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Friday
Aug132010

Happiness

DateFriday, August 13, 2010 at 6:47AM

The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. - Unknown

This is the week that The Old Goat switches from working weekends to weekends off. Yippee!

If only he didn't have the plague! (He doesn't really, but he sounds like he has little old lady who's been smoking for 80 years stuck in his throat!)

Despite his illness, we're excited to have the first preseason Seahawks game this Saturday night! Word!

The Seahawks have kindly granted our request to move down a couple rows this season and hopefully we will no longer need a Sherpa and a llama train to make it up to our seats! We knew better than to ask for a winning season... we just wanted to view the carnage from a closer vantage point! Kidding... we're totally ready for a better season this year!

On Sunday, my dad is throwing his yearly barbecue out on the island!

Best of all, temps in the high 80s for the next 5 days!

I'm lovin' it!

What's on the agenda for your weekend?

AG out!

 

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Friday
Jun112010

Nurse pinning ceremony

DateFriday, June 11, 2010 at 6:37AM

So, the first graduation. This is where they get their nurses pin for completing their studies as a Registered Nurse (aka RN, aka Real Nurse).

As a photography buff, I have to first note that I set up the camera for the lighting in the auditorium prior to the ceremony. They changed the lighting about 8 times throughout the evening. I never caught up because it takes me a while to get the settings right. On top of that, they requested that we not take photos during the pinning because they had a pro photographer on stage photographing and we could buy images from her. Understandable... but it did cramp my style. So I snuck this photo of K2 coming off the stage after the pinning.

K2 and her boyfriend, K at the house before the ceremony.

Ben and I before the ceremony. He's totally unimpressed with me! (my hair is frizzy due to the humidity)

After the ceremony, we went to the pub! Ben alternated between chewing on coasters and throwing them!

He was very well behaved throughout the evening.

I barely caught this shot of him greeting Oma...

Turns out, his excitement was all about the necklace!

It was a long night for Ben and after a bout of "hide the baby" with Grandpa, he was ready to go home!

Before I close, a shot of K2 and her bestie Savvy. I have to brag on Savvy, who is leaving for San Fran today to start her highly sought after summer internship with a prestigious design firm. The other 3 interns are from Ivy league schools. As my Grammy would say, Savvy is walking in high cotton! K2 is jumping ship and driving down to San Fran with Savvy to spend a week relaxing in the fog and sun. I know they'll have a great time!

Off to work, a tech job this evening and looking forward to my weekend of relaxing. What are you doing this weekend?

AG out!

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Thursday
Jun102010

Graduation A

DateThursday, June 10, 2010 at 6:57AM

K2's nursing program graduation was last night.

Out late with family.

Up early to take Oma and Oma to the airport.

Rushing in to work a half day.

Leaving early for K2's college graduation.

Then collapse.

AG out....

PS~ I've got tons of great pictures, but no time to process them yet.

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Monday
Mar222010

That which blooms

DateMonday, March 22, 2010 at 5:25AM

With the girls off in Arizona, TOG and I got to spend the weekend alone... something that happens... um, never. Well, unless we take off and go somewhere. But to spend it at home... yeah, I'm going with never.

Admittedly, we thought that by the time we reached the, um... delicate ages that we've reached, respectively, that we'd have time alone together. We realize that may not come to pass due to our little K3.

And that's okay.

One of our conversations this weekend took us down memory lane, being young, having babies and assuming that all would be well and they'd carve out a path and go on to live their own life. When you realize that might not be the case, it's such a heartbreak, not for yourselves, but for the child... how different their life experience would be and worrying over whether they'd be happy and fulfilled...

TOG and I are down to just feeling fortunate... fortunate to have three daughters. Fortunate that they're all healthy. And for our little K3 (who admittedly is not so little anymore at 19) we're fortunate she's alive after last fall. We're fortunate that she feels happy in her family life... loved, that she has interests, that she has her puppies...

Her path may not be the one we envisioned, but we are enjoying watching her bloom just as her sisters before her did!

AG out!

PS~ Now if I could get the youngest two home... they appear to be waiting at the Phoenix airport without assigned seating on their flight. Thanks Priceline.

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Friday
Dec042009

Saying Goodbye

DateFriday, December 4, 2009 at 6:16AM

TOG's stepdad passed away very suddenly last night.

He was a part of our lives for many years and his very best quality in my eyes.... He was wonderful to TOG's mother. Widow and Widower, both of them found in their second marriage the things they had missed out on in their first.

Rest in peace, Grandpa. You did good.

Hug those you love close to you,

Blessings to all,

AG

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Thursday
Aug062009

Blue Yonder

DateThursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:15PM

We are off to San Diego at 5 am Friday morning.

I feel a little Blue.

We will definitely be Yonder.

AG out!

PS - My apologies... I've been so busy with the new baby and family, working and packing, I've barely had time to bath much less blog. Gah.

 

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Tuesday
Aug042009

Love of a Lifetime...

DateTuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:05PM

AWW (Almost Wordless Wednesday)

 

 

Welcome Benjamin Reed

9.5 pounds

20.5 inches

15.5 inch head

It's a beautiful world with you in it....

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Tuesday
Jul142009

Hey Nineteen!

DateTuesday, July 14, 2009 at 6:15AM

So K3 turned 19 yesterday. There were some festivities at the house last night. TOG (The Old Goat) had to work so it was me, the girls, my SIL, and K2's fella.

My Oma left some items at the house for Baby Ben. K1 decided to model them... What do you think?

 

There is a matching hat....

And some smiling faces...

Okay... enough merriment! Here's K3 pretending she's embarrassed!

   

Yes... that big smudge is still on my lens. I didn't clean it up...

Here's something else that didn't change....

Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Between 5 hours of meetings, a 2 hour lunch with my boss (which was great!) and birthday shopping and picking Oma and Opa up from the airport and another project I'm working on.... nothing. So tonight is going to be crazy busy with packing and laundry because tomorrow night, The Baroness flies in and we're going to the pub to meet iMom for dinner. Woot!

Just to end on a high note... I've been meaning to show you these for a couple days... Have a look at this!

I love these... I had them at the old house and I found the bulbs again this year...

Now if only I had iMom's macro lens, I'd be set! I really need to clean the dog slobber off the lens...

Have a great day!

AG out! 

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Saturday
Jul112009

Timeless

DateSaturday, July 11, 2009 at 7:06AM

This is K3, our youngest. She's going out the door to spend the night at her best friend's house.

One of the things that I cherish most about K3 is her youthful, innocent outlook on life, due mostly to her disability. This picture could easily be attributed to someone at 10 or 12. K3 will be 19 on Monday and her excitement on going to spend the night with her friend transcends her calendar age. I will admit that most 19 year olds do not require their mom to double check that they've packed underwear and a toothbrush along with the video games and comic books... but that's all part of the joy of K3.

Incidentally, that wolf under her arm... TOG (The Old Goat, my beloved husband lo these many years) took her to the zoo for her birthday this week. They always do something together for her birthday. She would prefer that I did not attend and that's okay. Anyway, she will not let go of this wolf except to eat and shower. It's adorable.

I tell you all this because as I took this picture I was contemplating that perhaps some might view K3's exuberance at spending the night with her friend as perhaps a tad age inappropriate. Not that I would give a fig what anyone else thought of my darling girl, but the thought did rattle around in my brain pan momentarily.

And then I had an epiphany. These are few and far between for me... so bear with me.

I could not help but note the similarities between K3's excitement at spending the night with her friends and my own anticipation of going to Blog Fest to see my friends. Granted, I'm not taking comic books and video games, but the adult equivalent of camera and laptop!

I therefore submit that the tug and pull of the sleepover is ageless and timeless. Who doesn't want to get together with their friends and stay up too late and giggle and hug and embrace their inner child.

I went a little further in my observations to note that men do it too. Sorry TOG but its oh so true! They just call it a fishing trip. But the same rules apply. Stay up too late, tell stories, laugh, drink too much beer and take pictures at three in the morning to show everyone how light it stays up in Alaska.

I rest my case!

See you at Blog Fest!

AG out!

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Saturday
Jul042009

Happy Independence Day!

DateSaturday, July 4, 2009 at 8:59AM

I have to start out by saying it is NEVER nice here on the 4th of July. Most Seattlites would agree the good weather doesn't rear it's head until after the festivities and fireworks. Usually 'cloud cover' and 'scattered showers' are our by-words for the day. Thus, the fact that it's been in the 80's most of the week is startling, let alone the predicted mid to upper 80's today. We're having to dig out shorts and tank tops!

TOG is back from Alaska and caught many, many fish. He was very surprised when he saw what we did while he was vacationing! The girls and I stained our cedar fence! It took us three days as we did it by hand (no sprayer)! Unfortunately TOG worked a 12 hour shift last night and is now sleeping, so we haven't been able to enjoy his return as much as we would like.

K3 and I and the Brute Squad are heading out to the island to see Dad and other members of the family for our traditional grill fest! I anticipate it will be about 90 at the island but hopefully there will be a breeze. We're having a fireworks free fourth (which makes the asthma happy). We don't do fireworks out on the island and you can't see any fireworks from Dad's house. But if I drive home late enough I should see some as I pass Olympia and Tacoma.

Oh, and a shout out to my "neighbors" in the apartments behind us... I'm really enjoying the M80 firecracker festivities this last week. I had forgotten the traditional "illegal fireworks sneak attack" that leads up to the 4th. The ones y'all set off at 3:30 this morning were very loud indeed! Kudos! The Brute Squad is particularly fond of the multiple launch sequences. I think Fiona must have been in 'Nam as she appears to be reliving some sort of traumatic incendiary rocket attack. Good thing she is unarmed!

Here's hoping that your 4th of July is all that! Enjoy... oh and lets be safe out there!

AG out!

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