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When my g-mother died back in 2007, she left several precious things to me:  the two chairs given to her by Margaret Meisse, my childhood piano teacher, and the two rings that she wore as frequently as she wore her wedding ring (both jade, and one with diamonds).  In fact, I can still see her mildly arthritic hands with one of those two rings on them.  There were some sore feelings about me getting the rings, seeing as I'm not one of her children and I'm not even blood-related to her.  As my Aunt Michelle put it, I got left more specific things than anyone else, and the things I was left were pretty significant. However, there was only one item that I actually wanted: her Kawai upright piano.  The original piano that I had played in my g-parents' house was a short brown console that had belonged to G-mother's parents, but G-Mother gave it to Michelle...who discarded it a few years later, saying that it was broken beyond repair (it had worked perfectly fine all t...

Yep, that's right.  All three celebrations in 48 hours! Are we crazy? Absolutely! Schedules are a bit tight now that Baby is in school as are the girls (still!) and John spends many weekends working in PA, so we found one weekend near Brother's birthday where we could throw his fifth birthday bash!  I seriously kinda love that our family has decided that the fifth birthday is a major big deal, and I'm excited for it to continue with the other future grand babies. Rebecca and Ethan asked if we could do a "Bluey"-themed birthday, and I said sure even though I had no idea what Bluey is.  Well, for future generations, I hope that Bluey is still a tv program, because it's about the best program (for kids or adults) that I've ever seen.  Rebecca said she'd take care of the games and decorations if Hannah would hang the decorations, and Glo was in charge of the invitations, and I was in charge of the cake and balloons. In addition, we needed to hold Celebrati...