Radio Celebrity

Yesterday, NPR aired a piece on how college graduates are coping with a difficult economy. In preparation for the piece, Larry Abramson came to Temple during our Senior Job Search Strategy Session and interviewed a bunch of Career Center staff and students. In true journalistic form, he brought a huge microphone that looked like a feather duster and would come right up to you and start asking questions. When he stuck the feather duster mic in my face I was able to muster up some confidence and answer his questions. It helps that I talk about this stuff everyday to students.

Here's the link, you can read the article and listen to it online:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103862921

It sounds pretty good and I'm thrilled to be a radio celebrity--at least for a day!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..

It has been awhile...and I have have to admit I'm a terrible blogger. Mostly I blame being busy at work and not feeling like getting on the computer on the weekends. We've just been busy living our lives and forgetting to tell y'all about it.

So...here's the skinny on what's been happening in the Dismukes world.

Jay and Michelle moved here three weeks ago and are slowly getting settled into their new home. Jay is still working in NYC and commuting here on the weekends so he's been a particularly busy boy. Michelle is getting settled into her new job and I've enjoyed getting to spend some good time with her.

I continue to do yoga here: www.yogachild.net and love it. One of my instructors has even told me that my form is looking really good and I'm developing a yogi body. I'm thrilled to hear that! More than the physical attributes, yoga has given me a sense of peace and a place to get out my stress. It is an incredible mind-body activity.

Lastly, it snowed today. Like a good professor, I cancelled my class. Everybody loves a snow day! I love the snow and wish we got more of it. It's March so I imagine we might get one more storm. Unfortunately, we could get some rain too and I hate the rain. It's so messy when you commute via public transportation.

Here's a link to the news page: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Images_Phillys_March_Snow_Storm.html

Enjoy those snowy images. I'll try to post some pics yesterday.

Dog Sitting

Baxter is here this week and so far he's been a very good boy. This isn't the first time that we have cared for him, in fact he and Pearl have been together on a number of occasions when we've been out of town. The two weeks we were in Argentina, countless holidays, and various weekends,etc...

You would think that Pearl would know the drill. Nope. Poor Pearl. She loves being the only child and is never excited when she has to share her home. She has been tolerant of his presence, though not quite the southern lady I would expect her to be. I suppose she's lost her southern hospitality in this cold weather.

Dancing on tables..at the office

We were seriously told by a partner in Scott's firm to DANCE!!! And that's exactly what we did...

You can dress me up...

Jen and Matt treated us to dinner at the Union League and the Orpheus Club holiday concert last week. This club is the oldest men's singing group of it's kind in the United States. It was a lot of fun to get dressed up, have some drinks and a nice meal, and celebrate the holidays with friends. The weekend was filled with more holiday celebrations--from Scott's office party to Gay Bingo to a White Elephant Party with our neighbors. Here are the pics from last week, I'll post this week's pics when I get them from other people.

Cheers!

Pics...

All grown up.

Yoga has made me freakishly strong.

Storm King

Man of the people. Seriously, everyone LOVED Batman.

Go Phillies!

Oops. It's been a while...

Did I miss November? Seriously, I am the world's worst blogger. Not that I have a real established readership or anything (other than my mom, and I appreciate your support). Anyway, November was good. For that matter, so was October.

Here's a photo from the pre-prom gathering before Ingrid Michaelson's show in Philly. More photos to come from our visit to Gainesville in October, the Phillies celebration, my 'man of the people', our anniversary trip to the Hudson Valley, and Thanksgiving in Chatham. Wow. It's been a while. Good times.

Enjoy!

Mary