On a warm and pleasant Saturday, stopped at a parking lot yard sale at Pinelands Regional H.S. Saw nothing I wanted, but enjoyed it. Guess yard-saling has become a rite of spring.
Was happy to get an e-mail from Mike saying he'll be here next Saturday, not Sunday, and will stay over. I was going to go to the International Dinner with Susan and Walter that day, but will skip. Called Alison and she and her Mike will come down to see her brother, too.
Great good news from Florida brother Larry: He called to say he and Helen are flying into Philly for Virginia brother's anniversary party and would rent a car, then pick Betty and me up! This is terrific, as I really didn't want to drive to D.C., although I did it two years ago for Jim's 80th. Larry asked me to make reservations at the Hampton Inn, which I did for the three of us. (Betty is flying back to California from Washington.) This will be on June 28th, a week after our anniversary party. It's also little Joel's sixth birthday, which I'll miss, I'm afraid. I figure he'll have other birthdays, but Jim and Therese will have only one fiftieth. I wish Larry could be at our party, also, but two of their daughters are graduating--from graduate school, I think--and they naturally want to be there. When D.D. Alison heard this, she immediately said she'd stay over with Pat on the 28th.
Found a recipe for an appetizer called "Manhattan Meatballs": tiny, one-inch meatballs cooked in apricot preserves and barbecue sauce. Think I'll make that for the H.'s party tomorrow.