In late July, Margaret announced that she had gotten a job in Alaska and
would be leaving in early August. After having her as a part of our
family for decades, this was a traumatic change; but at the very least, we
could have a good going-away party (or two) for our good friend.
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Norton Wine I don't think this was actually from her family, but I could be wrong.
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Old Folks Talking Mom, Margaret, and Deb were definitely having a good time before the young'uns showed up.
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Dad with Wine He likes telling us
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Wedding Rings I don't know if we ever got a proper shot of our wedding rings.
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Jones Holiday Pack Behold, vileness!
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Trying the Icky Stuff Tim and Eh were willing to try it all.
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Jones Sodas From left to right: Green Bean Casserole was bad; Cranberry was fine I guess; Fruitcake was boring and too-sweet; Mashed Potato was amongst the worst substances known to man; and Turkey & Gravy was not quite that bad, but close. In short: avoid! Except for novelty and the joy of watching your friends retch.
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Gorvin Gorilla Nate was acting the part, too. Deb just wishes she could continue to get her monkeys through campus mail.
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Margaret's New Camera The second party took place on the 3rd, and was there so Margaret could try out her new camera...
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Cheesecakes ...and so we could have one more batch of her cheesecakes.
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Chocolate Cheesecake Sadly, not all of them are accessible to me.
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<FISH>< It'd been a while since I put one of these up.
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Labelled Cheesecakes The labels helped. (Coffee, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, White Chocolate Raspberry, Lime, and Lemon).
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Cutting the Cake Thus begin the festivities!
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John Masiunas I think that's his daughter with him, but I don't know for sure.
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Grandpa Bob Grandpa didn't know most of the people, so he stayed off to the side.
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Grandpa and Flower Magazine Heh.
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Missy Continuing the quest for an adequate picture.
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Deb She got Margaret's Vanilla Extract, and was very happy about it.
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Nate's Cake He took 1/3 of the while cheesecake! Gaah! (Of course, it was just chocolate...)
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Making Progress He was definitely making his way through that huge amount of cake!
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Missy and High Schoolers Except for the lighting, this wasn't too bad.
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Margaret and Mark Again, without context, there's not a whole lot I can say... but what am I supposed to do, cut pictures?
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Mingling Backs of professors and such. I think that's Mosbah.
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Smiling Folks I don't remember the middle guy's name, but I do remember him as Argentinian.
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Tim Who grabbed my camera? This isn't a bad shot.
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Missy, Again Not too bad.
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Missy, Smiling This could work. I should steal this... oh, wait, I took it, I don't have to.
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Kate Taking off to seek her fortune in St Louis.
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Heading Out As the numbers thinned, Margaret looked at the cards the last time.
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