On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:43:22 -0400, Julian wrote
(in article ):


Right Julian.
My sentiments exactly.  

tara



> "tara"  wrote
>> Evelyn :
>>> Robert :
>>>>> By the way... hi everybody.  I am here in Austin TX visiting my
>>>>> daughter and grandkids.  Going to a lovely wedding in a couple of days
>>>>> for the daughter of family friends who also moved here.
>>>> 
>>>>> Texas is gorgeous.  Hot but beautiful here in the hill country.
>>>> 
>>>>> Love to all,
>>>>> Evelyn
>>>> 
>>>> alright, have fun.  I love Austin - only been there once.  Nice town.
>>>> 
>>>> Enjoy your family!
>>>> 
>>>> Robert
>>>> 
>>> Hi Robert,
>>> 
>>> I will be going home on Monday, and we have been here for just over a
>>> week.  We are going to a wedding today, the daughter of family
>>> friends.   Last night we attended the rehearsal dinner at a fantastic
>>> location on high cliffs above Lake Travis.... real texas barbecue
>>> dinner!
>>> 
>>> I am going to have to diet like crazy when I get home.  They have such
>>> awesome restaurants here, and we have been partying and eating out
>>> since we got here, almost every day.  I definitely don't do much of
>>> that at home....:-)
>>> 
>>> My daughter has a gorgeous home overlooking Lake Travis and she is
>>> just so talented, wonderful, smart and beautiful that every minute
>>> with her is a joy.
>> 
>> 
>> The grandsons are brilliant 19 year old college
>>> students now.  They are wonderful kids, and hanging around with them
>>> is terriffic too, because at this age they are real young adults and
>>> fun to talk to.  Every time we come here it is always great.
>> 
>> 
>> What if she wasn't wonderful, smart and beautiful --would every moment 
>> with
>> her still be a joy.
>> 
>> And what if she didn't live in a gorgeous home, but in a couple of  little
>> rooms somewhere in a not so desirable neighborhood (no lakes to be seen).
>> And what if her sons, (your grandsons)  were not so brilliant and not in
>> college,  would you still see it all the same?
>> 
>> Just wondering.
> 
> Glad tidings we bring ... ... of us and our kin.
> Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the family newsletter.
> How else would vague acquaintances keep us up to date with
> their children's swimming badges, their dodgy car batteries and
> their holidays spent piecing together jigsaws?
> 
> Simon Hoggart on the exquisite horror of the round robin...
> 
> 
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,6

> 000,1369995,00.html
> 
> 'June: septic tank gets emptied'
> 
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,1654059,00.html
> 
> · A reminder that some round-robin letters aren't just annoying,
> but can be positively wounding. A mother writes from the home counties
> enclosing a circular letter from friends which describes how their son is
> full of energy and life, and even at the age of one can already talk,
> "with 'going in car?' being overused daily!"
> 
> The recipient writes: "So far, so nauseating. But here is the twist.
> Both my children (four and one) have a life-limiting neurological
> condition that means they cannot walk, talk or see.
> Neither will survive childhood. My husband and I dedicate our lives
> to their care and happiness, and they bring us much more joy than sadness.
> 
> "Now, how can the most deluded, smug and creepily boastful person think
> that we want to hear how their one-year-old loves 'jumping and dancing' and
> can already form sentences? What is wrong with a Christmas card?
> 
> On a cheerier note, the Bentley family of north London have invented a 
> version
> of Consequences based on round robins. You start with the name of a person,
> then some positive family gossip, date and place of this event, "however, 
> sadly"
> ... and so on.
> 
> For instance, "Tamara ... ran the marathon for the 11th year in a row ...
> at our third house in Jersey, the shooting season of course ... Sadly, 
> Margaret ...
> has been jailed for drug offences ... but at least the cat is healthy."
>  
>