Packing Light

Look how light Mom pack for her trips!





We are all excited to go to the grand opening of my project at the Ohio Statehouse tomorrow. We have a full day planned, opening at 10, lunch at THIS marvelous place, afternoon at the Wexner to see the Coop Himmelblau exhibition. Oh la la.

A Trip to the ZOO

Mom and BC and I got to go kill time (that's just for you Steven!) at the Zoo one afternoon while we waited for Steven to finish a conference nearby in Dublin... and then we went out and had a big lunch!





























Ok, so TWO of these pictures were not taken at the zoo. Anyone want to guess which ones??

Food is Cookin, and the Bellies are High

Just in Time for Your Birthday, Mom!

Looks like next year we will all be able to buy MGs again in the United States, thanks to the Chinese. My mom had one of these in the early 70s for a brief period (before the canary GREMLIN! Oh geez, that's another post! What was that thing's name?), and now she could preorder a brand-spanking new one, just in time for the big seven-five! Find out more here.

It is just a bit sexist that the Chinese are having a fun time with the

"Modern Gentleman"

thing, doncha think? Hey Confucious, you might wanna rethink that and come up with some companion ideas that, er, reach out to the other sex too. Don't leave all the ladies of the world out in the cold! Hmmmm... how about:

Mabel Golightly

Modern Girl

Mucha Girlie (!)

MEEE Goil

Mod Geisha

Mooveover Gasguzzzlers

Mile Galore

Mia Groovey

Motor Girl

Meretricious Gokart

Mommy's Goingouttonight

So Many Moms, So Few Grandchildren!

I am lucky enough to have FOUR Moms! Count 'em. That's my Mom, Pat (the one who gave birth to me) on the left, Mom #2 BC (stands for Betty Campbell) my Mom's partner since 1976, in the middle, and JingXia, Steven's Mom, on the right. My fourth Mom, Norma, is my stepmother since 1974 and was in the other room. I should have made her sit down for a complete Maternal Quartet. And the song they sometimes play is about Grandchildren, naturally. Not ours...but BC has many neices and nephews with young kids, Steven's brother has a son, Karen and Jay have neices and nephews too. I was just talking to my Mom on the phone, and she said she was glad we didn't have any for her to worry about! It's not too late yet...JingXia wants to know if Steven and I are going to adopt (and I don't think he ever answered her)...hmmmmmm (that's what my sister Tricia says when she wants to change the subject). And, by the way, my Mom was adopted as a newborn in 1932 by a 56 year old lady (my grandmother I never knew) who died when Mom was only 26, I think. So, she KNOWS its not too late...at 40 we're decisively spring chickens, well, when compared to 56!