John's new (to me, at least) place is quite lovely and roomy, complete with a very tidy garden and a shiny red mini in the garage. In an impressive bit of technical know-how, he's in the process of applying his tinkerer's tendencies towards digitizing his LP and cassette collection. Oddly enough, I've plans to undertake the exact same project back home. Great minds and all that. Actually, I found myself noticing quite a few similarities of personality and habit that have trickled down to me. Very cool.
Andrew and his sweet, math-teacher, fiancee, Lisa drove us to the ol' Malt Shovel pub, where we met Mark and Julie and Danielle and Amy for lunch. Julie's family lives about 1/4 mile from the pub, and are in the midst of refurbishing a new (to them) house. At the moment, they are living in two rooms but soldiering through with an impressive display of good humor. Julie is keeping a journal of the project by scrawling updates on the entryway hall; quite amusing. Today's excitement was an adventure involving an inadvertently walled-in cat who refused to leave the new kitchen superstructure.
I have been charged, in no uncertain terms, with the task of convincing Mom and Suzie to go for a visit -- Possibly next summer, once Julie's house is finished. I must say that I like the idea of planning a trip and bringing along Taylor and all of our various family members, but I realize that the logistics of such a campaign would be quite a little project.
Amy, John, Julie, Mark, Pixie (who is 21 years old!), Danielle, Andrew, and Lisa.
Unfortunately, Danielle's new boyfriend was not along, but I was able to find this artist's concept, which according to Mark, is a very close surrogate (although slightly less green):
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