My Fall talent show was a huge success! I had no idea that we would have such a great turn out of talent or audience. I believe we raised about $700 which will be split between the Yearbook club and Drama club.
Whatever Winsted lacks, they always turn out an enthusiastic crowd of supporters. Everyone was clapping and cheering and getting into it. It made my talent feel good--everyone just fed off of one another. All in all a super fun, relaxing evening.
The seniors had a concession stand-let me tell you, if you are ever at a loss for a bake sale item, grab a box of Ho-hos! I have never seen a crowd descend on a plate of goodies like that before!!!
I had 15 acts of singers, dancers, piano players and actors. One of the highlights was a faculty/student act performing Abbot and Costello's "Who's on First". I think most people were in tears! Especially when the teacher chased the student off stage with a baseball bat.
My Fall drama group wrapped up the evening with a fabulous performance--I will put the YouTube link here, but if it is fussy, go to YouTube and search for "The Emperor's New Hair" posted by mboucher on 11/16. It isn't quite the whole play, but this parent grabbed most of it for us. I was very proud of them, and sad to see the group come to it's end.
That's ok...because the kick off for the Spring musical starts right after Thanksgiving!!!! Yay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8yeZzDkBY&sns=em
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Gearing up for the holidays!
Oh yay! Here we go....
Looking around the house, taking inventory.... (is it worth cleaning all this dirt, or waiting a few more days?)
What is going to be on our Thanksgiving menu? Hopefully lots of food, because there will be a lot of US:
Scott: Turkey, lots of. Gravy.
Allison: Green Bean Casserole, Pecan Pie.
Alannah: Pecan Pie.
Aidan: Creme de' Menthe Syrup on Vanilla Ice Cream, (I have no idea where that came from, but in her memory, grandpa makes this for us every year?!?!?!), everything but Cranberry Sauce.
Angela: Turkey, lots of.
Susie: Pumpkin Pie, Rolls and Butter, lots of.
Kennedi: Shrug, I don't know!? Pizza? (I don't think she likes anything much of the traditional stuff...)
Dan: Pumpkin Pie.
How about you?
Still waiting to weigh in with Grandma and Grandpa.... my guess is that we are having most of the following:
Turkey
Gravy
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Squash
Creamed Onions
Rolls
Butter
Cranberry Sauce: Cooked, Canned and Relish
Assorted Pickles and appetizers
Pie: Pumpkin, Apple, Pecan, Cherry, Blueberry.....etc.
and I guess we better have Vanilla Ice Cream with Creme de'Menthe Syrup!!!!
THAT should keep us busy for a few days.... don't you think?
Looking around the house, taking inventory.... (is it worth cleaning all this dirt, or waiting a few more days?)
What is going to be on our Thanksgiving menu? Hopefully lots of food, because there will be a lot of US:
Scott: Turkey, lots of. Gravy.
Allison: Green Bean Casserole, Pecan Pie.
Alannah: Pecan Pie.
Aidan: Creme de' Menthe Syrup on Vanilla Ice Cream, (I have no idea where that came from, but in her memory, grandpa makes this for us every year?!?!?!), everything but Cranberry Sauce.
Angela: Turkey, lots of.
Susie: Pumpkin Pie, Rolls and Butter, lots of.
Kennedi: Shrug, I don't know!? Pizza? (I don't think she likes anything much of the traditional stuff...)
Dan: Pumpkin Pie.
How about you?
Still waiting to weigh in with Grandma and Grandpa.... my guess is that we are having most of the following:
Turkey
Gravy
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Squash
Creamed Onions
Rolls
Butter
Cranberry Sauce: Cooked, Canned and Relish
Assorted Pickles and appetizers
Pie: Pumpkin, Apple, Pecan, Cherry, Blueberry.....etc.
and I guess we better have Vanilla Ice Cream with Creme de'Menthe Syrup!!!!
THAT should keep us busy for a few days.... don't you think?
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Fashion of Disaster
Owego has their flood.... other's have hurricanes, tornadoes and forest fires. We get to claim the gory glory of "Alfred the Nor'Easter Snowstorm of the Century". Twenty inches of snow and a week without water or power, no school for a whole week--yay!! Oh-so fashionable us!
Lucky for us, Scott's wisdom and fore-sight of enthusiastic tree-trimming over the past few years saved us a lot of grief. That seemed to be the root of the evil: heavy wet snow on big old leafy trees crashing down on power, cable and phone wires. Many places around us said that the damage was worse than both the recent hurricanes. Driving around proved that to be true--many roads were closed due to what looked like a giant tasmanian devil that had whizzed through and mangled all of the trees.
I don't think that we have ever been without power or water for that long--it was stressful, at best. At least the weather wasn't dangerously cold or overly miserable. We were able to stay warm in the sun by the campfire during the day. There was plenty of melted snow water for washing dishes and flushing toilets (eww). We were able to travel within a couple days to get gas, food and drinking water. The snow provided the kids (and dog) hours of entertainment. There is probably something to be said for owning a generator--might make the top 10 list of appliances we'd love to own. Stories of Carbon Monoxide poisoning withstanding.
Living without running water just really stinks.
We all enjoyed epic showers today, and I have about 30 loads of laundry to catch up on (mostly wet snow things!) By Monday we will all be clean and fresh, ready to launch back into the hot and furry, electric-buzzy, rat race--Slightly Damp, April Fresh, Cling-Free, Permanent Press!
Lucky for us, Scott's wisdom and fore-sight of enthusiastic tree-trimming over the past few years saved us a lot of grief. That seemed to be the root of the evil: heavy wet snow on big old leafy trees crashing down on power, cable and phone wires. Many places around us said that the damage was worse than both the recent hurricanes. Driving around proved that to be true--many roads were closed due to what looked like a giant tasmanian devil that had whizzed through and mangled all of the trees.
I don't think that we have ever been without power or water for that long--it was stressful, at best. At least the weather wasn't dangerously cold or overly miserable. We were able to stay warm in the sun by the campfire during the day. There was plenty of melted snow water for washing dishes and flushing toilets (eww). We were able to travel within a couple days to get gas, food and drinking water. The snow provided the kids (and dog) hours of entertainment. There is probably something to be said for owning a generator--might make the top 10 list of appliances we'd love to own. Stories of Carbon Monoxide poisoning withstanding.
Living without running water just really stinks.
We all enjoyed epic showers today, and I have about 30 loads of laundry to catch up on (mostly wet snow things!) By Monday we will all be clean and fresh, ready to launch back into the hot and furry, electric-buzzy, rat race--Slightly Damp, April Fresh, Cling-Free, Permanent Press!
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