No, I am not talking about my age. It is the number of years since I graduated high school and, over the weekend, six classes of Littleton High had a combined reunion at the old school building. Two big surprises for me: the parts of the building we used looked really good for being closed so long and the people..... well, I'll leave that one alone.
Lakeland Arts uses the much refurbished auditorium as a performing arts theater and we used it and the old cafeteria wing (one enlarged room is now a dance studio) for the social, dinner and meeting. It was nice seeing classmates I haven't seen in years, but the nicest part was spending time with family.
Manchie and I stopped by Frank's on Sunday and took him out for a belated birthday dinner. At 91, he still amazes me.
Marissa and Jonathan say they enjoyed their trip to NY..... "...and a fun time was had by all." Haven't talked with Holly, but think she enjoyed keeping Griffin for the extended weekend and was also glad to see Marissa come home.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Much to do about much
The second part of Jonathan's surprise birthday was sprung today. Marissa went to his place of work, picked up him up and drove to the Charlotte airport. He didn't know anything about it beforehand.
They are headed to NYC until Sunday. Marissa got Friday night tickets to Conan's show.
Jonathan really did not know about this one.
Manchie and Holly both think the taping at the store went well today. They started around 12 noon and finished a little after 1 p.m. It will probably be on in the next couple of weeks.
Saturday is the day Manchie and I go to Littleton for the big reunion then off to NY for me on Monday.
They are headed to NYC until Sunday. Marissa got Friday night tickets to Conan's show.
Jonathan really did not know about this one.
Manchie and Holly both think the taping at the store went well today. They started around 12 noon and finished a little after 1 p.m. It will probably be on in the next couple of weeks.
Saturday is the day Manchie and I go to Littleton for the big reunion then off to NY for me on Monday.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Weekend & Then Some
Surprise, surprise..... Marissa had a surprise birthday party for Jonathan for his Big 3-0. She arranged it at the Wallace's lake house and invited not only family, but several of their friends. Jonathan knew something was coming because he had 3 people wish him a happy birthday that day. People that would not normally pay that much attention to his birthday, especially a week early. Marissa's grandmother from Highlands also came down. Holly, David and Macon made it too. We ate & ate & ate low country boil.
Marissa's great grandmother on her mom's side fell and broke her hip, so Marsha and Gay (Mom & grandmother) couldn't make the party.
We all chipped in and gave Jonathan an outdoor grill. When Griffin and his parents came in from the lake on Sunday they stopped by our house to see Frank/Grandaddy before he went home. Think Jonathan got most of the grill put together Sunday afternoon. Holly had come over earlier to spend time with Frank, so we got to see our kids again.
I took Frank home yesterday (Sunday) and then came on to Charlotte. Manchie is staying in Greer until Thursday because she and Holly have a television crew taping (digitaling???) a segment at the store space on Thursday and they have to get ready. It will take hours to get ready to tape what will end up being 2 1/2 minutes on tv.
I'm heading back to Greer tomorrow so I can go to Hannah's concert at the Peace Center. For Hannah and me it will be a big deal. Then back to work on Wednesday in Charlotte.
Manchie and I are going to Littleton on Saturday for my 43 year high school class reunion. I know... 43 year reunion? It is for five classes that includes Joyce's, Charles' and mine. Starts with Joyce's and goes through the class behind mine. I'll try to remember to tell ALL about it next week. Joyce says there are 161 folks signed up to attend on Saturday. Must be a good turnout with spouses because all the classes combined didn't have that many people...!!
Marissa's great grandmother on her mom's side fell and broke her hip, so Marsha and Gay (Mom & grandmother) couldn't make the party.
We all chipped in and gave Jonathan an outdoor grill. When Griffin and his parents came in from the lake on Sunday they stopped by our house to see Frank/Grandaddy before he went home. Think Jonathan got most of the grill put together Sunday afternoon. Holly had come over earlier to spend time with Frank, so we got to see our kids again.
I took Frank home yesterday (Sunday) and then came on to Charlotte. Manchie is staying in Greer until Thursday because she and Holly have a television crew taping (digitaling???) a segment at the store space on Thursday and they have to get ready. It will take hours to get ready to tape what will end up being 2 1/2 minutes on tv.
I'm heading back to Greer tomorrow so I can go to Hannah's concert at the Peace Center. For Hannah and me it will be a big deal. Then back to work on Wednesday in Charlotte.
Manchie and I are going to Littleton on Saturday for my 43 year high school class reunion. I know... 43 year reunion? It is for five classes that includes Joyce's, Charles' and mine. Starts with Joyce's and goes through the class behind mine. I'll try to remember to tell ALL about it next week. Joyce says there are 161 folks signed up to attend on Saturday. Must be a good turnout with spouses because all the classes combined didn't have that many people...!!
Friday, April 18, 2008
New Stuff
Seems we have a busy weekend ahead of us. Manchie is headed over to Mooresville today to pick up Frank and then head home for the weekend. I was surprised that he said he wanted to go, but pleased. He told Manchie that he needed to get out of the house. We set him up in the spare bedroom downstairs and he has his own bathroom, so it is fairly easy on him. Main issue are the stairs to get into the house.
We haven't decided if we will go back to Mooresville/Charlotte on Sunday or not. Been thinking about going up to Biltmore to look at the flowers. I want to go through the house again since it has been so long and they have opened up so much. We would take Frank back Sunday, go to Asheville on Monday and I would go to work on Tuesday..... or not.
Hannah has her choral performance at the main performing arts center in Greenville this coming Tuesday night and I WILL BE THERE.
We'll probably end up doing something for Jonathan's birthday since Manchie and I will be out of town the weekend of the 25th. I'll let you know what we end up doing. The present has been purchased.
We haven't decided if we will go back to Mooresville/Charlotte on Sunday or not. Been thinking about going up to Biltmore to look at the flowers. I want to go through the house again since it has been so long and they have opened up so much. We would take Frank back Sunday, go to Asheville on Monday and I would go to work on Tuesday..... or not.
Hannah has her choral performance at the main performing arts center in Greenville this coming Tuesday night and I WILL BE THERE.
We'll probably end up doing something for Jonathan's birthday since Manchie and I will be out of town the weekend of the 25th. I'll let you know what we end up doing. The present has been purchased.
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