It was a very busy day at the office, working on the eNewsletter for this week -- and on festival website updates. We had our usual Staff meeting (every Tuesday). And I had Donn come in to do some IT work (including fixing the dual monitor for the finance computer ( Read more... )

I spent most of the day working on the festival website. There's still so much to do! I had a News item to put up there and a lot of changes and additions to make ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I just watched an old favorite of ours, the movie "Spartacus," with a stellar cast that includes Kirk Douglas (as Spartacus), Laurence Olivier (as Marcus Crassus), Jean Simmons (as Varinia), Charles Laughton (as Gracchus), Peter Ustinov (in his Academy Awarding role as Batiatus) and Tony Curtis (as Antoninus) -- to name only a few. ( Read more... )

There's very little to report for today, except that Marilyn and I went and got out pedicures and manicures taken care of -- which is important. With appearances coming up for Marilyn, she needs to look her best. That included pedicures this time around, as the weather is supposed to warm up this week and we'll both be wearing open-toed shoes again ( Read more... )

It's been a lazy Saturday -- the kind of day Marilyn and I earn when we have a really hectic, full and stressful week (like this past week). We've done very little in the way of work today -- which is not to say we've done NONE, just not all that much ( Read more... )

I was fast asleep when I woke suddenly, hearing Marilyn just screaming in pain (!!!). My heart was really pounding, I'm telling you ( Read more... )

One of my dear friends here at LiveJournal (Donna pondhopper) just lost her beloved dog, Brownie. She had him for 15 years and he was family to her ( Read more... )

Busy, busy day. And I was far from 100% today (still somewhat under the weather). Plus I was sore! I guess from lifting my bike (which is pretty heavy, with those metal baskets -- even the bike dude was surprised by the weight!), and from riding it for the first time in ages. Ouch. Time to get back in shape, no doubt about it ( Read more... )

Well, I've needed to get it done FOREVER (many, many MONTHS, anyway) -- and today it finally happened! Sister Sue helped me take my beloved bike in to the local bike shop to be fixed ( Read more... )

It's late (as usual) and I've had a LONG day -- so I'm going to try and make this a quick entry. (Yeah, right. Hahahahahaha ( Read more... )