Friday 10/29/10
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our neighbor Denise’s dad passed away & we went
to show our support. It’s never easy when someone dies 😦
On Denise’s dad’s prayer card:
Robert F. Barber Sr.
May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be at your back,
May the sun shine warm on your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
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Remember my office was having a pumpkin contest?
Here are a few of the entries:
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they eat their own………
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do you recognize my masterpiece?
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PUMPKINS!
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(stealth photo!)
we’ve been BUSY at work – YAY.
and looks like we are going to STAY that way. double YAY.
this is our new financial operations guy on the left –
Tony (my accountant) & at the computer is my
awesome colleague Joseph.
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Tom & Josephine Taormina.
I gave them my pumpkin for their restaurant –
they needed it!
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Remember the game sister Pat made for her students?
Here are some “answers”, can YOU guess the QUESTIONS?
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relative of Yoko…….
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another name for cadaver……..
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is this legal/illegal ?
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this is called…….
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freezing the body after death is called…….
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sister Pat said her kids LOVED LOVED playing the game….
if you’re a teacher try ENGAGING the kids –
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turing is not fun for either parties…..
turing is not fun for either parties…..
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Saying nothing sometimes says the most.
– Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
– Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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I agree.
Every day above ground is a GREAT DAY!
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If you had to teach something,
what would you teach?
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(I know what I would teach………)
Thursday 10/28/10
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(that’s his statue on top of city hall)
Happy 328th Birthday, Philadelphia!
Lookin??? good!
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so very excited to get unexpected “Dessert Mail” !!!!
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(that’s the mail you save for last…..)
it was from my friend Brenda who I’ve known for
20 years now – We met while working at the
brokerage firm Janney Montgomery Scott.
I love having longtime friends – ones that even
though you don’t see each other often, when you
do see them, it’s like there was never a lapse.
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sister Pat made us home-made “hoagies” (subs).
Why do these taste better than what you get in the store?
Later tonight I’m going to a movie which will
tell me WHY we shouldn’t eat this –
so I’m trying to enjoy it now….
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sister PAT, for those who don’t know, teaches at
Archbishop Ryan HS in Philadelphia.
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She teaches physical education & health.
This is an activity she created for her class –
it’s like Jeopardy – it helps keep them interested.
She NEVER (EVER) lectures – every class is
taught as an activity. Where were teachers like
her when I went to School????
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
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my friend Joyce & I at the movie screening FRESH.
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If you have a chance to see the movie – GO SEE IT!
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I’m surrounded by laughing friends,
taking amazing journeys,
and constantly choosing between lots of fun things to do.
What more could I want?
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
10/27/10
We usually have Walleyball on Wednesday but the other team cancelled.
Plan B was dinner with our friends the Brookreson’s.
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Tuesday 10/26/10
Going to a BIRD MEETING tonight – FINALLY!
It’s been months since I’ve attended one – been too busy…..
Wanted to get Picture of the Day done before the meeting!
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Stealth Photo………
Cool purple Nike sneakers with SPOTS —
do i need these??
Christmas is coming up, right?
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“All the mistakes I ever made
were when I wanted to say ‘no’ and said ‘yes.'”
Moss Hart
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from Passive Aggressive Notes…….
~ While cleaning out boxes after her grandmother passed away,
Sarah stumbled upon a thank you note she had written to her grandparents years earlier.
(???In my defense,??? Sarah says, ???my brother never did write his own thank you note.???)
Sarah stumbled upon a thank you note she had written to her grandparents years earlier.
(???In my defense,??? Sarah says, ???my brother never did write his own thank you note.???)
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horse with “dog dong”
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How have you changed
in the last five years?
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Monday 10/25/10
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Center_(office_building)
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DELICIOUS looking salad sister Pat made us for dinner.
YUMmmmm — everyone needs a sister Pat 🙂
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These are excerpts/quotes from an article I read today in the New Yorker Magazine.
It was about the trapped Chilean Miners.
True courage is mostly choices,
not gestures – difficult to make dramatic.
(this was in reference to the rescuers who volunteered to
(this was in reference to the rescuers who volunteered to
go DOWN into the shaft to help the miners)
People are trapped by circumstances;
other people help them.
(kind of how we are all “trapped” in some way)
~Adam Gopnik (writer for New Yorker)
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Beyond the titles
that others have given you,
who are you?
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dog photobombing the picture!!!
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Sunday 10/24/10
No plans for the day other than a manicure/pedicure appointment…..
Watch the EAGLES game and catch up on Picture of the Day.
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2 ounces vodka
Pour into a cold martini glass…DRINK.
Last night we DID use martini glasses – today I used my Lucky Leopard Glass 🙂
the brief guide to life
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Chester tuckered out from last night’s party
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Weasel tuckered out from last night’s party
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sister Pat made a BLT salad for dinner – it was DELICIOUS!
thanks PAT!
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the brief guide to life
less TV, more reading
less shopping, more outdoors
less clutter, more space
less rush, more slowness
less consuming, more creating
less junk, more real food
less busywork, more impact
less driving, more walking
less noise, more solitude
less focus on the future, more on the present
less work, more play
less worry, more smiles
less shopping, more outdoors
less clutter, more space
less rush, more slowness
less consuming, more creating
less junk, more real food
less busywork, more impact
less driving, more walking
less noise, more solitude
less focus on the future, more on the present
less work, more play
less worry, more smiles
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cute dog 🙂
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When you think of “home”, what,
specifically do you think of?
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
visit the Picture of the Day Archives:
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10/23/10
We haven’t seen our bike friends in FOREVER for various reasons –
so i brainstormed a pumpkin carving, pizza tasting, apple martini “party”.
I can always find an excuse to get together………….
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What would helen do? 