10/15/10
I worked a wine cruise back in July & saw AL was running another one.
I checked to see if he needed help & he DID. I’m the designated
“Wine Expert” for the cruise tonight. HOW FUN 🙂
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Driving to the Wine Cruise
– the skies NW of I-95 were super cool
but I could not get that picture 😦
Just think RED SKIES….
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The Ben Franklin Yacht that goes out on the Delaware River
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I found out earlier this week my neighbors were
going to be on the same boat for a Birthday Party.
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BEN FRANKLIN YACHT – ships ahoy!
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view from boat – The Ben Franklin Bridge
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here comes AL with the wines.
AL organizes the Wine Cruises.
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French Wines
~2005 Chateau Landat – (Cabernet – Merlot – Petit Verdot)
~ 2009 Vouvray – (White Loire)
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Me & AL
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Dave & Sherry – wine drinkers taking a cruise!
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Italian wines~
~2007 Bere – (Sangiovese – Cabernet – Merlot)
~2009 Colle Solato – (Umbria)
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Pat & Kim – happy wine drinkers 🙂
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Phil, Andrea
(al’s partner) & Sean |
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Helen, Joele
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(a birthday girl!) & Andrea
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Australian wines
~2008 Jip Jip Rocks – (Shiraz Cabernet)
~2008 Jip Jip Rocks – (Chardonnay)
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US WINES
~2008 Zen of Zin (Zinfandel)
~2008 Merryvale Starmont – (Chardonnay)
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neighbors Dan & Kim with ME 🙂
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???You live longer
once you realize
that any time spent being unhappy
once you realize
that any time spent being unhappy
is wasted.”
~ Ruth E. Renkl
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~ Ruth E. Renkl
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additional pictures of cruise:
Friday October 15th 2010
The Social Network
(October 2010)
Really liked this movie. Totally helped me understand more about the
man (boy) behind FACEBOOK. Seriously – he’s 26 yrs old!
And a multi-billionaire. Why can’t my son get a “job” like that? The cool thing about this movie I think is everyone walks away with a different take.
Some probably will think Mark Zuckerberg is a real A**hole – as somewhat
portrayed in the movie & others will think he is not so much that way.
Personally, I loved his brilliant smart-alecky ways. yea Mark 🙂
It’s hard not to admire the work he did to create Facebook.
He pretty much did come up with the premise & others added fuel
to the fire. In the end, in my opinion, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook.
He settled handsomely with those that had a beef with him.
As suggested in the movie – the payoffs were like speeding tickets –
one of them was for $65 million & the other to his initial partner
was undisclosed – maybe he got a Billion dollars ??
When you have BILLIONS of dollars (65?) what’s a few billions
among friends??? I would definitely recommend seeing this movie!
(October 2010)
man (boy) behind FACEBOOK. Seriously – he’s 26 yrs old!
And a multi-billionaire. Why can’t my son get a “job” like that? The cool thing about this movie I think is everyone walks away with a different take.
Some probably will think Mark Zuckerberg is a real A**hole – as somewhat
portrayed in the movie & others will think he is not so much that way.
Personally, I loved his brilliant smart-alecky ways. yea Mark 🙂
It’s hard not to admire the work he did to create Facebook.
He pretty much did come up with the premise & others added fuel
to the fire. In the end, in my opinion, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook.
He settled handsomely with those that had a beef with him.
As suggested in the movie – the payoffs were like speeding tickets –
one of them was for $65 million & the other to his initial partner
was undisclosed – maybe he got a Billion dollars ??
When you have BILLIONS of dollars (65?) what’s a few billions
among friends??? I would definitely recommend seeing this movie!
Thursday 10/14/10
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Wake-Up Call…do you have a keurig?
I’ll swap some pods with you!
I have a few other flavors too!
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SURPRISE party at Helen’s office!!
My friend Joslyn surprised me with lunch
& birthday presents!!! I’m SO LUCKY to have
GREAT FRIENDS 🙂
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Joslyn bought us Sushi from our favorite place –
Vic Sushi – a couple blocks from my office.
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Everything was DELICIOUS!!!
Thank you Joslyn 🙂
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Helen & Joslyn
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ONE of the MANY gifts Joslyn brought me..
A leopard wine glass made by Lolita.
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WHAT is it with kids wearing their pants like this?
Seriously – he was wearing the waist on his thighs.
The white part you are seeing are his underwear.
I was SO TEMPTED to de-pants him when he got up!
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made some roasted Brussel sprouts –
spiffed them up with some bacon bits & pecans.
No one here really eats them. Do YOU like them?
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What a joy and a privilege it is
to be alive on this beautiful, one-of-a-kind day.
Life is increasingly abundant
and the possibilities have no end. ~ Ralph Marston
and the possibilities have no end. ~ Ralph Marston
http://greatday.com/cgi-bin/jsenter.pl?2678401AXfeu
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
???How Winning a BIKE Changed My Life???
By helcha8
Crinkle the tickets my sister said. When I bought 3 chances for $10 I figured I was simply making a donation to Girls with Gears (an annual women???s cycling event to support Carol for Heart {www.carolforheart.org} an organization set on preventing women???s heart disease through education). Like a ???good little sister??? I listened to Pat & ???crinkled??? the tickets.
A few months later I received a phone call: YOU are the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of our Girls with Gears contest ??? a $2000 Trek Bike. Who NEEDS a $2000 bike I thought out loud. Later I discovered I could ???spend??? $2000 in Collegeville Bikesport Shop (www.bikesportbikes.com). This meant my husband Michael & I could both get bicycles or $2000 worth of whatever we wanted in the store. After HOURS of test riding bicycles and getting properly fitted (who KNEW bicycles where so involved?) Michael & I each selected bicycles. I will admit we exceeded our $2000 Grand Prize ???allowance???. Weeks before I knew literally nothing about bicycles and I was now transformed into an ???expert???. I ???needed??? to buy the ???Mercedes??? of bicycles. Classic ???Helen??? antic??? Always ???requires??? the best???. and why should anything less be accepted?
Despite the risk of sounding CLICH??, I must admit ??? the day we brought our bikes home forever CHANGED OUR LIVES. Michael & I started biking regularly. First around Warminster & Northampton parks (ten miles or so) then longer excursions on weekends. We joined Central Bucks Bike Club (www.cbbikeclub.org) and became avid bikers. We biked all year round ???unless it snowed ??? then we skied! Twenty & thirty miles became our ???short rides???. Moreover, we spread the biking fever to our neighbors. A few of them were inspired to purchase bicycles and join CBBC as well. We have encountered countless interesting people during our biking adventures and forged wonderful relationships. We love exercising, being outside & meeting new people.
Thank you Carol for Heart for designing a contest where people can really WIN & have their LIVES changed because of it!
A few months later I received a phone call: YOU are the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of our Girls with Gears contest ??? a $2000 Trek Bike. Who NEEDS a $2000 bike I thought out loud. Later I discovered I could ???spend??? $2000 in Collegeville Bikesport Shop (www.bikesportbikes.com). This meant my husband Michael & I could both get bicycles or $2000 worth of whatever we wanted in the store. After HOURS of test riding bicycles and getting properly fitted (who KNEW bicycles where so involved?) Michael & I each selected bicycles. I will admit we exceeded our $2000 Grand Prize ???allowance???. Weeks before I knew literally nothing about bicycles and I was now transformed into an ???expert???. I ???needed??? to buy the ???Mercedes??? of bicycles. Classic ???Helen??? antic??? Always ???requires??? the best???. and why should anything less be accepted?
Despite the risk of sounding CLICH??, I must admit ??? the day we brought our bikes home forever CHANGED OUR LIVES. Michael & I started biking regularly. First around Warminster & Northampton parks (ten miles or so) then longer excursions on weekends. We joined Central Bucks Bike Club (www.cbbikeclub.org) and became avid bikers. We biked all year round ???unless it snowed ??? then we skied! Twenty & thirty miles became our ???short rides???. Moreover, we spread the biking fever to our neighbors. A few of them were inspired to purchase bicycles and join CBBC as well. We have encountered countless interesting people during our biking adventures and forged wonderful relationships. We love exercising, being outside & meeting new people.
Thank you Carol for Heart for designing a contest where people can really WIN & have their LIVES changed because of it!
Wednesday 10/13/10
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/americas/14chile.html
they probably ALL concur with the motto I live by daily:
EVERY DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GREAT DAY!
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the need is constant.
the gratification is instant. give blood.The motto of the RED CROSS as seen on a flyer on the elevator today.
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CRUSH IT by Gary Vaynerchuk
~ this is my current read. so far I DO like it but
you’ll have to wait until I finish it for the “final review”.
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my fancy new stamps.
If you know me which most likely you DO if you are reading this
you know I like to mail mail via USPS. it’s fun sending
letters snail mail style. When is the last time you
mailed a letter “just because”?
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these stamps are lots of FUN!!!!
Am i the only one who “shops” for stamps??
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of course I LOVE the animals stamps 🙂
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Chester in the middle of a killing
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friends Nici & Luke
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(taking photo – you can see him in mirror)
with friend STEPHANIE who works at a few vineyards in Napa.
Here they are enjoying a tasting at David Fulton Winery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/americas/14chile.html
If you are planning a trip to Napa/Sonoma PLEASE let me know
& I can send you in the right direction. I know people…….
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Build a personal reputation
that speaks for you
when you are not around.
~htd
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Tuesday 10/12/10
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purse party” – LOVE IT!
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then…. TIM SMITH of Smile Therapy is at it again.
Tim sent 2 bucks to all his subscribers to buy a little
something – maybe a PUMPKIN (or part of one, lol)!!
Very thoughtful & what a COOL idea?
You can join in the FUN too ….join here:
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sign I saw at school tonight.
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“Be Yourself! Who Else Is Better Qualified?”
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Chester GUARDING a piece of bread that
Weasel clearly wants. (she ate hers, of course!).
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45 minutes later…. the standoff continues….
LOL!!!! dogs are just TOO FUNNY!!!
i heart them…..
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Worry not that no one knows of you;
seek to be worth knowing.
~from a fortune cookie
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
What would helen do? 