Four leaf clover magedon

Not sure what chemicals were put on our lawn before we bought it, but
kids seem to find four leafed clovers here by the bunches. Heck, I
finally found my first one.

Emma's First Babysitting Gig

She and Miles are getting along just fine...

The Tree Video

Here is the promised video.

How to fit 120ft trees in a 60' wide yard.

Diagonal helps, but you really need to top 'em first. Butt ends are 30-32" in diameter for some scale, I didn't bring the long bar for the new saw (the 28" short bar just didn't cut it). I'll see how the video came out of topping the trees and try to post soon.

What an exhausting day!

Some serious hail tonight.

Marlee and I waited it out in the car before heading inside. This was
what was left 10 minutes later after a deluge in 87 degree temps. Not
the midwest but still impressive.

Erin dressed up in fancy shoes for the ceremony

It's Girl Scout awards night

The Family That Runs Together...

...gets sweaty.

No pictures to go with it, but we had family run time tonight. 3.5 miles, down the drive, across Henderson Rd, and up through English Hills and back. Cailin and Marlee ran with us, and Emma rode her bike. There was some pushing of Emma up the steepest hills, but she's got the brakes figured out coming down the other side now. I think it was about 37 minutes round trip. The humidity is back after a cold spell over the weekend.

Good times. Official 5k on the 23rd. Cailin is starting to outrun Marlee and Erin now. I'm going to have to work to keep up with her and spank them at the race. (They beat us by 2 minutes I think in the snow last December.)

Hobo Stew

...in progress.

We have a flock.

Phone found....

Ok, just in case anyone might care...

The phone was found. I guess somehow it fell out of the holster as I walked past the infirmary at work. Who would have guessed? After a couple days of asking around, I finally got someone who said, "I think so and so found a phone recently, go talk to her." And there it was.

Just when I was getting over the cost and getting excited about a new phone. Oh well.

The Lost iPhone

So, it appears my iPhone is really lost. I'll give it another day or so just in case, but.....

I did look into a new phone. I'm a bit past 1/2 way into my 2 year commitment to AT&T. It is about $200 cheaper to buy out my contract with them, and get a new Droid with Verizon than it is to just a buy a new, full price iPhone 3g from AT&T. Yup, not even a 3gs. I could start my 2 years with AT&T over again and then they're only $100 more expensive than canceling and getting a Droid.

At this point I'd like to derail my own discussion to point out I really hate having AT&T. And have almost from day 1. Their coverage just sucks. At least around here. Next to a cell phone tower with all bars, you'll have dropped calls. And Apple has started to get on my nerves too. The iPhone has started hanging a lot lately. Maybe it can feel the negative energy. Maybe it ran away.

Back to the original train of thought, while I still hope my phone shows up, the thought of switching over is definitely a plus. And to top it off, Verizon offers me a 15% discount through my employer, making the monthly bill cheaper too. In fact, whipping out my handy desktop calculator, it looks like that 15% would pay for the cancellation fee in less than a year.

I wonder if this all makes so much sense because I haven't slept properly in 2 days and the sleeping pills are starting to kick in? Time will tell?

zzzzzzz...

Emma is now free from the tyrany of training wheels.

Cailin made it into the art show

Every house needs a firepit...