A few photos added to album.

I'm hoping to get Terri and Sam to tell everyone about the new pictures I added.

First we have a few pictures of Tye, the new kitten.

Then there are a few representative pictures from a welcome home at BWI for some deployed Navy medical folks.

Just an update on my life

Okay, so I'm really excited, right?

Here's why:
1. I have a kitten that is cute and cuddly and soft and a purring machine.
2. I have a really nice boyfriend and he's going to come to my house for dinner on Sunday.
3. I am high off of this carbonated candy thingy.( not really, but they're really good)
4. I can smell the start of dinner.
5. My birthday is three weeks from now.

So, do you see why I'm so excited??

Tye, my kitty, is sitting in my lap and purring.

I'll keep you updated as life goes on.

Syracuse

Coming to you live, from Syracuse, New York, it's...Sunday morning.



Terri's company, Syracuse Research Corporation, is celebrating it's 50th year. So they decided to invite all of their employees and a guest to come and visit the "home office" and join in the celebration. Even though she hasn't been with the company very long, she has worked with quite a few of the folks from the Chantilly office for several years. So off to Syracuse we went.



We came in on Friday, which was our 17th anniversary. We flew in with Joe and Lori, a wonderful couple that we've gotten to know through Jay and Gail. Greg and his wife Cris were on the flight as well, rounding out the people that I had any familiarity with. I did get to put faces to several names though. The flight was short, and we were picked up by a nice comfy bus for the short ride to the hotels. The company booked rooms in 3 different hotels.



OK, I need to slow down and not get too detailed here. I didn't do my normal research before we came, so I didn't know much about the town. It's a little bigger than I had pictured, and the downtown area is pretty neat with lots of small businesses and pubs. Really cool Irish pubs with board games and darts and 20+ beers on tap.

Friday afternoon we got to tour the company headquarters and learn more about what they do. This was kinda cool because they are quite diverse from the field that Terri works in.

The company treated us to way too much food and transportation to and from everything. On Friday night there was a big open air "Taste of Syracuse" which featured food from at least 8 different vendors, live entertainment, and an open museum. Saturday night was a semi-formal gala with food and an open bar. I behaved myself, thinking we were going to go downtown. Between the bus not running like we were told, and tired people, we never made it downtown.

Anyway, I'm sitting here in the hotel waiting on transportation back to the airport. We should get back home around 4, and it's going to be like 20 degrees hotter than it is here right now. Blah.

I'm hoping that things will settle down some after this trip. So far the summer is passing without any breaks, and it's starting to wear on me. We've got a couple of things scheduled in August, but I think we'll manage. I haven't got the boat in the water yet, which is a little frustrating. I guess it beats not having anything to do though, the time with kids being home is going fast this year.

Wesley Singers Choir Tour

Well, Hey, There all y'all!
Just came back from Charleston, South Cackelackie, which is a way of saying Carolina. Just so y'all know, I started talking to this guy on the bus ride down, He's really nice, pretty cool, and he's a bass, he's also fun to talk to and, listen to this, he's part of the choir, almost exactly like me, and I had never talked to him before! All right, so you're probably wondering what my point is, well, I have no point. You're also probably wondering what the Wesley Singer were doing in South Carolina.

We were on our annual choir tour to take our talents on the road and to wow all who heard us. Here's the run down:
Thursday, June 28th
7:30 Get on the bus for a long ride down
noonish: Eat lunch fill up on gas and hit the road.
5:30 Reached Hibbin UMC and had a southern style spaghetti dinner and change for the concert
6:30 rehearsed and relaxed
7:30 ish Concert
8:45 Meet host families and grab our bags and head towards their homes
2:00 am Finally convince hosts we don't need any more ice cream and head to bed
Friday, June 29th
7:30 Leave host families and go to Hibbin
8:00 or so Leave for a tour of Downtown Charleston
10:30 Group Picture and meet our tour guides- dude and I talk about history and stuff
12:00 Meet back at designated spot for lunch
3:45 meet at the bus to go to hotel.
5:00 Go to the next concert at assisted living home
Afterwards go to dinner- I talked to James and got paranoid when the waiters and waitresses kept staring at me
7:00 go back to hotel, get into swimsuits and got to hotel pool.
10:15 Go to the room and lose the remote....T.V Flickers on and off, changes channels and freaks roommates out.
12:45 Call 3 chaperons until the 4th one answers- he comes and unplugs the T.V- we go to bed
Saturday, June 30th
8:00 leave to spend morning at the beach
12:30 choir goes to lunch and shops-I found the perfect thing for Dad!
3:00 go to hotel, get in pool, get rained on, change, watch T.V.
5:45 Eat at Sticky Fingers
7:00 go to hotel, hang out in the hallways go back in forth between 2 rooms
10:00 Go to bed
Sunday, July 1st
8:00 Go to Hibbin for curch service and sing.
12:00 eat lunch, get on bus, talk to James, leave for home, falls asleep, James switches seats to sit near me, talks to James, watches movie, stops for dinner, falls asleep, wakes up leaning on James, falls asleep again, wakes up, moves, bugs brother to call home, talks with James
10:00 gets off bus, unloads, goes home
DONE!!!
Have a nice Independance Day, and Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!!