It's been four years since my cousin last threw a party. That was for when TT graduated from college. We did have one party after that, when Aunt D hosted her grandson's third birthday party; the only other time we've gotten together since then was for Aunt D's services later in 2020 ( Read more... )

Roadwork update ( Read more... )

I could've posted this days ago, but as today is an anniversary, I waited so I could tie everything together into one post ( Read more... )

June 6th happens to be the anniversary of my graduation from 8th grade. This isn't a big anniversary year--that'll be next year--but it's been on my mind for a few days, in part because our graduation song was "From a Distance." The whole class sang it on the altar at the ceremony. Back then, the Gulf War was happening, and we'd spent part of ( Read more... )

It was 25 years ago tonight that I graduated from high school. It was the first time we'd purposely had an indoor graduation; the other three years were supposed to be held outside, though one of them (I think '93) had to be inside because it was raining. (I'd attended the three graduations previous to mine due to being in the graduation band.) I ( Read more... )

I spent the morning finishing up the two remaining masks, then got started on the ties. I finished one before lunch, then took a break. Mom had also mentioned the other day that maybe she'd want to take a walk today, and we did that after 1 PM. She let me lead the way, and I went to a subdivision nearby that we haven't walked through recently--a ( Read more... )

On a Saturday in January, I attended a family party. I spent much of the time in my aunt's kitchen talking with my cousin's daughter, SJ, who is a senior in high school. She was telling me about how she'd gotten a job at a craft store so she could afford the various trappings of senior year, like her music trip to California and prom, and she ( Read more... )

A week after T's graduation from college, her mom held a party for her and her sister. And, technically, her brother (his birthday was Friday), but since he's rarely present at parties, it was more for the girls than him. This was also a family and friends party, so there were a number of NCC students there, plus a couple kids from CC's 8th grade ( Read more... )

Now you know why I wanted to at least get through this afternoon ( Read more... )

The one good thing about my not going to camp this year was that I was available to attend a family party at my cousin's house. Every year, my parents and I have plans for at least one of the two camp weekends. They had a wedding on Saturday, so they couldn't go to the party, and they have an annual picnic this coming Saturday (which, as it's ( Read more... )