busy days...

My lovely sis, Marita, dropped into town unexpectedly with her son, Seth, and his wife, Gladys.  Okay, so Gladys?  She is from Taiwan (finally got here 2 years after they got married...that's how long it took to get our country to let her in!) and she chose 'Gladys' as her 'English' name.  Her real name is something like Jeng Ying or something.  She thought that Gladys was a cool name and no one told her otherwise, till she met Seth.  By that time, she was used to it and she doesn't want to part with it.  So, Gladys it is.  She is lovely and tall (5' 9") and very sweet.  She has a degree in journalism and did public relations in Taiwan.  She isn't sure what she will be able to do here, with her skills.

Anyway, we had a fun visit...went to my sis Ann Marie's house...and low and behold, it was Ann Marie's birthday.  When there are 10 kids in your family, you don't pay that close attention to these things. We had a fun celebration.  My niece, Eileen, was just back from Ghent, Belgium...she fences for the U.S. Team.  My other niece, Maria, is home from college and is going to be interning in our Republican U.S. Senator's office this summer.  (Well, she is an 'R' and is a poli sci major, sho that's a good fit for her.)  So...lots of exciting things to discuss. 

Tomorrow, got to go to a Memorial Day BBQ at my MIL's, and then rush down to Corvallis to pick up Ross.  He is babysitting our dog, Cookie, this weekend, while John and I jet down to Reno/Tahoe.  John is doing some consulting for a friend who lives there.  AND, our niece Lisa (from London) just happens to be spending the weekend in Tahoe, too.  So, we get to hang out with her a little bit.  Should be fun.

Comments

[shawn]

awww. that is so cute. Gladys. (GladAss). Ya know, my mom had a friend named that and we all called her Happy Butt. ;O)

I will be in Tahoe one month from now. Wish it was the same time.
Hope you are having a wonderful time... as I'm sure you are!

[Arlene]

How funny you should say her name is Gladys. The other day my co-worker and I got into this discussion about names and the ones that were no longer fashionable and we wondered why. I mean why is Gladys, or Gertrude not popular? We say the names now like they're just icky, but how does a name get associated with icky? Okay, enough. Clearly we talk about minutia at work all the time!

[tinker]

Wow - lots of fun stuff going on! And somehow I'm glad someone's keeping the Gladys name alive and well :)

[Margaret]

You sound busy in a wonderful way. Your family is so accomplished!!