October recap so far

We've had some amazing weather lately -- harsh storms followed by dramatic sunsets and double rainbows, pleasant nights with the windows open (much to both our delight and the cats), and then surprisingly warm days. In the blink of an eye it's almost the middle of October. Fall is my favorite time of the year, but it always seems to go too quickly.

This weekend we are going to a corn maze for a belated birthday party for me. I'm very excited. Despite the rainy week we've had, Saturday is supposed to be a perfect day for wandering around a corn field. Then Sunday we get to go to the roller derby! We missed the last one because we were at Jeni's high school reunion, so I am ready for this.

I keep watching out for a good movie pairing at the drive-in as well. We discovered our "local" drive-in this summer, and have had such a good time going out to the double-features. I'd like to make it once more before the end of their season, but we'll see. Movie selection gets a little thin this time of year, too.

July update

Here I go again ... I know ... another month wrap-up. Willy Wonka has been a little absorbing of our time. And when we weren't at the theatre, we were on the road to Atlanta for my cousin Kerry's fantastic wedding. I should post pictures, but they are on Jeni's laptop, and I'm on my lunch break at work avoiding projects I don't want to do at lunch but probably should anyway.

The Willy Wonka postcard turned out really well, and despite taking a dive on the last dress rehearsal, it survived and looks cool. We had one of those long weekends of over-volunteering at the theatre this past weekend, but someone had to do it.

I sat in as Chip in a read-through of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Jeni's producing). The actor playing Chip was performing at another show. It is such a funny show -- I'm really looking forward to it. Sitting in the read-through made me wish I could sing. But I know better.

Pictures will follow soon...

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A while since updating

I can't believe I've gone so long without a post over here. I've been playing more with Facebook, which I think is a nice way to reach people who won't hunt down the blog, or visit it regularly. Plus there are games and distractions that create a feeling of community. I've pittered on Twitter some. I find Twitter a fine place to follow other people, but not a good means to communicate. There are times someone will post something that I want to reply to, but it all seems to get lost in the Tweets, and there's no thread for the conversation. It leaves me feeling like I'm in the middle of a large room, and everyone's talking at once, but no one is actually talking to each other -- just talking. Which is fine if you want to hear what someone is saying, but not so good if you want to have a discussion. Both have served as a distraction from blogging, especially entries longer than two sentences.


We've had a few trips to the beach with Lisa and Brian and the girls, which we really enjoyed and appreciated that we could go.


And a big time was had by all at the Cheap Trick/Poison/Def Leppard concert. We should have sneaked our camera in, I doubt anyone would have really cared, but we follow rules, and have no concert shots. But trust us, it was a blast.

Jeni's dad has been doing better. We're planning on making it up to the family reunion, and I think my parents may come down too. (I wonder if they could bring Lu Lu's?)

The next big event for us is the roller derby this weekend! We're ready to watch the QuadSquad in action.

I guess that's about it ... our August recap from the slacking blogger. Next post will come sooner, I promise.