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Here is just a teaser of what's going on with us. A letter should be following in the next day or two.


Philly Zoo:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Marettap/PhillyZoo


Lancaster Anniversary:
Danny and I celebrated our 1 year last weekend. We went to a bed and breakfast in Lancaster county which is where all the Amish people live.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Marettap/LancasterAnniversary

Enjoy!

Mother's Ramblings

This was a big weekend. We got Nancy and Matt moved into their new house. It is going to be a very nice home for them. Yesterday we celebrated Danny and Maretta's first anniversary and thought about their fun wedding one year ago. We had much better weather last year. You picked the right year to get married. Dad mowed our lawn on Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday it was snowy rain. Today Monday we woke up to three inches of snow. Last night Dad and I went to the stake center for a special meeting to re-align the wards in our stakes. Our ward really took a hit. I can't believe all the streets they took out. We barley managed to stay in the ward. It will really be a different ward and one that you will hardly know. They came up Flimingo and took both sides of the street and everything north over to Milo. So both sides of Milo and Flimingo are in the 18th ward. Then they put back the part of Aix La Chapelle that has been in our ward to the 4th ward. (you really didn't know any of those people). Then they came along Wander Lane and took the east side taking Florabundia and Sleepy Hollow. We are the only circle left in the ward. They gave us back all the people they took from us up on Wallace and up to the freeway. So the Paulsens and the Thackerays are back in our ward. I guess the problem was that the 25th and 18th wards were struggling with small primaries and YM YW. We really don't have that large of a primary or YM YW either. It seems like our ward always gets punished for doing well. Anyway it won't be hard on us but I know there were some tears over there last night. I know the Stake Presidency thought about this long and hard and so we need to give them our support. Thought you all would be interested in knowing what happened to the old 28th ward. This Wednesday I leave for NY with Jane, Jacque, and Penelope. It will be fun to see Diane. I am staying and extra night (Sunday) with Di and then I head down to Savannah where I will meet Aunt Elaine. We will drive over to Hilton Head and Stu and Grant will drive down and meet us there. The will be coming from Agusta, Ga. and the Mastes Tournament. It will be an exciting trip. Maybe Diane and I will post some pictures from New York. Love, Mom

Silence of the Lamb-cake

i nearly wept with joy when i saw the little lamb cake beky made for easter. isn't it the most precious thing you've ever seen?

and amber created a delicious limeade slushy beverage that she couldn't get enough of. i only got like a teaspoon. and abby had a ton of it too. thanks a lot, guys.

and mollye got sad when we had to eat little lamby. but he was delicious.

Okay, let's talk about MY Easter now.

Let me just start out by saying how much i LOVE my church lady-friends. Just look at Mollye & Abby. The only reason Abby goes to Relief Society is for the candy bucket. And she has no qualms about taking >5 pieces of candy which is at least 3 more than the suggested 2.

This is Mim, Mollye, and Olivia. Look how excited they are celebrating Easter in Relief Society.

Here's me and Abby. You might recognize Abby from her role as *bank teller* in the hit film Crocodile 2: Death Swamp. Her performance is stellar. It's really sad it went straight to DVD. Also, I'm obsessed with Abby's apartment in the West Village. I might even devote an entire post to how much I love it and imagine myself moving in there with her. Oh and also, I am obsessed with Abby.


More later. Me tired. Although I'm also scared to go to sleep. Last night I'm pretty sure a bug landed on my head while I was sleeping (I can't admit yet that it could possibly be a roach). I woke up in a total panic and did a crazy head shaking dance and then had to sleep with the light on. Oh man, I hate bugs. Bugs and B.O.

The Paulsen's Easter

We were in St. George over Easter break and enjoyed some baseball and lovely weather, it was in the low 70's the whole time. On Easter we went to church and after, had an Easter dinner and egg hunt with some friends in our ward.

Celebrity Sighting

Attention. I just gave Pauly Shore directions. Uh huh...this guy



I was walking home from work & he asked me for directions to the Soho Grand Hotel. Then he invited me to go to some party with him. Okay, not true. Probably for the best anyway, his breath was STINK.

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