Cousins, 1977
This is a picture of me, my sister, and my cousin Adam. That's me in the middle. I used to sit on the arm of that chair and eat dinner off of a t.v. tray watching Battle of the Planets, which was my all-time most beloved show, but I digress.
That was about 1977 - Adam and his brother, Graham, lived across the street from us. (This is GA. A lot of us grew up living across the street from our cousins!) Anyway, Adam and Graham are the closest thing I have ever had to brothers. I know their faults. I love and adore them both.
That was thirty years ago. This is 2007. Adam's wife Jenny gave birth to a baby girl this morning. I feel just like an Aunt. And if that little girl is anywhere as cute as Adam was, I am going to have to have someone to make sure I don't squeeze the baby till her eyes pop out of her head.
Because look at us. We were cute. Good genes.
Congrats, Addy. I can't wait to meet the newest Dunstan addition.
posted by Dogwood Girl @ 5:12 PM
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Congratulations on becoming an Aunt(ie).
annie, i have a proposition for you aboout blogging:
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What is this "proposition" this guy is talking about? Hmm...
Anyway, you look just like the Rolls in that pic! But you know who was really cute? Me. I'm a lil' lionhead!
I have extensive uncle experience and am willing to dispense any advice you need (spoil spoil and spoil, my five year old nephew may visit this weekend!).
And I too watched BOTP. A lot. I bought a dvd collection in San Francisco a couple years ago.
The best is when Zoltar kidnaps Dirty Name 5 and forces them to use their "rock" music as a deadly sound weapon and G-Force has to save the day! Also they named the character Jason after me.
Thanks, Kortez. Been enjoying your site this a.m. Anonymous - Propositions just sound creepy.
Lee lee - I DO look a little like the rolls. interesting. You are a lionhead, but i already blogged about that.
Jason, will you be having nephew to yourself the whole weekend? let me know if you need pointers on the kid-friendly activities. Might need to borrow the BOTP - someday when I have time. And, wasn't Jason the fat one? I think we used to "play" BOTP with the aforementioned cousins, and a few kids that lived in the neighborhood. I want to say that we made Don Farmer's (of CNN and WSB news fame) son Jamie be the fat one, and i think the fat one was Jason. I was of course Princess. Wait. Just realized that the fat one was "Tiny." Clever. I think we also made my sister, the baby, be Keyop.
When we played superheroes, we also gave her the crappiest powers, like "ability to talk to and control plants."
Okay, I just freaked myself out by remembering all of that.
Wow, it looks like my house. Did every house have a chair like that in the 70s?
History teacher - Thanks for the add. I have read some of your blog - great stuff! Kindred spirits, I think.
Concerning the orange chair - it is a thing of the past now. 3 years of college with me finally did it in. Also, I think that the chair was reupholstered with the orange in the late 60s/early 70s, but may have been around longer than that in a different incarnation - I think it might be in pics of my grandmother's house. Something to take a look at.duns
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