On The Fly

Running around getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday, so no time for extended post. Yesterday our choir hosted St. Theresa's choir at the 11:00 Mass and that was a hoot. They are some of the nicest people around, and we had a pot luck lunch afterwards. I said it over and over: I'd rather eat pot luck with church ladies than the fanciest restaurant meal in the world. A personal highlight was the halushky (certainly misspelled) by Carol Magyar, a dear little old lady from Steelton. Oh. My. God. And of course, there were sweetie-eaties, and baked ziti, and it's a good thing calories consumed during the service of the Church don't count.

Photos and more amusing stuff later. Off to York this morning for a hearing.

New Photos on Flickr

After the Notre Dame trip, I updated my Flickr account (i.e. got out the VISA card) and now I can upload all the photos I want. I just added pictures from the Cape Cod trip, without any comments or editing. Some of them are pretty nice. There's more from Portsmouth that I might add later. Those interested can add this link to their favorites: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66913936@N00/

Not much else going on now. Preparing for Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving darts, not in that order. This Sunday, Ed Smith's choir and ours will be combined at the 11:00 Mass. The St. Theresa people are great. It should be fun.

And In Other News

While I was in Notre Dame, I got a phone call that there was a puppy at the house. That turned out to be true. Meet Abby, the newest addition to the Kelly household. She's mostly Lab with some golden retriever, and a rescue. Theo's godmother Stephanie works with Furry Friends, an outfit dedicated to the proposition that there aren't enough blue suits with dog fur on them yet. Abby's a good dog. Good thing, because she's here for keeps.

Loyal Sons Are Marching

November 3, 2007 was a day to go down in history in more ways than one. My father and my brothers and I went to South Bend and spent a perfect day on the campus of Notre Dame. If I told you all that happened, this would be a very long entry, so let me summarize quickly for now.

Dad has been a fan of Notre Dame for a long, long time. My brothers are all football fans to the bone. David contacted me early this year about taking Dad to see Notre Dame and Navy, and at the time the band was booked. When the weekend opened up for me, we started getting excited. This was April.

Here's a picture that was taken just as we arrived at our seats, which were on the 20 yard line. Okay, so Notre Dame lost. Okay, so they didn't go for the field goal at fourth and eight. Whatever. Here you see a picture of five of the happiest people on the planet on November 3rd. We had a great time. I will try to go into more detail later, and I will do a Flickr page for the photos. For now, I need to send special thanks to my little brother David for taking the rowing oar in making the arrangements, and doing all the driving. You rawk, little brother. Dad sent us an e-mail thanking us for making the trip possible. I just want to thank him for making us possible.