Trunk or Treat!

This year we had a lot of fun decorating my new car for "Trunk or Treat" at the ATA Taekwondo Halloween party.  Spiders, skeletons, and webs... oh, my!  What you can't see in the photo are the enormous spiders that were crawling all over the car.  We even had a "misty" cauldron & creepy sound effects.  Caleb dressed up as a ... oh, how did you guess... a football player!  That's me sawing off Josh's head with his chainsaw.  And you thought the Adams Family was creepy... 

Walk for the Cure

Thanks to all of you who supported me in my Walk for the Cure, the day before my big "50" birthday!  I should delete this photo taken at the Legends shopping center in KC where the event was held, because I look terrible in it - I wasn't wearing my contacts.  Yes, I need to spring for some hip contemporary frames on those glasses.  Maybe some Tina Fey specs?  What do you think?  I did find a really cute pair with leopard print on the sides (you know how I love animal print).  That's my sister, Lisa, in the photo with us.  The weather was perfect and Tyler's Team raised over $10,000 to cure diabetes!  Now that's how I like to celebrate the first half century of my life.  

Check Your Hoses!

Yesterday, while washing a load of towels, the hot water hose burst and my neighbor Kelsey & I found ourselves surrounded by water in my kitchen & mud room.  Now I cook to the sound of fans and heaters trying to dry out my hard wood floors.  I'm praying the floors will flatten back out, but only time will tell.  Now why did we elect for that $1000 deductible on our homeowner's insurance?????  At least the washer is now fixed and I'm back to washing towels.  Maybe if we could have dried the floor quicker if I'd only been washing clothes instead.  The good news is that the drums in the "drum room" down in the basement below the laundry room did not get wet.  However, the rug they were sitting on was soaked.  Go figure.  Ours is not to question why.  So, now, get up and go check your washer hoses.  If they look remotely like this photo, replace them immediately!

Honey, I Shrunk the Van!

When Terry asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year (yes, it was the BIG one - half a century), I replied with, "Let's trade in the van!" I wanted to downsize - live smaller (literally). So, after a lot of research and test drives, I settled on a 2009 Honda Fit! Doesn't it look like we left our Odyssey in the dryer just a little too long? It's little like me, yet has 10 cupholders and lots of room to haul things! The good news is the savings. Yes, we're doing our part to keep our planet green -  I'm averaging almost 30 mpg in the city! Of course, now the price of gas has dropped dramatically, but, hey...I don't have to hang off the hatchback door to close it. It's so fun to drive, and it's the best compromise I could come up with since we all know that I'd rather have a Mini Cooper!