Slacker!
Okay, I admit it; I’m a slacker! It’s been (ack) 20 days since I posted anything and I’m sure that has ruined the days of my 10s and 10s of fans!
Rest assured that things have been busy over the last couple of weeks. For Mother’s Day, we took the family back to the Renaissance Festival for the kids to enjoy (well, my daughter and younger son enjoyed it — got dressed up even; my older son didn’t get dressed up, but did enjoy many of the shows we watched). I’ll post some pictures shortly.
The following weekend, I was up at Camp Rainey Mountain for the 2nd week of Wood Badge. The mountain lived up to its name, as we got 4-ish inches of rain in a couple of hours on Saturday. I spent a lot of that time taking and sorting through pictures, as one of my jobs was to create an end of the course slideshow. There was stress involved, but the participants (and staff) appreciated my efforts.
Last weekend, was (gasp) largely unremarkable. We took the kids to see Shrek Forever After on Saturday Morning. You see, the Autism Society of America worked out an agreement with AMC movie theaters to provide a monthly “sensory friendly” movie. Sensory friendly means that the movie volume is turned down; the lights are kept up; and, most importantly, there is not the need to worry if your child acts out during the movie (everyone there understands the situation). For what it’s worth, the kids loved the movie and both MaryBeth and I thought it was good (worth getting when it comes out on DVD, even).
Things are going well with the Hamburgers. I am pleased to say that MaryBeth and I will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary on Thursday (well, we’ll be celebrating on Wednesday, because that’s when we have the babysitter). MaryBeth and I have had our ups and downs, but I think are relationship is stronger today than it has been in many years and I am looking forward to the next 20…40…whatever years with her in the future.
More soon.
Merle
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