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At last! Another person who sees the evils of balloons as I do:
"Many terrible things begin with B: bears, blindness, boilers, bats, bridges, and brain tumors. But no one brings any of those to a party to up the fun quotient. When I look at a balloon, all I see is an imminent explosion. Where's the fun in that?"
Roz Chast, What I Hate from A to Z

Another Winston Churchill gem:
When Lady Astor became annoyed with a soused Winston Churchill, she blurted out, "Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee." Churchill replied, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

Oscar Wilde:
sarcasm: the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.

That is US!

Alan Jackson - Remember When

This song made me cry the first time I heard it. It's such a touching summary of life. Maybe it's because I heard that line about the sound of little feet and I was missing River. :) And then at the end when he says that we won't be sad, we'll be glad for all the life we've had, I couldn't agree more.
Good grief, I'm ready to cry again.

OK, Lisa, I'm updating just for you...River is still sleeping right now. I think I'm going to have to change his nap schedule since he's not settling down very well at night and is waking up 1 to 2 times. He goes back to sleep but I can't always. Which is annoying.

Anyhoo just posting a few pictures so you can see what he's up to. He crawled into that drawer by himself and was having a grand old time with all his dishes. As for the bottom picture, here's to another generation of Archie comic readers!

Birthday party

My little one year old woke up out of sorts this morning. I'd forgotten what that was like since he hasn't been sick since he was like 8 months old. Anyway a little painkiller in his system and he's acting much happier. I put him with his walker this morning - too much work for him I think.

I'm shipping 4 sawzall cases out this am - such a wonderful thing, clearing them out of the basement. :)

Not much else is new since I last saw you all.

Father's Day

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Mother's Day

This day, thus far, could not be more perfect. River went to sleep on his own after I put him in the pack n play last night and he didn't wake up until about 6. Then he had a bottle and went back to sleep until 7:30 which left me to do some stuff in peace, as it were. He was a happy kid after he woke up too. Then he went back to sleep at 9:30 (again by his little self) and slept for 2 hours so I got the garden planted and some delicious caramel brownies made for tonight. He is currently entertaining himself in the kitchen - probably eating found crumbs off the floor but hey, he's happy! And did I mention that the weather is awesome?!?!?! I feel like swimming somewhere...

A few pictures for your enjoyment - love the one of the rednecks with the lawnmower and "chariot".

Furniture as promised

He wants to read!

Our refurbished end tables and my doctored magazine cabinet. :)

Life is good.