life the sun into the sky

spent the day with grandma joan, joanne and a bunch of monahans. my extended family on my mom's side is pretty interesting. they're all outspoken, fun, earthy, drinkin, crazy people with lots of stories. we grew up in texas/california/arizona while all of our relatives live in upstate new york and new hampshire, so whenever we visit there's always a bunch of stories and family friend connections.

it's fun for me to get together with them because they always tell me the stories about my parents when they were young and family history i haven't heard. tonight joanne told me that my mom said she had a feeling she was going to find whoever she was going to marry when she headed to california from new york, and that's where she met up with my dad. my parents dated when they were in high school and my mom wasn't old enough to drive so my grandma would have to drive my mom home. but they reconnected and got married in their late 20s.

there's something about dinner parties with my grandparents generation that's so much better than our dinner parties. the stories are the best part. tonight one woman who i don't think i'm related to by blood but who's in the circle was telling me about how she and her husband come from italian families so they made wine every year for the town. they received shipments of zinfandel grapes from CA and then they'd squish them all and go through this elaborate barreling process and make tons of wine. it sounded like fun.

well i broke out the flannel jammies tonight. it's fall!