(this is a little embarrassing to admit).... but I dozed off during the planetarium show this morning while on a school field trip with my youngest!!!! She even nudged me a couple of times too!!!!
Ironically, I had just finished telling her and her friend how, after traveling to London, England, while in college (one of those great show tour packages in the early 1980s) and still experiencing some jet lag, my friend and I went to the planetarium (I think it is beside Madame Tussaud's ??) and I fell asleep during that show!
I am not sure how I could have been that tired. I thought my 4 mile run would have perked me up (of course, dh's alarm clock seems to be going off increasingly early and he has his clock set 15 minutes ahead... does he get up after the first alarm????? NO! but I do!)
Apparently, silly putty was accidentally invented here. Who knew!?
Anyway, we did have fun. It was a long bus trip (about an hour at probably 50 mph full throttle on the highway). You know you are going slow when the "wide load" double wide trailers traveling with escort cars pass you!
Well, Schenectady NY, where this planetarium and science/technology museum is housed, is the same city that houses the original headquarters of General Electric. I guess a couple of companies, including one started by Thomas Edison in NJ, came together here.
Here are some General Electric products that we come into contact with everyday (albeit outdated models)...
Glad I don't have to use this version....
These were my favorites products...
I would gladly trade my 1970s brown refrigerator for this model!
I love the colors!!!!
Lot of inventions were apparently born here too...
Apparently, silly putty was accidentally invented here. Who knew!?So now I am rested anyway!
A couple of weeks back, I saw this book in the bookstore. I try not to buy books often and see if I can find them in our library system. 
Luckily after putting in a request, our trusty interlibrary loan system came through!
It is a book of really cool quilts compiled by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader.
These are a few of my favorites...
I haven't had time (so far) today to sit in my sewing room. But I did take my Dear Jane book over to our local Staples store to be cut and bound.
This makes it easier to open the book and leave it lying flat so that I can trace/copy the patterns more easily. Only $4!
But since I don't have any new handiwork to show, I will share a hanging that I made in the summer, 2006.
It was raffled off at the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. My family kept buying tickets because they wanted to win it but (un)fortunately, a local woman took this baby home.
Tomorrow night, at 9:00 PM ET, PBS is airing a special about the Adirondacks.
I can't stay up that late (remember? I fall asleep in planetariums and such!)...
but I plan to set our VCR (I still live in the 1990s, I guess).
I can't take credit for these photos but there are many more at this website in their photo gallery.
This makes it easier to open the book and leave it lying flat so that I can trace/copy the patterns more easily. Only $4!But since I don't have any new handiwork to show, I will share a hanging that I made in the summer, 2006.
It was raffled off at the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. My family kept buying tickets because they wanted to win it but (un)fortunately, a local woman took this baby home.
It is not an original pattern. I bought it from a shop online in Canada, but I switched one pair of shoes for the Converse shoes that are the symbol of the Walk.
And lastly, I have mentioned before that we live in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains.
This photo is taken from the elementary school parking lot. I just feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful area of the state.
Tomorrow night, at 9:00 PM ET, PBS is airing a special about the Adirondacks. I can't stay up that late (remember? I fall asleep in planetariums and such!)... but I plan to set our VCR (I still live in the 1990s, I guess). I can't take credit for these photos but there are many more at this website in their photo gallery.Now, I am off to sleep. Have a good night!
I've got to add that book to my wish list. Those quilts are really cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd planetariums are the best place for naps...dark with reclining seats and a soothing voice leading you through the galaxy. : ) I fell asleep during a planetarium show with my friend's 2nd grade class...but it was totally over my head, not to mention over the heads of the kids. I think 1 out of 3 kids was sleeping by the end!
You certainly live in a pretty part of the world Lisa!Your field trip sounded like fun - especially seeing all those old appliances.
ReplyDeleteSleep when you can I say! I literally fell asleep sitting up at the sewing machine last week ... mind you it was after 1am :). Wow love the quilt in the last picture from the book! And you are not like me ... I try to make sure I always buy a book or pattern or something (it's an illness!) :)
ReplyDeleteGood thing I'm not going to a Planetarium today. KM had me up late. On Saturday night (or was it early Sunday morning?) he did a little sleep walking or more like a little sleep falling down, and got carpet burns on his face. They are bothering him and last night he worked himself into an hysterical frenzy. Finally, some Motrin and back rubs calmed him down at 11:15. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
ReplyDeleteYou know something - the planetarium next to Madame Tussauds in London, I went there on a school trip when I was about 13 and I fell asleep too. I think your part of the world is pretty spectacular, I'm definately more of a trees/mountains girl than a beach kinda girl-- I should still make more of the beach than I do though. I think sometimes you take for granted the things that are on your doorstep!
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Sometimes our body takes over. And what a nice place for a nap. I have that book on my shelf. LOVE some of the quilts in there!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I didn't think of taking my Dear Jane to a copy shop. The edges would have come out cleaner, as well as my language as I was doing it. Oh well, live and learn. I will have to tivo that special if it comes on again. It looks gorgeous there. One of these days I will have to take a trip. Sweet Dreams. Love Stacy
ReplyDeleteI love that blue color in the appliance. They need to bring that back and quick!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking you need a nap. LOL!!!
My first washing machine I owned was a twin tub like that one... Mind you it was my Nan's before that! Still worked fine, just a big PITA to rinse everything!
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