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Happy Anniversary 2024
James and Dad surprised Mom with two sets of flowers for an anniversary gift. This was our 22nd and its hard to believe its been that long as every day has been wonderful with this family.
Actually only one of the flowers (the red roses) was for an Anniversary, the other flowers (from James) were for Moms birthday. The reason we sent both flowers for delivery on the same day was because we plan to see Beetle Juice Beetle Juice tomorrow so no one would be home to receive the flowers.
A very nice dinner concluded the evening!
First Day of School 2024
James began his senior year of college today and we are all very proud of him and his academic achievements.
It seemed like just yesterday we were dropping him off at kindergarten.
James has a busy semester planned. He will be at Wayne State again but concentrating more on French Class and Math Class (Calculus 2) rather than his business classes at Mike Illitch which will resume in his second semester.
Hopefully when the second semester begins we will be talking about a bachelors degree.
Lincoln Park Days Festival 2024
Another gorgeous Michigan day as we visited the Lincoln Park Festival.
James volunteered to do some cleanup work at the park grounds a week earlier and because of that he got a free pass to all the rides.
This year VIP camp did not have a booth, but there was still plenty to look at including pony rides which I don’t remember being there before (although I could be wrong).
Lots to look at and plenty of rides helped to make this a very pleasant experience. Afterwards we went out and did some Halloween shopping as the Halloween stuff is now on the shelves at stores.
2024 Garage Sale
It was a hard decision but we had once again accumulated too much stuff.
Most of the stuff was older Halloween decorations and while they are old to us, they are a little collectible so when we have these sales we do a post on various forums and facebook letting people know that if they want a Universal Frankenstein they can come to the garage sale.
The Halloween stuff sold very well and we had excellent results with that. The Christmas stuff didn’t sell at all. All the clothes that did not sell were taken to Purple Heart charities where they will find a new home.
Good weather but its still tiring doing these sales. The profits went to James College fund for the most part.
First Halloween Store Opens 2024
It seems to happen earlier each year as we went to the first Spirit Halloween store to open near us today.
This year their theme was Carnival or as they like to say, Carnevil.
We saw a gruesome looking spider that we liked, but other than that it was mostly clowns… again.
We didn’t buy anything because we did not have any coupons (you can usually pick up a 20 percent off coupon at their website once the stores open but in this case it was too early even for their website.
Even though it is early August it is still nice to see the upcoming Halloween decorations.
VIP Camp Party 2024
Another season of VIP Camp has come to a successful conclusion. James and his friends had a blast this year and we look forward to seeing the participants again in the future as this season just seemed to whip on by. Plenty of activities and games including the annual bowling extravaganza!
Mackinaw 2024
This was our second visit up North this year, but we didn’t have time to make it to Mackinaw when James was receiving his award. So we made a promise to get back up to Mackinaw and while we were only there for a day, we did accomplish our goals.
Lots of shopping and many of the stores have changed. There are a couple of Psychics there not giving reading which is unique, along with the usual array of tourist traps.
We stopped into the American Legion there (which is now open to the public, ironic since being able to get a drink at this American Legion was the reason I joined) and enjoyed drinks and chips.
A perfect day at one of the most beautiful spots on earth.
Watching a Tiger Win at Comerica Park
This was a perfect day in Detroit, clear skies, not too hot and NO RAIN! This was also a free Tiger Hawaiian shirt day so everyone got a shirt.
Plus the Tigers won. With the trade deadline approaching many were afraid the Tigers would deal some of their players, but most of the fans do not want that as it would mean more years of rebuilding. The Tigers got off to a great start then pretty much fizzled it away and are below 500 at this point in the season.
The next day headlines read “Skubal leads Tigers to 7-2 win over Twins in final start before the trade deadline”
2024 4th of July
Another great Fourth of July display in our neighborhood as the skies lit up most of the evening with some awesome fireworks displays.
Since fireworks were legalized in Michigan we have seen some fantastic displays that were put on by our neighbors, so much so we don’t feel a need to go to fireworks shows anymore as we enjoy the creativity of the neighbors.
James had a blast watching the display for over an hour. If there is an issue its that you have to have bug spray on or you will get eaten up by all the bugs, but other than that it was a great Fourth and a wonderful time was had by all.
Tigers Game Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness 2024
Nicks family invited us to the Tiger game which was supporting breast cancer awareness. We left early but got tied up on 94 but still made it to the game on time. While walking to the game from our parking spot, Mom and Dad got to visit Jame’s school – Mike Illitch School of Business – and took a few pics. Detroit is great in this area with all the sports in one area downtown.
Unfortunately the Tigers blew a lead and lost. There hitting just isn’t there this year and I personally think they took a big step backwards. Sloppy play in the field makes me wonder if they are getting the proper coaching. They lost 5-4, but at least it wasn’t as bad as yesterdays loss – 10-0 – at the hands of these same Brewers.
Amazingly, one of James friends who went to Europe was also at the game and joined James for a few pictures as well. All in all it was a great way to spend a cloudy afternoon in Detroit. Continue reading “Tigers Game Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness 2024”
