Monday, March 12, 2007

I'm Back.. oh, and Hee Haw, of course

Well, we're back from NC.. Mom was on her best behavior because L was there and he hasn't been around her enough for her to feel comfortable being up to her usual tricks in front of him. So it was actually the closest thing to a normal visit and conversation with my mom that I've had in years.

GM took us to the biggest furniture showroom I have ever seen in my life, and we looked at some really nice furniture. We went out to dinner with Dad and P on Saturday night, which was also nice.

When we got home yesterday, we washed our cars (even waxed mine, which I don't think has ever happened!) and cleaned the house and did some laundry. After that we drank some wine, grilled some steaks with bleu cheese, and generally had an excellent evening.

Extremely excellent indeed, if I do say so myself. And I just did. ;-)

Well I know some of you NEED some old pics, so here are a few:

Here we have me and Princess at one of our famous "Hee Haw" shows. This was one of my debut public performances.. I was already pretty comfortable with a mic even back then. And need I point out.. My sister got back, for real. Even as an 8-year-old. ;-)
Here we have a rare snowstorm. We LOVED to go sledding, and if there were no convenient hills, we'd convince one parent or the other to drag us around on the sled. It doesn't snow like this anymore though, does it? At least not around here.

Later: Pics from NC this weekend

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The Princess said...

glad you had a good visit... love the pics... my booty was round even then!!!!haahah I'm gonna post later git alot of stuff to list soooooooo I'm trying to do that tight now... Love ya!!!