tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226950332024-03-13T11:56:59.733-07:00Loud Family blogThe adventures and mayhem of the Loud family.Mothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563489121846810421noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-61028767916875614922013-03-19T18:29:00.002-07:002013-03-20T19:33:12.163-07:00Dance Concert 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">
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You need to know about this thing they call DANCE CONCERT. It's SOTA's annual dance showcase for the 100+ dance majors in the school. Typically you have instructor pieces and student choreographed pieces. The older students begin showing off their choreography to the dance faculty in october. If their piece gets accepted then they have tryouts along side the faculty. So Grace has to go to the tryouts last fall if she wants to be in the showcase...she goes out for 4 pieces...as a 7th grader she can only be in 2 max. She does very well and lands 2 student pieces. The students that pick can pick anyone in the school..yes many pick friends but they want their dances to look good so they have to get good kids as well. I guess it is a pretty big deal for a 7th grader to get in so kudos to Gracie for going for it and getting in. The show was three nights...it was awesome. The teacher pieces were usually a little bit better but the student pieces were really good too! These are some of the best dancers in the county I imagine...the guys looked like pros with their barrel turns...the dances ranged from ballet to hiphop and the mix is quite amusing.</div>
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so here we are at Friendly's for a little post Dance Concert fun...the 4 away from me are the 7th grade dancers...Maya next to Grace is also in her classes and lives a few doors down from her on Yarmouth and across from her in the cowhat is McKenna and next to her Jannalis?...I think .</div>
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Here are a few of the girls going over some last minute changes. I think the thing I like about all of this is the caring of the younger students by the older ones...truly an amazing environment to thrive in...learning from peers/friends...support and friendship within a larger school...these kids genuinely love each other an it really doesn't get better than that.</div>
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I was able to convince SWBR to buy an ad in the program since one of the partners had/has 5 daughters in or go through SOTA...the screen/projection system is brand new and will become very handy when they figure out what they can do with it</div>
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Here is Gracie and me after the Saturday show...I always get weepy when I see her after a performance but I told her she nailed her triple spin in the first piece and she said "I know ...I was like yes" (insert fist pump here). It's good to watch closely so you can compliment appropriately...</div>
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No show is complete until you have had pictures in the lobby...here's Adiene, Grace, Meredith and Maya...Mereda, as she seems to be known, is the only non-dancer...apparently she is a theater - tech major (EEEEEWWWWWE). I told her I was good with that and we have bonded on a theater tech level. imagine these 4 with cow hat girl and one more dancer at the Strathallen for Grace's 13th....wahoo...Actually they are really nice kids and I actually had fun too...I imagine we will have many SOTA posts to come.</div>
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jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-32865055523371763932012-10-23T19:22:00.001-07:002012-11-04T19:44:58.743-08:00Clock Tower Time LapseThe Crothers Clock Tower at the Roberts Wesleyan College is complete!<br />
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I was pretty pumped about doing this little project because it was truly a functional piece of sculpture. I doubt it's something we get to do again as most of our other University clients already have these things...RIT, Nazereth, UofR....<br />
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However it was a battle to keep the designs I wanted...I was coerced into showing them a tradtional scheme to go along with my curvy , cantilevered suggestions so of course they wanted a traditional tower. I had to then work the design within those confines to hopefully still be something that was attractive, at least in my mind. So we explored 20 different variations on what you see now...ultimately we worked with the scheme that had cast stone panels, brick and light with a metal roof...all of which were already present in the campus architecture. I used a more modern massing to give it a less tradtional beaux arts feel. Thankfully the art professor, Scott, was able to appreciate the design gestures I was making and he then convinced the President and the Board to build this.<br />
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Many mistakes and problems during construction were encountered because the facilities guy used his "pal" to do the work. The mason was asking me how to set the reinforcing pins...not good. He asked me to order his anchors for him...not good. In the end I told the Owner we had a serious problem and then things got better...if you get close you can see many issues with joints that are uneven but overall it came out pretty close to the design intent. The concept was to make this a place of discovery and reflection. Hopefully it will take on a sense of PLACE and become an iconic campus symbol.<br />
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It looks great at night and the plaza redo and new landscaping are going to have a huge impact on the everyday life on the campus. Scott is going to track the "collisionsjimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-25150582396165282172012-09-16T07:08:00.004-07:002012-09-16T07:08:37.669-07:00Thank you Aunt Betty<br />
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We made our regular trip down to my Grandparents house in the sumer time, all loaded up in our 1972 Vista Cruiser station wagon. I think it was the whole family and of course - our black labrador - Donegal. This trip was a bit different because our neighbors from back home were with us or met us at my grandparents house. The Boises were there as well in their big 70's station wagon. As we pulled up the cinder driveway, the minute the car came to a halt - there was an immediate <i>disembarkation /scramble</i> from the boat. Of course - the shortest attention-spanned were first out - which typically was my siblings and I. However - in this case - the A.D.D. prize went to the dog. The happiest, friendliest Mutt you'd never trust to protect the house from a burglar. Donegal LOVED all people and the only mean bone in his body was reserved for other dogs and <i>Cats. </i>I would like to think he loved them as well, he just liked to show it by roughhousing / <i>nibbling on them</i>.</div>
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Did i mention Grandma had a Cat? Not a house pet really. More like an outdoor / scruffy / greasy Feral cat that you were never tempted to touch or be friendly too. Smelled a bit too. Grandma usually had a old pie tin on the side porch to feed Smellycat ( which hung out under the porch )</div>
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SO, as I mentioned - Donegal was first out of the car and immediately spotted SmellyCat and kicked into warp drive for an side porch <i>Pet Dust-up.</i> I remember several of us - quickly stepping in to stop Donegal from playing <b><i>"Shake the Baby!"</i></b> on SmellyCat . And I , in a rare act of bravery - stepped in the fur spin-cycle to physically pull them apart and promptly got a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><i><b>Cat Fang through my finger.</b></i></span></div>
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Lucky (?) for me - other guests at my grandmothers included several aunts with Nursing backgrounds. This included my <b><i>Aunt Betty</i></b>. I am pretty sure either my aunt Catherine or aunt Clare was there as well as a <i>co conspirator </i>- but the memory of which has faded.</div>
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Well, apparently this whole <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">~ <b>Cat Bite thing </b>~</span> was a cause for serious concern amongst the family medical staff and prompted immediate RADICAL treatment. Which...in the following years I wrote off as some kind of <i>Over-zealous sadistic Old School Nursing.</i></div>
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<b><i>And it got worse! </i></b>Aunt Betty<i><b> insisted </b></i>on a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>3(?) times a day repeat disinfection!! </b></span> The whole weekend!! I was seriously convinced she was doing this <i><b>just to be mean to me.</b></i> To this day - to speak the word<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><i> iodine </i>-</span></b> brings this all back.....</div>
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So it was a bit of shock last week when I spotted this article online where the author got a friendly nibble from her pet cat. ( click on title for article - its pretty startling....)</div>
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Click the link above to see the movie I made from the powerpoint show...was it three years ago now?? A hot summer week like this one...The 7 day renovation that took 4 months...<br />
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Grace and I are sitting in the kitchen now having lunch. It's great to enjoy the fruits of your labor and design....to create your own place...to create your own world.<br />
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Thanks to Pop for the trips back to help and to Mot for all the appliance work and Joe for helping with the silly sheetrock and Gracie for her patience/ excitement and help painting and laying tile.<br />
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jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-51265745585391345312012-08-30T19:04:00.000-07:002012-08-30T19:04:00.241-07:00Hey Pop...thanks...it still fits 30 years later<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks...I still wear it some times and I got a compliment today so...</div>
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I get a kick that I am still getting mileage out it. </div>
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Here's a fun little project...Robert's Wesleyan College is one of our important clients that I tend to...they wanted to celebrate the past president's achievements by building a clock tower and dedicating it to him and his wife. The design work was my job as well as the Con docs.<br />
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The overall mass is derived from a modern skyscraper like the empire state building. The brick reveal and light channel are both part of the clocks revealing or discovery process. The CT will read more simply at a distance of 300' but if you stop and sit the more subtle design elements are revealed and the viewer can further explore the stone/brick and light relations. It's a reflection of the educational process. Probably more importantly our Master Plan for the college a couple years ago revealed the need for more site accoutrements and collision spaces within the campus pathways. The CT sits at the hub of 8 buildings and right on center of the main north/south pathway. <br />
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I think this will become one of the places where all of the graduates will have their pictures taken. The goal was to create a place...I think we did it...it is a little project by all of our usual measures 8'x8' (base)x 30' high, but a huge project in terms of everyday impact at the campus<br />
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It's about 1/2 done now...the stone and cap go on next week...hopefully it actually came out the way I drew it....jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-48758589528309721892012-08-27T18:16:00.001-07:002012-08-27T19:34:39.098-07:00Proof of smartyness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well I never got one of these here pieces of paper which apparently is proof that grace is smartierer than I...well I'll be derned it's even signed by thar Obama guy....the one that got that Osama guy.<br />
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A road trip adventure this week! Nephew Thomas and James, Sister Catherine and myself headed to the big apple to celebrate Thomas's high school graduation. We headed into NYC on Sunday evening in the hope of skipping most of the holiday tourist crowd. We did pretty well on that front - but managed to run head on into a NYC heat wave. OH BOY was it a warm weekend to hustle around the city. We headed out on Sunday night to Time Square to see the Photon Tourist splendor.<br />
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Afterwards, tt was off to Central park to continue the march of sweat and tears - where I nearly lost the entourage to heat stroke. We did get a pic with the angel Bethesda ( one of my favorite spots )<br />
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After Central park - a quick detour to FAO Swartz and the 5th ave Apple store to wonder at the Glass elevator. It was almost like Willy Wonka! That evening - we topped by a <b><i>pinnacle of Kitch</i></b> - the famous <b><i><a href="http://www.trailerparklounge.com/">Trailer Park lounge. </a></i></b> We were lucky to get seated at the Elvis and Hula shrine. There were Cheddar cheese Bacon and chili tator tots. Nom Nom NOM!!<br />
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And the march continued after a much needed nap! We headed to our dinner destination in the meat packing district by way of the newly opened <a href="http://www.thehighline.org/">Highline</a>. A elevated train track running part of the length of manhattan that is now a popular park. From there it was on to Thai dinner! nom nom NOM!</div>
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While moving on to the racks of <b><i>Cats with waving paws</i></b> and <b><i>Lead painted toys</i></b>, I thought I could hear a distinct scratching noise. After looking around from where I stood, I glanced back at the lunch table. With a little squinting, it became clear I my pizza assumptions were in error.</div>
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A fine trip! Hopefully more to come :O)</div>Mothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563489121846810421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-86735198258234212682012-07-16T17:09:00.000-07:002012-07-22T13:33:46.164-07:00...and the hits keep coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Monroe County Fair Talent Competition was this weekend...Grace had been working on 2 songs for a couple months...one was a group number and one solo. She did amazing on both. The first one I will post is the group number because they placed high enough to make the NYS Fair in August so we can all meet there and see her...her team got a trophy today and placed in the top 5 for the junior division...yea...The competition was very hard this year 20+ acts and all were good...the worst of them were still good. Much better talent than last year. I am excited for her because last year she did not place and she worked hard but her teacher just picked the wrong song. She has had it in her head for a year to come back and do better...and she did. I admire her courage to stay on task and remain undaunted in her goals.</div>
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So once again here's Gracie with a B-way number from littlest mermaid called "She's in Love" - they are amazingly powerful when they are belting and they really mesh together well.</div>
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Why? They had a gym. They had a playground, They had amazing teachers. They were all strong, centered and wonderful .... AND role models. They understood her situation. They helped, coached, pushed and gave it to her straight when she needed it. They had a nice computer lab with a great Lab Lady. They had swim nights, movie nights and the last day of school was at an amusement park. <br />
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They , her classmates, are incredibly dynamic group, head strong, talented and funny. For example...some years...if there was a strong class they would do a "finale" during the annual talent show....this is one such class<br />
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I love the opening bit..."We are young, we'll set the world on fire, brighter than the sun..."<br />
I can here Grace backing the whole crew and she is barely trying. I can't even fathom my 6th grade class at st pats doing this...This was an incredible night of entertaining...Grace also did Rolling In The Deep and the teachers and Fr Brian did dancing Queen...Her 6th grade teacher led them...awesome.<br />
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Thomas is an old guy now...heading off to the gigantic University of Buffalo where fellow kin Mot and Jimmy spent many a year with some very fond memories...we are very proud of Thomas and wish him much success in Chem E....rock on Smoochie. Enjoy the Mighty Taco gift card...try not to use it up in the first month. Send me the pin number on the back and I'll buy you a supermighty with the works every month. It's part the Uncle Alumni package.</div>
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Thanks for the party Pratos...it was grand fine day all together.</div>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-24849868022195135092012-06-30T19:41:00.002-07:002012-07-01T19:44:38.821-07:00Grace Note...again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a wonderful cut of Grace at her vocal recital. No matter the cast or double compound fracture the show must go on! Grace seems so at home up there it's scary. She does the melancoly look pretty good. This number is from WICKED (I guess). Well you did a wicked good job Grace. <br />
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OK...seriously. I can't tell the difference...other than our version is a little prettier. <br />
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I think Carolyn should be happy to know that she'll be adorable in the rain when she is 40? <br />
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I finally got to see Gracie do one of her Cabarets! (We in this case) During her last Cabaret in the fall we were all gathered at Club Strong Med listenening to me rant instead of Grace...the poor dear made it through that Cabaret with no one from the family there...I still cringe about this. <br />
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Grace obviously did great and I can't help but get all weepy when she sings. She has a wonderfully low alto range with great mid alto power. I have to get her to see Norah Jones when she comes to town in June. She sang Adele's Rolling in the night before at the SJNS Talent Show and rocked it. The Principal told me she cried...me too. I had card and camera failure so I am not sure that song will ever get posted but if I find it I'll put that up too.jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-37998941845154914452012-05-04T18:44:00.000-07:002012-05-04T18:44:56.267-07:00Grace Rolls in the DeepHer last St John Neumann Talent Show...7 of them...Chicken Fry, Music Box Dancer, Tapping to Singin in the Rain...et al. I told her leave it all on the stage this year, go big or go home...do an Adele song and blow the room away-<br />
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TURN IT UP!!jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-40136546439408335302012-04-15T18:42:00.001-07:002012-04-15T18:42:45.126-07:00Easter in Owego<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmVam8xoS0HRMlldO6FilYPKFhn_NYrEM2oyLYWJqSYxV_4YMUur449L89bDzb-YTiAfQB0MRa3UhwrSnu11eXvGOHjr0JWTzmrsjmL1G20dCcV9GP4xwANZXkd074MZYFlXl/s400/2010Easter2v.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731807088336890034" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 400px; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hN_DBAgwOXBzmZneUj3M2avXW2fgss1O5n-xbgmMW4Yu_Ck9LGry4ZkolKnoqChXb1VPKtKLsifdXwftHeeCLzB1jcjdmUOFoeOUXD-JuVg-PBqSH61DmaBJNW_TDGhymQa-/s400/2010Easter1v.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731807084820041202" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 400px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Eric and I headed to Owego to join the family this past weekend. We ( I ) were looking forward to throwing an Easter Egg hunt for the nieces and nephews. Jimmy and Grace could not join us this year - so we saved some eggs for them. :O)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHynOntruMGULYjkBHEGb9AxX9G3-WMrG45mwLOISBtj5fe33QcMKYKGFEPf9uSZ-ru9QpUc9IXUB_YdRUUwX8u0Zc2dKWVfUMgEQhuEoFldaoHufe-kOGMjwA9eK2YomuKFYR/s400/2012easter3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804623367744210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjUPTJMWUTeMfnE9kt4UM69s_k942DHJCuS5QKdMzZnrXBcowcPul_CJi4jesYvCDHK6k1mlH0smj1bgiSpPhmgjS9s5-XzyMKZep38xAnmP4C1BAkw7gLsNC41_axI1Pj7pn/s400/2012easter5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804637062137170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7qZPCrn-8h8QdbFQYhnws0HQCcGvQgGlkNAoTgA9PZBRON65h_avtI323T_D7J4mjHhsqHoMqWWC7F-nfDBQDmZPB2wFNN8CA7dGrIkudLFEAJlyprtt0mV2oh_aG4hPCjEd/s400/2012easter2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804617015080450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhg_0yx1ez81Dg8UQL-KO2BAumSiA8VlIn1Pinn8ZtvKcIU1gmFsEgjrGKPushyHS3PcdKrQcmtbUpLybxCfGdm-rACp9aE8YHjiOXD-a1Lh4vM7EPFoaFDSaUvkv9BxOF_Kl/s400/2012easter1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804612782543554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /></div><div>Kristin put on a grand easter dinner and Marks sister and her sons joined us as well.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnAgjMfwUk3ELO6fo8_Fb6gYi_cX2PfQ159EPTPtrAFkX0Z3hEswGKMFzJ8tFAB7RZgwThWt3ebPMFZLNBZEAJG-q_njY9nLDhCj7rTfkMdoyVPrzdUFsK4faj2kiisgIlImT/s400/2012easter12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804862189370194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaAYE1rrKXYGfnocIYdxGO7RnxYFySYR8kb2h06eaLrUZGCHrrRXMhNHWgh4N-Ntq4WQBfkO7OU9eajYhS7T10QkxX1k2m-DGCwDJmtFnv-VUZICYXcqn6JuVMDIUMOFfJ301/s400/2012easter9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804859863620306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL_6LIVBLohZI118vMUSD2K-_dCUTfDs1wiZXABBfoWCdeplwAiM_IevdnA1nZZgdLHjaUkK6bSfDnIJIj9HfdWTB-SKQ3IBwXfo7rXYX78lfuF7-jn59ItAZ4I8iKcIhY67v/s400/2012easter8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804853430489890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllxjXLeP3GnXuGae9LiR2TM2m9GGxfD5L7pEALgiyJPUuF7KDJ62Ivjih537vAb0vXq3PnWiyrPle97JJQKe_MSU8Nh4VlGwCkyQTqkANg_nmi2-D-k6Q4sHcwMOEPHNcPugf/s400/2012easter6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731804640118247314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div>Mothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563489121846810421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-19041858711631741302012-03-10T17:31:00.003-08:002012-03-10T17:49:10.312-08:00Julie in motion<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3lSfjICYnBDlylc_TWYShZdPIvX_TWARXbKDBXbDhsdWVFkewkmWYgUAcdDUDDEeJeTnE_zK-nOI' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Here' she is ...in video format...she sleeps 16 hours a day...and when she is awake she is full throttle but then she takes a little break to cuddle. Right now she is dictating the schedule around here...I have some more videos of her I'll post shortly.</p><p>Right now she is sleeping at my feet in her little fleece bed. This is her pre nap before bed time snooze I think. </p>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-27172056605199243692012-03-03T18:44:00.008-08:002012-03-04T13:29:29.069-08:00welcome Julie!!!Yes a new member to the LOUD Family...indeed ... we finally got Gracie her dog....she got an agreement at Christmas that I would get her a dog if she did the work...well we all know what this <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8R7V8hGwCdZsIC3ZU9xN1mTkIEUdcR5FcRMLkh07GibwP7iyn_guk92cJpZX0uyScxina1dQOyakwR6VEs9k4FN1UwRGcEmTvYMvRBKhvinTmbciISDza67_k1h54ZCc1UkgU/s1600/gracejulie1comp.jpg"><img style="width: 266px; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715868516387143970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8R7V8hGwCdZsIC3ZU9xN1mTkIEUdcR5FcRMLkh07GibwP7iyn_guk92cJpZX0uyScxina1dQOyakwR6VEs9k4FN1UwRGcEmTvYMvRBKhvinTmbciISDza67_k1h54ZCc1UkgU/s400/gracejulie1comp.jpg" /></a>means...so WELCOME TO JULIE ANDREWS MYERS...may you be healthy and happy and not tooo hyper.<br /><br />She is beautiful to be certain....she has been with us a week and we are getting pretty good training from Julie...she has allowed us to sleep through the night in exchange for regular feedings. By switching to iams she doesn't whine too much when we leave. We are working on our chewing agreeements...right now she is insisting on everything...we are trying to narrow that down a bit to not include me, Grace, the furniture , my kitchen , our shoes, and our clothes. She has not shown much flexibility here but does remind us she is in a crate a lot...<br /><br />She's goood dogggie, yes she is..jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-68413314036573747182012-02-06T20:23:00.000-08:002012-02-06T21:12:53.174-08:00second....Second Time Around"<div><div><div><div><div>Wow...New and Improved!</div><div>This time - photos! And more video flavor than ever before!</div><div> </div><div>So here is the video I shot from the second row at friday's show (my second time around). I stitched in some of the other parts including the finale. Listen closely...I don't think the kids are really singing so you can hear Grace over all of them plus over the adults...she's got the power.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwUMM06k_hyZ6JPCsf99cc6WZJBp2SoUgKzJvB3h1Z-uQqia7oUb03OfPvyIZGjvzax74pHpPoIAu0' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Also a few photos</p><p> Here Grace's teacher, Mrs. Clark who was joined by many of the<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4RfOOCH2o6z1_IO8hSncyGy363UBGUQa_poknazbLoLWgqE5_RYtWWuhFg9LCXshxUIIHzW0exfCkN11DYchb4XLG72f6Jr0_dY9Er6Ar6QKngJ_0CswexfreLA8MSVmLh2P/s1600/mrsclark.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 132px; height: 200px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706253175488512674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4RfOOCH2o6z1_IO8hSncyGy363UBGUQa_poknazbLoLWgqE5_RYtWWuhFg9LCXshxUIIHzW0exfCkN11DYchb4XLG72f6Jr0_dY9Er6Ar6QKngJ_0CswexfreLA8MSVmLh2P/s200/mrsclark.jpg" /></a></p><p> SJNS teachers....(also Mrs. Clark is Grace's BBall coach.</p><p> She is obviously very patient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU3g15fSqazLs2qXpuyiLH-ZTwzYGJuwR2Ux4hWAyvdfF26RIlCC8OWyyWoOl0iJsNECTCb4mdUGYGh4HVWNpIJlNOJRPuJnHC3ey05-IW9GM15ILg6VxDzNQXWXskDBlw0sL/s1600/nextstage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 114px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706253150249144018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU3g15fSqazLs2qXpuyiLH-ZTwzYGJuwR2Ux4hWAyvdfF26RIlCC8OWyyWoOl0iJsNECTCb4mdUGYGh4HVWNpIJlNOJRPuJnHC3ey05-IW9GM15ILg6VxDzNQXWXskDBlw0sL/s200/nextstage.jpg" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYipTuEwpUveUWYbtr3L-b54llMGFfPnwXyQ41dyYjEJ13Dmu48KyZUqFASC85HU-i3BNAdR9O3CLfV1P9NSzfrryAfVcabRHT8a4hQCzLLIp3JuEwiaV8OjytlK0TstUD3EKT/s1600/grajacncc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 144px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706253183774007730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYipTuEwpUveUWYbtr3L-b54llMGFfPnwXyQ41dyYjEJ13Dmu48KyZUqFASC85HU-i3BNAdR9O3CLfV1P9NSzfrryAfVcabRHT8a4hQCzLLIp3JuEwiaV8OjytlK0TstUD3EKT/s200/grajacncc.jpg" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIy5hFiEzjVZCAbIN3T9pAdeL-qkQCIvEofHyUEyPhRLiLpo4-Z7909JSr6iwrW3HVK4wZkwBMbkcwzZkK-FpFVf8t4x8bTdz1d1zAWjW276oSoGGPjfCxnfjvak-Qj7CKtVP/s1600/children1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 117px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706253145365676498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIy5hFiEzjVZCAbIN3T9pAdeL-qkQCIvEofHyUEyPhRLiLpo4-Z7909JSr6iwrW3HVK4wZkwBMbkcwzZkK-FpFVf8t4x8bTdz1d1zAWjW276oSoGGPjfCxnfjvak-Qj7CKtVP/s200/children1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU3g15fSqazLs2qXpuyiLH-ZTwzYGJuwR2Ux4hWAyvdfF26RIlCC8OWyyWoOl0iJsNECTCb4mdUGYGh4HVWNpIJlNOJRPuJnHC3ey05-IW9GM15ILg6VxDzNQXWXskDBlw0sL/s1600/nextstage.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEKPSacYpgOhsPK-4wFrJ52fEFGx17x4ZvL4CGL81PgrN32XbwlevfJX17dOz8TVO4WKVtr0-PTZFTsbT6USblX_SN_mjDNqt1PA1vMP692EptTrnr7rcwVDlmzqyLIxUsX4b/s1600/jimmynmaria.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 129px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706253187678982370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEKPSacYpgOhsPK-4wFrJ52fEFGx17x4ZvL4CGL81PgrN32XbwlevfJX17dOz8TVO4WKVtr0-PTZFTsbT6USblX_SN_mjDNqt1PA1vMP692EptTrnr7rcwVDlmzqyLIxUsX4b/s200/jimmynmaria.jpg" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYipTuEwpUveUWYbtr3L-b54llMGFfPnwXyQ41dyYjEJ13Dmu48KyZUqFASC85HU-i3BNAdR9O3CLfV1P9NSzfrryAfVcabRHT8a4hQCzLLIp3JuEwiaV8OjytlK0TstUD3EKT/s1600/grajacncc.jpg"></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVU3g15fSqazLs2qXpuyiLH-ZTwzYGJuwR2Ux4hWAyvdfF26RIlCC8OWyyWoOl0iJsNECTCb4mdUGYGh4HVWNpIJlNOJRPuJnHC3ey05-IW9GM15ILg6VxDzNQXWXskDBlw0sL/s1600/nextstage.jpg"></a> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Of course Grace, Jackie and CeCE wanted to go to the party...well alright</p><p>but just for a few minutes. Maria Isabel also joined me. Fun. Fun. I talked to the director as well and he had very lovely things to say about Grace. He said he was looking forward to seeing Grace under the bright lights of broadway...Yikes. </p><p>Bravo once again Gracie...onward and upward...where to next? Blackfriars, JCC, Geva Mainstage??</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div></div></div></div>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-20383018580864220782012-02-05T20:56:00.001-08:002012-02-06T20:23:29.952-08:00G-MEN!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnsHPIg6KGt2ccNHK1q6Mny42yDTaE04LoTAeq3xUgTd8Lb0_MX0vTFlwUkNpLFuXK3nRjFcDcJCgvv9otQ4fMQ2U3LTFC2JbpHgg6iwB9j2Kmu11DIpUBPCl9uA1NR4zpjjx/s1600/DSCN1636.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705882529423805378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnsHPIg6KGt2ccNHK1q6Mny42yDTaE04LoTAeq3xUgTd8Lb0_MX0vTFlwUkNpLFuXK3nRjFcDcJCgvv9otQ4fMQ2U3LTFC2JbpHgg6iwB9j2Kmu11DIpUBPCl9uA1NR4zpjjx/s400/DSCN1636.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We just needed one more good luck charm to get us up and over the Patriot </div><div>hump...yes fingernails with N Y G I A N T S on them that's it!</div><br /><p>Thanks to Grace's cosmetic ingenuity the Giants have won another superbowl.</p><p>Thanks Gracie. What a wild season.</p>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-13015494960328493412012-01-28T20:25:00.000-08:002012-01-28T20:45:56.138-08:00The Next StageWell the last post had Grace doing a little dancing...now it's the next stage...literally here is Grace with her first performance on the Next Stage/GEVA Theatre. This is THE theatre (actually the Next Stage Theateer is a smaller second theatre next to the main stage) to be at in Rochester. Grace BELTs out a nice little solo about living in Rochester. This is part of a musical variety show entitled "Second Time Around". It is a reprise of select portions from a theatre company formed in the 70's with many of the original cast members...plus a few students from St John Neumann School. Fun for Grace as her 2 best buddies, Jackie and CC, joined her on stage.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwxR3WsmImYzNXUFP_5ufU_2ZkD2a4CtYC21aoTpcGwySFaCYhJKGyQOAOhkAjL27J7H9l4sQnL3XY' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-86768054565391163302011-12-05T18:32:00.000-08:002011-12-06T18:44:34.818-08:00Grace makes a video!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-uP0IhGrRWfNUIKmoTPf7Jezgk5kkaRx7uJAXl6ddZbZgQ5yPXzvOTXIG7Kx_NveVchYf3SmNPMXRqssgO0R7D029M17kiGLmJy3DqA-rzFslKQffT7jHiMZ7cbgG9CNQdn/s1600/rctsh3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 299px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682838257023655778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-uP0IhGrRWfNUIKmoTPf7Jezgk5kkaRx7uJAXl6ddZbZgQ5yPXzvOTXIG7Kx_NveVchYf3SmNPMXRqssgO0R7D029M17kiGLmJy3DqA-rzFslKQffT7jHiMZ7cbgG9CNQdn/s400/rctsh3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We hooked up with a play/Video called Let's Move throuht the RCT and Grace made it through the auditons and ....here she is...lots of face time...she is the Hoola Hoop Girl...she wears a green top and a pink top.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Check it out! </div><br /><br /><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14;color:black;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAIOx5nnywE"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAIOx5nnywE</span></a></span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This will be played for all the RCSD students along with a play based on Hansel and Gretel. (then Hollywood??)</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Greta job Gracie!!<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ojjQiVznpTNxrkjEJwhUZ9oDc6jQzcHpR-q-DGbY2CnVvZAgmC4G_OnlxIK6SqSE-53ahDIqPVzXYfY1RncXsyhWjEefR68Jyf1qj7Ns_XiIY2ZP4ce0NTAs4yGDdIH620x0/s1600/rctsh13.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665944640777595556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-11831301800528197542011-11-26T05:47:00.000-08:002011-11-26T05:49:49.175-08:00Thankful for much<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpOLEahMrggMmXMB0ind-k4WEr2yJ8uu7eQv1C1QvnxVh1DYJ5b-gaF639DZZlF-iMFFvfwDcBk0bvKtU0bhRdF-k81_iutY9ThNASLYDYTqggK7GQhakzMiMeo0ke2LuZUMu/s1600/handsbig.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpOLEahMrggMmXMB0ind-k4WEr2yJ8uu7eQv1C1QvnxVh1DYJ5b-gaF639DZZlF-iMFFvfwDcBk0bvKtU0bhRdF-k81_iutY9ThNASLYDYTqggK7GQhakzMiMeo0ke2LuZUMu/s400/handsbig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679298042818114338" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The family joined Eric and I in Syracuse this year for the annual turkey burn. I used the opportunity to test run an fondue recipe for the upcoming Holiday party at our house.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GTKDGzL14Wiz_fRju32CE4Z5SbN8m1Agw4KM3lM90qUvy1FgH-L4RMRF9DbvmNFtEARqW8pmge8Pa42ZjACMisM3wgBmyC2Z9BhV8134z94NdJE7xrZKHdUQhs-1ShwtpbM2/s1600/fondiebig.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GTKDGzL14Wiz_fRju32CE4Z5SbN8m1Agw4KM3lM90qUvy1FgH-L4RMRF9DbvmNFtEARqW8pmge8Pa42ZjACMisM3wgBmyC2Z9BhV8134z94NdJE7xrZKHdUQhs-1ShwtpbM2/s400/fondiebig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679298046476158818" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While dinner was cooking, Many of the gang watched the Thanksgiving sporting event on the television. I think it was the "Brown ball " sport.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zORU9xaamWplYuepxTBJjv12s4bw8tgEh5adN2Qjjv25bdmT8fbHLLaU_bbb7jk28wWsmiCO1wbE3LBZudLJJfzxDzrDyGEwbZRvTkYP1phIMSShgBCO7BP8LwpwLyqxYTOi/s1600/football.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zORU9xaamWplYuepxTBJjv12s4bw8tgEh5adN2Qjjv25bdmT8fbHLLaU_bbb7jk28wWsmiCO1wbE3LBZudLJJfzxDzrDyGEwbZRvTkYP1phIMSShgBCO7BP8LwpwLyqxYTOi/s400/football.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679300270264667026" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>......</div><div><br /></div><div>I also was initiated into the celebration rite for when one obtains a turkey at no cost due to shopping receipts. It is entitled "FreeBird!" And there was much rejoicing.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbMqnzLvTlUawiWwYEOnvzSdAQEk75Y-UKJHED2nxfj-7Doq3shOxiYCeiw_t-ZJVKYgjDvK65V2PmPjS7MFD8_mALpg5FHzHPEDQ_aRHklTYJWCHQOpdK91CGPfsIL5vVpiO/s1600/freebird.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbMqnzLvTlUawiWwYEOnvzSdAQEk75Y-UKJHED2nxfj-7Doq3shOxiYCeiw_t-ZJVKYgjDvK65V2PmPjS7MFD8_mALpg5FHzHPEDQ_aRHklTYJWCHQOpdK91CGPfsIL5vVpiO/s400/freebird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679299019761871714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKwlZMjcs7fueknlfj0W3si_R3h2i-W5f6rNj7kIEbXnoTvMkZGJMYuB2idwit1cqGUxgPquBd3ywV60Uhz36xkVJucqIHJGj-McYWscrDXcaAfX4G4is4MxWzChFbqBMkXaX/s1600/freebird1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKwlZMjcs7fueknlfj0W3si_R3h2i-W5f6rNj7kIEbXnoTvMkZGJMYuB2idwit1cqGUxgPquBd3ywV60Uhz36xkVJucqIHJGj-McYWscrDXcaAfX4G4is4MxWzChFbqBMkXaX/s400/freebird1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679299021977513122" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0m0K32JwLZQLRD0TXyT9jJ0q2dxcqd4Os-jOT-Sbm0uq1Hjji9G2iE7pM0mn8zRN-ys3qiszHPL6toUPJ4msMZf51m7jFVB6CHt38Wn2vIDkPFyRXQjatUbRCzVWuRRarwsg/s1600/toast.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0m0K32JwLZQLRD0TXyT9jJ0q2dxcqd4Os-jOT-Sbm0uq1Hjji9G2iE7pM0mn8zRN-ys3qiszHPL6toUPJ4msMZf51m7jFVB6CHt38Wn2vIDkPFyRXQjatUbRCzVWuRRarwsg/s400/toast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679299030572616274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRC2qshkJeWOWh85dyaCy-HdTHfcdk3IgJlyJX00PxjqlmDMLoTAYxLcVKyKGn53x_VUJtVAapwJL1Wu5BL8AIlx8dWzsWmLW8TkCd7s8SitH3AT5tKpQSqrHNn8czBd5m5aZ/s1600/dessert.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRC2qshkJeWOWh85dyaCy-HdTHfcdk3IgJlyJX00PxjqlmDMLoTAYxLcVKyKGn53x_VUJtVAapwJL1Wu5BL8AIlx8dWzsWmLW8TkCd7s8SitH3AT5tKpQSqrHNn8czBd5m5aZ/s400/dessert.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679299037714955426" /></a>Mothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563489121846810421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-42469369562394025402011-11-10T17:28:00.001-08:002011-11-10T17:30:18.596-08:00A Fabulous 50th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsI7qoMdVxJfIbYDB1TpfjogkwqnJ_RW3arftkXXrv-_F_E6cwHzzLplqKMiLIFlQ7T2aDeWRGo4KlqGXPTM5yrvIMy2hUexs31LC2y2VpcZgHLFgo9JrFtMKnW2Iha2PvksY/s1600/cprartobig"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsI7qoMdVxJfIbYDB1TpfjogkwqnJ_RW3arftkXXrv-_F_E6cwHzzLplqKMiLIFlQ7T2aDeWRGo4KlqGXPTM5yrvIMy2hUexs31LC2y2VpcZgHLFgo9JrFtMKnW2Iha2PvksY/s400/cprartobig" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673542592770793202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.<br />A beautiful weekend here in upstate New York as we celebrated my sister Cathy's 50th birthday. The day's adventure started with a tour of some fun wineries on the east side of Seneca lake as we headed towards Geneva for the evening. The various wineries and settings proved much fodder for our goofy ways AND we actually tasted some wines as well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8_4ZUYV6UpjoUqhm_-0o8nJRdjMyt8Vpfwt-DRjU0YQ92ezlrDZd-rmR3MVRd-6xKBn7LbWw0DDaSFJCpwFWs9a2r0QWaJA7azq0BobIbZFG4cQ4PBgZCDMG71h2RWPAIiPh/s1600/cathyjoe1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8_4ZUYV6UpjoUqhm_-0o8nJRdjMyt8Vpfwt-DRjU0YQ92ezlrDZd-rmR3MVRd-6xKBn7LbWw0DDaSFJCpwFWs9a2r0QWaJA7azq0BobIbZFG4cQ4PBgZCDMG71h2RWPAIiPh/s400/cathyjoe1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673541885887678578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzoliYV4t11UfJIbTTVzbYRt2UjjGzFr3wqxs30heDtezi17ptM0J3XNC9FiYVqt-1a0jkJI6-0TLSpMppWcLaVJCROq6kSgqHoIvPbh4vhjCySLo3zPrTqwP1F91PMMgVu5i/s1600/winery3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzoliYV4t11UfJIbTTVzbYRt2UjjGzFr3wqxs30heDtezi17ptM0J3XNC9FiYVqt-1a0jkJI6-0TLSpMppWcLaVJCROq6kSgqHoIvPbh4vhjCySLo3zPrTqwP1F91PMMgVu5i/s400/winery3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673541905484579986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3d1KjFOVRvPRaTOF3JL2bEBZyR45DnnChCbpvNJmrcy2ohwB5whFni16PEhbsg1k7eioPDBKCcyqAeAIad4l_dDk5dWC6thACLgC-swIwwlOa3NwladER_l_7qiSVqyJ1slI/s1600/ericstin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3d1KjFOVRvPRaTOF3JL2bEBZyR45DnnChCbpvNJmrcy2ohwB5whFni16PEhbsg1k7eioPDBKCcyqAeAIad4l_dDk5dWC6thACLgC-swIwwlOa3NwladER_l_7qiSVqyJ1slI/s400/ericstin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673542050445674402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFj6jzOmeUKoy3uPMFPyJSZKw_74Y1l0cEUiKTNSjsKM0V8_70rKkeC-M0HMUsZc9vxFemvQUjDyhByIhgPmjMoZxsZi4EDDJCoNOlbrfgR2A7vekFDpv37JEsCC4KmPAtwlWy/s1600/winery7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFj6jzOmeUKoy3uPMFPyJSZKw_74Y1l0cEUiKTNSjsKM0V8_70rKkeC-M0HMUsZc9vxFemvQUjDyhByIhgPmjMoZxsZi4EDDJCoNOlbrfgR2A7vekFDpv37JEsCC4KmPAtwlWy/s400/winery7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673541900131887890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB_NXxf-f9W1s9aB_sX7x45-ilqFF9rCZgP4TSN_XVZ1YL6N53jkVJqOIx27-9XToO_8c2hUOxHrVpScyB3F4N-saXzgyCjN3tCnkJ-ClI_XatoQsZEFY3M8Ktc0j4q2lHpbD/s1600/winery2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB_NXxf-f9W1s9aB_sX7x45-ilqFF9rCZgP4TSN_XVZ1YL6N53jkVJqOIx27-9XToO_8c2hUOxHrVpScyB3F4N-saXzgyCjN3tCnkJ-ClI_XatoQsZEFY3M8Ktc0j4q2lHpbD/s400/winery2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673541891427829586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt1YDSgHJ8W3Fn1xHx-zbPkPZvgqNWe7VihwkBMdP7dcOE1vAykpRPvToOMPU0OhAqmKvuVcHykVhR92V6BVl53Ph6iRdYdp1OXSa9sI9_VLBmg1B-gyWHesnd6jSuAa44FWc/s1600/erictom23.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt1YDSgHJ8W3Fn1xHx-zbPkPZvgqNWe7VihwkBMdP7dcOE1vAykpRPvToOMPU0OhAqmKvuVcHykVhR92V6BVl53Ph6iRdYdp1OXSa9sI9_VLBmg1B-gyWHesnd6jSuAa44FWc/s400/erictom23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673541917507346098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After the tour and some hotel checking in, we arrived at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.belhurst.com/">Belhurst castle.</a> First time I had actually been there. A fantastic ( and haunted! ) mansion located at the top of Seneca lake. Dinner was quite Yum Yum and then there was cake!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_mAhRUVAt8ntfYy-USe7-Wkc5_wgQPVNdtknd8oz7CJFZWXYTHK616E-18G9l3AtqPbc1dAX-U46QJUkVqhvPoBxq9aHgmF67aBn_Yj4RNPHKQZ3QMR11tUYk8pQuqFGDfEs/s1600/group3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_mAhRUVAt8ntfYy-USe7-Wkc5_wgQPVNdtknd8oz7CJFZWXYTHK616E-18G9l3AtqPbc1dAX-U46QJUkVqhvPoBxq9aHgmF67aBn_Yj4RNPHKQZ3QMR11tUYk8pQuqFGDfEs/s400/group3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673542588034289778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A friend remarked on Facebook that Mom must be smiling and I am sure she is.Mothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563489121846810421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22695033.post-28538646276441618482011-11-06T13:46:00.000-08:002011-11-06T14:09:01.136-08:00Next stop....STATES!!<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672006949845330130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYnZhN6iJgraY2LqPpGq27pP7OhyphenhyphenXBqkUUbe01FrATVjvCwXaYHVfu0p92shG0daHx_7oW0Ml93k81LQmOXlhmMidV-s2IVHltm6miLPWsIxnQeOjbUx7GLuLdOSEo80Hn6Cz/s400/152+J+marathon.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzHh5JZ-yTFngNJNIEhC2qIN6pCJuB2ioKmHYmBgtELxIfIViM0erlnawLaGBt9DW0cPaXu1qXBsZILDsAE6QeI9VCItHx-i3FoSg7NaTUGCuKlfwKLeWenD5u3O2wBJiGX5y/s1600/108+J+marathon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672006947718168018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzHh5JZ-yTFngNJNIEhC2qIN6pCJuB2ioKmHYmBgtELxIfIViM0erlnawLaGBt9DW0cPaXu1qXBsZILDsAE6QeI9VCItHx-i3FoSg7NaTUGCuKlfwKLeWenD5u3O2wBJiGX5y/s400/108+J+marathon.jpg" /></a> OFA XC-- 2011 Division Champions</div><br /><p align="center">James was the top runner for his team and in this race finished 9th of all those runners! Can you spot him? He was able to qualify during sectionals and will be running NYS XC championships this weekend. I am so amazed and proud of our boy! BRING ON THE COWBELL!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11Pa7xsU3Pw47LokC_tDFUby78MEpXDkIPZUcaGVylAOLkymuCeT764ELsfmbRNUO2Z2yy_sG6Pw2gpBZYSNHcq6rFakM1ysGqongvNKj667XgMT0aorHc1PlA5CFnS9wD2Rs/s1600/041cmarathon.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205544676347989774noreply@blogger.com1