Saturday, February 20, 2010

A Night Under the Big Top

Glenwood's big event, A Night Under the Big Top, is this Friday, Feb. 26, which means wedding planning has been put on hold.  If you have never been, it's one fabulous party! There will be food, drinks, casino games, silent and live auction and lots of good times to be had. Come preview our wedding reception band, The Undergrounders, a motown band. And since I will be working, Nathan needs some friends (even though he has never met a stranger). 

Here's a clip from a TV interview I did about Glenwood, autism and Big Top. CBS 42

Check out the event, order tickets or make a donation here!





Monday, February 15, 2010

Nathan's big break

I think this is hilarious. Nathan doesn't think it is nearly as funny as I do, but who knows, if Health Care Administration doesn't work out, it could be his big break as a singer/songwriter. Nathan created this song, improv, on the ride home from Charleston after New Years 2010.

Click here to listen and be amused.


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Winter Wonderland 2010

A.K.A the Best Day Ever!!

Nathan and I had an action packed snow day 2010. I feel this story can only be portrayed with lots of pictures.

This is how our Winter Wonderland started and how I found Nathan around lunchtime. As his brother Kevin would say, Nathan had nursing home hair.
To have the best snow day ever, you must have the following things:
1. Snow Cream
2. Snow ball fight
3. Snow Man
4. Sledding
5. Snow angels

1. Nathan and I gathered some snow and made two versions of snow cream. The first batch was more of an italian ice which included snow (make sure you stay away from yellow snow), milk, sugar (we used brown sugar because we didn't have regular) and vanilla. You mix all of these things together to taste. I thought it was pretty delicious but Nathan thought it was missing something, which led us to our second batch. I thought, what would Paula Dean add to her snow cream...Eagle Brand condensed milk. Our second batch included snow, vanilla and the secret ingredient, Eagle Brand condensed milk. Nathan loved this and so did Ollie.

For once Oliver was not the culprit of this mess.

2. Of course a day long snow ball fight is a must. I quickly remembered a childhood lesson that I haven't used since Winter Storm 1993... you NEVER turn your back on anyone with a snow ball. I think Nathan secretly wanted more boys around so he could peg them as hard as he could. He had mercy on me.

3. Make a snow man... or decorate someone else's. Nathan and I tried numerous times to build a snowman, but as soon as we would get a sizable ball of snow, Oliver would pounce on it. We found this enormous snow man and decided to decorate the other side of his face. We also met the little boy who built the snowman. I think he came outside to protect his creation.

4. Cookie Sheets do not work as sleds. Ski pants, however, do make pretty good "body sledding" outfits. Since the last time we had snow was in 1993, we didn't have a sled, but we did have lots of fun sledding down the golf course hill on our bottoms and borrrowing little kids' sleds.

5. And lastly, you must make snow angels. We had to throw a snow ball really far so Oliver wouldn't ruin our angels.

Here are some more pictures of our super fun day!