Will I ever catch up?

Why is it when you get back from a trip it seems like you’re behind on everything here at home?  I have been playing catch up for a week and this is the first time I have had a chance to sit down at my computer to try to put a few coherent words together.  :o)


It was well worth it though, we had such a nice time in the big city.  There is just so much to see and you can’t even begin to see it all in four days even if you are going full tilt like we were.  We hope to get back again to take the kiddos to a few more shows as there are several playing that would be great for them like Mary Poppins and Peter Pan.


This leads me to our Jersey Boy Show experience which wasn’t quite so pleasant.  I know there are a lot of you out there that grew up listening to the Four Seasons singing their wonderful ballads and fun songs like I did.  Squeaky clean lyrics which was the way it was in the 50’s.  Non of the trash talk and innuendo which is so prevalent today.


I guess I am very naive as when I booked the tickets for this show I didn’t even give it a thought that there might be some inappropriate content so when the evening came we were all very excited as we took our seats.  I had been playing Four Seasons music in my car for a few weeks and telling T and D this was what we were going to hear only in person so they were excited about going.


The show started innocently enough with some great dancers and singers doing the prelude to the show and it was all very exciting.  When the show started it was fun and was telling how the Four Seasons got together back in Jersey.  Then things started going downhill fast as the language got coarse and frankly nasty.  We quickly got up to leave trying to get our 8 and 9 year old grand kids out of there as fast as possible.


Yes, I know kids hear things on the bus.  Yes, I know they hear things on the playground at school that aren’t appropriate but dog gone it as their grandparents we aren’t going to expose them to it at a Broadway show that’s supposed to be a fun family night out!!!!!


Was I upset, yes. Very. The ushers kept asking us why we were leaving, evidently they see nothing wrong with children hearing four letter words and more.  Was there anything in the BroadwayShows.com that gave any indication that this was not a child friendly show, no.  Did we get our money back, no, stupid question.  Their solution was to ditch the kids and come back.  Sigh……..  Why ruin a perfectly good show with this kind of content?  There was no need of it, there was enough good content in this story of four young men that became a very popular group for many, many years.  We didn’t get to hear ONE Four Seasons song.


Okay, rant over but not to be forgotten.


On to more exciting things here on the Range.  I turned 60 a few days ago…….sigh…..when did that happen?!  :o)  I thought only old people were 60. ha!


The kids came over to celebrate and brought a pretty cake with enough frosting to put the whole town into a coma but boy was it ever good!!! I hate to admit it but I ate more then my share…..



They had made cards for me and in one was a gift card to JoAnn Fabric and in the other was one to TJ Maxx.  Yay!  I have already made a trip to TJ Maxx and put the card towards some new cushions for my porch furniture.  It was burning a hole in my pocket!


They brought pizza and breadsticks from my favorite pizza place which always hits the spot and then we played UNO.  It was a fun evening.








I had a package arrive on my birthday from Miss Pea at Pea’s Corner!! That was good timing all the way from Ontario!!! It had my favorite fairy on the paper, Tinkerbelle! :o)



Inside was a wonderful wind chime in the shape of a horse which certainly goes with the decor around here!!

Also a sweet Willow Tree friendship figurine that touched my heart.  :o)   I love the bouquet of flowers that she is holding.  Thank you dear Pea, you have been such a wonderful friend to me over the past four years! You are so kind and thoughtful to everyone and we WILL meet in person one day!!!!!  xoxoxo



Dad and I just tried to go for our morning walk but only made it about half way as it started sleeting.  The bits of ice were bouncing off our heads and getting bigger all the time so we turned around and came back to the house.  They are expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow further north where my niece and husband live!!!!!!! YIKES, will spring ever get warm?!!!