Well, I'll be in LA in August for a couple of days with my Mom and sister, and if I don't see Perkins in Vegas I'll be there for her party in the Southland. Possibly both.

It would, however, have made the trip to Michigan worth while if I could have met up you! This is the wedding where we meet a bunch of the hubby's family that we didn't know existed until after hubby's father died, so it's a little scary & weird because they all knew about him (sort of) but my DH knew nothing.

I tried their deluxe burrito (very tasty filled with the chili), DH had the 5-way and O had a coney (no mustard, no onion).

Big O and I are spiritual Skyline twins! I always get my coneys that way. But the burrito sounds good -- I'll have to try it.

Lilty, insent to your profile addy.

Oh my, that sounds like daunting situation to be in, Sparky. I hope it turns out be an easier trip than you imagine it will be.

It would, however, have made the trip to Michigan worth while if I could have met up you! This is the wedding where we meet a bunch of the hubby's family that we didn't know existed until after hubby's father died, so it's a little scary & weird because they all knew about him (sort of) but my DH knew nothing.

I have "family" in Lansing. Twould be funny if we ended up being related!

We'll see you in LA, then.

I think it will be fine, but it's all very odd. My DH's mother and father divorced three months after he was born, and he never saw his father again. His mother told him a story about how his father was gay, and that was why the marriage didn't work out, but she never told him much else -- like that his father had a brother. Turned out not to be true about the gay thing. After his father died we met his fiancee (who didn't know my DH existed but was really kind to him) and learned about an uncle, aunt and cousins. They knew DH existed, but when asked his father would say things like, "yeah, just spoke to him he's okay." eta: Of course, he hadn't, b/c my DH never spoke to him or heard from him. We got a call after he committed suicide from the coroner because my DH was considered next of kin.

The uncle and the cousin that is getting married came to our wedding, but we've yet to meet anyone else. And the cousin we haven't met is the one who has been diagnosed with ALS, so we really felt like it might be a good idea to pick a happy occassion to meet him.

ETA: Aimee, I hope that you're not related to this dysfunctional bunch! They're not evil, but haven't quite got the communication thing down, yet.

Okay, that doesn't sound so bad. Weird, yes, but not bad. Now, anyway.

Maybe I will be able to put proper sense-making sentences together after I eat lunch.

I finally got so annoyed by my underwires poking out of my bra that I just pulled them out. And I suddenly feel inadequately supported.

Aimee, lookie!

Fark! Click on "gold tiaras" and scroll down and click on the seventeenth thumbnail in the left column. Won't let me link directly.

Now I find myself shuddering at the phrase "underwire burn."