World Ventures Reps

Yesterday after Kerri and Kate left for VA, Dee and I went to a luncheon presentation at a local restaurant. One of my "Chamber of Commerce" contacts talked about "How to Travel for a Fraction of the Normal Costs." We liked what he said and signed up with "World Ventures". It's a kind of Sams Club for travel. We especially liked the "Dream Vacations" features. Our new website as "Leisure Travel Consultants" is http://www.aiello.worldventures.com/ or http://www.aiello.rovia.com/ Check it out.

I also thought I'd try "Twitter" and see what that's all about. Should be fun with my new "I touch" gadget.

Kate and Kerri head Home Today

Here we are having a serious talk abut boys. And we practiced "cooing" to each other. Each time she does it she smiles and seems surprised that she did it. LOL

I was able to get in a round of golf yesterday just as the rain was stopping. I golfed with two other rangers. Jim is 81 (the best golfer of the three) and Dick is 69. They've been rangering a long time. We had a nice time.

Kerri and Kate leave this morning after breakfast at First Watch. Dee and I both work on Saturday so it'll be a busy weekend.

Yesterday I bought a Time Magazine and read an article about Twitter and decided to sign up to give it a try. We'll see how it works. I continue to enjoy my new Itouch. It seems to be able to connect to the web just about everywhere. And I picked up a car adapter at CVS (for $10) that will allow me to recharge it without having to plug it into the computer all the time.

Our visit with Kerri and Kate went well. Kate actually slept through the night each night. And that was something new for her and Kerri.

Kate's In Town

It's Thursday morning already - been a busy week with Kerri and Kate here. We got a new storm door for the front door. Now we can keep the house door open and still see outside through the window of the storm door. It has a screen in the top half that rolls up and down when needed. Nice for some airflow doing summer days.

Kerri's friend Maureen and her boyfriend came over last night for dinner and a visit to see Kate and Kerri. We ha a nice meal but ran out of propane while cooking the chicken. duh? Dee saved the day by finishing it on the stove. We've been watching the various parts of the John Adams HBO series. Fascinating stuff - we're enjoying it. However, last night the power went off for about 20 minutes. Had to scurry around and find candles light the way. The whole area was blacked out from the storm.

Here's another photo of Kate. She sure is adorable. And becoming quite the coo-er. Coos back and smiles when she does it. Great stuff.

Home from Barbershop Music Camp

My trip to Kenyon College in Ohio went well. There were about 250 barbershoppers from PA,OH and KY there to take classes and sing. Here's a photo of the dining hall (It's the one with people in it) and of the student dining hall. Impressive.

The classes I took were of a more technical nature this year. Two were on using the computer to create learning CDs with programs called "Audacity' and "Finale". And the third class that I took all day Sat. was on "How to Arrange Sheet Music in the Barbershop Style". I was curious about what the key principles are for doing that. The instructor, Don Gray, has been doing that for 25 years and so he boiled it all down to the basics. There were about 12 of us in the class and we took "You Belong To Me" and worked on making it singable for barbershoppers. It was fascinating to watch the creative process unfold and to consider the hundreds of questions you had to be asking yourself regarding what you wanted to do. Good Stuff.

Here's a photo of Don Gray.

Kerri and Kate are coming to town today. Patrick has work out of town, so she decided to come back to Pittsburgh for 5 days. Can't wait to see them.