The dashboard on my new car constantly rubs it in how much gas it
sucks down compared to my Prius. I finally couldn’t take it anymore so
I searched for a way to get rid of the message. It was so easy to
remove I should have done it weeks ago. As you can see I haven’t used
the Flex much except for the occasional ride up and down the hill.
Hopefully with warmer weather and regular driving that AVG MPG will go
up but honestly I may never check that feature out again. It is way
too painful.
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Singing workshop
Monti is here with Robert Edwin, a singing instructor from New York.
Every year he holds a workshop for students of Nedra, Monti’s singing
teacher. He has so much energy and he is great at working with the
kids. Monti sang “I’ve got no strings” from Pinocchio for him. He
wanted her to feel what Pinocchio was feeling when he sings this song
so he wrapped her up in a cord and made her sing it all confined. He
asked her if she liked singing all tied up. Then he freed her of the
cord and said sing it again. So she sang it again with a little more
movement. So many of the kids had to work on loosening up while
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Pandemic
Having Junior living with us means a lot more game playing for Joe.
They have even been able to talk me into playing a couple games with
them. Pandemic is a cooperative game where you try to prevent a virus
from taking over the world. We were able to beat it the first time we
played with three players but we found out afterwards we were playing
one of the steps completely wrong. I think it will be very challenging
to beat. -

Tattoo on the forehead
My girls insist on putting tattoos on their forehead. They have been
very challenging to remove especially on Monti’s forehead due to her
scar there. This has lead Monti into considering doing her science
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Bad timing
Joe came and picked us up at 2 am from the bar and drove us to the
coffee shop. We decided we could both stay out a little because the
girls were sleeping and Junior was home with them. At 3:30 am we
received a call from Monti saying Dahlia’s heart was racing again.
Sure enough Dahlia had woken up from a bad dream with her heart
racing. We quickly headed home and I stayed up with Dahlia for another
hour before her heart was back to normal. Dahlia has had 4 episodes
this week. I was up very late. I think I got to bed at 4:45 am. -
The party continues
The bar closed at 2 am but we were not done with the night so Kathy
let us continue the night at her coffee shop. There we had gelato,
danced, and played “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” on the accordion. -

Shedd Aquarium
At the Shedd Aquarium we saw the 4D version of “Planet Earth – Shallow Seas”. I am not a big fan of 4D. I must have been sprayed 8 times during the 15 minute film and I jumped out of my skin when a poke in the back coincided with the sea snake scene.


