On The Road Again

Absent from the blog again, but this time it was related to getting ready for our trip! We actually left 8 o'clock this morning headed for Florida! Gabi hasn't slept yet, and I doubt she will. She is entirely too excited! Of course we'll have lots of pics to share! So stay tuned!

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I Can Explain Really!

I know I have been absent from this blog a lot this summer. No, it's not because I am busy and overworked. Well, I am with my home duties but not with work work. (double word intended)

I can explain. Well... let's start with this as an explanation:


Yes I have created a monster! She is totally addicted! A few days ago, I spent most of the day outside with Preston in the backyard (I could see Gabi through our glass French doors.) It was a beautiful day, clear sunny skies but not hot in the slightest. We were out there for hours, and Gabi never moved! She goes back and forth between Nick Jr.com and Sesame Street.com. So, she doesn't give me a lot of time on the computer myself.

But we have been having fun, too! Look at some of the things we've been up to:

Outside Fun:

Playdate with our friend Danny:

Fun at the water park:

Christopher and Anthony stayed with us for a week:

Enjoyed ice cream in the summer:

Gabi performing a song and dance after dressing up:

Speech/Music Therapy Class at Down Syndrome Assoc. of S. Indiana:




Of course, the summer also comes with chores to do. We have had plenty of those, too:

Had to cut down our Pear tree after a storm split it in half:

Had to brush out Fat Kitty and bathe her.
(I could have made a small cat with all
of that fur I combed off of her):

Of course I was tempted to do this to Fat Kitty but resisted:

Tons of Laundry to get done. Thank God I had my helper:

Speaking of laundry, anybody got a match for any of these?

And the summer isn't over! Jeremy is still at his Dad's house in Connecticut and will stay there until our vacation. We leave to Florida on the 19th of this month! So excited!

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Regretfully, Unable To Attend

Have you ever got a wedding invitation in the mail and not recognized who it was that was getting married? I have a few times before, but usually I am too afraid to ask anyone how exactly I know this person. Yesterday was different.

Ryan, after retrieving the mail, opened an envelope addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Graham & Family turning to me to ask,"Who is getting married?" I said, "It's probably Courtney's invitation," (who is my niece that is getting married next month while we are in Florida.) He hands me the invitation. I proceeded to read it and said, "Who the heck is this for?" Ryan shrugs and says, "I don't know! Your mom sent it!"

I grabbed my phone calling my mother realizing only after it was ringing that it was ten o'clock at night. My mother answered sleepily, "Hello?" I didn't waste any time, "Mom, who the heck is this invitation for?" "Who do you think it's for, Shannon? It's Courtney's," was her response. "Courtney's name is no where on this invitation," I answered. "Well of course it is," she assured me. "Nope. This is what it says..." and I continued to read the following information really fast:

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gaynor
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of
their daughter
Elizabeth Marie
to
Mr. Jason Barry Johnson
Saturday, the eighth of September
Two thousand twelve
at two o'clock
Little Flower Chapel
1000 Morrison Circle
Providence, Rhode Island

I wasn't far into my reading before my mother was laughing. "So, who's it for, mom?" I asked again. "I don't know, they handed it to me and asked me to send it to you. I just addressed it and mailed it off," was her explanation.

Who doesn't check over their wedding invitations before mailing them off? Every bride I have ever known has checked and rechecked a hundred times.

So, if anyone knows Elizabeth and Jason who is getting married at the Little Flower Chapel in Providence 3 years from now, let them know we regretfully are unable to attend. That's my RSVP.

I called back today to find out just how many invites were sent for the wedding of "Elizabeth and Jason." It turns out that I should have been the only one who received the wrong invitation. The company that made them, sends an example to show how your invitation should look after you put it together. I got the sample. I hear Courtney's response was "Thank God it went to my aunt rather than anyone else!" She knew I'd be there... invite or no invite. After all, she waited until we were going to be down there before getting married! :)

So, I hope we've all learned something from this story. Brides and Grooms... check your invites before mailing them. Everyone else... If you don't think you know the people getting married, maybe you really don't!