Tuesday, December 2, 2008

BINGO IS BACK!







Rock 'N Roll Shout Out Good Times BINGO is back at Kappy's!

What started out as something fun to do in the summer has grown into
THE party on the Eastside.
We mix BINGO, trivia, rock/paper/scissors,
weird prizes, crazy team names and of course,
yelling into an action-packed 2 hours of fun!

BINGO is back for three Thursdays this December!
December 4, 11, 18
8 to 10 pm
Kappy's Bar and Sandwich Place
2190 North Wilmot Rd.
(on the cut thru street to Cost Co.)
FREE to play
but we are asking people to bring 2 cans of food to donate to
the Tucson Community Food Bank.

This Thursday, we have Budweiser American Ale as a sponsor,
who knows what kind of prizes they will bring to BINGO?
So, grab your rabbit's foot and your ear plugs because BINGO IS BACK!



Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Harp Concert-The Legend of the Christmas Rose

A GREAT way to get into the Christmas Spirit!

Martha Gallagher, The Adirondack Harper, is coming to town!

The Legend of the Christmas Rose is a wonderful Christmas concert that weaves together original song and story inspired by The Legend of the Christmas Rose, written by Sweden’s Selma Lagerlof, 1909 Nobel recipient for Literature.

Besides being my friend Rob's sister, Martha is an incredible Harper!
Check out her website
http://www.adkharper.com/

Lutheran Church of the Foothills
5102 N. Craycroft Road
Tucson, AZ 85750

Saturday November 29, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FREE!!!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Congrats to Adele and Noah!

Adele and Noah both competed in 67 mile race of El Tour de Tucson this past Saturday and FINISHED!!!
Noah ROCKED the house and finished 9th! only 12 minutes behind first.
Adele fresh off her trip to Finland and Russia,
shook off her jetlag and finished 748.
She was within 5 minutes of her last year's finish. AMAZING!!!
Congrats to both!
I am proud of you!
Noah 3:02:16
Adele 5:01:28

Friday, November 21, 2008

El Tour de Tucson




On Saturday, November 22 over 8500 people of all ages
will compete in
El Tour de Tucson.
The El Tour de Tucson is a terrific bike race around Tucson.
Literally, on the streets of Tucson.
There are 5 major starting points: 109 mile, 80, 67, 35
and a fun ride for the little ones.
It is an all day affair!
So, please keep your eyes open,
slow down
and plan to add some extra travel time
to your errands on Saturday.
My friend Adele rocked the 66 mile last year while her son was in Africa.
This year, they both will compete.
I am very proud of them.
GO ADELE AND NOAH! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Bridal Tip #1


Sometimes, lacing and bustling the dress is harder than it looks.
So, take the lacing/bustling person, Maid of Honor for example, with you to the final fitting.
That way the MOH gets to do a run through before the Big Day and ask any questions about lacing and bustling. You might want to take some photos with your cell phones for extra help.
On the Big Day, it is easy to forget the directions and the photos really help.
In this case, Nancy's Matron of Honor did most of the lacing with Nancy's mom coming in to tie the bow.
It was a win-win!


Friday, November 14, 2008

Sam and Ray are too cute!




I was lucky enough to take photos of Sam and Ray the other day.

The boys were back in town and ready for their closeups.

Maggie and Garret are raising two of the cutest, smartest boys ever.

In this photo, the boys are catching up on their sports scores before they hit the sack.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

FINALLY, I am in The Guinness World Book of Records!


Ever since I watched The Brady Bunch growing up, I had to be like Bobby and Cindy and try to get into The Guinness World Book of Records. My friend Beth and I would read our copies of The Guinness World Book of Records and try and figure out which record could we break. Which ones could we do over summer vacation and how hard it would be?

And more importantly, could we get our parents behind this project? Would they bring us food and water and let us stay up past our bedtime during our attempt? There was a lot of planning on this project. But alas, I never did break a record!


UNTIL NOW!!!!!!!!!

The last day of The Math, Science, Technology FunFest, we attempted to break the old record of simultaneous launch of rubberband-powered paper airplanes.

2,300 kids of all ages went out to The Tucson Community Center parking lot with our individually numbered airplanes and waited for the countdown.

Would we have enough to break the old record? And what was the old record?
Some airplanes went into orbit a little early but at least 1,800 were launched at the same time.

WE DID IT!!!

Finally, I am going to be in The Guinness World Book of Records!
YEAH!!! I can't believe it!

I AM IN!


The next day, I got up early and bought a newspaper.
Clearly, this important event would be covered by the media.
And there it was on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star, a big photo and article about us breaking the record!

Check it out.


I quickly read the article and found out that the old record was 88 planes.
WHAT?!?!?!
88????
ONLY 88????
AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!

I could have organized my elementary school and beat that record YEARS ago!!
Why didn't we see this record in our books? WHY???

Well, my depression quickly lifted when I realized that while I didn't break any records when I was a child, I broke one on November 7, 2008 at 11:30am.

And that made me smile!



When does the 2009 edition come out?