means September was extraordinarily hectic, but it freed me up in time to get involved in student shows here, too. So I’m currently in a show called Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. It’s very lighthearted and hilarious. It’s set in the 1920s, and is about two 19-year-old girls, Cornelia and Emily, who go to Paris and have all sorts of absurd misadventures. I’m Emily, and I’m having a wonderful time. Rehearsal is probably my favorite part of the day.
In other news: Fencing is going really well. I’m the most experienced female sabre fencer on the team, which I was really worried about because it means I’m in charge of getting the girls ready to compete, I’ll be in charge of the roster/substitutions during tournaments, I’m expected to help coach them a little, etc. and I feel like I’m still learning so much myself that I wasn’t sure if I was ready to give other people advice. But the Alumni Match was the other weekend, and not only did I win undefeated, but I realized that I did have a lot of tips to offer the other girls. I’m pretty sure our squad is going to get killed at tournaments, but I think we’re going to have a fun time anyway, and I’m actually excited to be able to help them the way that all the previous sabre girls helped me.
The Quidditch World cup is next weekend, and it’s going to be incredible. Our team is phenomenal this year! And there are going to be 24 teams there from all across the country, and I think one from Canada. International. Awesome. I’ll let you know the results when we get back!
In other academic news: I love my classes, as usual. I’m taking Sources of World Drama, which I enjoy immensely most of the time. We’re reading drama from a time well before the women’s rights movement, however, and I’ve gotten a name for myself as the girl who always brings up feminism. Ah well. It’s just like being back in high school in Fort.
I’m taking a Seminar in Paratheatre, which is the study of everything theatrical that is not theatre. For example, religious ceremonies, sports games, and even everyday conversations, given that one behaves (or performs) differently depending on who they’re talking to (the audience). It’ very fascinating, but I sometimes feel like I’m beating my head against a wall because a main premise of paratheatre is that everyone has an individual definition of what constitutes a performance, so discussions can get very circular.
Because my semester would not be complete without a class where I do yoga, lie on the floor and breathe, play acting games, and other strange things that I often think it’s funny I do in college, I’m also in the Actor’s Voice. So far my favorite days have been the one where we learned tongue stretches (I often catch myself doing them in public now, which would make my professor proud, but is more than a little weird…), and the day where we got to look at our own and others’ soft palates and learn how to lift them correctly. It was one of the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen, but it’s actually been really helpful, especially for voice lessons.
Speaking of, voice lessons started off a little rocky this semester because I’ve been so busy and wasn’t able to practice as much as I should have. However, now that my life is a little more calm, things are going really well. I’m singing some wonderful songs, including The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music, because I’m a huge dork, but it’s SO MUCH FUN! My friend Charlie and I really want to do a senior recital together and we want to sing the Edelweiss duet. I’m so glad I’ve found someone else here who knows how to appreciate The Sound of Music.
I need to go apply to my abroad program in New Zealand now, because I’ve been putting that off for far too long. But I hope you are all well and enjoying the early snow! I know I am!
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