Owen turns one (bet you can’t say that 3 times)

Posted on March 14, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

Recent pictures of Owen–what a cutie.

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The Candle Project

Posted on March 14, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

Jordan and I experimented with making custom candles–it’s so easy, even a PaPa can do it. I found the plan on the internet–buy a large candle, wrap it with decorative ribbons (or write your own message on one), and dip it into melted paraffin. Joila–a custom candle. It worked great, and now we each have [...]

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Triplet’s 2nd birthday

Posted on March 14, 2010 - Filed Under Family | 1 Comment

We helped Tristan, Zayne, and Ethan celebrate their 2nd birthday a couple of weeks ago. Since they can now walk , they are a handful to keep up with. And my, they seem to like my PC way too much.

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Wicked–the play

Posted on March 11, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

I normally don’t care for musicals, but we took a chance on this one, because it’s so well known. And what a surprise and treat it was. The actors were superb, and Glinda was hysterical. What wonderful singing–and the comedy lines had us in stitches. Some of the great scenes were: The wizard (as a [...]

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Cancun, 2006

Posted on March 4, 2010 - Filed Under Vacation | Leave a Comment

Saturday, 8/12. Got up at 3 am, flew out of RIC at 7:10, $490, Northwest. Arrived 2 pm, via Memphis. We checked our bags this trip because of the orange alert on liquids in carry on’s. We dropped our bags off at that office and took the same van for the airport back up to [...]

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Orestes, A Tragic Romp

Posted on March 4, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

This was a play at the Folger Theater, in Washington, DC, and one of the best I’ve ever seen.  it’s a Shakespearean type play (actually written by Euripides over 2,000 years ago). When the actors use the typical language of the era, it’s just too hard to understand. But this play had been updated, so [...]

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