the hills are alive!!!

 

So sang Julie Andrews from the very start of "The Sound Of Music"! 

So sang we at Asbury Memorial tonight, keeping pace with her!

How appropriate that this sing-along was in Holliday Hall so Miss Virginia could be there, too, singing with all of us to this classic musical!

I was between Ellie and Robin and it absolutely didn't matter that we were a little pitchy or a bit off-key.

The point was sharing this experience - and that we certainly did!

Mickie Townsend started things off by sharing the story behind a song that led to her 50-year marriage.

She had broken off seeing Bob, as he was studying to be a preacher and she didn't want to be locked into life as a 'preacher's wife'.

Somehow, they were both at the cinema for this movie.

And when the song "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" was done, she knew Bob was 'the one' for her.

He would help her fashion that wifely position into one unique to her.

Bravo to that Louisiana pair!

I'm so glad I was there!

 

Earlier, around 5:15 pm, I'd popped into Jalapenos of Sandfly for the S&K Friday Fiesta and was the very first one there.

That's because its start time had shifted to 5:30 since Addison came home for summer break.

Claudia helped me shift our two tables together and set me up with chips and salsa - perfect!

Tybee Mike came over to see how I was - how very nice!

Then, at last, Smitty and Mary arrived... and had extras along!

Tyler, now 29, was there with little Theo, the Pip - oh, how he's grown!

Plus, Robin had come in from Ellabell, at Laura's request - wonderful!!!

I visited with all for about 40 minutes, then headed out for the party at Asbury.

That was all to the good! 

My brothers had been surprised to see me at all, as I'd told them both on Wednesday that I would be absent.

AARP was hosting a 'Happy Hour Get Together', with food and games and trivia, so that was where I was booked to be!

 

Sadly, that turned out to be a bust.

I was the only one who showed up for that AARP-sponsored soiree at Savannah Technical College.

It was to have started at 4 PM and gone until 7 PM, but the only car in the whole parking lot was my little Saturn.

I had followed all the signs to the promised "Event Parking"... 

but there was no event. 

Eckburg Auditorium was locked tight.

I took a stroll around campus, looking for someone to ask about the situation, but no one was there.

Sure, I hadn't arrived until close to 4:30, but... I was the only one who came.

I persisted in staying for about thirty minutes, hopeful for others.

Nope.

That's when I headed for Sandfly, arriving early but still finding my people. 

Then I'd gone to the sing-along, for food and fellowship and "My Favorite Things", finding more of my people there.

Life is good!

(smile!)