Lucy is home with us. We picked her up Monday evening. She's awesome! Sweet, smart, cute, obedient, patient...all the things we'd hoped for in a new pet! We're already completely in love with her! I noticed today how she really seems at home with us. There's a spring to her step when we call her over. And when one of the girls comes into the room she's in she gets up and goes over to greet them. Just a happy wag of her very fat tail and a sniff, then she'll go lay down or whatever. She and I have taken early morning walks the past two days and today she seemed really excited to go! When we got back to our driveway she turned to go home - I told you she's smart! Tomorrow we're off to the vet for an initial see how she's doing kind of check up.
Today me, Becky, and Allison went to a picnic and a play done by Shakespeare and Company which is a theater group in Lenox, MA. It was a family performance under a big tent. We sat in low lawn chairs and the stage was only about a foot off the ground. It was very cool! Today's play was made up of several scenes from different Shakespearean plays, like Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and others. The scenes were chosen to demonstrate Shakespeare's clever way with words. Apparently an average adult has around 20,000 words in his or her vocabulary. Shakespeare used some 37,000 different words in his plays. He is also credited with inventing several of the words we still use today, of course I can't remember any of them right now! He also created several catch phrases like, dead as a door nail; your own flesh and blood; and more. And when the actors (who were fabulous, by the way) were presenting this information it was done in a funny and silly sort of way! Becky found it all very entertaining - I think being in the first row was especially fun for her. Allison couldn't have cared less! Katie was at soccer and then to a friend's house although I think she would've really enjoyed it! I did!
Today me, Becky, and Allison went to a picnic and a play done by Shakespeare and Company which is a theater group in Lenox, MA. It was a family performance under a big tent. We sat in low lawn chairs and the stage was only about a foot off the ground. It was very cool! Today's play was made up of several scenes from different Shakespearean plays, like Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and others. The scenes were chosen to demonstrate Shakespeare's clever way with words. Apparently an average adult has around 20,000 words in his or her vocabulary. Shakespeare used some 37,000 different words in his plays. He is also credited with inventing several of the words we still use today, of course I can't remember any of them right now! He also created several catch phrases like, dead as a door nail; your own flesh and blood; and more. And when the actors (who were fabulous, by the way) were presenting this information it was done in a funny and silly sort of way! Becky found it all very entertaining - I think being in the first row was especially fun for her. Allison couldn't have cared less! Katie was at soccer and then to a friend's house although I think she would've really enjoyed it! I did!
I read today that gas prices are expected to head down to about $2 a gallon by year's end...we'll see. We're right around $2.83 right now which is down about 20 cents from a couple of weeks ago, so no complaints.
Happy Back to School! I know some kids in Maine are starting tomorrow. We start Tuesday. One more weekend! We're off to a soccer tournament in Agawam this weekend. I hope Katie's team does well! I'll let you know...
