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Jane (mysteryhorse) posted an update Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 1:03pm EDT, 11 months, 3 weeks ago
We had a fairly quiet weekend as well. Took a day trip on Sunday and checked out several campgrounds within two hours of here, thinking that we may take our camper someplace for a few days to get away from it all.
Yesterday we had our first "block" party in many years. We live out in the country in one of those developments where everyone has 2 - 3 acres, we're on a deadend and surrounded by big hills (our backyards are mostly wooded hills). When we built here 25 years ago the neighbors used to get together outside and have cookouts and games. As the kids all grew up that changed and now we don't even know a lot of the neighbors. Many couples with kids have moved in so the neighborhood is turning over. It was really nice meeting those we didn't know and catching up with some we haven't seen in quite a while.
We used to have huge family reunions when I was a kid. Didn't know a lot of the people then. Now our reunions are smaller with my sister and her kids, us and our kids and grandchildren, and assorted cousins. We had an extended one last summer at my aunt's lake place with 50 relatives which was really nice. This summer our immediate family is meeting back there for a few days. Really enjoy them.