HUMP DAY POTPOURRI: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRETT! (& OTHER TIDBITS)

Here we are, enjoying our midweek contemplation, and today I am thinking about a lot more than just Hump Day.  Today is my second son, Brett’s, birthday, and I always love remembering those past moments with each of my kids.  Even though they are all grown up.

He went up to Berkeley on the weekend to visit his eldest (my first grandson) who is a senior at UC Berkeley.  Along the way, we chatted via phone.  He is the only one of my kids who still uses the phone to talk…lol.  Well, the others do occasionally.

Here are Brett and Alec after the game they saw.

 

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Here are a few shots of Brett over the years:

Brett, on his fifth birthday, enjoying his chocolate….

 

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Now…one a few years later, with his siblings…he was around 12 here (front, right):

 

 

Check out this Christmas photo of all four of them: Brett, third from left, looking grumpy.  He often loved making such faces when the camera was turned on him.   He was still a teenager.  lol.

 

 

 

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And now, for the somewhat blurry “photo of a photo” that hangs in my office (circa – 1991).  Each of them at our special sculptured monument at the university, and around that photo, the individual kids.  Brett, top right:

 

 

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Sending happy birthday thoughts to Brett!

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Meanwhile, here in my office, I am feeling frustrated.  The WP commenting system is still failing me!  I sent them an email request, stating the issues.  And I’m not the only one having them!  So far, they haven’t responded.

They were working on the system earlier, so is it too much to hope that they might be fixing the problem?  Probably not.

Meanwhile, I try commenting on WP…and sometimes the comments go through.  When they don’t, I use my FB sign-in, on the blogs that are set up that way.

Occasionally I tweet the blog-owner, letting them know to check their spam folders.

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Any ideas?  Is anyone else who reads my blog having that problem?  I know that other bloggers mentioned it on the weekend.

I’m going to try to forget about it for a while…I’m looking forward to having my hair styled and chatting with my daughter later.

 

 

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This post is linked to West Metro Mommy Reads, for Saturday Snapshot.

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SUNDAY POTPOURRI: BLOG COMMENTS, DVD WATCHING, ETC.

Good morning!  I wasn’t planning to write this post, but I’ve been doing some blog visiting…and feeling frustrated.  Yes, the spam folder is eating up comments again!

The good news:  I’m not the only one.  Other commenters report the same, so now we’re all checking our spam folders.

Meanwhile, I’ve been reading All the Ugly and Wonderful Things...and it’s definitely a book that reminds me of families I’ve worked with over the years.  But strangely enough, the “dysfunctional” character of Kellen is one I feel empathy for.

 

 

 

 

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Yesterday, I took a dinner tray into my bedroom and watched DVDs there.  I had received one in the mail that I hadn’t checked out yet:  A Map of the World, based on the Jane Hamilton book.  I’ve seen the movie before, and have it as a VHS tape…but the DVD was easier to watch.

 

 

 

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I also downloaded the Kindle version onto Pippa, even though I read the book a while ago.  Sadly, the print book went out with one of my purges…or maybe I didn’t own a copy.  That’s what happens when you don’t list all the books you own!  lol

After I finished watching it, I started watching another disc from the Peyton Place TV series that I bought a while ago, too.  The quality is not the best…it was a black and white show, and night-time scenes are dark.  The sound is very loud, too.  I try to only watch it in the daytime.

Then my son Brett called.  He usually calls, with his Bluetooth, when he is on the road somewhere.  This time he was headed to Berkeley to spend the weekend with his eldest, Alec, who is a senior at UC Berkeley.  Below, Alec in June.

 

 

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It’s hard to believe that he is twenty-one already!  I still see his baby face on one of my sentimental mugs: (below, the one in the middle, of course!  lol)

 

 

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He is my first-born grandchild, so there is definitely a special connection.  And he is a very nice and respectful young man who never seemed to go through that annoying phase that some have gone through…not mentioning any names!  lol.

Today I plan to actually leave the house for a while.  Maybe for some shopping.  I haven’t done any in a while, and I do need to buy a few things.  Clothes, perhaps…and definitely some groceries.  Otherwise it will be restaurant eating again.

What is your weekend like?  Any special obsessions or tidbits?

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