Invested

Oct. 7, 2012

The handbell choir played this morning. We wore tux shirts and these nice red vests--but boy was it hot! I changed into comfortable clothes as soon as I could.

Yeah, bow tie and all

Straight Shooters

Oct. 6, 2012

I'm so glad I got an announcement about the Jr. Naval ROTC's competition at EHS this year. I stumbled across the competition last year while wandering around the Eastside campus. At that time I had just finished watching the show "Top Shot" on Netflix--who knew we had our own version of it town? :)

These kids were here for the first time. I think they said they were from Evans High School.

Their instructor was a really nice man who is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He delivered the mail to the guys fighting out in the wilderness, which involved driving on roads they weren't sure were clear of IEDs--talk about stressful driving. Mike decided to come with me at the last minute and he was glad he did after meeting this guy.

Old Yeller

Oct. 5, 2012

I got another kick in the pants to get caught up again on this blog.

Ok, who knew this shirt of mine would become so political?! :)

Awww Ya Make Me Wanna Shoop

Oct. 4, 2012

It's Book Club day again at Claudia's house. She sets the prettiest table :)

We read Sandra Brown's _Rainwater_. I thought I'd hate it because I know she's a romance author. This one was more of an historical novel though--it takes place in Texas in 1934 during the Dust Bowl--and I liked it for the most part.

Title tie-in: Salt-n-Pepa "Shoop"

Purple (Pink?) Passion

Oct. 3, 2012

Walking around Tioga Wed. night, I saw again these awesome planters outside Sabore. I'm not sure why I like them so much--I'd never pick them for my own place--but they catch my eye every time I'm in Tioga.

Unfortune Cookie

Oct. 2, 2012

We had take-out from China Bowl for dinner. Here was my "fortune":

Not really a fortune, more of a "wisdom cookie"

Whenever I see China Bowl, the song "China Grove" goes through my mind :)

Talkin' 'bout the China Bowl, whoa whoa whoa.

I'm sure that's what they had in mind when they named it ;)

Tennis Anyone? Not So Much

Oct. 1, 2012

I headed back to JTC to try to watch some more tennis, but I couldn't get there until the afternoon and by then the rain had started and wasn't letting up at all. Hopefully it'll be dry enough to get the tournament finished by the end of the week.