….milkman DID NOT COME!
What’s up with THAT?!!!
….put up tree number 2, plugged it in…

I cannot make this up. ONLY this section of lights went on. This is a LIGHTED TREE. It’s almost funny enough to LEAVE this way. I hate Christmas Tree Lights. I absolutely have no talent at all for keeping lights LIT.

But a few GOOD things happened today.

I met DAVE WINGERT!

Here’s a great article about him.He is a radio DJ who played the soundtrack of my early teen years in Carroll, Iowa. We listened to Des Moines AM radio and Omaha AM radio, and Wingert had been both places. He has a blog on KGOR’s website.

I also attended a concert at the BeeYOUteeful Holland Center. David Osborne, a pianist, performed. He had a bass player and jazz drummer and a 9 foot Steinway piano…..and SIX cameras showing on a big video screen!

(This really crappy photo is from Dan’s phone, but I’m glad we have it.) The screen is to the extreme left.

Now I wonder
if
Dave Wingert
could get
David Cassidy
to
perform
at
the Holland?!!!!!

Percussionists spend alot of time counting.
You silently count 83 measures and then
CRASH YOUR CYMBALS
at the most silent moment in the song.
And woe to those who are
one
count
off!

This was the FIRST NOTE of the song.

Love that smirk!

Blinded by the Bling!

Beltloops 101

Can Opening 101

Grandma’s Dip and Chips….

Homework

The Cousins

The Outlaws

The Chef

Shoe Genes

So Proud of our College Graduate

Striped Clouds

Beautiful weather, beautiful girls

Thanks for a great weekend!

I’m gonna leave on a jet plane today to go see David Cassidy my parents.

I was watching Martha Stewart on Thursday and she mentioned that her mother had had a stroke.
THE Martha was verklempt for Martha, so I knew it wasn’t good.
Big Martha died on Friday evening.
I know Martha Stewart relied on her mother and saw her as a mentor. I loved it when her mom came on her show and cooked something. Big Martha would say, "you stir this for 2 minutes and then add a bit of celery salt". THE Martha would say, "you never told me to add celery salt" and Big Martha would just laugh.
THE Martha never laughed about it, though.

There are so many women mentors in my life.
My own mom, of course. She has so many friends. I wish I had gotten that gene. Both of my parents are very social, fun to be around, and have so many friends in so many cities.
There’s my mother in law….who helps me whenever and wherever I need it.
There’s my other mother, Mary Sully.
And Mary Morrison who I can feel standing over my shoulder when I’m writing here. And Claudia Dolezal who taught me so much about parenting when I babysat for her. Grandmothers who were generous with their time and spoiled me rotten.
And my daughter, who I learn something from all the time.

Not a Mother’s Day post….just thankful.