The Cousin

I'm going to sound hokey here. We've lived in Cincinnati close to nine years. We have NO family here. David has been spending some time calling all his relatives in NC. As you remember from any Thanksgiving pics or posts you might have seen from me there's lots of his extended family in Eastern NC.

Anyway he has an older cousin who is about 76 years old. Never married - lives by himself. I see him about once a year when we trek down there for Thanksgiving. Every Sunday, traditionally, when dh was growing up this cousin would drive out to Eastern NC to visit his parents for a visit and stop at David's house on the way back "for a sandwich".

He is currently living about a half hour from where we are going to be. He's announced that he is going to start coming by on various Sunday afternoons "for a sandwich".

The thought of this is making me ridiculously happy. And I think how freaking cool is that going to be???

The Money Pit

That's what dh is now calling our house here. LOL I tell him its our own fault. We 've been here nine years and other than the AC system we haven't done any upgrades, replacements, etc.

I do need to say the house is MUCH quieter without the fish tanks! Abigail was very upset her goldfish left. Nary you worry - she is a master at working her Daddy.

The Hair Cut

I finally got Abigail's hair cut shorter! Banana dance with me! Isn't she purrty?
(I was making her say applesauce with pickles)

The Princess

The Snow Bunny

You'll probably have to click the pic to make it bigger but here's one of Anna after being out snuffling snow!

The Incident!!!

We have a holding tank we use when the turtle tank is being cleaned. It has its own basking light to help keep the water warm. Cassie had cleaned out the tank, but Ralph back in the tank but never turned off the light. Abigail came barelling in from outside and jostled the tank which knocked the light over. Smoke everywhere in seconds. And look at the floor!!!

There's something else we gotta replace

OK Let's See

Sunday Night - got rid of some stuff on Freecycle, cleaned out my closet, donated some clothes ... did a little reading. Nothing too exciting. Waiting it out...