This was back from Saturday, June 25 ( Read more... )

(I'm trying to keep up with these, I swear ( Read more... )

Ways to make yourself feel old: Realize it's 20 years to the day since you graduated high school.

Quickly, since it's past my bedtime: I had quite the day, with not one, but two parties. One was for work, the other for two of my cousin's kids, both of whom graduated this year (one from high school, one from grammar school). I was only at the work party for a couple hours, but the family party, more like five. Hey, I got to see several ( Read more... )

My busy Saturday ended up netting me some special items, and my dad as well, even though he didn't attend the party. He spent all last week sick after coming home from his buddy's farm, so we felt it was better that he didn't go, what with an infant and the elderly in attendance ( Read more... )

I wasn't home at all yesterday, or so it seemed. I was gone all morning and was busy until 2; gave myself a half-hour to get home; then had to shower and change between 2:30 and 3; then, time to drive up to my uncle's for my cousin's graduation party, which I hoped to get to by 4. I succeeded, but that was a frantic couple hours. I know, who has ( Read more... )

I've mentioned Saturday in passing a couple times recently, and now that things have calmed down I can talk a bit more about it. This was the graduation party for my goddaughter, which almost didn't happen due to her having a tonsillectomy the previous week. Well, considering another cousin was in town with her daughter, it made sense to have the ( Read more... )

I was the lone representative from my part of the family at my cousin's graduation party yesterday. At least my grandma was there, too, and she brought her friend along; I spent a lot of time talking with them, which was nice. Basically everyone else there was from my cousin's congregation, and pretty much they all knew each other, but I did talk ( Read more... )

My parents just left for the annual friends' picnic my father's friends have been hosting for years. This year it was moved to August, from the last weekend in July, for reasons unknown to me, but it's better for dad because it means he's not as busy at work and doesn't have to ask for the day off ( Read more... )

( Cut for nostalgia and pictures )