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SMSD Gala

Successful evening. Happy. Exhausted. My first St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Annual Gala completed! Onward to 2019! My beautiful mentor Margie. I adore these women. And man…

Garden Party!

Another successful Garden Party for Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in the books. I donated homegrown herbs I grew from seed for favors.

A Snake! A Snake! Oh It’s a Snake!

Dear TWO + FOOT LONG GARTER SNAKE (Yes, I’m shouting!( Thank you for obviously eating all of the things near the front stairs and in our rose/strawberry porch…

Post musical depression.

Post musical depression. So much fun. Sad it’s over. Happy to have free time back.

Annie

Being in Annie I’ve been able to relive happy memories of times performing in musicals back in High School. But this time—I get to do one better—Weber Wonderland…

Getting our “MUDGE” on!

And we’re off! Four more *sold out* performances of Annie this weekend, starting tonight!

Strawberries

With no rehearsal for the first time in 3 months, I finally spent some “free time” in the garden. I’ve been thinning out our WAY overcrowded strawberry patch…

Meals on Wheels WNY

Spent my lunch hour volunteering for Meals on Wheels for WNY. I highly recommend giving some of your time if you can to this worthy cause. They are always…

Saying YES!

This is my happy to be working with Margie again smile.  At the beginning of the year I had no idea I would be working with SMSD (or in a musical.)…

Opening Night of ANNIE!

(Sappy note ahead…) I have the best friends anyone could ever ask for. Seriously. Bunches of delightful people in my world holding me up. I’m blessed beyond imagination….

Garden

Oh how I long to get my hands dirty…soon, soon. 1. First cutting of chives and catnip. And basil from indoor plants. 2. Cheery cherry blossoms. 3. And…

ANNIE FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL!

The amount of time, effort and talent it takes to put on a musical in an “intimate” community theater is ASTOUNDING. I’ve learned so much from so many…

Starring Bert Healy!

This is so going to hang above our bed… Connie Boylan and Bert Healy

The BFF Gets MARRIED!

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be…

Pre-BFF Wedding Shenanigans!

    Always get the $87 a night condo with the roof top party space.. This the most unusually lush astoturf ever…so we did turf angels! Gorgeous rooftop…

Do Something. Anything.

Go do something. Anything. That thing you want to but haven’t because (enter excuse here) or a thing you never thought about doing but someone else suggested it….

ANNIE CAST PHOTO

Annie Dress Rehearsals!

So much fun. So freaking exhausted. \\

(Almost!) SOLD OUT!

WOW. Our first jump into the community theater world is gonna be a tough act to follow–Annie has (basically) sold out our SEVEN performances (there’s maybe one or two…

Best Friends

I fiercely love these women. I can hardly believe it’s been 20+ years since living together in college. I’m truly blessed…love my sisters. Amazing weekend in the Poconos…

Annie Progress Report

Monday – OH MY GOD I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING WE OPEN IN THREE WEEKS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT ME IN…

St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Annual Gala & Auction

St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Annual Gala & Auction 2018 SMSD Gala Tickets One Ticket $100.00 USDTwo Tickets $200.00 USDTable of 6 $600.00 USDTable of 8 $800.00…

MAY DAY! MAY DAY! 

The week before last I was just done. Done. DONE. I decided to start making (lots) of (little) changes all over the place to get rid of this…

Darwin Martin House

The only way to tour the Darwin Martin House…is with Junior Docents.

Mr. & Mrs. #TeamSheaBurke

Mr. & Mrs. #TeamSheaBurke I first met Paul when Liz brought him to a Lowest of the Low concert. They had been dating about 27 minutes at the time….

Best Time For a Haircut?

Some people spend the time before a wedding ceremony and reception getting drinks at a bar. Not us, we go get our hair chopped off.

YOU DO YOU

Sometimes you need the wisdom of your dogs. They went outside and sat on the sunny porch and gave me sad eyes when I turned to go in…