Phew! Another Graduation!

So it finally has transpired.
Let me start by saying, it started on a cold day in March 1991, when my Ooops baby was born. Yesterday, we had his graduation party, and sat through an abbreviated version of a graduation ceremony. I can honestly say the cartoon in today's paper should be the grads name being announced, then Principal Hradek Kicking them in the arse off the stage. They were in such a rush to make sure they got the ceremony in in case it rained that as they called off the names, they would have to stop every 20 or so students to let the stage clear enough to call off the next 20.
We had a great time yesterday with a great turnout. Tim, his son, and son's girlfriend showed up, and we were able to catch up on alot of things. Unfortunetly Lynette had to watch another friends house and pets, so was unable to attend.
Our friend Brian showed up from the other side of the state, and brought us up to speed on what was going on in his and his fiance's life.
All of the kids were there, and Amber's future in law's came over, which was as always a great visit.
Shannon's Mom, and her friend Carrie (I hope I spelt it right) were in from Spokane, WA.

We were able to do the BBQ, graduation, beer pong, yes I said beer pong, all in a 24 hour period.

This morning, Mom & Dad, picked up Aaron to drive to Miami to begin their 7 day cruise in the Carribean. Aaron called from the ship before the left, and you could hear in his voice the awe of how large those ship's are. We'll have more from them upon thier return.

Today, we spent almost all day with Shan's Mom and her friend Carrie. We went to City Island, had lunch at O'leary's (yes Diane, Tequila does taste horrible in my opinion also)! We then stopped by our local hangout, and just all around had a great visit. We hope to maybe get a little more time before they head back to the great N.W.

OK, I'm sure I've missed some of our fun, but it's been a long 24 hours, so I am going to get something put together for dinner, and pick this up later.

Full Contact Boogie

Here we are on another great Friday night.
I spent the last two weeks traveling 8 out of 10 business days. Thank goodness for the weekend.
My trip to Chicago this last week was productive, and I am ready for vacation next week for Aaron's graduation. We are all getting excited to see April's family, and Shan's Mom is coming down for a few days also.
Mom has scoured the internet, looking for a recipe that will "One Up" me, and I think she has found it.
I stopped by for a few minutes yesterday on my way back from Ft. Lauderdale, and she had a mischevious grin the whole time, so I'm pretty sure she thinks she's found it.

Who Cares How Many Days!

Here we are at the middle of May, and I have to actually think about being a non smoker, as it doesn't cross my mind unless someone brings it up.
Aaron received his last report card, and he has passed (we already knew that in December), and will be off to college in the fall. He is wanting to attend culinary school in Tampa, so he needs to get ready for being a free bird. Momma Crow and I are taking bet's.....
We are having Mom and Dad over for dinner tonight. I am making a nice Chicken Picatta, with fresh green beans from our garden, and some baby red potatoes with herbs. I already am expecting to hear that I have "One Upped" her. One of these days, she will realize that it isn't a contest, but my enjoyment of cooking a nice meal.

We had a great visit with Shannons Dad, Larry, while he was down here. He spent alot of time fishing with his cousins, and playing cards with his Mom and aunts/uncle.

I had to put a picture up of our jack russell, Boozer. This is an all to familiar sleeping pose she likes to do. She claims that her cousin Maggy cannot do this as she has balance issues, most likely brought on by her master smoking 3-4 packs of ciggerettes per day. We only wish her the best, and hopefully when her master quits that nasty habit, she will once again be a semi-normal dog (as normal as a dog can be when not allowed to be the alpha in the family).
Love from the full time South Florida Verity's.

So we are into May, and what a beautiful month April was, with more to come!
Still smoke free, but I have now stopped taking the Chantix. Spent part of yesterday in Clearwater visiting Shannon's "Grammie". It was quite fun seeing her again, and catching up on who has had what child, and who will be visiting in the next few months. When we left her house, we went to have lunch, but could not find a parking spot. The nearest to the restaurant wanted ten bucks, so we decided to bite the bullet. When we pulled up, I asked if there was any special, as we were only going to be there for an hour while we had lunch, which the person said they couldn't change the rules. I then pointed out that Grammy Marion's grand-daughter was in the car, and lo and behold, the person went across the street to the restaurant, and as soon as a car pulled out, held the parking space.
Once we got in the restaurant, we were told that it would be at least a 25 minute wait, so we went to the bar to get a beverage. I went back out front to let the person know where we were sitting, and casually mentioned that Grammy Marion's grand-daughter was in our party. Amazing how quickly we got sat down.
We then went to Tarpon Springs, which is a greek village of sponge fishermen, with assorted shops & restaurants.
Grammy Marion's reputation doesn't go that far north obviously, as we had terrible service for our dinner!
Anyways, I'm posting a couple of pics of our pets, as a lot of you asked about the shaved cat pic, and one of you had your dog post to my blog about it.
Hope this finds everyone in fine spirits, or the spirits make you fine!