Sunday, August 29, 2004
Family Fun
Today we are going to a family thing at my grandmother’s house. My brother took three of his five kids to Ohio for the annual visitation, despite all efforts by his ex to prevent or disrupt it. She did manage to terrorize one daughter into staying home, and the other daughter is old enough both to care less about it than she might, and to be able to use not going as a way to get things she wants from her mother.
Since the rest of us never see those kids anymore, my brother arranged for a gathering today that includes them, before he has to return them to her clutches. It’s going to double as a “shower” so Deb doesn’t have to deal with a real one and attend two social events when one will do. My mother is just as intent that there Must Be Shower as she was that there had to be an ex post facto wedding reception (which I may have pictures of soon).
We’re trying to remember to bring the camera so I might have pictures to post later. Oooh, you can hardly wait.
It’s not the greatest day for it, being almost 90 and humid. At least it’s not a monsoon like last time there was something supposed to be outside.
In addition to any post-gathering bloggage, it occurs to me I haven’t finished the tale of the mice, posted my experiment inventing a spicy fried chicken bits recipe (with pictures!), or talked about how gorgeous Marion Jones is, how classy she and her teammates are and the need for the basketball team to learn from them, or posted about our fandom of Anna Pavlova, who wuz robbed naturally. So perhaps tonight there will be some free ice cream, if I don’t poop out and/or go hide in the AC-chilled bedroom again.