Blowing my own horn

It is official..... I graduated today with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration!! I started 2 1/2 years ago, going back to school after 20 years. I recieved an Associates degree in March and finished with a Bachelor's last week. Graduation was today. Online, but a ceremony nonetheless...

We have an appointment this afternoon for a family picture. This should be interesting...lol. I'll share when I get them.

Have a great day all!

Have a happy...

Sounds like everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Wednesday evening our church had a pre-Thanksgiving soup dinner and worship service. Bill worked late and joined the kids and I there when he finished. We had soup, bread and brownies. B wins the pig award at 5 bowls of soup, 5 pieces of bread and 3 brownies....lol. You know how 15 yo boys have hollow legs.... ;-)

Yesterday it was just the 5 of us and my mom. Bill made the rolls, my mom brought apple crumb pie and I did the rest...lol. I really like to cook, so a turkey dinner is nothing. I made a pie in the morning and we also had turkey, corn, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing. Everyone was sufficiently stuffed. We then played a movie version of Scene It, which J and I won. :-)

I guess that's it for now. Tomorrow is picture day at our house...this will be interesting...lol.

Vent (edited)

Last night I got together with some women from church to discuss The Shack by William Young. I really like that book. An interesting view of the trinity. Of course, you get 4 women together, they always go off on tangents. :-) But, we had a good conversation, and since we met at Starbucks, we had good coffee too.

Photo intensive

Thought I'd share some pics that I mentioned before. :-) Date night with J: Inner Harbor in Baltimore.

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The interior of Barnes and Noble:

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In this you may notice the "k" is missing. J and I surmised it was for Halloween. ;-)

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Above the bar at the Hard Rock:

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J looking at the menu.

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Jimi Hendrix's coat:

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The worship team at church:

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B, M and the pastor's son:

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Yesterday, in addition to being Veteran's Day, was my 1st wedding anniversary. We decided to take a trip to the Philadelphia suburbs where I was born and my family is buried.

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In the IKEA at Conshohocken PA:

View from the restaurant and Bill sitting in the restaurant.

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As I said, I am from the Philly area and my dad and older brother are both buried there. My dad died 31 years ago this past Monday and my oldest brother passed away last year. A couple views from the cemetary.

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I hope all of you are doing well. :-)

Weekend recap

Friday night was the National Championships for band. 3rd place out of 19 bands.....not bad at all. :-) Saturday they placed 3rd in Cavalcade. Not bad either, but I think they were a bit disappointed in 3rd, but I am proud either way.

While B was at the comp on Saturday, J and I had a "date night". We drove down to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and hung out. Walked around, took pics, people watched and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We looked around Barnes and Noble (found some things I may get as gifts) and then he played a couple games at the ESPN Zone. On the way home we stopped at Starbuck's and looked in Game Stop. All in all, a good day. :-)

Yesterday the kids and I (Bill worked both days at home), spent the morning and part of the afternoon at church. B decided to join the worship team with M, so that was cool. They got many compliments from the congregation. I was told that I was beaming....well, of course. :-D Afterwards, we had a dinner for the pastor and his family. Had a great time eating and joking around with everyone.

I do have pics, but need to get them on the computer...more to come.

It's almost over

Band season, that is. ;-) Last night we did a final dress rehearsal for the familes of band students and the community. As the pres, I had to talk to the crowd. Thank God I have speech writers other board members who know what needs to be said, and I just read it. ;-) The show went great, as usual. Today they are headed to the Naval Academy for the show.

I guess life will go back to whatever normal is next week. Band wise we'll be gearing the kids up for the Disney trip next month and I'll be starting work on the annual Jazz Fest that I'm co-chairing again this year.

I'm still feeling anxious, not sure why though. Oh well, I'll muddle through.

Odd

I'm feeling a bit odd today. Not in a sick/have a cold kind of way, maybe just a bit off. Not easy to explain. I guess it would be more in the anxiety attack spectrum, but I'm not freaking out or anything.

I did vote last night with M, turns out Bill was in line when we left, but we didn't see him. Afterwards the three of us and mom had dinner at Cracker Barrel. I did some homework, watched House and clicked on election returns occasionally throughout the evening. So, yeah, I'm one exciting person... ;-)

I get to spend the evening with the boys. :-) Actually, only about an hour or so with B because he has band practice, but I'll take what I can get. We've made Wednesday night game night at my house. After this week, we should be in full swing. Dinner and game night when I have them. This weekend is my weekend with them. Friday B will be in Annapolis with the band for USSBA National Championships and Saturday evening at Cavalcade Band Championships. For Cavalcade we are ranked 2nd. :-) I won't be at Fridays competition, but not sure about Saturday.

Well, have a great day all. ;-)

Time to vote

As many bloggers and others have already stated today, go out and vote. I don't discuss politics too much, only because I don't keep up on all the details. The big ones, yeah, but not the nit picky other stuff. To be honest, I didn't even decide who I was voting for in the presidential election until the other day. My kids and I have discussed the election a bit, I know who my boys would vote for, if they were old enough and M will vote in her first election this afternoon. She and I will vote after I get off work.

I have started the process to become a notary in the state (or commonwealth) of Pennsylvania. I have all my stuff, but to finish I will be taking a seminar next Friday for 3 hours. Then, I think, I will be official.

Other than that...nada... ;-)

Woot!

Another bragging band mom moment. Competition in Red Lion PA last night, we got 2nd place out of 5. Not bad. Show was wonderful, even though 2 of our props fell over before the show started, but we got them upright and went on.

Last weeks competition ended up being indoors because of rain, and if I didn't mention, we got 1st! I am going to link to a youtube (actually 3 parts) in case you'd like to see it.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Hope you enjoy.