Well, we're starting a blog. We're hoping that this outlet will accomplish two things:
- Help us to communicate with people that we care about.
- Help us to assuage the guilt we feel about not communicating with those people enough.
So, what will you learn from Living As Longo?
- recipes
- injury reports (there are more than you'd think)
- dog updates (Willie and Burley are often more interesting than we are)
- travel observations
- movie, music and theatre reviews (our opinion matters and you will respect it, or ignore it, or whatever...
So let's get into the real meat of it; here's what's happening in the Longos' lives:
- Lauren burned her crotchal region with boiling water at Aimee's birthday party. On the plus side, the spaghetti turned out great. The burns are healing nicely, we are keeping her pretty doped up on painkillers and such. They say that once the skin graft happens we should hardly be able to tell anything happened at all; and she should be walking again in two to three weeks. (Just kidding, she's fine. Minor, and small, second degree burns. Keeping neosporin on them and they're healing nicely.)
- We went to see THE theatre event of the season up here. As a benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Young Hearts put on a performance of the musical Pippin. The show was organized, produced, and performed by high school students with the assistance of Lauren's Uncle Mike, Aunt Barbara, and cousins Sarah, Mary, and Regan McLaughlin. The Young Hearts group was started in honor of Ryan McLaughlin and continues to set records in the DC area for most money raised each year. And in the most fun ways! The show was fantastic, and John was re-inspired to wear sequins more often.
- Let's see. What else. Oh! We got married and went on a honeymoon! You can view all 500 and something photos of our wedding and reception on our photographers' website here: http://www.bergerkingstudio.com/lauren/mclongo/092207.html. You can also view photos of our honeymoon trip to London by visiting http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=217057296/a=110148698_110148698/t_=110148698
