How was your weekend? I’m sure you did something that you enjoyed, so come on .. tell us about it.
Mine was filled. It started Thursday night by attending a community theater performance of Young Frankenstein, then a college football game Friday night, ushering at Cincinnati Playhouse (Safe House, a premier run), practicing for our participation in a tango formation, and stuff around the homestead. Also, our weather was wonderful, and Monday is supposed to be super … which means the weather will be turning soon thereafter.
This week looks like a probable milestone week, The Blog Stats box near the bottom of the sidebar shows that I’m approaching 200,000. I hope I get to see the turnover.
Last week I posted about the Arizona wine I receive from my Secret Santa. Jeff (@ The Drunken Cyclist) has organized the 2015 exchange. Although his deadline has passed, he invites my interested readers to join in the fun … but do so ASAP. Here’s the link to the post for the guidelines. Remember, ASAP.
Life: The Musical returns this week with Act 11 featuring Hope … so let your songs ready with Hope, Hoped, Hoping, or Hopeless in the title. Curtain time will be Wednesday, 9:30 pm (Eastern US).
Celebrations for your week
- (Week) Magic Week, Save Your Back Week, Rainforest Week, Red Ribbon Week, Peace Friendship & Goodwill Week, Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week, Origami Week, Asexuality Week, Give Wildlife a Break Week, Kids Care Week, Infertility Awareness Week
- (Mon) Cranky Co-Workers Day, Potato Day, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
- (Tues) Chocolate Day, Ghost Busters Day, Separation of Church and State Day, Ochi Day (Greece), Gone-ta-Pott Day
- (Wed) Gnocchi Day, Dracula Bites Day, Hermit Day, Pancake Day, Psoriasis Day, Basketball Coaches Day, Cat Day, Internet Day
- (Thurs) Checklist Day, Zero Tasking Day, Candy Corn Day, Haunted Refrigerator Night, Create a Great Funeral Day
I tagged this one when stats when 5 digits identified the hits … and that was early last week … so the hits are now 7 digits. Gotta love Charlie! Enjoy and have a great week.
A Frank Angle 
Yay, Frank’s blog post came out before I shut down my computer. Was just about to do it to go watch The Good Wife.
Definitely a gorgeous weekend in Ohio! I went for a wonderful long walk today while my men were at the Brown’s game. So pretty. So peaceful. Now I’m all ready for Monday. 🙂
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Carrie,
Glad that you had the opportunity for a peaceful walk in outstanding weather while the guys were doing the tribal thing guys do at football games. … Glad I was able to make the shutdown, so keep 9:30 pm in mind because that’s the time most of my posts go up.
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I usually catch them before I power down, but not always. Depends on how weary my eyes are…
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Gorgeous here in NC, but I stayed inside and wrote, wrote, wrote. Finishing my YA novel that I nearly completed in Martha’s Vineyard. It’s all good though.
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Renee,
Cheers to your commitment to keep working inside during a beautiful fall weekend.
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That was highly enjoyable – Charlie’s pretty darn good! Stats nearly 1.5 million when I looked! Thank goodness today is a national holiday here today [Labour Day] that got us away from any cranky co-workers being let lose on our Monday! Off to think about ‘hope’ – nothing springs to mind!
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Pauline,
Glad you enjoyed Charlie … and cheers to your national holiday, so I hope you had a good one! … meanwhile, as far as a song for the musical goes, here’s a hint …. Google. 😉
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Charlie’s rockin’ it! Sunny with cool breezes here. Could not ask for more perfect weather in Florida than what we had today. Went and looked at boats to buy when we sell the one we have. Wanna buy a boat?
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SK,
I think most of the eastern half of the US is having good weather. Cheers to that … and possible 80 for me today! Good luck on selling the boat.
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Now I learn it’s Save Your Back week, Frank?!?!? I’ve blown mine out this weekend moving a mountain of junk out of my dad’s house in SF this weekend! Waiting at the airport to catch the red eye back to the Apple now.
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Lame,
Ouch … and to then give it a long flight in an uncomfortable seat. Bring on the Alleve. Meanwhile, going through stuff in that situation is never easy, so I hope all went well.
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It went as well as it could. I’m lucky that I have such great siblings. We’re three very different people but we’re close. That makes orphanhood less tough. Back in the Apple a few minutes ago. Going to hook myself up to a morphine drip and crash now.
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Glad all went relatively well. Enjoy your drip.
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I’d missed Charlie and Swayze, so thanks for this! “Because I’ve had the time of my life and I owe it all to you–hey baby!” Doesn’t get any better. Here’s hoping you hit 200,000 today, Frank 🙂
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Danica,
Charlie sure brings smiles! Meanwhile, realistically, I think the milestone will happen in the last half of the week … my guess will be Thursday.
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Okay, I’ll be sure to have some coffee ready to toast your amazing milestone 🙂
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I hope to see it … but I won’t stay up all night.
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Thank you for the video Frank 🙂 and Thank you Yes I had a lovely weekend.. My sister came to visit 🙂 and it didnt rain! 🙂 Enjoy your week.. 🙂 Sue
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Sue,
Another cheer for Charlie! … and to your weekend!
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A very unexciting weekend here. The young man will be quite disappointed with his mother, seeing I was suppose to do something exciting with hubby, but alas there was too much stuff to do around the house.
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Catherine,
What? You intentionally letdown your son? What kind of mother are you? … Oops … I couldn’t resist … so cheers to getting somethings done.
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I’m actually afraid to chat with him, he will not be impressed.
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So you will have to promise him … is next weekend possible?
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I believe we are helping the eldest move out. There are always possibilities though.
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There you go …the weekend after next because the eldest will be gone.
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Went backpacking in western Arkansas…nice weather (but really too hot by end of Saturday). Hiked 8 1/2 miles Saturday and 5 1/2 miles on Sunday. Trees have barely started changing color. Did get a few good pics – see them here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202424484802836.1073741839.1515167225&type=1&l=66d48175c8
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Yo Steve,
Spectacular images as you continue to hone the craft … and being a fitness animal too boot! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Yeah…I’m paying for it today with sore stiff legs, pain in the heels, and sore shoulders.
(By the way – i have 3 “connections” pictures…hard to photograph connections. Going to send them to you this evening).
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Excellent … also, I thought something in the words would allow you to make a connection to a photo in your mental files of your collection … thus a twist of abstractness is fine.
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Yes, my mental files ARE twisted. I may think of a couple more for you this evening…..we shall see
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Twisted mental files are OK … FYI … I came up with the theme after seeing one of your pics of railroad tracks.
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What a dancer! That video is great!
I had a fabulous visit. A last minute call Friday from my niece saying that she and her 7-1/2 yr old daughter were going to come for the weekend. We had a wonderful time. I took them to the Lincoln Memorial, and my great nice discovered history. That real people did real things and that it makes us who we are. She read the Gettysburg Address and stood on the step where MLK gave his “I Have A Dream Speech” and was mesmerized. (I hope I have some time this week to write a post (although I cannot post pictures). It was a visit that I will remember for a very long time.
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Elyse,
Cheers to you being a tour guide for your niece & great-niece. The young one is impressionable, so I imagine you told her all the good stuff. … and glad you enjoyed Charlie!
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This time of year is always fun. We live close enough to the high school football stadium to hear bands and games. With cooler nights it makes evening walks entertaining – we could walk over that way, but generally go on to lake or marina.
Once again we ran to a nearby beach for a sunny but not sweltering afternoon…as a reward to for major tree trimming (and the long time bundling branches and picking up pieces for Monday’s trash pickup)
Sounds like you had a seasonally appropriate weekend, too!
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Mouse,
Ah yes … a touch of coolness is perfect for football … of course coolness is relative to location … but I had that at Friday night’s game! … Walking along the beach and marina this time of year also sounds great!!!
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Hi Frank!… I love this monday post ⭐
Good to know that you had a good weekend.. Mine was nice too… It is spring over here and truly warm!… Enjoyable to be out, which I did on saturday… Sunday was quite boring though… As usual 🙂 I loved the celebrations you have picked up for us!… There are always good reason to celebrate, right?… I hope you have a great week ahead, best wishes, Aquileana 😛
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Aquileana,
In every list of celebrations here, the idea is that there is something for everyone!
Blogging has helped me understand the appreciate the opposite seasons in our hemisphere … so soon, as we snow and cold visits me, you can bask in the warmth and sunshine.
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“Peace Friendship & Goodwill Week,” sounds good to me, Frank. 🙂 I had a super weekend with the three grandies and our son. Enjoy the last of the mild weather, and have a great week. 🙂
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Sylvia,
Great that you also had good weather for your visit. After all, odds are it won’t be as nice on your next visit. Safe travels.
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Glad to hear you ushered for “Safe House” at Cincinnati Playhouse. I look forward to your review of the play.
I’ll of course be celebrating Cat Day on Wed.
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Tim,
Safe House is interesting, plus the author graduated from Princeton HS. I can say that it had an unexpected event … and as all Playhouse productions, it is well done.
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We had such wonderful weather this past weekend – every moment was treasured that we could spend outside. Here is hoping you hit 200,000 before the end of this week. Congratulations that’s a large and impressive number!
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Mary,
Cheers to your weekend of good weather. Thanks on the 200K cheers. I see it as a milestone, but heck … I’ve been at this for 6+ years, so in that light, it’s very average .. but still a milestone. I think the turnover will occur sometime Wednesday or Thursday.
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Charlie is great 🙂 I wanted to dance with him… Thank you dear Frank, love, nia
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Nia,
I was hoping you would see Charlie because I knew he would make you smile!!!
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http://photographyofnia.com/2014/10/28/i-wanted-to-dance-with-him/
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Thank you, Nia.
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I saw this video when I heard someone talking about it on the radio last week. It’s incredible, isn’t it? I would love to know if this little guy comes from a “dancing family” and I hope his parents are planning to give him lessons–future DWTS coach! Create a Great Funeral Day–even on Halloween week I’m a little uncertain that I want to think about that. 🙂 Looking forward to tomorrow’s Life; The Musical. I think I will really have to think about this one…nothing pops into my mind as quickly as some weeks! Good!
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Debra,
My wife said the something similar regarding lessons for Charlie. Regarding a song for the musical, don’t forget Google! 😉
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A couple of good titled popped into my head! I really do have fun with this. 🙂
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… and I have the most fun when listening to all the songs … so I appreciate everyone’s effort.
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Wow, this little man has truly the rythmen – I hope that he have a chance to develop it …. and he knows all Patrick’s moves … wonderful. I wouldn’t mind dancing with him. What a mover. Lovely Frank.
My weekend was all about production …. there will soon be a letter in the mailbox.
Have a lovely week Frank … in Loveland.
Looking forward to the musical starting up again, I will be in again.
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Viveka,
Knowing your love for the movie, I had to make sure you saw this one! The little guy has got some moves! … and I will be on mailbox watch!
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