Tales of the Ordinary Days

My green 'Game Day' shirt was befitting of Grant's graduation party prep So Baby has graduated. Yes, it is true. The last Lane boy birdie to leave the nest. And the weekend has been nothing short of a whirlwind of events, from baccalaureate to party to commencement. All in about a 24 hour span. After we closed the final night of festivities with a celebratory beer and wings with our extended clan, I finally laid in our comfy bed ready for some well needed rest. Carefully reflecting on our weekend of chaos in our soft quiet, Garrett asked how I felt. He knew how much I was looking forward to this milestone for Grant and for me. "What was your favorite part of the weekend?" he asked. Without hesitation, I knew my answer. "Definitely the setting up for the party with Scott, Kat, and the boys. That was definitely the best." Garrett probed further, as I am sure he thought the beer and exhaustion had an undue influence on me. "Really? How

My own version of throwing my hat up in the air in Downtown Omaha I've always been a sucker for the old TV shows. The true vintage stuff; Andy Griffith (Opie will always be dear to my heart), I Love Lucy and my personal fav...Mary Tyler Moore, just to name a few. As I child I would nestle in with my mom or grandma and watch these shows on one of our three available television channels after carefully adjusting the TV bunny ears. When most girls dreamed of being Farrah Fawcett from Charlie's Angels, I wanted to be Mary. As a young adult, I was given the guilty pleasure of Nick at Nite where I could watch Lucy and Ethel gobble chocolates right after watching Lou bellow "Mary!!!" from his office. Many times there was a sleeping child in my arms as I was rocking away, finding my favorite channel surfing the cable line-up. Classic TV never got old. I haven't thought of my favorite 70's role model, Mary Tyler Moore, in a while. Other than seeing old