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Saturday, July 26, 2008
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Van Der Monium!!!! part 2.
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They're Baaaaaaaak!! (more to follow...) |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 7:58 PM | |
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
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Hmmmmm....
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I was just sending off a few emails. As I am such a crummy typist, I try to remember to spell chock my messages before sending them out. I noticed that when the spell checker gets to the first part of my email address, "alanganes", it assumes it is a misspelled word and suggests "slanginess" as a replacement. When it finds "anganes" it also suggests that "angina" would be a viable word to use instead. I wonder what that all means? |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 10:37 AM | |
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Monday, July 14, 2008
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Visit to the Museum
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My friend Lori and I decided to bring our kids to the museum last week. While I guess I sometimes think I'm somewhat of an expert multitasker, I was proven wrong by Lori. I'm a beginner. My day started out making bologna sandwiches and packing some Vienna Finger cookies and some juice boxes. I clutched the steering wheel and concentrated intently on my driving into Boston, making sure I didn't miss the exit onto Leverett Circle. I parked the car in the garage with a sigh of relief. I must be getting old, I thought to myself, because I used to do the Boston commute to school for four years -no sweat! I step out of my car and Lori rings my cell phone, "We're here in the lobby" (she beat me). It turns out, Lori had already gotten her kids up, helped her boys to get dressed, and had piano lessons that morning. (I think my hair was still wet from my shower). She had also given her kids a math test while driving into Boston AND ordered, on her cell phone, some CDs from Focus on the Family (while driving in of course). She even had her daughter (a future multitasker) read her the numbers on her credit card. The real kicker came, however, when we sat down for lunch. Lori's "bag" lunch consisted of: homemade roasted garlic soup with rosemary herbed bread, which she shared with all of us, grapes, which she also shared, and fig cookies which we all also enjoyed. Our kids had a GREAT day as you can see by their faces. I always learn something new when I go to the museum. I learned a lot that day but it wasn't from the museum, it was from Lori. She never mopes around like I sometimes do. She lives each day to the fullest and doesn't waste a second. I admire that. I'm glad we're great friends and our kids are too! |
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| thus voiced Mrs A @ 7:16 PM | |
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Sunday, July 06, 2008
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July 4th, 2008 mini photoblog...
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Just a few quick photos from the July 4th parade festivities on Friday. As is our tradition, we gathered in Chelmsford for the road race and parade. We had a wide assortment of friends and family running in the pre-parade road race again this year. Almost always leading the pack is an assortment of various Blakes with Stephen striking the classic Stephen "Heyyyyyyy!" pose, even while running. He was followed by Chaz, sporting the wind-blown hair look, who cut across the race crowd to high-five his adoring audience. Chaz was followed by an assortment of various runners from the "C" family, including this one who blew by so fast that I only had time to snap a few shots of her going away. After all of the runners (over 2000 of them, I'm told) had finished, the parade began. The parade as always, was great fun, lots of veterans groups, trucks and marching bands, etc. I was not in too much of a picture-snapping mood for some reason, but I do regret missing one shot. One of the bands was preceded by two teen aged girls holing a banner that declared that the following band was sponsored by the Jean d'Arc Credit union. As luck would have it, the parade came to a brief stop with them right in front of us. Immediately, Charlie starts yelling "OH YEAH! JEAN D'ARC!!, NO ATM FEES! FREE CHECKING!! WOO HOO!!" Andrew almost instantly joins in, "YEAH! MY BANK!! GIVE THEM MY CHECK EVERY WEEK!! OH YEAH!!!" The are joined by various Blakes and who-knows-who-else, cheering and clapping. The two banner girls looked REALLY embarrassed. Would have made a great picture. A great time was had by all. The high point of the parade, as always, came during a break in the parade action, when a gap opened up in front of us in parade line. Though the gap only lasted a minute or less, it was plenty of time for Raymond to run out into the parade route and do his Parade Dance!! (make sure you give the photo time to fully load!) |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 12:28 PM | |
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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I wonder.
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| I really wonder what people think sometimes. A couple of days ago I was at work, and as I rounded a corner while navigating a deadly cubicle maze, I came into view of a woman who works there, just leaving one of the copying machines. She is one of not too many people there who I don't really know, it being a small company. I think she is a relatively recent hire. Anyhow, she got me thinking. She is maybe in her early twenties, but not likely younger. That means that she is old enough to (obviously) work, drive, vote, join the military, and very likely old enough to legally buy and drink booze and perhaps legally purchase and carry a handgun. What then makes her think that it would be OK to show up at work wearing a pair of bright red running shorts, with "CHEER!!" emblazoned across her butt in huge white letters? I'll admit that I fall a tiny bit shy of the "snappy dresser" crowd, but I'm not sure what happens to you early in your formative years that would make you want folks to read your butt. | |
| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 6:50 PM | |
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