Back In the Good Old Days

That is . . . when we still had power . . . This is almost like a "Way Back Wednesday," but it's only going back one week. Of course, the rate this week is passing it feels like a month.

I got a little behind on my blog stories last week. Jessica was visiting and, as usual, we are busy doing fun stuff. I just don't know where the times goes, but it seems to travel quicker when she's around. Unless of course, the power is out, in which case times seems to stand still. But anyway, last week we had a few days in a row of fun events. To recap, it looked something like this:


We went to see the Legends in Concert at Foxwoods on Thursday night. Once again, the show did not disappoint. This time the acts included: Donna Summer, Carrie Underwood, the Beatles, Celine Dion, and my favorite . . . Frank Sinatra. All of the acts were fantastic and we had a great time. Seeing the Sinatra impersonator was even better than seeing Old Blue Eyes himself. Granted, I saw him on his last tour and he was running out of steam in those days. The impersonator was a young Frank and he definitely played the part to a T. And speaking of T, when Frank was signing "The Summer Wind" I was just lost in my own world . . . singing along with a big smile on my face. Karlo looked at me and probably wondered what memory I was lost in. He might get a giggle knowing that it was Tina I was thinking about.

Jess posing with Old Blue Eyes

After the show we cruised around the casino playing tourist. I teased Jessica for taking so many silly tourist pictures, but she pointed out that she is a tourist - not even from this country. OK, she has a point. She's allowed.

Friday was our annual company picnic and the weather certainly cooperated. We spent the afternoon hanging around, drinking beer, and playing yard games. The best part was the endless amounts of yummy food which meant no cooking at home. Always a plus.


Unfortunately the weather didn't stay very nice. Saturday was all about storm prep and it didn't make for a very nice day of outdoor activities. But that was OK, we had all our fun during the evening hours. We had some friends over for dinner and it was the best dinner party we ever hosted . . . because Jessica did all the cooking! Oh wait, I got into the kitchen for 2 minutes to help and managed to hurt myself. When will I learn to stay away? I should have taken lessons from Tim who knows to keep his distance and just observe.