Wow, I just realized that my last post was my 100th on this blog! That's kind of hard to believe, since I'm somewhat less than a prolific blogger. Still...
HAPPY 100TH POST!!!!!!!
In other news...
It's also a big day for my parents. Today is their anniversary, um, number, uh, I'm gonna say 35th? Don't shoot me if that's not right. I wasn't around to see the first few...
Anyway, Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!
So, how did they celebrate the big day? By bringing me a dishwasher, of course! Yes, they got a new dishwasher and kindly gave us their old one to replace our much older one, and they even delivered it! Wow. I mean, who could ask for anything more?
I strongly suspect there is a small wad of money hidden somewhere in my house now, too. It has been traveling covertly back and forth between their house and mine for weeks now. We had a mild dispute about whether they should accept payment for...something, I don't remember now, but this money I tried to give them somehow ended up back in my purse. I certainly could not let that stand, and returned it to their kitchen table. The rest is history. Even my kids have been dragged into the foray, as dad, amusingly, gave my son the wad with clear instructions not to give it to me until "you are half-way home." Oh yeah, the war is on, buddy. At this point, it is either safely tucked in the Wile-E-Coyote mug on their table or else it is *somewhere* in my house. Hmmm....
Anyway, it is a lovely day today, and I have taken advantage of the lack of rain to attempt to clean up the front of my house. It is amazing how quickly the weeds take over and the bushes get overgrown. Admittedly, such things aren't a very high priority for me, but at some point even I get embarrassed. The kids played in the sprinkler while I attacked the hedge with all my might and a hedge trimmer doohicky. Julia was not quite sure about the sprinkler (funny. Last year she thought it was a blast, but this year she kept shrieking that it was going to "get her wet." Um, yeah, that's kind of the point...). She ended up going in with an umbrella to protect her. It was too cute!!
Now I am taking a little break while the girls sleep. I have been reminded that I rarely blog about anything happy, so I am going to try to give more regular updates about the joys of my life. I know, it's just not as interesting as the bad stuff, is it? :) I will also be adding more pictures from this summer, which are waaaaay overdue, just as soon as they get loaded off of our camera...
Ok, that's all for now! Have a luuvely day!
P.S. oh, BTW, if you've noticed a change in the sorts of dinners I'm posting, it's because I (and subsequently the family) am no longer eating mammals. Reasons in a nutshell: I love them too much (no, not the *flavor* of them, I mean I looove them. sigh), I want to find my way back to some of my earlier convictions and passions, and it's just plain healthier. So, there you go.
