The Play

Last night Amanda and I went to see the Community Player's version of the play "Mame". It was really good and very funny. Kevin was in the orchestra and anytime I get to see or hear him perform I enjoy it but the play last night was so good that I would have enjoyed it even if he had not been in it.

The play is about a young boy named Patrick whose parents die and his only living relative is his "Auntie Mame". He nanny takes him to New York to Mame's house to deliver him and when they arrive there is a party going on. Mame is very into partying, she is known for having a party every night. Right away Mame and Patrick bond and develop a very close relationship. The only problem is that Mame has no idea how to parent, in fact she really has no idea how to do much of anything other than party. This all takes place shortly before the stock crash that set off the Great Depression. Once the depression hit, Mame has to learn how to live life without money until she meets a rich man who falls in love with her and marries her. They go on an extended honeymoon that lasts for years. They travel around the world while Patrick is in boarding school. Mame's husband dies and she returns. Patrick grows up, gets married and has a son. Mame steps in to do all the crazy things with his son that she had done with Patrick.

I know that the way I have described it here sounds really boring but it is so funny! Mame's best friend is a party animal and spends the whole play either drunk or hung over. Watching her is hilarious, you never know when or from where she will drag herself up. The play is filled with non-verbal comedy.

Today has been pretty quiet around here. Amanda's boyfriend came over and we had BBQ chicken at Kevin's house. Yummm that was good! Amanda and Scott played Guitar Hero all afternoon. Amanda and I were going to go to the Rodeo this evening but I decided at the last minute that I really didn't want to go. I just wasn't in the mood and thought that having French toast and a movie sounded better. So that is what we did. Tomorrow is the town parade which I am looking forward to.

Well, enough babbling for tonight... more later.

Another hot day in Colorado

somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 degrees here again today. It is miserably hot... to hot to do anything so not much is happening today. Worked this morning and napped this afternoon for a bit. Now I am preparing to go see a play. Will write more tomorrow and let you know how the play went. Other than that, I just can't think of anything to say today so I think I will call this done.

Technilogically challenged me attempting to learn to Blog...

So here I am upon the birth of my fifth grandchild attempting to learn to Blog. LOL. Logan is now a week old and his mommy has created a blog for and about him so I figured that I better learn what this is all about and how to do it so that I can keep up with things. I went to Logan's blog page, read the stories his mommy (my daughter) wrote about his birth and the days since he arrived and I tried to leave a comment on his page to let them know that I had been there. I found that in order to do that, I had to have a blog account of my own (Lord help me). Creating a blog account lead me to creating a blog profile and of course a blog page of my own. Okay so now the trick for me will be trying to find all of this again so that I can keep things up. Wish me luck on that account but I am going to try.

Today not only have I been challenged with trying to learn about blogging but was challenged with trying to stay cool. It was over 100 degrees here today. Before I left for work this morning at about 9:45 am it was already so hot that I was dripping. Then I got the pleasure of driving a hot, non-air conditioned school bus full of pre-school and elementary school kids to a town about 15 miles away so they could go swimming. I got to sit in the blazing hot sun for an hour waiting for them before returning them to their daycare. It was so hot today that it was almost impossible to do much of anything other than just sit. YUCK! Thankfully we got a little rain this evening so it has cooled things off a little and I am hoping that it will stay a little cooler tomorrow but I am not counting on it.

Tomorrow we are going to go to see a play at the local college. My boyfriend is performing in the orchestra for the play so that should be fun and I assume that the theater will have air conditioning which will be good as well. This weekend our town is having a festival complete with parade, music and BBQ in the park, booths of all sorts, rodeo, and a street dance. This is the first time I have been here for the festival and I am kind of excited to see what it is all about. However I am even more excited about traveling to Washington State in about a week or so in order to meet my newest grandson and to see my other grandkids and my girls as well.

I guess that is about all for tonight. I get to take the kids to the swimming pool again tomorrow since they have lessons 4 days a week this week and next. I sure hope that it is a little cooler tomorrow when we go. Hopefully I will be able to find this all again and blog again soon.