This year so far

This is the start of what has a chance of becoming a semi-regular feature here on the blog.
I tend to write about things of great importance in the world in general so I sometimes forget to tell you all about big things happening in my world of family friends and work.

It feels like the Holidays were ages ago, damn January is a long month. My Mom had a big birthday in January- I won't tell you how old she is, but she is eligible for Social Security now.
We had a small dinner party for her at Alex and Missy's house. Lots of good food and many people who had also been at her 40th and 50th birthday parties. We (the kids) got Mom an electronic picture frame- the kind you can load up with a bunch of JPEGS that cycle along in a slide show. The better to show off more pictures of her grandchild. Speaking of Rebecca, the really big news lately and definitely Mom's best birthday present was the news that Rebecca will be moving to Philadelphia this summer! She will also bring along her mother Abby and father Chip. It will be great to have all of them living here. I don't think all the siblings have lived in the same city at once for about 15 years. I hope they can find a nice house near me with a garage where I can park my scooter.

In other news, a long time fan of the blog told me some very happy, but not very surprising news. Not surprising because I ask her everytime I see her- "When are you getting engaged?"
Well she finally did. She is fairly private so I'll just go with her usual e-mail name- congratulations to "A" (and her fiance "F"). I worked with both of them in the past and I'm very happy that they've found each other.

More news of a family nature- long time friends of mine (I don't want to call them "old" friends because to me they are still both 22) had a second child- this time a girl. Heidi, Joni and little brother Julius welcomed new baby Josefina on February 6th. Maybe they'll move back to Philadelphia too. Joni - send me a cigar.

My Dad and his wife also had birthdays this past month, but we didn't have big celebrations this year. Dad says he wants a big celebration for his 70th, so we have a few years to plan it. Maybe with Abby moving to town now we will let her do all the work.