Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading

Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading
Mary Cassatt, 1876

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A busy summer

As a new school year begins and another summer comes to an end, I thought now would be an appropriate time to reflect on (or at least list) some of the events of the past few months. I created this blog about four months ago, and have yet to make another post until now, so there is quite a bit to get caught up on!
Some fun things that we did this summer:
• attended Brian's friend Nikki's wedding in Prescott, Arizona
• drove to Austin to celebrate the Fourth of July with Brian's friends, Scott and Katie
• met Colleen and Olivier's new baby girl, Elodie Claire Currat, and got to spend some time with Colleen
• meanwhile I taught summer school
• traveled to Fort Worth to go to Brian's friend Mitchell's wedding to Katie. Brian was the best man
• spent time with Brian's family while we were in Texas
• three days later I flew to Las Vegas with Jenny and Kelly, two friends I teach with, for a girls' weekend. I learned to love Blackjack

Some momentous events that took place this summer:
• April and Josh got engaged! Their wedding will be January 3rd
• we learned that Hayley is pregnant with their third baby, due in December. Ondrea (Brian's sister) is also pregnant with their third baby, a boy, due in November
• lost my Chanel sunglasses at a wedding, discovered the Chanel sunglasses were stolen because they were returned! after being worn! and stretched out! but, at least I got them back
• Ter got married to Jeff Schurz. We met her step-son, Cade, and spent some time with them at Dave and Buster's
• I had my ten year high school reunion! It's crazy, but the consensus was that everyone looks better ten years later... except some of the guys!
• I began studying for my MA exam, which is in November. Look at the list of what I'm currently reading (if you care to!). Luckily, I'm sure it will fly by