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{July 3, 2016} The wonder of fireworks

When you watch a fireworks show, aren’t you transported back to being a kid? I know I am!

I get so excited when I knew I’m going to see a fireworks display and giddy when it starts. I love the sounds, the explosions, the rocketing up, the lights, bursting, the spectacle, the way it takes me back to when I was a kid.

Tonight we went to see the fireworks display at the local high school and it was great!People had been setting up the area they claimed as their own for later in the day.

We started off at a cookout at GES’ house with food, kids and friends, then the entire group walked to the local high school, less than a mile, found our stuff and settled in.

People talked, played games, caught up, ate and waited for the fireworks display to begin at 9pm and it did!

Wow! It went on for about 45 minutes and it was wonderful! There we big explosions and small, bursts that look like flowers, dandelions when they become “wishes”, wiping willows and so much more.

There were kids with looks of wonder on their faces and others, with looks of terror! Some kids with giant headphones on to block the explosions, others readyfor kaboom!
I’m so glad I got to see a fireworks show some I’m traveling tomorrow and won’t see a display for July 4th on July 4th.

It really was fabulous!

I wish you a safe and happy July 4th.

{July 2, 2016} Finding Dory

Loved it! Go see it!

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Dory, Marlin, Nemo and Crush on the big screen. It was great to see them! They were joined by some new faces and voices.

The underlying story or message, as I interpreted it and don’t most Disney movies have a message?

Believe in yourself…have faith in those you love…your parents will never forget you and always love you…you meet the most interesting and amazing “people” along the way…you never know who you’re going to meet…ask for help if you need it, you never know where a helping hand will come from…you never really know what you inspire in others…you never know what you can do until you try and…just keep swimming.

Yup, that just about covers it.

Really enjoyed it, hope you do too.

{July 1, 2016} Ahhh….

At home with my babies…sigh, I’m happy.

After three straight weeks on the road that includes two weekends mind you, which were fabulous!

But you can’t beat it! Sigh…

{June 30, 2016} It’s the little things

It really is, isn’t it.

I checked into my hotel today and found this bunny, isn’t that sweet?

After negative attitudes this week and a long drive after class today, it was a welcome site.

I felt good and I know that tomorrow is a new day. Wahoo!

Thanks HGI!

{June 30, 2016} Awkward places

Do you ever find that you look at your person and find weird things, like blemishes in awkward places?

I’m not going to go into much detail here, I don’t want to gross anyone out.

It’s a little more than just the zit on your face, you know, your rite of passage into “teenagerdom”. We all get mosquito bites, right, sometimes in odd and awkward places. I remember the worst was a bite on my chest, not too awkward there!

Today, I was getting into the shower after working out [see, I told you I would keep you posted!], I turned and caught a glimpse of my shoulder in the mirror and ack! Awkward! It’s over, I fixed it, but…eww.

{June 29, 2016} Good intentions!

What do they say about the road to hell?

I swear to you, I have very good intentions of getting up every morning and going to the gym. It’s not like I have to drive anywhere, I have to get out of bed, put my workout clothes on, take the elevator and walk into the fitness center at my hotel. My alarm is set for 5:45 for that reason…I’m giving myself at least 15 minutes to snooze.

That sounds reasonable, right? Ha ha!
Man, that snooze button is too easy to hit! I need someone pushing me out of bed sometimes. When I’m up, I’m up, it’s the getting up that gets in the way! And I will tell you, once I do get up and hit the gym, I’m so very glad I did. And I get into a routine for a while, I go every day for a few weeks or months even, then…then the cycle starts all over again.

I went today, hmmm…what will tomorrow hold, I wonder. Keep ya posted!

{June 27, 2016} Jacuzzi baby!

Look what I found when I got into my room tonight!

Apparently I selected this room, but completely forgot! What a nice surprise to find a whirlpool tub when I got into the room and I needed it after today!

It was a long travel day after dropping dad off at the airport, then my first flight was at 6pm, second flight about 830pm. Then after I got my luggage, 1.5 hour drive to the hotel.

So, much to my surprise, a whirlpool. And that was the first thing I did afterwalking into the room.

I believe I see a jacuzzi every night this week. Mmm

Ahhhh…who’s going to sleep well tonight?

{June 26, 2016} We started the day with football and ended with art..not bad.

That’s quite a combination, wouldn’t you say?

Today was quite a day! We started out with the Football Hall of Fame and ended with the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Since we toured the entire Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame yesterday, which I will tell you about, my original post disappeared, I’m sorry, we decided that we would go to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, only an hour away, how awesome is that!

We talked to a woman who clinched it for us, an hour away and only about two hours to tour? Sold! We were talking to a guy who was going to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame today about it and the Football Hall of Fame, he wanted to go with us!

We headed out and listened to the Capitol Steps, Forbidden Broadway and laughed the whole way.

The museum was cool, a lot of good history and memorabilia, uniforms, facts, jewelry, ha ha.

The first question…why Canton and here’s your answer.

How uniforms have changed.

The evolution of the football.

Too cool! The tallest player in history was seven feet and the shortest was 5 1/2″. Know what that means? I could play football!! He played for the Staten Island Stapletons…any guesses where I grew up?

Dad remembers a lot of the players and facts,
I learned a lot from him.

From the year I was born.

Overall, a very enjoyable experience

We left Canton and headed back towards Cleveland and the Museum of Art.

It was a really nice museum, spacious, lots of light.

I have always loved going to museums and viewing art with my dad. Like with music, he introduced me to toss wonderful world. We wanted to look at paintings more than sculpture, furniture or pottery and we found it.

I love contemplating with him what the artist might have been thinking or “what were the thinking!?” We laugh, discuss, contemplate. Awesome!

Another fabulous experience today. Awesome!

{June 24, 2016} Cleveland Rocks!

Dad and I have been talking about taking a trip somewhere and we’ve both wanted to see the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.

Problem solved, we’re going to Cleveland!

We made a decision, then just needed dates, then came booking flights. Just about that time, GES and I were trying to figure out what to do for Father’s Day…

Perfect…we decided to fly him to Cleveland. I got the rooms with my points, yeah baby! Doubletree Hotel , warm chocolate chip cookies, breakfast included, bath robe…we do things in style around here!

So…here I am in Cleveland to spend the weekend with my pops, enjoying good conversation, a lot of laughs and some rock…n…roll!!!

Can’t wait to tell you all about it! Gonna crash now!

I hope you have rockin’ dreams!

{June 24, 2016} Sharing the vegan love

I know you know in a vegan, my friends and colleagues know, but it’s not something I push on anyone.

There are jokes about vegans out there “How do you know someone is a vegan? The tell you in the first five minutes of meeting them!” Ha ha, very funny. Well that’s not me. I like being vegan, but I don’t push it on anyone and I would never force anyone to be vegan. But if you have questions or want to know something, I’ll answer as best I can.

Most people find out I’m vegan when they make restaurant suggestions and I have to tell them my criteria. My coworkers have been great at our get togethers, always making sure I can get something when I’m there, I appreciate it so much. Don’t think my friends aren’t the same way!

Sometimes when I am having a conversation about it someone will say “oh, I want to try it, but I don’t think I could do it”, “I want to go vegan cold turkey”, so to speak. I’m happy to share knowledge, even recommendations. Sometimes it’s just, “do to want to taste what I’ve got?”

I’m always honest about what I think is good, I’ll tell you if it’s passable, I don’t think all vegan is awesome. Do you remember me telling you about the cheese that smelled like feet? See, honest!

And that happened at work this week. One of my new coworkers said she wants to go vegan. Ok…Tuesday she went with me and we had vegan for lunch at a place I like, and it’s the only vegan place near the training site. She loved what she tried, she was blown away!

Yesterday, I took two of my new coworkers to the vegan place, they were amazed! So was I! I had a new item on their menu and it was awesome! A kale salad with Seiten “chicken”. Wow! Guess what! My third new coworker wants to join us tomorrow! Suweet!

I’ll let you know how it goes!

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