Florida Sunsets I

There some good points to living here in Florida and the sunsets are definitely one of those good points. We have many beautiful sinsets. The sunrises are beautiful also, but well they happen sooo early. I am usually already at work or I have to take Meghan to school. After school is out Meghan and I will try to go sit on the beach for a couple of sunrises and post pictures of our favorites on our blogs.

Disturbing...

I have been very negligent in leaving any post lately. Things have been hectic at work for both Alan and I. Combine that with Meghan winding down the school year, things just seem to be happening very fast. When I have been online, I have been hanging out on sites that do not require me to be an active participant - you know the places where you can take stupid quizzes or just post a statement. Twitter has been a favorite lately since I can leave a statement that I do not necessarily have to explain or analyze why I have that thought. In addition I have been hanging out on Face book too. I went to Face book when my high school group moved there from msn groups a couple of months ago. I have actually spent the past few weeks looking for friends from high school and have managed to be back in touch with several people that I lost contact with years ago and found others that will get me in touch with others I hope. Some of these people go back to kindergarten. Sort of cool to hear what all these people are up to now. While searching through Facebook, I found something very disturbing, and it is the main reason for this post.

While searching for one person in particular, I found her uncle who was only two years older than us. I searched through his friends to see if by chance she was listed. I was very disturbed by the number of people I recognized on his friends list. There are a large chunk of people that were listed as friends that I know for a fact had very little or nothing to do with him in high school and yet now they are okay with people seeing their name attached to him as a friend. Of course I realize that as we "grow up", we are suppose to move past the whole clique stage from high school; however, I still find it very disturbing that this many people are changing their tune like this. Maybe going to Hollywood and being in a couple of movies makes these people suddenly proud to claim you as a friend. I suppose my real problem with this is that it means that some of the people I went to high school with have not really "grown up" enough to be any less shallow than they were in high school. Perhaps they are simply try to right their past behavior but I wonder whether they would still be listed on his friends page had he stayed local and not gone to Hollywood. I just find this all very hypocritical. Am I simply to cynical?

Its That Time Of Year Again...

Well folks its that time of year again. I used to think that Christmas time was the most expensive time of year but I think I am starting to reevaluate that concept. We are at the end of April and it is time for the wallet to open again.

Last week we received the registration forms for dance class and the audition information for BSYO. Of course there are registration fees associated with both these forms.

Next up are the purchase of tickets to the BSYO final performance of the year and tickets for the danced recital. This year is the first time that there has been a limit on the number of free tickets you get for the dance recital if your child is in more than one class. In addition, we were also given the type of tights, shoes and accessories we need to purchase for the recital.

As a reward there are all the dinners that come after these events. (Can you say Red Lobster 3 times within a month) Now might be the time to purchase stock in Darden restaurants.

Not to be forgotten is the end of the school year. Yeah!!!

BSYO and Meghan

We had BSYO rehearsal this evening. These kids range from 1st grade to 9th grade. They have worked all year and you can hear the progress but tonight they were outstanding. I wish all of you could hear this group. Their next concert is on May 17th. Audtions for next year will follow soon after the concert.

Meghan is working on her solo for her school concert. She is playing Jesu, Man's Desiring. The school is rapidly coming to a close.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone. Today we will be going to my mom's house for Meghan's private egg hunt. Last night we took Alan's new car on a drive down US 1 and A1A. What a fun drive. We saw Jupiter Lighthouse in operation at night with the light lit with the moon as a background. What a beautiful sight that was. We did try to take pictures with my mom's camera. Hopefully we have some pics that I can salvage to post here. We will try again sometime when we have our camera with us.

How Pointless

I put a small effort into posting a reading list in the columns on this page. I believe I am going to abandon any attempt in that direction. Many of you may look at this as a very half hearted attempt; however, for those of you that do not know me well - let me explain. By the time I realize I have not added recent books I have read, it is simply too late to try to catch up. I usually read 4 - 6 books a week. Anyone else that is an avid reader that is interested in maybe a team blog about the books we read then I am interested. I could chose a book here and there instead of trying to keep up posting to the list. Contact me through the comments here, email or facebook to let me know you are interested - it might be fun.