I know, there are many angry blog readers out there wondering what happened to me!
Ok, maybe there aren't. And I have no excuses. But, I can catch up a little on the goings-on around here. I've posted some photos on
Facebook about our never-ending snow storm. But here are a few more.
This was the morning after the 45-
ish" of snow we got in 4 days. (97 straight hours...) I've never been so happy to see the sun.
We are so very thankful for our snowplow guy. And a 2-car garage.
The house in the foreground (with the pool) is the house of the guy who killed the local girl that was missing for a week. This is a view from the other side of the park behind our house. Our house is the dark red one that you can see through the trees. (That's the back of our house.) We watched the Sheriff's Department at his house the afternoon that they found her body. Such a sad story and much too close to home...
Last weekend we went to the 50
th Birthday party of my former boss (from Ch. 9). (Seems everyone I know is turning 50 this year!!) It was a great time. In lieu of gifts, we brought dog food for the SPCA.
This is Mike and his awesome wife Gladys.
Eric and I at the party.
And today was the very first Indoor Track meet for Alex. It was held at
SUNY Cortland at
Lusk Field House. Kind of looks like an old airplane hanger...
It was a nice facility, but there was really nowhere for spectators to sit.
Alex was very lucky to get to run this week. The coach only allowed 24 team members to compete. It was a "Relay" meet, so only relay teams competed. He was able to secure a spot on the very competitive 4x800 team.
Here he is running a lap (each runner ran 4 laps) of his leg of the 4x800. As you can see, he has the lead.
He maintained that lead as he handed off to his teammate, the 4
th and final leg,
Zavon Watkins.
Zavon just happens to have the National Sophomore record in the 1000 meter. He's only a junior now. And he's a great guy to have on your relay team! Needless to say, they won the race. And with that win, Alex officially earned his Varsity Letter! If you'd like to see the results from the meet, they are
here. Alex's race is listed on the side, the "Boys 4x800 Meter Relay". Scroll down for the "Final" results.
And I guess that catches everyone up on what's been going on around here. Although I still have yet to post any photos from Thanksgiving. There were just so many great ones, I haven't had the time to sift through them and
re-size them. I will though, eventually. Hopefully before next Thanksgiving...
We finally got around to decorating the tree this past weekend. I think it was the latest I've ever put up the tree! I feel so behind this year for some reason. I've barely started my Christmas cards!
Here are a few pictures from around the livingroom. I love this snowman.
Another favorite snowman.
I bought Eric & I new stockings this year. Kelsey and Alex still have the biggest though...
This was the morning after the 45-ish" of snow we got in 4 days. (97 straight hours...) I've never been so happy to see the sun.
We are so very thankful for our snowplow guy. And a 2-car garage.
The house in the foreground (with the pool) is the house of the guy who killed the local girl that was missing for a week. This is a view from the other side of the park behind our house. Our house is the dark red one that you can see through the trees. (That's the back of our house.) We watched the Sheriff's Department at his house the afternoon that they found her body. Such a sad story and much too close to home...
Last weekend we went to the 50th Birthday party of my former boss (from Ch. 9). (Seems everyone I know is turning 50 this year!!) It was a great time. In lieu of gifts, we brought dog food for the SPCA.
This is Mike and his awesome wife Gladys.
Eric and I at the party.
And today was the very first Indoor Track meet for Alex. It was held at SUNY Cortland at Lusk Field House. Kind of looks like an old airplane hanger...
It was a nice facility, but there was really nowhere for spectators to sit.
Alex was very lucky to get to run this week. The coach only allowed 24 team members to compete. It was a "Relay" meet, so only relay teams competed. He was able to secure a spot on the very competitive 4x800 team.
Here he is running a lap (each runner ran 4 laps) of his leg of the 4x800. As you can see, he has the lead.
He maintained that lead as he handed off to his teammate, the 4th and final leg, Zavon Watkins. Zavon just happens to have the National Sophomore record in the 1000 meter. He's only a junior now. And he's a great guy to have on your relay team! Needless to say, they won the race. And with that win, Alex officially earned his Varsity Letter! If you'd like to see the results from the meet, they are here. Alex's race is listed on the side, the "Boys 4x800 Meter Relay". Scroll down for the "Final" results.
Wednesday was my birthday. We had a fun little celebration. (I think someone switched those numbers around!)
And my parents were able to make it and were here for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Me and my dad.
The blow fish picture.
Me and my pile of goodies!
New boots!!
A new crock pot!
And my favorite... Audrey Hepburn!
On Thanksgiving morning, Alex ran the local Turkey Trot. It was 28 degrees.
1,337 runners ran the race.
Here's Alex (in the blue cap and blue Liverpool t-shirt) along with several x-country friends.
He finished a very respectable 73rd place overall. Results are here.
Alex and his friend Spencer after the race...
It was a great party! They reserved a party room at the Quincy Marriott. The "event" was even on the big board at the hotel.
This was the yummy cake.
Eric posed with the birthday boy.
Vic and his band played wonderful music for most of the night. He is pictured here with his brother, Dana.
Dana on the Bass.
Another member of their band.
And the rest of the band...
Vic and his wife Anne Marie, the party planner.
Party go-ers.
Fultonians. Left to right... Rick Acker, John Soukey, and John Turner.
Rick and his wife Karen.
3 Acker wives... Rachel, Karen and Anne Marie.
Mike Bennett. Another Fultonian. (His lovely wife Melissa missed the pictures, but that was her glass of red wine!)
And me and Eric.
Laughing... and drinking. Who did all those empty glasses belong to?? Good thing we were staying at the hotel and didn't have to drive anywhere!
Last Sunday was Halloween. I made some fabulous French Onion Soup for lunch.
And we learned that the Cayenne Pepper trick did NOT work to keep the squirrels from eating our pumpkins. I learned a new trick to try next year, involving Vaseline...
We didn't have as many trick-or-treaters this year. Which made Alex very happy. I'm not sure exactly how much sugar he ate this past week, but it was a lot.
I also made an apple crisp on Halloween evening. Which was very tasty.
On Tuesday, we voted.
Yesterday, Alex and I were spectators at the Section III X-Country Championships. He said it was weird not running, and he's more inspired than ever to make it next year. This photo above is of his friend Sean, he ran an excellent race.
Today we went to the Syracuse Harvest Fest at the Fairgrounds. It was a great event. I'm pretty sure there were double the wine/beer vendors than food vendors. I only indulged in my favorite Wisteria Wine however as Alex went with us, so it was all about the food today. And we ate a lot! From cookies, to cheese, jellies & jams, to baked potatoes, to turkey sausage and ice cream... All made right here in NY State.