"You can waste your life drawing lines, or live your life crossing them...": more cats than on broadway

this weekend has been occupied with four things in particular....

1. cats.

2. cleaning.

3. garage sales.

and finally....

4. erin's 21st birthday.

1. cats: taking over the mangieri/mcandrew house... but look how cute they are!

jack found these or something. dont let them fool you. they hiss, which sounds more like a wheez.

mom ended up giving them away at the church rummage sale.

then enter kingsley.

while erin and doug are of on their adventure. mom and i are stuck here with hissing and growling cats. all the time... kitty is VERY territorial. she will not let me leave her side and will not let kingsley anywhere near me.

kitty is checking out the scene.

this is what she sees:

i think they are starting to warm up to each other.

2. who wants to see pictures of us cleaning?

3. not only did we participate in the church's rummage sale. mom and i headed to highland park for a hundred yard sales, in one community. it was pretty fantastic.

they even had maps....

4. and finally... erin's 21st birthday celebration, all day, and all night especially with yours truly. we did the family things in the afternoon and eventually made our way to the saloon, only for 2 drinks. wein and doug left this morning for their cross-country roadtrip, so we took it easy and did more packing and laughing. here are some fun pictures on our walk home.