What are you doing for fun??

Off to NYC for the weekend. We have tickets to three shows and plan to make as many museum visits as we can cram in! The top prospect is the much-praised textile show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tina

just got back from a 5 day trip to Ohio where I visited several aunts and lots of cousins and extended family. It was great to rekindle relationships that had fallen by the wayside!

Saturday was ds wedding. Turned out really nice even though an outdoor wedding was a little hard to imagine in November. The weather cooperated fairly well, although it was chilly and down right cold for the reception which was in a big tent. They had heaters, but it didn't do much good. Lots of old ladies doing old dances (anybody remember the pony and the swim?) and the younger ones teaching us the newest in line dances. It was really pretty hysterical, and by the end of the night my feet were killing me, heels and I do not get along anymore. Bride and groom were very happy and are off to St. Augustine for their honeymoon on Saturday.

Tina, so glad you had a good trip to NYC but yes, you did cram too much in. I'm with you. I have to limit the # of activities when I go on a trip. Taking my daughter on a 1 day trip to New York on dec. 6 with our church. We will see the radio city music hall show where I will get a good rest and also take a bus tour of the city. Promised my daughter some shopping as well. I took her when she was a teenager but not for the Christmas show. It will be a very long day. Leaving our church at 6:00 a.m. And returning at 11:00 p.m. I will do some napping, I am sure!!

Mary, the wedding sounded like so much fun. Yeah, I remember the pony, the swim, and how about the Freddie?? Just had my 45th high school reunion and there was a bit of that going on!! I like the line dances they do now. Reminds me of some of the exercise programs. You sure get a good work out!!

had chemo yesterday but have the decadron energy going on, will go rake so e leaves while the weather is nice!

oh, good! I've seen the show several times so will look forward to something new! Thanks for letting me know! On another topic, I found out yesterday from my onc that any of us with lung problems should not be taking leaves because of the possibility of breathing in mold spores and getting very sick as in possible death. No more leaf raking for me!!

We have a 1/4 acre and 5 city trees over 50 feet high, 3 oaks, liquid amber and a cherry... the leaves are unreal. I think the one crazy luxury I would want is a leaf service! although our 12 year old gets paid 5 an hour to rake. still I hate it. Good there is an out. A reason to bail out of raking leaves.

I just finished parent/teacher conferences and report cards. It is an exhausting week and a half, as I still have to plan, prep, teach, correct work etc. I do love talking with the parents but I am a zombie by the time it's over. So, what am I doing today for fun? Nothing save for my nails and a bit of laundry. Heck, I'm still in pj's and it's 1:00 pm. Now that's fun!

Fun Update Including a Revelation: My partner and I were married in a private (one officiant, two friends as attendants) ceremony in our dining room in mid-September. We arrived at the decision to keep this long-delayed occasion small and low-key for myriad reasons, the primary one being cost, the next the dilemma of keeping the invitation list under 300!

Insisting that our marriage had to be celebrated, two thoughtful and generous friends threw us a luncheon party yesterday at their large home, treating more than 100 of our nearest and dearest to a fabulous buffet meal. There was a bar and a huge cake. There were toasts so loving and full of regard that they embarrassed us. We insisted that there be no gifts, so guests brought us their beaming smiles, hugs and lots of good wishes, and made donations to our favorite charitable causes.

(The hosts and majority of the guests have no idea I have cancer, so I can revel in the good feelings of the day and the afterglow without once wondering "Did they do this for us because they know I'm sick?" )

Today it's back to "normal" as we prepare our first of two Thanksgiving meals, one at our home today for friends and family, one Thursday at the house of friends at the beach. The turkey is in the oven and I must stop typing, set the table and clean up the kitchen!

Feeling fortunate,

Tina

Tina,

Now that sounds like fun! What generous friends, full of love for two wonderful people! You are indeed fortunate. Enjoy T-Day No 1.

*susan*

What a great, happy Revelation!! Congratulations Tina. i am very happy for you. :-)

I attended my XL class reunion last night and even professed my crush to my crush in high school. He was very gracious about it and for six hours I felt like I was 18 again! After hearing about a few classmates who have passed on, I was reminded just how uncertain our lives are...with or without cancer so I decided to take at least one day a week to reconnect with family and friends who I've lost touch with. I have to say though my crush is as handsome as ever and NEVER married...although I love my DH it was fun to be 18 again :-)

Btw Tina2 congratulations on your marriage! That is wonderful news. My best wishes to you both

Amy

Congratulations Tina!

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy your family, enjoy your turkey.

And Happy Chanukah!

Leah

Yesterday, the JCC (Jewish Community Center ) hosted a Chanukah Festival for children and families. It was called Chanukah on Ice because it featured an artificial ice rink. Yes, artificial ! I never knew there was such a thing. They had lots of activities for children and although a bit young, my granddaughter enjoyed it, especially decorating and eating donuts. The mascot from our NHL team was there, he's a shark, and my granddaughter posed for a picture with him. She was being held by my younger dd and looked terrified. It looked like she was saying, please auntie K, don't let him eat me! This whole lovely event was planned and managed by my dear SIL. Well done!

First, thanks to all for your congratulations on our long-delayed (34+ years) marriage. High time, eh?

Next, know that my fun on this incredibly warm day (60 degrees!) is cleaning out our outdoor ceramic plant containers and water gardens before they freeze again and break. I am achy, muddy, smelly, grateful for the warm spell that allows me to do what I had postponed---and very happy.

Tina

I'm not sure why, but I'm enjoying the small things this Christmas season. I don't overdose on it. Not too much Christmas music, but a friend asked me to make her a CD of Christmas tunes (I'd made one a few years ago for her) and I had a lot of fun going through my itunes and picking out songs. I'm having fun shopping, one reason is it seems everyone on my list is easy to buy for this year, and I'm finding a lot online with free shipping. We have Thanksgiving dinner for my family, about 15 of us, every year at our house, and that went so nicely, it seemed to start the season off on the right note. I decorate, but just a little at a time as I feel like it, and nothing too elaborate (my mantra: what goes up must come down). I'm busier than I want to be, in a way I'd just like to lie around after work and read and watch TV. But there's different get-togethers with family members over the next few weeks, so I'm making the most of it in a casual way.