Visiting with friends

Here's another photo of Kate from week 3.

Thursday I went to the dentist and had two crowns put on. It still amazes me that they make them right there while you wait. They use a CEREC machine (computer like) that the technical uses to draw a 3-D picture of your new crown to fit your mouth. Unfortunately, one of them didn't fit and she had to do it three times to get it to fit right. I was in the dentist chair 3 1/2 hours. (although they did have a nice window for me to look out and the let me walk around a couple of times while the "milling machine" created the crown. I was really sore after it was all over. Since Dee was working, I golfed with that Russ and Bob that afternoon. On Friday Kathy (russ's sife) had to drive to Moon Twp. to get her daughter who flew into town, and Dee went with her to pick up Marrissa and baby Conrad who flew in from Boston. I was finally able to reach my mother to confirm my picking her up later today for a sleep over here at the house and then church and lunch on Mother's Day.

Dee and I have been talking with a mortgage guy about refinancing our mortgage to get a lower rate. I see him every Tuesday at the Cranberry Chamber networking meetings. We'll meet with him today to finalize our plans. We think it's a good step toward lowering our payments. I ran his numbers by my good friend Steve in NJ who knows that stuff inside and out, and he thought it was a step in the right direction.

The Music Man movie

Here's another recent photo of Kaitlin that I thought you'd enjoy.

I was able to golf yesterday morning at Treesdale before Rotary began at noon. It was a little cool out but warmed up some during the morning. The rains came in mid afternoon, so it was good I went when I did. Dee worked until 3 PM and then came home. Bonz and I went around the block for some exercise. It was a quiet afternoon and evening. We watched "Music Man" in the evening with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. I've been wanting to watch it for some time now. The Buffalo Bills quartet was in it and I wanted to see and hear them sing. People often refer to them when they talk about the start of barbershop singing's popularity. Good movie.

We used the hot tub even though it was raining. That was different as occasionally a drop of cool rain water would land on your back from the deck above. It is always so restful and relaxing in the hot tub. Nice.

We're anticipating going to see Kerri and Kate and Pat next week. Pat has gone back to work and Kerri seems to be getting along at home on her own now. So, we'll go down and keep her company and see the baby again. She'll be one month old next Wednesday and that's when we're going. We'll come back on Friday. (We were going to go to a benefit dinner Sherron and John Curdie are having, but this trip will change that.)

Bogmeisters' Open House

New Photos of Kate arrived last night. Enjoy!

Yesterday Dee worked at McGinnis and I checked out storm doors at Home Depot and also picked up some items at Target. Bonz had a nice walk and we enjoyed the cooler weather. Cooking dinner on the grill is always fun - turkey burgers. Then later I went to the Bogmeister Open House for new men singers as we prepare for singing the National Anthem at PNC Park. Seven new guys showed up and we had a good time introducing them to barbershop singing. Here's a photo from last night's Open House.

Remember we're singing on Sunday July 19 when the Pirates play the SF Giants. And if You want to go and sit in our section and get the discounted ticket price and a free ball cap, use our group code #722466 when you order your tickets. we're sitting in the Left Field Box. Tickets are $20 each.

Congratulations Danielle!

Conrgatulations to Dee's great niece Danielle! She gave birth this morning at 5:07 a.m. to twin boys. Cameron Kennedy and Noah Paul weighed 4 pounds 15 oz. and 5 pounds 11 oz. Danielle had a C-section at West Penn Hospital and all are doing well. PTL

Yesterday was a cool day. While Dee went to work at McGinnis, I completed my chores around the house (she gave me a "to do" list) and then went off to play golf at Treesdale. I'd decided I needed to go to the driving range first to work on my swing. I discovered that maybe I've been putting the ball to far forward causing mis-hits. So I moved the ball back in my stance and that seemed to help a lot. Afterward I played 9 holes and did better than earlier in the week.

Afterward I took Bonz for a walk and Dee and I had steaks on the grill. We were going to go to Butler to hear a Barbershop concert at Succop Theater but Dee was tired so I went by myself. Only to learn that they'd sold out and there were no tickets left. (I remember seeing the ad in the paper saying to call a certain phone number but had no idea it was a requirement if you wanted tickets.) Oh well, I gathered a few programs to show our guys and then headed home. Dee and I used the hot tub and enjoyed some bubbly in the bubbles.