mommy's turn, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Back home from Binghamton, and a weekend full of family. We had a good time, but it was curiously devoid of several traditions. We didn't do the tractor ride (the tractor got parked in by several cars), there was no chalk driveway art, and we never got around to making s'mores. It was a lot like camp this year in that respect.

We did the annual cousins trip to Denny's, but decided that we need to find a new tradition because it was quite disappointing. Their food has gone downhill; not that it was all that great to begin with, but you'd think you'd be all right with a sundae or cake. Nope. Denny's has lost its luster for us.

My cousin Alyson left her phone in the car after we left her and her brother to get picked up by their parents, and we discovered that she had Facebook on her phone and it wasn't locked. Ha! There then followed a flurry of postings (including pictures), like "I sure wish I had taken my cousins' offer to drop off my phone" and "Who can tell me more about Scientology?" *g* She took it with grace and humor, proving to be a good sport. And then she locked her phone. *g*

I tried to take more portraits, and had the inspired idea to do them in black & white. I really like how a lot of them came out, including the one above of my cousin Jen and her daughter.

There were a plethora of babies and little kids, who got passed around to adoring cousins, aunties, and grandmothers. They are all beautiful, of course. We're like Lake Wobegon: all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are above average. *g*

We had hoped to go to the movies last night, but decided we were too wiped out so we looked at a slideshow of my brother's trip to France instead.

My cousin Bryon got me set up with his sister's old laptop, changing the login and password. Alyson helped me change the fingerprint scanner to accept my fingerprint instead of hers, which (now that it works) is a pretty cool feature. It's missing the cord to plug it in, but B said I should be able to get one at Radio Shack. We might even have one floating around the office; I'll have to check tomorrow.

I wasn't able to connect to the internet here at home, but that's OK. I have my Mac for that. It definitely works with wifi, which was the point to begin with.

It was a great way to spend the last weekend of my forties. ;)