My sister got married in a small, quiet mountain town. It was a lovely place for a wedding, but just wouldn’t do for a bachelorette, so we had decided to go farther afield for our wild times. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain, very dark, and the roads were mountainous, winding, and unfamiliar. This made me…
Category: Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!
A North Carolina Wedding: The First Installment
Early November stole swiftly upon us. Before I knew it, I was gathering my wedding toasting glasses, silver cake cutting utensils, leftover wedding ribbons and faux autumn leaves, scarves and sweaters and little boy coats, piling it all high in the living room next to two large, empty suitcases. It was time to go to…
Sadly, not a Wedding Update
I hate to disappoint, but I gotta get this one right, and I also gotta get some photos from somebody else (alas, my camera wires are still AWOL). Ergo, my wedding update post will arrive a few days hence. The very short version of the story is this: I don’t know why, but knowing that…
Spook
The boys received their annual Halloween packages from two of their aunts today. Every single year since I gave birth to my first little monster, two of my sisters have sent boxes of Halloween goodies to their spoilt nephew(s). Sister #1 sent a spider mobile (which Jack both loved and feared), and some awesome Halloween…
Expletive Deleted, As This Is A Family Blog
Dear Tropical Storm Lee, I hate you. Signed, Me ******************************************************* I was supposed to fly to NC today, to join my sisters and mother on a fun jaunt in Brevard. Instead, I’m stuck in the house with two stir crazy kids and Backyardigans on repeat. Not quite the disappointment that poor Suzy JD suffered, when…