Time flies.....

July was a pretty busy month. It started off with a great party at Casa de Pascoe. Candi and Mike are fantastic hosts. Shawn a good time playing bocce and he loved the burning of the peeps. I enjoyed seeing everybody and was very glad that Erica and Dave were able to come up from Pittsburgh. I got a little tipsy, but only a little.

We visited the In-Laws for a weekend. We loaded into Marilyn's new minivan and went to the KitchenAid Experience in Greenville, OH. It was about an hour trip each way, so we got watch a DVD! FUN! FUN! FUN! I wish we'd had a minivan with a Video/DVD player when we were kids...it would have been fun to watch movies when we went on long car trips.

Shawn and I saw two movies in July; Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Fantastic Four. Both excellent movies...I would recommend them to everyone.

Health Services at GRC put together a healthy eating challenge called Colorful Choices that lasted for 20 days. The idea is that you eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day and that you try to pick items in each of the five color groups...red, green, orange, blue/violet, and yellow/white. A couple of officemates and I decided to participate and Shawn got involved too, unofficially. There were prizes for particpation, games, and grand prizes for the people with the best records. I won for the word search...a portable Pyrex kit including two dishes with lids, an insulated bag, and a hot pack. It was really great and I hope to continue with the plan even though the organized program is over.

There were two Bettcher parties this month, the first & second Saturdays of August. The first was at Geoff Rapp's house (Shawn's boss' boss). The theme was 'Dog Days of Summer'. the menu was...dogs! Hotdogs, brauts, sausages of all kinds. We had a good time and Shawn got to play horseshoes. The second was at Marinel Rosu's house (Shawn's boss). I didn't go to this one, but Shawn said it was fun. We made a deal that I didn't have to go to both unless I wanted to, so I picked the Dog party.

This Saturday is Grandma's birthday. We are having a small get-together at her house. Shawn made plans with Trevor and Jim, so he is not going. He has been verry busy this past month figuring out how to be the dungeon master for D&D. The first adventure is Saturday. He is really enjoying this. I haven't seen him this excited about a group activity in a while.

Well...that's all for now. TTFN.