{"id":1288,"date":"2011-09-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2011-09-14T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T08:00:00","slug":"party-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Party Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep, it’s that time of year again — in the last four weeks, I have attended 23 birthday parties within my family. Yikes! And there are four more parties this coming weekend! Double-yikes!<\/p>\n

No, I do not have 23 siblings. 14 of them are enough, thank-you. Some of these parties were for nieces, nephews, and “The Greats.”<\/p>\n

I tell ‘ya, I am all “caked out.” LOL!<\/p>\n

It’s nice to see all the members of my family who live within driving distance of my home (not all of them do — I have family scattered around the country and the globe!) One might think it is a bit too much. For me, no… but it does keep me busy riding from place to place. However, I love it.<\/p>\n

With such a large family, we do not exchange presents. I give a card, a warm hug, smiles and good cheer. I think I may be among the few who knows everyone’s names and their ages… but I have a little secret. I am the keeper of our Family Tree, and I reference it before I go to one of the parties.<\/p>\n

While I have attended 23 such festivities over the last four weeks, I have not attended all of them. Some were far away, some were at very inconvenient times, and some conflicted with others.<\/p>\n

That’s okay… we love each other and do our best to keep in touch, even though this Uncle Martian Dinosaur still refuses to get a data plan on his cell phone and exchange text messages. The younger ones do not use email or the phone, so I communicate with them via Facebook. One way or another, we remain closely connected.<\/p>\n

Life is short: show those you love that you love them!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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