He's Sixteen Now

Some STAYcation pictures

NELSON SCULPTURE GARDEN

NELSON SCULPTURE GARDEN
NELSON SCULPTURE GARDEN
NELSON SCULPTURE GARDEN
NELSON SCULPTURE GARDEN
NELSON ART MUSEUM
NELSON ART MUSEUM
NELSON ART MUSEUM

WWI MUSEUM

WWI MUSEUM
WWI MUSEUM
WWI MUSEUM
WWI MUSEUM


AT THE ZOO - my best shot. She was obviously posing for me.

AT THE ZOO - can you tell we got soaking wet? It rained the entire time, but it was still a lot of fun.

One is the Loneliest

Last night, our first night without John for another two weeks. At least we have each other. Poor Johnny just has Frank.

Being back at work after a week off stinks. Is there some way I can have a permanent vacation AND get paid at the same time? (something legal...)

We cleaned out the refrigerator, since Tuesday is trash day. Ate leftover and threw out some things that were spoiled. I had some blackberries in the fridge for a couple of weeks and I think they had begun the fermentation process, a distinct alcoholic odor came from that bowl!

Well, with the fridge cleaned out, the dishes done and the bathrooms clean, we sat down to watch a movie, "Tootsie" from the 80s. I still can't believe Dustin Hoffman didn't get best actor for that. He was just amazing. It was funny, just what I needed.

Today was the first day of school and I took the annual picture. I also took a few as the car drove away with my two teens in it. Weird. Jordan's last year of high school, Steve's first at the high school building. But their last year together.

I hope this coming year is as happy as the last one
I hope Jordan gets straight A's
I hope Steve brings the house down with his improv
I hope that life is good to them.

Linkin Park

Linkin Park was the highlight of our stay at home vacation last week. Wednesday night we headed out to Sandstone. Okay let me rephrase that..."Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone", previously called "Verizon Wireless Amphitheater" previously called

SANDSTONE. (way back to the olden days kids) Thank God it's gotten it's real name back.

We had seats out of the mosh pit ruckus which was good. Body surfing has become too dangerous. Jordan on the other hand ventured out into the pit following a couple of friends. Let's just say the mosh pit made an impression on her.

What is my favorite LP song? Papercut. But I love every single song. The set list was just perfect.

what i did last summer (last week)....

It's Sunday evening and summer at our house is drawing to a close. School starts next week and it will be strange having both the kids in high school. We did have a nice staycation though. Here's a recap of our week. I'll try to get in some pictures later on.

Monday: Plaza, Barnes and Noble, Winstead's for lunch. Just relaxing.
Tuesday: Nelson in the daytime, Fiddler on the Roof in the nighttime.
Wednesday: WW1 museum in the daytime, LINKIN PARK at night!!!
Thursday: Zoo in the rain. It was fun, but wet.
Friday: Truman Library.
Saturday: Computer shopping, wiping hard drives on old computer, reinstalling software, setting up new programs. UGH. A stressful day.
Sunday: Back to the routine, laundry, etc...

P.S. I am really getting tired of hearing about STAYCATIONs. It has been all the rage in the media with the high price of gasoline, so you hear it all the time. But hey, that's what it was.