Monday mid morning...

so it's monday morning, i'm in syracuse.

this weekend was the family reunion. lots of fun. the "younger" kids are all growing up and having their own babies. there were 2 babies there this time, kayla (mary's daughter 2.5 years old) and ava (kristas daughter 11mos old). kayla was sooo cute... she is talking, but a little shy.. she LOVED frankie and lucy. but only lucy was really tolerant enough to let kayla hold her and pet her.

some highlights of the reunion:
* carolyn blowing up the air mattress. she tried to play dumb so someone else would blow it up for her... hah, we showed her.
* the spread was like the rest of the years. three taco dips. and one taco casserole. a million and 2 desserts, this year there was sweet tea. soo goood.
* sarah and jr kept the public making out to a minimum. but.... they seemed to have replaced it with smoking. they are almost chain smokers. apparently they both want to die of lung cancer like nanny and papa.

other notable weekend happenings:
* i slept in the tv room last night on the couch (even though i told al i would sleep upstairs and even made up sarahs bed for myself) well. it was my worst night of sleep. my nightgown kept twisting all around me, the A/C kept turning on and off, acid reflux, allergies, and the police scanner was on all night. i heard about every police worthy incident.. officers calling in plate numbers, po-po being dispatched to places all over, ambulance calls... grrrrr.
* there were the usual random dogs that showed up, two black labs and one mini-greyhound. franklin gave that greyhound a run for its money.... hysterical.
*franklin is apparently having repercussions from eating crappy people food all weekend (puking and bloody stool).

i went shopping at wegmans and got some good stuff, salt potatoes, rings, and spreadable limburger cheese. yummmm!

i learnt about a wine tour that is happening on sept 24th. it leaves from syracuse on a bus, drives 2 hours out to the wineries, breakfast, and all kids of alcohol are provided. the tour of something like 12 wineries, and then the bus ride home. all for $25 dollars. shiiiiit.

i'm gonna do it.. wooot!