My kids love to play outside and don't seem to care if they're half-naked and it's cold outside! Believe me, I try to bundle them up...but sometimes it's an uphill battle (granted, cold for us is 50's to 60's). Anyway, tonight my mom dad and sister Lindy stopped by for a bit. It's fun to live close to family for those "pop ins". We all live about a mile apart, so it's easy to have frequent little visits. The kids played out back while wearing...what else? but dance clothes, of course!
My girls just love their Grandpa. And they aren't phased by his calm demeanor...they don't let up for even a minute. It's "grandpa do this" and "grandpa do that!" with their endless energy. So tonight when my Dad stopped by for a bit, they quickly had him take them on a walk, watch Wizard of Oz with them and play 'ring around the rosies' and 'london bridges falling down'. It's cute to see their lively spirits force us adults to play like kids again!
Ugh, the cat. What can I say about the cat?!? He has been the source of a lot of stress over the past few months for me. BUT - there is light at the end of the tunnel. He is about 8 months old now, neutered and MUCH calmer. No more carpet tearing - and overall he is just a lot more tolerable. I am actually starting to like him quite a bit. And c'mon, how could you stay mad at something this cute?
We're so excited! Our piano was delivered tonight. It's new for us, but actually not new at all. It belonged to my uncle Rob (who passed away about 6 weeks ago). I was the lucky one to inherit it. I found a piano mover to bring it to our house from San Diego for a fairly good price. When he picked it up he called me and said it was in pretty bad condition and he knew a good refinisher in LA. Soooo, long story short, we decided to go for it. Come to find out it was built in 1925, a Kurtzmann brand upright piano. It's still got the original ivory keys on it. It is now beautifully restored and working great. We're excited not only to have a piano but also that it was so special to my Uncle Rob. Now Tucker and I really both want to re-take piano lessons!!
The other night we kept hearing this really loud, annoying noise outside. Sounded like thunder, but it was very rhythmic. After an hour, Tucker called the police to ask what it was. I really thought maybe someone was goofing off or something...but instead we learned something new. We had storm warnings that threatened hail, so the agricultural crops nearby were launching their hail inhibitor cannon to try to protect from hail damage. I'd never heard of such a thing! I found the following info to describe it a little more. I found this fascinating! (by the way, the hail never came).
I just thought I would announce some great news about my sister Carly. She has been living down in Huntington Beach for about four years now, during which time she has been working as an assistant to different hair stylists (at high-end salons). She's been putting in a LOT of hard work and learned SO much from these different stylist along the way. Well, she's now officially a stylist at Images salon (where she's been assisting for over two years) now building her very own clientele. Very big step and very exciting for her. She's doing great work and I just wanted to say another "congratulations" to her. She's really earned this.
OK, so for those of you who have not seen this show "Girls Behaving Badly"...don't get the wrong idea (the name may seem a bit questionable)! We are getting ready to watch this show tonight, so I thought I'd blog about it really quick. Let me first say that I am not the kind of person that can laugh out loud at the TV or a movie easily - at all. But this show never fails to make me bust out in laughter at least a couple times. This is one of those "prank" shows and we have loved it for years! Soooooo funny. It is regularly scheduled on the Oxygen channel, but if you don't have it (like us) you may be able to find it rebroadcasted on a different channel. Worth it if you want a good laugh!
