Archive for October, 2006

Football’s Over
October 30, 2006

I survived my first year as a football mom.

Zach’s season ended today in the rain and wind.
Here’s the night when Coach Cowher urged me to let him play. We were at a Project Bundle Up event together.

I argued that Zach was too skinny and practices would conflict with math homework.But Coach said it would [...]

Confession
October 28, 2006

I have a confession about stealing something backstage at the Benedum last night.
I was invited to the beautiful opening night performance of Swan Lake. The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is magical. WTAE is the official media sponsor for this season so I had the opportunity to welcome everyone to the [...]

Mike Clark car crash!
October 22, 2006

Now, how can I leave Mike Clark out of this blog ? Seriously?
He’s a great guy and a great friend and he’s going to kill me for this… but here goes. [...]

Sally and I were trapped
October 20, 2006

ok ok…. so a certain reporter named Gus is making fun of my blog… says it’s all pictures. Even though I think he is just defensive because I showed his freak face picture… ; ) Gus has a point. I’m a little too attached to my digital camera. So, Gus, here’s a [...]

Gus is Great
October 19, 2006

One more reason I think Gus is great : He doesn’t pose for pictures with his “newsman” face on….

Festival Fun
October 17, 2006

Here are some recent pictures I took at the Saint Teresa of Avila festival in Perrysville a few weeks ago. Here’s Mike and Jake.

Our wonderful producer Connie helped with the festival and asked several of us here at Action News to come down say hello to people there.
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Cup Cakes
October 9, 2006

The one thing I’ve learned about working for Channel Four is the saying “necessity is the mother of invention” is very true. It’s best proven when cake enters the building. [...]

Pittsburgh Play
October 5, 2006

One of my best friend’s daughters is in a play at the O’Reilly Theater. Her name is Scarlet, she’s only 10 … and I’m sure you can tell from this picture she’s the sweetest thing! I’m so proud of her! The play is called Oedipus. If you’re looking for something cool to do… head [...]

Employee Photos
October 5, 2006

Now for a look quick inside the station… and our “mug shots” displayed on the employee identification board.You can find your co-workers’ names, departments, and the year they started here. Here’s my picture….
OK…. BORING!!! But much much better than the driver’s license photo I had taken [...]

Salute to Sanchez
October 2, 2006

Hats off to Freddy Sanchez!!!
For those of you who don’t know…. Freddy is the Pirates third baseman who is the N.L. Batting Champion. He’s the first Pirate to do that in more than 20 years. He got two hits in the team’s last game yesterday to bring his average to .344.

Here’s Freddy at our Healthy [...]

Strip District Day
October 1, 2006

I thought it was going to be a boring day today. It was raining and my kids were hanging out with their Granny all day. But my good friend and neighbor, Cindy came to the rescue. We went to the Strip [...]