Will Miss Ya

To my classmates.  Your blogs were all so great. I really had fun and looked forward every week to reading your postings.   I appreciated everyone's efforts in the writing of their blogs, and knew that you really put in a lot of feeling in your writing.  I felt that I was not alone, and we all have similar struggles in order to get to the finish line.  I loved everything about the class, our professor, and classmates.  You all made it a lot of fun.  I wish you all the very best.
SuZ

Another Blog?

Well, it is so hard to believe this is our last week of class blogging!  This blogging stuff was all new to me.  To have to post something so private out in public was kind of scary to me.  But I hope I kept it simple.  I am not a real techy person, but I was able to find my way around to get the blogging done.  I even changed my background.  (I felt like I was a big girl now blogging, and all. LOL!)

Happy Blogging To All!
SuZ
   

A Family Affair

It’s A Family Affair

        Looking back at all the great times I have experienced, none can top the time we had our son baptized.  We had 102 guests at our home, and it was the first big event I had ever hosted in my whole life!  I was lucky that my family had come into town to be here, since my sister, Linda, was going to be the God Mother.  My husband chose his older brother, Jess, to be the God Father, who lives just minutes from us. 

        It felt like it was a class reunion, as well, since we had invited a lot of our friends.  My husband and I both have big families, and I can literally say that everyone and their uncle was at the event!  My husband’s aunts, uncles and cousins were also there.  On my side of the family were all my cousins, aunts and uncles.  And even my great aunt and grandmother were there, from my father’s side of the family. 

        One of my sister in-laws convinced me to make tamales.  Little did I know that she was not going to be there to help me make them, since she left town at the last minute.  I burned a whole batch of three dozen tamales and the house reeked of burned tamales, and I could not air the house out fast enough.  Even the clothes in the closets caught some of the odor, and I was in a panic.  Fortunately, the remaining batches came out pretty good.  I also made two gallons of salsa, and I thought I wasn’t going to have enough; what did I know?  We also served beans, rice and potato salad, and since I made the potato salad myself, and I could not burn it, it came out pretty good. 

        I had placed umbrella tables in the backyard to accommodate everyone.  With the event being held in August, the weather was perfect. For entertainment my cousin, who owns Peacock Record Bar, DJ’d for us, and my mother in-law wanted a Mariachi Band, so we had them come in for a while, as well.  Everyone ate and danced, and had a great time.  My husband’s friends were so happy, they didn’t leave till 3:00 a.m., and my husband was already in bed asleep.   I, for one, was so happy it had all turned out great!  My son received a lot of beautiful gifts and keepsakes.  We were so blessed to have so many loved ones around us to share this special day for our son.