Thursday, May 28, 2009

Graduation Parties

Tis the Season - For Graduation Parties.

A niece
A cousin's son
A friend's grandson

That's the tally so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more on the way. Going to one could be a good thing or bad, depending on how you look at it. I consider it a mixed blessing.

It's wonderful to be with friends and relatives, having a good time and eating great food. It's not so wonderful to eat too much, which I tend to do when the food is terrific. Also, we're a bit short of money this year, but we still want to give the graduates nice gifts.

What about you? Are you going to any graduation parties or maybe holding one?

8 comments:

  1. Nope.

    Last person to graduate was my brother-in-law and that was last year. Next in line is my cousin, who's 11.

    All my friends that have kids, have toddlers so I've got a while to figure out good gifts. :D

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  2. Yes, 'Tis the season!
    But this year I don't have one. Weird.

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  3. Nope, nothing this year thank goodness, lol.

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  4. Anonymous8:55 AM

    Wifey and I are in those in between years. The kids are all grown & out in the world, and the grandkids aren't old enough to be graduating yet. About another 8 years we'll be heading back to that scene. :)

    The Old Silly from Free Spirit Blog

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  5. No graduation party. Did receive one grad announcement. Will send a card.
    That's it for us.

    Party hardy!

    Helen
    Straight From Hel

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  6. I have no graduation parties to attend this year either. Looks like you get to make up for the slack! Enjoy.

    Jane Kennedy Sutton
    http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/

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  7. Anonymous11:41 AM

    Maybe my family is weird, but we never celebrate graduations with a party. A nice family dinner, maybe, but that's it. I guess it's because my folks viewed getting an education to be our job, and finishing school well is to be expected.

    In the case of college, especially, a party would've been weird. My folks paid for my education, but I'd be the one getting the party? No thanks.

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  8. Anonymous1:40 PM

    You're not weird Christina - same experience for me. I don't get the party scene - the big gifts and all. An education is the greatest gift and we live in a world where so few really get a great one. Kids graduating into the world these days need practical gifts - a good book on financial responsibility? Maybe they can clean up our [politician's] messes...!!

    Have fun at those parties and eat the food - you can always burn it off if you opt to walk to these events ;-0 Or stay late doing dishes... so many possibilities...

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