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I have about 40 first cousins – 13 on my mom’s side and 26 (I think…) on my dad’s side of the family.  I can’t even begin to factor in the number of first cousins once removed – that is, the children of my first cousins – or the cousins of my parents – Craig Kuglen, for example. or Lawrence Harkleroad.  I am almost afraid to ask if Mom has any first cousins, but I am pretty sure she does somewhere in West Virginia or the Ohio Valley.  And then there are the nieces and nephews – I have 10, all of whom, I hope, look in regularly to see what is happening.  Seeing all the Carenbauers in all their incarnations last week was truly an awesome experience for me.  I am familiar with most of my Kuglen cousins and see most of them on a semi-regular basis, the two exceptions being Joe Weisen (although Joe gave me his email address a few weeks ago – SCORE one for Kuglen.com) and Michael MacDonald, Gordon and Maureen’s brother and Rory’s uncle, who I hope has somehow gotten the blog link and checked us out.  (Gordon mentioned Michael was coming to New Hampshire for a visit, so I am hoping Michael takes a look at the blog while visiting Gordon). I see my Greene cousins much less frequently, although Teresa loves coming to San Diego with Paul and her two daughters to visit mom; someone always makes a point to have a get together when the Toplaks visit San Diego.  In true family style,  while I was visiting one set of Greene cousins last week in Maine on July 3rd for Erich’s wedding, my sister KK was throwing a little party at her place in Poway for a different set of Greene – Teresa, Paul, Eva and Tessa.  So far, it has been a good summer for people coming together and connecting.

Then there is the “gee, it’s a small world after all….” – hearing from both Gordon MacDonald and Christine Hamm that Gordon had interviewed Klaus Hamm for a job a Nixon/Peabody in New Hampshire a few years back – Gordon from the Kuglen side of my family and Klaus from the Greene side of the family (You have Sam and Joan and the six kids in common!), and that Gordon and Christine both know the other’s reputation in New Hampshire politics, but have yet to meet (which has to change soon!). Is it random connectedness or are there just so many offspring of BomBom and Grandpap and Grandma and Grandpa Greene that we are taking over – New Hampshire, at least?

It’s easy to get the Kuglens together – all anyone has to do is say “Party!” and easily 50 people show up. Gordon even asked if there was anything coming up!   I am not the person to do it, but a Greene party (“Greene party,” – get it?) would be AWESOMELY AWESOME. Is it even possible?  Is anyone even interested?

Here is a picture of Joan with the Las Vegas Greenes – they are all in the picture, except Paul – Joan, Christina, Teresa with Tessa on her lap, Eva, and Aaron.

Aunt Joan with the Vegas Greenes

Finally,  here is a picture of Oly Kuglen, with a paycheck for $100.00 she earned for writing – she was in a focus group giving ideas for a TV show called “Sonny With a Chance.”  (if they use her ideas I hope she gets residuals) I think she has made more money as a writer than I have so far this year. . . good for her!!

Olympia scores as a writer!

And for all you Kuglens out there – I have some AWESOME Kuglen stuff coming up.  Stay tuned. . .