Avenue Q and other goings on....

Avenue Q, the Musical....I saw it last night....It is like a bawdy Sesame Street! The talent was great....the puppetry was so clever! Such fun to sit back, relax and get a good laugh at some of the truths that are exposed on a song list that includes: "It Sucks To Be Me", "The Internet is for Porn", "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist", and "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today". Got the point?

Fun, fun, fun.....

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Heading out of town always entails so much preparation! I have a neverending list: stop newspapers, stop mail delivery, fill bird feeders, chemicalize pool outside, set up timers on inside lamps, update all bill payments, water plants, print out mapquest directions, let neighbors know that I am leaving, and, oh yeah, do my PACKING!

I have checked the 10 day weather reports for the three cities that we will be visiting....and in one chilly word....it is going to be "cold". So, that means gloves, scarves, heavy sweaters, boots, jackets, etc. etc...and it all has to be under 50 lb limit per suitcase. It looks like I have a challenging day ahead of me.

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Mom continues to keep me laughing with her stories from the "Home". The latest one is with a gentleman named George. It seems that every night when Mom is heading to dinner (always the same time), there is George always getting on the elevator as she is getting off.

"He must be eating during the early shift" she said. That means that he is probably eating dinner around 4 in the afternoon! For Mom this is a ridiculously early time to eat....as she has slowly and begrudgingly gotten used to going a little before 5. She says that now that she has to eat so early she is starving by around 8 o'clock and ends up having another "dinner" then. (Then she is surprised when none of her pants fit her anymore!)

Anyway, as she told me of these little two-minute encounters with George, she said that she thinks that he is trying to flirt with her.

I told her to just enjoy this little rendezvous and to feel flattered! Now, I do believe that I heard a faint groan on her end of the phone after that comment...

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The baby shower that I was planning to be a hostess for unfortunately had to be cancelled due to a death in the family of the girl being honored. We were all so sorry about the family's, and the community's loss. There is always something so spiritual about a new baby entering a family after they have suffered a loss of a loved one. I know that the arrival of Stacy's baby in a few weeks will be such a special time...

I had already baked about 80 unfrosted cupcakes for the planned Shower and these were staring me in the face every time that I went to my freezer. Every now and then I would sneak one out, defrost it, and devour it quickly...(my willpower went right out the window)....However, tomorrow I am going to ice the rest of them and send them with a friend to take to a homeless shelter next week while I am away. That will be a good thing, not only for the people at the shelter, but for my ever expanding waistline.... : )

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Off to (ugh) pack....!