7 posts tagged “family”
I'll write more later, but here are some photos from Ken's 58th birthday, which we got to celebrate this weekend. We are so proud of Ken for learning how to use the Rabbit wine opener (top photo) -- even if the first try almost resulting in the bottle landing on the floor. Turns out you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
I was actually so busy enjoying myself over the Thanksgiving holiday that I didn't make time to post anything. On Wednesday night my mom came down from Jersey. We re-decorated my little Xmas tree (it was hurting from being stuffed in closets for so long) and hung up Xmas decorations in the apartment, which actually turned into purging some of the older decorations that my mom had passed down to me. There were quite a few that were really hurting. The three of us cooked mashed sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner (our contribution) and made a tasty dinner feast for ourselves.
On Thursday, we continued to purge. I had mentiend to my mom earlier that I needed her to help us organize what had come to be known as "the scary closet". With wedding presents taking up space and the shuffle we had to do to give our subletter some room in the guest closet, the junk in the closet had spiraled out of control. Adam was a trooper purging things that he had been holding on to, but hadn't looked at in years. It always helps to have a neutral party involved when debating throwing away someone's old stuff. My mom is great at this. She actually got a big kick out of it, because she had always believed Adam's comments about me saving too much stuff, but she had a chance to see the crap that he was holding on to for so long -- kind of funny.
For Thanksgiving, we went to Patti & Dan's. It was nice having my mom there with us. Its an enjoyable event because its really a cocktail party with some turkey... not one of those occasions where everyone is just waiting around until they eat. Here's a link, if you want to see some of our photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heiked/sets/72157594390198247/
On Friday, my mom and I went shopping and bought me the leather coat that is my Xmas present from her. I think she was a little disappointed that it didn't take us long -- I really liked the second coat we tried. I can't mention enough how much I enjoyed my mom visiting!!!
One of the biggest reasons my mom was looking forward to me visiting was so I could help her figure out all of the electronics in the house... while I was there we figured out the control panel for the heat, reviewed how to work her cable box, played with my digital camera, futzed with the fan, and figured out how to connect to her new internet email address..... I was playing second fiddle to Adam, the electronic wizard, but managed to hold my own. Here are some photos of my mom playing up the occasion...
On Sunday, we had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the Comegy family. What a treat! I think my favorite part of the day was taking a walk outside behind their neighborhood. I hope we will get to do that more often.
Ken & LeeAnn - thanks so much for having us. We really enjoyed ourselves!
I don't have much energy to write today. After the Eagles game, I am heading up to Jersey to enjoy a nice dinner with my dad and do some work that needs to get done before tomorrow. We had a nice time at Scott & Jenn's wedding yesterday, but are exhausted from all the festivities.
Check out more of our photos at FLICKR - http://www.flickr.com/photos/heiked/sets/72157594349908685/
It's so nice to be treated to Glossen Suppe and Spätzle after a hard day of work.... also nice to be sleeping on a real bed during the week, instead of an air mattress. Unfortunately, my commute to work is about 1hr 15min, but it doesn't feel all that long.
I was beginning to wonder if I was just talking to myself out here in blog-land.... until yesterday when I got an email from LeeAnn commenting on one of my postings. THANK YOU LEEANN! I feel much less crazy now.
Still working on getting Adam to post something - maybe today will be the day....
Just a friendly reminder to everyone to please be careful of what email address you are using when you email me & Adam. We are both trying to avoid using work email. Please email me at my gmail account and email Adam at his hotmail account.
I'll be stuck on a train tomorrow (thurs) from 6:30-8pm if anyone wants to call me to chat!
