#PutBobOnTheBoard

Rob's running for school board. I think he'll be an excellent School Director and I will enjoy all the perqs of being a school board widow! (None, I believe!)

Here's some of his campaign stuff:

Intro:

Robert S. Rasmussen, 53, of South Coventry is seeking a seat on the OJR school board because he wants to make sure OJR students continue to receive the best education possible in a time of fiscal uncertainty. 

Bob has attended nearly all the school board meetings for the past seven years, and offered counsel on a variety of topics both as a supporter and an adversary. A former accountant and current software developer, Bob has the expertise to stretch resources while enhancing the district’s reputation for academic excellence. 

As a member of the Coventry Lions Club for the last 17 years, Bob has served the community by bringing awareness to their projects while also helping OJR students through fund raising for scholarships. 

As the father of OJR eighth graders Hannah and Lizzie, and husband of Tracy, Bob wants to create a school district in which his children can flourish and where taxes remain reasonable so that he can retire here. 

Bob has been an interested spectator to the board’s decisions and is looking forward to the opportunity to be a participant in those decisions.

Aladdin!!

Okay, I don't mind saying that I am SO HAPPY that Aladdin is done! It turned out to be a lot of work (for me -- ha ha!) during the last two and a half weeks and poor Lizzie was out of the house every day from about 7 a.m. until 8 or 8:30 p.m. But I think both girls would say it was worth it!
Lizzie was dancing/performing on a bruised heel/achilles tendon, too (because she wasn't already nervous enough!) but managed quite nicely.
Family and friends came to see them, too, which always makes them happy. I didn't get a picture of Terry, but she was there on Friday night. Also Lizzie's dance teacher Miss Michelle and our neighbors also came to check it out.
I saw it three times and enjoyed it (really!) each time! Here's a snippet of one of the songs where Hannah has a short solo. I thought Lizzie's leap came after this so I missed it (bad videographer!!) but you can see her dancing as one of the harem girls (pink pants) and running up the stairs.

Here are some other photos from the event!
Hannah was a matron and Lizzie and Phoebe were harem girls:

Hannah taking her curtain call!

Lizzie taking her curtain call:

Striking an Aladdin pose:

Hanging with special guests Aunt Linda and Uncle Dude after Sunday's show:

Lizzie (far right), the harem girls and Aladdin

Lizzie and Hannah headshots for the show:

The whole cast (Liz and Hannah are identified with arrows!)

Winning and Dancing and Cleaning

Well, it looks like photo number six has the edge over the other Hannah photogenic photos. It was not my top choice, but pretty much everyone who voted (except for me) had it as one of their top two. I'm still waiting to hear from some pageant peeps, but it looks like that will be the choice. One more thing checked off the list.

And these days I NEED a list. We get a lot done on weekends around here and I, personally, cannot wait until summer when things slow down a little bit.

This past weekend was no exception. In between working the girls continue to have lots of activities. On Saturday Rob and Hannah were up really early so they could clean up a stretch of the highway with the Lions Club. Rob's been doing this for years, but this is the first time Hannah helped. Hannah may not CHOOSE to pick up trash, but she's happy to do it when asked (by anyone other than her mother.)

Here's the gang:

While they were doing that, Lizzie was doing what she does every Saturday - dancing. In the morning she had her usual Rep rehearsal, but in the afternoon she got to go to a Master Class with Denis G., who formerly was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Liz said it was fun, but she didn't like getting corrections (does anyone?!)

Here's the group of advanced dancers at her studio with Denis:

This weekend I also had to deal with a very sick dog. For reasons that we still have yet to discern, Cash went into liver failure on Friday. He spent Friday night at the vet getting fluids and IV antibiotics. He perked up enough on Saturday to come home, but when we returned to the vet on Monday his liver levels still showed failure, so tomorrow he goes in for an ultrasound to see if they can figure out what the problem is. Until then I have to give him four pills twice a day - which all dogs LOVE - and I have noticed some improvement. He still won't eat HIS food, but he is again showing an interest in MY food. We'll know more after the ultrasound.

Right now we are in the thick of Spring Break, which deserves its own post! Craziness as always!

Photogenic Voting

Hannah had some headshots done a couple of weeks ago and it's getting close to the time when I have to pick one (or, let's be real, two or three) and I can't decide. So I thought I'd let my loyal blog reader(s) let me know what they think. You can email me at tgr101@comcast.net or leave a comment, whichever is easier for you. Feel free to just tell me the number of your TOP TWO or comments about any of them.
These are straight out of the camera, so things like weird hair and blemishes will be fixed for the final shot. I am more interested in facial expression. Photogenic shots need to show both poise and personality. This is for MAC, which is more conservative. So what do you think?

PHOTO 1

PHOTO 2

PHOTO 3

PHOTO 4

PHOTO 5

PHOTO 6

PHOTO 7

 EXTRA PHOTO WHICH IS HANNAH'S FAVORITE BUT HAS NO CHANCE OF WINNING BECAUSE I LIKE HER SMILING!!!!! It does give you a nice look at her interview dress though.

Thanks so much!!!

Another whirlwind weekend - with Kleenex!

So this weekend was a lot like last weekend, except for a lot more sneezing and coughing.
I started to feel sick on Wednesday and fought it off valiantly for two days, but succumbed Friday morning to a headcold.
It wasn't too bad, except that the last thing I wanted to do was talk - and I had a party Friday night and then clients on Saturday morning.
But enough about me!
Lizzie's dance company performed at Walnut Woods Assisted Living on Saturday afternoon. It always amazes me how the dancers can adapt to just about anything and in this case it was a slippery wooden floor and an audience of people who thought they were whispering when, in fact, they were nearly yelling.
But all's well that ends well and the dancers got enthusiastic applause and lots of compliments when they came out after the show. Also I got Dunkin' Donuts on the way home, so that's always a win for me!
Liz performed her blue bird solo, but also learned the Little Red Riding Hood duet this week and performed that, too.
The group also performed Red Rain (Peter Gabriel) and had to work with large sheets of plastic. Here's a picture of that dance:

On Sunday I got my level 2 Reiki Certificate, so now I'm fully certified to offer this. Yay!!! Here I am with my graduating class. I've already reikiied Hannah and Lizzie and the dog, so I'm well on my way!

Then I came home and collapsed on the couch waiting for April the Giraffe to give birth - which she did not. And sneezed and coughed my way into Monday.