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Hello
Hello, LJ. I had forgotten all about you. Life got busy. 2011 was a year of healthy living. I'm 50 pounds lighter, and I feel good. But in doing it, I put a lot of things aside to make time for it.
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Memories of Anna
19 years ago today, I stood next to Anna, an 8th grader, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Princeton, NJ, to be her confirmation sponsor. I remember the day so clearly.
I was working at McGraw-Hill, in midtown Manhattan, at the time. It took me 2 hours to travel from my office at Rockefeller Center to our tiny apartment on campus at Princeton Univ. ( Read more... ) -
Quilting
Today I stayed away from The Tudors (wise move, I think) and instead got caught up on my quilting. It was a cozy, happy way to spend a morning.
David and I have been doing a block-of-the-month club through an adorable shop on Main Street (www.patches3.com). We've never quilted before, but we thought--why not? How hard can it be to make one block a ( Read more... ) -
Tudors and saints
My beloved fixed me up with Nexflix. That combined with winter makes for a cozy but sluglike existence ( Read more... ) -
Post-CB
Crystal (Light) Ball is over, and I'm nearly recovered. I have to say it really was a marvelous feeling to be able to see it from the back row of the pit. Ct. Anton surprised me by coming to the event; usually we're up against a fighting event, so he's never been to the ball. He's a terrific ME drummer, and I'm happy to say he's at home in a ( Read more... ) -
Crystal Light
Tomorrow is the modified version of Crystal Ball. For the first time in I think 12 years (maybe only 11?), I'm not in charge of the pit. I'm pretty darn happy about it. A small part of me wondered if I'd be sort of sad about it. The honest truth is that I'm very relieved. I'm no shrinking violet, to be sure, but I'm much happier as the follower, ( Read more... ) -
Excellence
Today at work, we had an all hands meeting of my entire department (maybe150 to 175 people), where we got to hear inspiring words by the head of global production, Ian (my boss's boss's boss's boss), who was in town for the occasion of awarding our Excellence awards (called Star awards), to reward those workers who have somehow distinguished ( Read more... ) -
Madrigal dinners 2010
Wow...a madrigal dinner just kicked my ass ( Read more... ) -
St. Thomas Mount and Cyclone Jal
Today we ventured out in the rain and wind to visit St. Thomas Mount, a large hill that overlooks the city of Chennai, where St. Thomas the Apostle who came to evangelize in India was martyred. The view was amazing, even though we got pretty soaked out there. We retreated to the Eucharistic Adoration chapel, which was a lovely little chapel. We had ( Read more... )
