Patrick's brother Michael took us to a college basketball game while we were in North Carolina. I don't think I've ever seen a game live till now. I wasn't that thrilled when I was told we were going, but I ended up really enjoying myself.

He lent us red shirts so we'd blend in with the home team.


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Patrick let me know that the Main Post Office in NYC is open all night.  I was originally planning to run out on Saturday to a local one, but figured I'd waste about an hour on line just for stamps.

At 1AM on Sunday morning, I still was number 10 on line.

ann0625  did an excellent job (and was more punctual in posting) in summarizing her time with us. See her post for more details.

My recap:

Sunday - Mom and Gene met us at the hospital, and transferred Kim and Ciara over to us. We ate Big Chef out on the deck and watched National Treasure: Book of Secrets, dealing with Lincoln’s assassination and a lost ( Read more... )

Heading out to get the mail late one afternoon, I spied a couple of cute guys coming down the block wheeling suitcases.  A tall dark haired guy and a shorter blonde one resembling QAF's Brian & Justin a bit.  They asked me about a local address.  When I explained that they needed to go back and turn left, they seemed puzzled.  I deduced that they ( Read more... )

 Well, not exactly.  How about ducklings ( Read more... )

The doorbell rang yesterday afternoon, and a handsome man in a police uniform stood holding some papers. He asked for Patrick. I told him that he was at work ( Read more... )

Monday after MAL, we packed up from Ted's and went to find

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Sunday morning the weather was beautiful, so we decided we should take Nanny and do something outdoorsy.  After searching the internet for a bit, we decided to check out this Village of Waterloo where time has been suspended a bit.  After driving west for over an hour, we found the place, but it seemed pretty empty.  An SUV with a family were ( Read more... )

Last night we went to watch eclipse77x in his gymnastics class at the Chelsea Piers. We'd never been there and was surprised at the enormity of the place. They also seem to have quite a bit of proper equipment ( Read more... )

ann0625 and I had planned to go to the beach, but Friday morning seemed cloudy and rain was predicted for the Atlantic Highlands. Instead we went to tour Queens. She had been to NYC many times and the isle of Manhattan was familiar to her, but Queens was not ( Read more... )