"Well that was kinda impulsive....now what?"

was what we said the minute after we booked our flight to.....

and.....

Paris and Italy this fall baby!!!!!
(there are amazing deals out there guys, its cheaper to fly to Europe than to go see my sister in Chicago....)

HAPPINESS IS....

Watching Romney's bulging muscles put up our block wall! It's true we are on our third yard extension with the city code enforcement lady.....

But we are progressing...

SADNESS IS.....

knowing there isn't any more infamous "Carmel DeLites" left in the cupboard. and why did they change the name Carmel DeLites from Samoas?

WHAT PRIDE???

Have you ever wondered what the outside of our house looks like? Or what the actual house itself looks like? There is a reason I have never showed this beauty off. Can you see why? I felt as those I had some pride but now.....what pride?

Here she is in all her glory!!! This my friends is OUR backyard!

This landfill.. I mean, this yard has about everything you can think of; gravel, sand, weeds, concrete blocks, railroad ties, iron fences, chicken wire, tree trunks... But thanks to the tracker (and craigslist...someone actually bought the pool) its almost all gone!!!!
...yeah our hands are full...

a bigger project than I ever thought......

Can you see why?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY ROMNEY!!!!!

I love you Romney, I hope you have a good day!!!

my LIPOMAless leg

For the last 7 years I have had a lump in my leg...a LIPOMA! What is a lipoma you ask? Oh it's just fatty tissue all rolled up (like chicken fat). Doesn't that sound delightful? Well, it is. So, I have had this fat lump that overtime has become more annoying and a little more painful. I finally got it taken care of. It has been removed!!! I mean really; what's one more scar? I'm not sure what hurts more, the recovery or the lipoma itself. Now if you examine the picture...you will see a circle! This is where the lump was and yet the actual incision is above the circle. Fairly odd I know. Before the surgery, I stood up and the surgeon and I located the lump and circled it (so he knew where to cut) but, when I laid down the lump would move. I stood up again, and the lump did indeed appear again... in the circle. What??? Weird I know. We've all known for quite sometime now that my body is a weird one. I'm on the mend and am starting to get around way better and have conquered the stairs!

Here's to a lipomaless leg!