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A Long-Overdue Weekend Recap

Seems that I always have something I really want to blog about, but a.) don’t really have the time, and b.) don’t want to blog anything else until I get that one thing out of the way. Mom’s visit over July 4th weekend was like that. I should have at least written down some details right away; instead, I’ll be posting pictures of a long weekend that’s already started to run together in my memory.

Mom was supposed to arrive before noon on Thursday, July 4th, but her car gave her trouble as soon as she left my Aunt Connie’s house (where she’s staying until she gets an apartment of her own). So, she turned around and went back “home,” then borrowed Connie’s minivan to make the trip, instead. She arrived in time for lunch.
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10th Wedding Anniversary Weekend!

Had I taken more photos, I would have liked to have made this post less wordy and more photo-heavy. As it is, I got so caught up in, well, enjoying myself that I forgot to snap pics until halfway through Saturday’s fun.

I’m getting ahead of myself, though. First, there was…

Friday – Our Actual 10th Wedding Anniversary

I took the day off of work, partially because it was my anniversary, but partially because the parking garage downtown was going to be closed that day for construction, and I didn’t feel like dealing with the hassle of parking in another garage. My initial thought had been that we could spend the afternoon at the Toledo Zoo.

Silly me.
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