Dan and Jess

Meet Dan and Jess. They are highschool sweethearts from Maine and are in the same "MARRIED" club as we are. Our club may hold few members (married students from Albany Med are practically nonexistent) but don't be fooled by the small numbers - we know how to PARTY! Dan and Hamish trade dissection methods while Jess and Ellen discuss the latest knitting and felting techniques.

PS-Dewey gets totally FREAKY with Dan and Jess. He loves them!

JUST SMURFY!

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We had a smurfy time in New York. We smurfed across the Williamsburg bridged, smurfed tikka masala at a colorful Indian restaurant, and when we came across organic chocolate chip cookies - we smurfed them down. Our weekend was simply smurftacular. And we would like to send a big smurfafication to Jared for letting us crash at his place!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Have YOU seen the Breakfast Club?

8th GRADE STUDENT: Mrs. Greenaway, have you seen The Breakfast Club?
ME: Yes. Have YOU?
8th GS: Yeah, like, its totally one of my favorite movies. Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Molly Ringwald?
ME: Nooo.
8th GS: Well, you, like, totally look just like her with your hair.
ME: Okay. But I TOTALLY can't believe you've seen that movie. Now hurry or you'll be late to your next class.

THE VERY NEXT PERIOD A SIXTH GRADER ASKED ME THE SAME MOLLY RINGWALD QUESTION,
only HE wanted to know if I had seen 16 CANDLES.........WHAAAA???

I'm so totally at a loss for words. What alternate universe am I living in that 12 year-old boys watch 16 CANDLES and know who Molly Ringwald is?

For your viewing pleasure and to refresh memories:







PS- I, LIKE, TOTALLY DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS 16 YEAR-OLD REDHEADED 80'S ICON. GOSH!

MAKE LIKE A TREE, AND LEAF

Fun times raking leaves in the yard. It felt more than a little ridiculous stuffing these "LAWN AND REFUSE BAGS" full of leaves, stacking them in a pile, and then waiting for the city to carry them away...Dewey was so disgusted, he threw up and ate his own vomit.

BOO!

This is HAL the pumpkin that Hamish and Dan so carefully designed and carved. All those hours in the anatomy lab are really paying off! Sweet Jane is behind that scary scream mask (I believe she was actually a dog for Halloween night). And on the porch is our friend Jess in between the candy passing craze - we went through a whopping 10 pounds of candy.

Overall, there were a lot of cute princesses, spidermans, a few "scary" monsters, and one little race car. However, our favorite trick-or-treater was an 8 year old girl dressed up as JENNIFER LOPEZ. That's right, JLo. Her left hand held the pillow stuffed in the back of her pants in place as she walked away.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

SEWING THE SEEDS

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I found this sunflower at the Shaker Village in New Hampshire.

BY POPULAR DEMAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Okay, Okay. Here are some pictures of my new hair for those of you who have not seen me without my long locks. They now belong to LOCKS OF LOVE. I never knew how badly this organization needs long hair.....I will grow my hair out again, but just so I can cut if all off in one chop and give it away to someone who really needs it. I cut my hair in September while visitng my family in Oregon. Hamish had no idea what I had done to myself.


He also did not recognize me when he came to pick me up at the airport.


What's the best part of having short hair you ask? Mornings. Hands down. Who knew mornings could be so much fun....everyday I wake up looking like this:

A DAY IN MAINE

Does anyone else see the the same amount of gummage in both my mother and I's smiles?? WOW! And, yes, I do have short hair now.

Theron, Susan & Jared

Jared came up for the weekend from NYC. We had a great time eating, laughing, and reciting poetry! :)

WEST COASTERS IN TOWN!

MOM AND DAD CAME FOR A VISIT WHILE ON THEIR CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD TRIP. WE HAD A BLAST! WE WENT ON A FOLIAGE TOUR THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.

WE EXPLORED FORT TICHONDEROGA IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SLURPED MAPLE SYRUP IN VERMONT, ENJOYED BRATWORSTS COOKED IN APPLE CIDAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, COWBOY BOOTS DIPPED INTO ATLANTIC WATERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MAINE, AND LOBSTER IN MASSACHUSETTS (THANKS SARAH AND KIDS!)