It's Lori's World
You just live in it
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Poker faces
Dale and I played in a charity poker tournament today. We ended up giving all of our money to charity, for sure. Dale, however, was the very first person in the entire tournament to go out, and he actually came out a winner because his consolation prize was a free $50 entry fee in a tournament in two weeks and a $20 gift certificate to a local restaurant. Our friend Molly amassed a small fortune in chips early in the tournament, but ran into bad luck later. Six of us played in the tournament and after most of us busted out, we gathered at Molly's house to eat dinner and play more cards.
Of the six of us, Nick lasted the longest in the tournament.
Dale, checking out his bag of goodies before the tournament started.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
He's back
It was a welcome sight to see Jim Hollaway back at work today, after a six-week absence to recover from a nasty fall from atop a ladder at the Eagle. Jim is the Eagle's head of building operations, and he was helping to repair the ceiling in our conference room when he fell on Dec. 30. He broke his hip, but is expected to have a complete recovery. He's still getting around on crutches, but he says he's feeling good. He's a tough guy. Beccy Tanner was happy to see him back, too.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
KFC with the kids
The grandkids' favorite fine-dining establishment is KFC, so we took them to the buffet for dinner tonight.
They are known to act pretty silly at dinner -- or pretty much anywhere else.
Especially Josie, who is the definition of a class clown.
I asked her to take a picture of Dale and me, and she said she would as long as we didn't do anything "romantic." We behaved.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Chef Dale
Dale is a good cook, but he doesn't prepare too many meals for us. Today was different. He was in the mood for chicken vegetable soup (not my favorite) so he diced, sliced and chopped away the afternoon. It turned out really yummy (thanks in part to the turkey stock I made at Thanksgiving and had stowed away in the freezer for a cold winter day.)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Movie night
Tonight was movie night at Denise's house. We had chili made by Molly, broccoli salad made by Carrie and chocolate chip cookie bars made by Denise, who donned her pug-colored Snuggie to enjoy the movie, "The Hangover." It was the second viewing for most of us, but we needed something mindless and funny. And it was more hilarious the second time around.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wilburpalooza
Yep, that's what they called a night of music and dance at Wilbur Middle School, where Bret teaches band. Tonight, Bret's professional band, Blue Eyed Soul, played an hour-long set after his school jazz band performed as part of Wilburpalooza.
The kids went crazy for Bret's band.
Here's just some of them gathered around the stage at the beginning of the concert by Bret's band. They grew in numbers and you'd have thought the Beatles were on stage the way they were screaming, head pumping and dancing.
Some of them danced through the auditorium aisles. It was a spectacle. Ah, to be 13 again.
And this is Bret directing his jazz band (which was by far the best student group!) during Wilburpalooza.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A cliche
The plumber's butt, that is. Look close enough and you'll see it. These are the delivery guys installing our new TV. I use that term loosely because they were unable to properly hook up either of the two new TVs. As a result, I missed the premiere of Season 6 of "Lost" tonight. Best Buy will get an earful tomorrow.