Halloween 2011 Noreaster

What a Storm!!!  Who would have imagined that we would get Smashed with a Monster Storm in October?  This October 30th, 2011 Noreaster made this month the 2nd Snowiest October on Record going back to 1871...   to top it off over 220,000 homes were without POWER!  NH is working desperately to restore power!!!  We lost power for 3 days - not fun by any means, but we were among the lucky to get it restored so quickly.  So far, no school for 3 days and counting.  My gosh, at this rate, the kids will be in school thru July - we haven't even come close to our normal NH winters!  

The kids were soooo looking forward to Halloween and what can I say....... Uh...Happy Halloween?!? What kind of spoky joke did Mother Nature throw our way?  Not very funny I must say!!!  Well, we did our best to try to make it a great one for the kids despite all the craziness of the storm and all of the power outages.  Take a look!!!  Happy Winter Halloween 2011!

Happy Snowy White Halloween 2011

22nd Milford Pumpkin Festival 2011

Since I moved to NH back in 2001, I have fallin in love with Fall in NH.  It truly is the best place to be during the season from the leaves turning to the beauty of the lanscape to the fun events!  One of my favorite and best events of the Fall Season here in NH is the Annual Milford Pumpkin Festival! 

This year, the festival took place on Oct 7-9 and it was one of the nicest weekends ever!  The weather was incredible and all you wanted to do was be outside, enjoying the event!  I was asked to be a judge at the Pumpkin Festival's Talent Show which has grown thru the years to a Big Event!  This year the talent was amazing.  There were bands, dancers, singers, theatrical performances, a yoyo performance and of course the Comedy of Carl Zahn. The winner was an 11 year young star in the making, Caroline from Hollis!  She sang Adele's "rolling in the deep" and she was amazing!!!  I think we will definitely see more of her in the years to come! 

In addition to the Talent Show, we enjoyed the Pumpkin Festival and had a blast walking around seeing all the shops, live events, children's fun spot, tasting the yummy food and meeting up with friends!!!  Basically, it was a fun filled Pumpkin Festival weekend - in a perfect NH Fall Setting!

 My fellow judges at the Talent Show with winner, Caroline.

 With fellow judge, Adam Sexton of WMUR.

 At the Pumpkin Festival with our very own, Little Miss US of America 2011 (Evmorfia, my big girl)

 Check out those pumpkins!

Holy Pumpkins - look at the size of those things!!!!

And the Best picture yet..... Family!!!

Steve Jobs ~ The Loss of a True Visionary of our Time!

When I sit and think about all the current technological devices my family and I use on a daily basis, it all comes down to the innovation and creative brilliance of Steve Jobs of Apple.  What an inspiration, a sensation, a gift to our world and lifetime. Steve Jobs, RIP 10/5/11, you are and will remain missed, mourned, and celebrated for generations. 

The speech in the video below is a speech that Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, gave at Stanford University in 2005 for the graduation commencement.  It is truly inspirational and I wanted to share it in his memory.

http://onemansblog.com/2010/02/01/steve-jobs-outstanding-stanford-commencement-speech-from-2005/