Sunday 8/15/10
Up early on a Sunday morning at the seashore, what does one do?
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LIFE HERE IS GOOD!
~ you can buy benches & add what you want it to say.
A lot of people use them as memorials.
i liked this one!
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THERE! it’s fixed…..
I hope no one really drives this car like that…..
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back to Schneider’s house on the bay – they live on 46th Place
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Schneider’s on the Bay – as i named them on foursquare!
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Michael’s turn to read while
sitting on the dock of the bay
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Helen shoes ~ pair #5.
Yup, I wore them ALL!!!
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Good Bye Sea Isle City – it was FUN !!!!
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Saturday 8/14/10
Instead of playing volleyball today we are BIKING!
Biking at the shore is FUN for me b/c it’s FLAT!
I am NOT a lover of the hills…..
The plan is to ride from Bill & Robin’s house in Sea Isle City (SIC)
to Atlantic City. ( 40 miles round trip)
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8/14/10
Our friends Billy & Robin invited us to their beach house for the weekend.
We drove down early Saturday to Sea Isle City, NJ — not quite 2 hours from Ivyland.
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outside a fishing bait & tackle shop on the Bay
~ pair of shoes #1
( i love dansko clogs)
(remember? I packed FIVE Pairs!)
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Our hosts for the weekend – THANK YOU!!!
Samantha, Robin & Billy
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Michael & Billy checking out the church
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Michael, Bill, Robin & Helen
Fun at LaCosta’s bar in Sea Isle.
http://www.lacosta-seaisle.com/
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Robin & were dressed opposite – by accident…
sunglasses, tops & shorts
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(btw I’m wearing pair of shoes #3 …
2nd pair will be in biking Picture of the Day)
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Samantha (right) and her friends from college that
were sleeping over
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i think it’s a “rule” that college kids have to play
beer pong? “uncle mike” getting in on the action
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Billy firing up the grill with assistant chef supervising
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I’m sorry this wasn’t a better picture.
Michael made a hamburger, pork roll, hotdog sandwich.
One of each….on one roll…he said it was GOOD.
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whipping up some SHOTS of Absinthe –
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(learn more here http://www.absinthebuyersguide.com/)
~ There’s a science behind it. I had mine “normal”
NOT a shot…..
always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Friday the 13th 2010
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my mortgage re-finance papers are in the mail (Fedex)…
We are getting an AWESOME deal.
We got a WAY lower rate, with ZERO points,
plus $$$ back to finish the basement ….
AND “our guy” introduced us to an insurance guy (his brother!)
who is ALSO saving us $$$. The BEST part is:
our payment is even lower than before!!
What’s NOT to like?
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610 964 1200)
Tell him HELEN sent you -he will save you $$$$
neighbor DAN told me about him
(thanks for the intro Dan!)
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Chris our IT guy – trying to figure out
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WHAT IS GOING ON ? — (Friday the 13th?)
all the computers in our office were down –
this could be devastating for a busy trading room!
The server finally resolved their issues
& Chris installed a new router
so eventually we were ok.
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meanwhile – everyone was on their iPhones!
here’s co-worker Ray.
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LOOK!! We have baby bluebirds. I missed the “birth”….
i think they are a few days old….
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farm fresh Ivyland Tomatoes!! Hand picked by Michael.
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I LOVE a tomato sandwich.
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I forget how much I like them until I eat them……
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How many pairs of shoes do I need to go
away for the weekend?? FOUR, apparently…
plus the pair I am wearing down the shore.
I guess that makes FIVE…..?
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The Double Bind ….. i just finished reading it.
Does anyone care to borrow it??
Here is the review:
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/double-bind-by-chris-bohjalian-review
Let me know if you want to read it………
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WAYS TO THINK LIKE A CHAMPION
Champions Expect to Win
Champions Don’t Make Excuses When They Don’t Win
Champions Focus on What They Get To Do, Not What They Have To Do
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do YOU have time to read?
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If your life was a novel,
what would be the title
and how would your story end?
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hunting dog
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
Double Bind {Review}
Double Bind. Where do I begin? I’m giving it 3 stars b/c it IS well written & the way Chris B.
describes things is pretty cool – I couldn’t even begin to think like he does to write / describe like that.
On the other hand – the book was kind of crazy. With the references to the Great Gatsby
I am wondering if I would have had a better understanding of the book had I re-read Gatsby
first before diving into Double Bind? Also – the ending really throws you for a loop.
I almost feel like I need to re-read Double Bind again to better understand the book?
I’ve hear it likened to the movie Sixth Sense – whereas – when you find out the ending
it helps you understand the WHOLE movie so if you watch it again you say AHA.
I’m not saying to NOT read Double Bind however if you chose to read it be forewarned
you are really going to want to re-read it to understand it.
describes things is pretty cool – I couldn’t even begin to think like he does to write / describe like that.
On the other hand – the book was kind of crazy. With the references to the Great Gatsby
I am wondering if I would have had a better understanding of the book had I re-read Gatsby
first before diving into Double Bind? Also – the ending really throws you for a loop.
I almost feel like I need to re-read Double Bind again to better understand the book?
I’ve hear it likened to the movie Sixth Sense – whereas – when you find out the ending
it helps you understand the WHOLE movie so if you watch it again you say AHA.
I’m not saying to NOT read Double Bind however if you chose to read it be forewarned
you are really going to want to re-read it to understand it.
8/12/10
“Lean” Picture of the Day today – for a change!!!
We were suppose to bike by the RAIN said NO
& I said YAY b/c I’m tired from endlessly going out …..
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Wednesday 8/11/10
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“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I shall have the belief that I can do it. I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.”~ Mahatma Gandhi
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
What would helen do? 