That phrase currently describes my car. No, I did not buy a cheesy mirror hanger scented dangle, I bought several hundred pounds of pine bark mini nuggets for the islands in the yard. Need more. But these are a start! Definately must remove them this evening or my car might just have a permanent hint of pine. I walked around the yard a bit ( Read more... )

At approximately...well, pretty close to now...Mr. Ryan made his debut 4 years ago, changing our lives forever in ways that range from unbounded joy to occasional bouts of "It looks like a sweet boy but is as stubborn as a mule". But I certainly wouldn't trade a minute of it, I'm sure no parent has ever said this before, but our little fellow must ( Read more... )

I told the little people this morning to tell Daddy's car "Bye bye." It was so cute - "Bye Bye, Car!" they chorused. I have a deep feeling of certainty that there will be a new car in the garage tonight. And corresponding increase in monthly bills ;-) Probably better than paying for a yearly emergency trasmission transplant, and hubby gets new ( Read more... )

I'm going to do it! This year, as the temperature has been hovering in the upper sixties to low seventies for a while now, it's just been a bit tough to get into the Christmas mood. But more lights are coming online nightly, and from what I see in the weather reports, the temperatures around here might finally start to take a nosedive this ( Read more... )

I will be calling today, (or tomorrow if I don't make it by the house at lunch to reclaim my cell phone) to make those reservations for Breakfast with Santa at the train museum. I think this will be a no-tell suprise for Ryan, we'll just show up and see what he thinks! Now the last couple of years when we took him to see Santa, he was not one of ( Read more... )

The official word seems to be that he is slowing down and catching up! At his 3 year checkup yesterday, he was 31 lbs and 37.5 inches tall, 50% on both. So the upward is slowing a bit - he was 75% at one point there. The weight being in the 50% was gratifying, particularly since at one point he was down around the 5-10%. Apparently air and ( Read more... )