Well, hello, there! I am so super busy from now until infinity, that I just can't seem to find the time to do things like...laundry. ^_^ I am feeling very loved, and am absolutely drowning in invitations. I'm actually trying hard to fit everything in, but one or two might not make the cuts.
Went to Heather's on Saturday for Nee's birthday, which was great. Love those girls. Spent a lot of time with Heather's mom, and she is great, too. Helped when I could, took pictures with 3 people's cameras, had a good time, and Nee loved her presents from us. Yay!
On Sunday I got up extra early for no good reason, so I got my shower out of the way and we left for Versailles exactly on time, even considering that I forgot I was going to have to fill up with gas before we left town. Got to Gran's in the late morning (it's a very long drive) and hung out with my Aunt Laurel and cousin Fawn in the kitchen. I had wanted to bring a watermelon, but it was not practical, so I ended up bringing candy that wasn't very sought after. Oh, well. But the rest of the food was great, and after everyone showed up, we had a full and happy house. It was a great day. Hot, but not as bad as the day before, and we did some daytime fireworks: smoke bombs, snakes, a few ground flowers and firecrackers, champagne poppers, and some parachutes that mostly didn't deploy. (Yipe!) After dessert (confetti cake decorated like a flag by my mother, and also angel food cake with strawberries!) we had games of bocce ball. All the granddaughters we invited to come up and choose from Gran's pill box collection at the top of the stairs. Lately, she's been finding she's ready to give away some of her beloved things. Remember how she gave me her Agatha Christie books? Well, she actually borrows some of them back, sometimes. That tickles me! Anyway, I think me and Hannah are the super sentimental ones of the group, and also are old enough to remember Gran's things in the other house. We were the first ones up there, trying to pick ones that we remembered, or associated with Gran. Toward the evening, everyone was moving inside, and Grant was just at the beginning of a Chutes and Ladders game with Kelsey and Sky when I got the call.
My neighbor, Becky, called to say that there had, in my absence, been a terrible storm that blew down my fence and set my dogs free. Another neighbor had caught the dogs, and I gave Becky the OK to put them in my house. I had to leave Gran's immediately. I hurried as much as you can in 3 hours of wind and rain. The dogs were good in the house (relief!), and the fence had 3 sections down. My back was KILLING me. And so, by then, was my head. At least I came home early enough to not have to navigate neighborhood fireworks displays.
I hear that after I left, Gran let the girls shop for pictures in the attic. Gran had so many pictures that she used to rotate them every season, or sometimes more frequently.
Yesterday, my dad came first thing, and he and Josh put the fence back up in no time. Mom also brought the dogs, so that they could leave straight from their house for their trip. They left after lunch, and I have, of course, had all 4 dogs ever since. Thank goodness the fence was such an easy fix.
I think Abbie is catching a cold, and I also think she is giving it to me.
I talked to Brother yesterday. He was frantically cleaning, since Mom and Dad are going there tonight. They are going to go to one of my Viguerie cousin's weddings in some other part of Colorado. Brother didn't get referred be the temp agency to the job in Boulder after all. But a few weeks ago, I told him he should apply directly to the company, and he did, so he is less upset than one would expect.
We are all reasonably cheerful here at my house. I'm off to taiko tonight, and Josh is currently asleep. I have proofread two of his papers since I got home, and I think he is happy to have turned them in. He did turn them in...right? Hmm. Maybe I should check on that.
Probably I should try to get something done. Well, I did just make ham and cheese sandwiches for the kids. Does that count? Hope today is good to you.
MUAH!
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