Love musicals

I just saw Hairspray. What a treat! Even with John Travolta in it! He was good as was all the cast. It makes me wish there were more musicals in the world. They are uplifting with messages that truly say seomthing and make you feel good on it inside.

I know - what if one day a year everyone on earth had to sing all day - sing their conversations - like a living real opera. What a difference that would make, huh. Maybe people would actually listen to each other and give us all a common bond - together. It doesn't make a difference if you can't carry a tune or if you are Pavarotti. It's music that is the earth's really uniform language.

Ah! I love weekends

I just love weekends. I can sleep in and decide to do whatever I want - usually grocy shopping and house cleaning. But sometimes, I will do something fun. What? Me doing something fun? Of course - starting next weekend. I am going to visit the Museum of Natural History. And then, well I will have to see what I want to do and where I want to explore next.

But here is a picture of Davy when he visited. And here is his traveling companion - Nevin!
I was so happy they visited.

Well we are finally getting a little bit of rain each day and hopefully things will be better.
And I can't wait for Hairspray to arrive in the theaters.

Back to work!

Well, my friend Davy was here with his traveling comapnion. we had a good time visiting and catching up. But boy was I really sad when they left.

And it was raining all day (yeah) but that makes one blue as well. But I guess I got over it and got ready for work today.

Only 2 more weeks of summer programs left and then on to planning for the fall! It's never ending - but always exciting to what we can do that will bring people in.

I learned a lot today from a speaker about Alabama in the prehistoric age. It was mostly underwater and themain "dinosaurs" that roam ed here were called MOSASAURS



They were big and ate whatever they wanted! Also I learned that the Union Chapel Mine, near Jasper, Alabama, is one of the best fossil trackway sites in the world.
Pretty cool!!!

Lonnnnng Time

Well, it's been 2 months since I posted. I am so bad at keeping up.
But since April, I have been back to Florida and had the wonderful opportunity to see some friends graduate high school
as well as visit with lots of friends and former co-workers. But I was glad to come home to Tuscaloosa.
But I sure do miss Rob and Shelly. I know they are doing a great job as directors for the puppet troupe. Just look at how intelligent they are!

And I went to Washington DC to conference. That was a lot of fun, but tiring as usual.

So I am back and work and looking for ward to the 4th and seeing another friend who will stop by and say hey!

Hopefully I can get some more pix and post them next week.

Long time!

It's been quite a while since I posted and I just got lazy is the only legitimate excuse I have.

Lots of things happened over the month. One staff person got promoted (yeah for her!, 1 got emergency surgery, and 1 put in her resignation. So needless to say, the "luxury" of not working nights and weekends has flown out the window for now. But we are surviving and gearing up for summer. Luckily we do have any programming scheduled for May. That helps a lot.

I am still getting some PT for my leg. I don't think it helps the real problem, but it is good since that leg has had a lot of things happen to it over the years.

Am still trying to control my diet and really need to step up the exercise.

I do hope to visit my former home for many years in May and see my teen friends graduate.

I did have some fun guests at the end of March. The Lambert brothers came for a brief visit. I admitted to them I enjoyed their company more now since they are older.

Pre Green

Well tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. And I have worn green almost all week! Not that I am Irish. But it is a great color and I felt it was the right thing to do. So today was a very successful meeting with staff about summer. we are almost ready to get the materials ready for press and I feel good about everyone's involvement.

It'e been a week since I last wrote, but this week was spring break here and I presented 3 kite programs at different facilities. Here is what we made.


Pretty easy to make - scotch tape and scissors! I think all the kids liked it, even though it took some time to do. About 160 people made kites.

This week is full of medical tests and author Alan Gratz wwho wrote Samurai Shortstop.

Wednesday Redux

Well, today was as busy as the others. Except for beinf scared about my health. So will have a stress test in a few weeks to make sure tings are okay and if not, fix them.

I was thinking about why we do things and can't explain them. Sometimes it's a basic reaction - to pain, joy, frustration, jealousy, etc. But sometimes God does have a path for us. Now if you don't believe in God, you can substitute a Higher Power, if you like.


I believe that God sent me here to be among people who are more concerned about me as a person - my health, my sanity, my overall persona. Not that my former city had people who didn't care. It's just that they were so busy with they own lives, they didn't have time to help me with mine. I tended to help them was the thing, at least I thought I was helping them. I do miss and love them all so very much as individuals and hope to see them when I visit in late spring!

Enough for today. Can't wait for the next Dancing with the Stars!