Just Me!

1. Told everyone and their dog that Pete & I will be parents on or about January 23, 2007 (see photo above).
2. Took a trip to Atlantic City, NJ, Reading, PA, Hershey, PA & Philadelphia, PA with my mother and also managed to get a little work done while we were out there.
3. Took our nephew, Tyler, and one of his little friends to an Oklahoma Redhawks game.
4. Had a visit from my cousin Jaime, and her parents, Rob & Sue.
5. Celebrated several birthdays, including my own.

The month is just a few days from being officially over, but it was another busy one for us! Let's see what July will bring! I know it will bring at least two things...Pete's 35th birthday and our 4th wedding anniversary. Looks like we'll have some exciting & fun things to do next month as well!

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1. My sister did actually graduate, but nothing has really changed yet because she is still taking some summer classes that have to transfer back for her to REALLY graduate. I am sure she will be moving somewhere in the very near future, where that will be no one seems to know!!
2. In addition to my sister's college graduation, I attended two high school graduations, one in Kansas and one in Oklahoma. Let me tell you, Oklahomans sure know how to do graduations right! We were in and out of that auditorium in 45 minutes, flat! It was excellent! Plus, the school had very comfortable seats and extremely adequate air conditioning. Go Laverne, OK!! The one at Bucklin was quite different because the speaker was a guy I went to high school with that was involved in a terrible accident that ended up claiming the life of his wife (who I also attended high school with) and severely burning him. Too much to type on that subject for this post...I'll have to do a separate post sometime on all my feelings associated with that tragedy. But, it was really nice to hear him speak and share his story, which I am sure was not easy for him to do.
3. We started a new tradition at work where one of us ladies has a get together at our house. This get together will happen each month and I happened to host the first one, which was on Cinco de Mayo. It was a very good time and I found out some very interesting things about some of my co-workers that I probably would have never had the opportunity to know had we not started this new tradition. A couple of the girls brought a Dora the Explorer pinata filled with adult-themed items and we ended up breaking it in my front yard (which is subsequently on a very busy street in our town). Right as the first person was being spun around, the owner of our agency and his wife drove by. Too hilarious! They probably thought we were all nuts!! Like I said, it was a fun time and I'm looking forward to the next one which is next week.
4. Finally, two sad items of note...

• My cousin who at the time was 7 months pregnant lost her husband in an auto accident. He was 30 years old. Again, I have so many feelings and thoughts about this situation, but not enough time to get them all out of my head right now.
• A good friend of mine lost his mother to a battle with cancer. He is 29 years old. All I have to say about these two items is that I cannot imagine losing my husband or my mother at this point in time. I honestly don't know how I would cope, but I know that my cousin and my friend will make it through this dark time in their lives.

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