Happy 50th Sherry!!!

What a fun group of Sherry's friends from all over - debbi from Massachusetts, Buffy from Maine, Laurel from Pennsylvannia and the rest of us Locals!!!

The mai tai fountain was flowing - and the laughs were hysterical!!! No more drinking games for the over 50 set!

Great job Jen and Sarah - what good daughters!!!!

Isn't It Romantic???

Last night we had such a fun evening at the Metro Stage Theater in Alexandria. The show was a compilation of the songs of the Gershwins, Jerome Kern and Rogers and Hart. We had a great time and some of us knew all the lyrics!!!



The whole group and a paranoid Zip - seated right up front in the theater

Judy enjoys the refreshments before the show


Molly and "the other Marsha" - Molly cracks us up!



Molly and Dee looking young and gorgeous!
(even with the glasses Dee)

Two handsome men! George and Nick

Fun Day in Annapolis

Had such fun with Nan in Annapolis - she knows why I had to use this pix as my wonderful shots of the two of us were just not to be! Great start on my shopping - some fabulous shops and great finds!!!

In Love and Basketball, It's Teamwork That Wins

There was a great article in today's Washington Post about Moira's former High School Basketball Coach- see article below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120202960.html


I sent him a congratulatory email and he sent back the kindest note! Below see the two emails:

My Note:

What a great article in today's Wash Post! You both look great and it was so nice to see such a positive article during the competitive bball season!

Glad to see things are going so well for you and Val. You have certainly made an impression on many high school players - Moira is coaching AAU girls bball with Andrea Lamas also from PVI.

Congrats on the great article and best wishes for both of you on a successful season! Maybe Moira and I will make it out to a game at PVI this season.

Marcia Smith
former PVI mom
still mom to Moira Smith (one of your former PVI captains)


His very kind reply:

Hi Marcia!
Thanks so much for the e-mail. It is great to hear from one of my favorite mom's and players. I still have the picture of Mo, Alli, Deb, and Meisha on my fridge. I think of Mo often and wish i could put her toughness, heart, and character into some of my current players. I would love to have you all come to game and will not accept Mo not sitting on the bench as a special guest. I would like to have her speak to the kids about leadership and hard work as she was the example of both. Please pass on my wishes to her and thoughts. Happy holidays.Thanks so much again for the e-mail
Scott

Peggy's Excellent Car Rack adventure

Peggy Norris' car seemed to have a problem tonight getting into the garage - apparently it was a little too high with the rack to clear the garage ceiling!!! She got stuck !!!



It's quite a nice landrover but she needs to keep it in the country - city driving is not for her!!!

Peggy and Marcia after we told the group about her adventures!!!!

Most of this group was behind Peggy in line at the garage!!! We all thought it was pretty funny - luckily she found a spot right out front!!! It seems Peggy has an adventure every year at the ADI party!Last year she lost her car keys and spent the night in the lobby of the Hotel George! Adventure seems to follow Peggy eveywhere she goes!!! Thats why she is the star of this blog post!!!

ADI Holiday Party

Some pictures of our friends having fun at the holiday party for George's work- We always seem to enjoy the Hotel George and its' delicious sushi!!!


Barbara and Gary Grasso looking gorgeous!

Nan Stufflebeem and Judi Zippin enjoying the evening!

Dee Doyle - a very shy Bill Estes, Molly Estes and Nick Doyle!!!

Lisa and Paul Bellantoni with Zip Zippin having fun!

More light under the counter in the kitchen

I think using small lamps on the kitchen counters create a nice homey touch to a kitchen. I put these blue and white lamps in the dark corners and the bar area to shed some light in a dark condo kitchen.

This little bunny lamp gives off a great amount of light when placed on top of a stack of cookbooks.

Another addition to the final corner- the overall effect is really great - especially since I have a very modern and very dim overhead fixture. These lamps really warm up the area.