sunday lacrosse

Jay made it to lacrosse on Sunday while I was doing an open house.

They had a great time.

This indoor facility is pretty plush, pretty nice.

The net made it hard to get good pictures, but he got a few.

 And they have this nice clubhouse to hang out in too.

She likes it.

Love you kids, Grandpa and Grandma

you gotta be kidding

So my real estate office has been asking me for updated photos for almost a month. 

No!

Why?!

I've been avoiding.

Well, you know how the phone knows things, listens to you?   This thing about AI headshots showed up.

Yes, it did.

You send in ten pictures of yourself and they AI that shit.

I told the kids I didn't even have to put on a real bra.  

Yup, that easy.

A friend said how great this boat one looks.   It made me laugh.  Have never seen that boat, and haven't seen that body since my thirties.

Yay for AI, can't believe I'm saying that.

Love, Val

back to monday

We had a fun Monday.  He usually thinks of the play doh when its time to leave. This time I got it out early so he could enjoy it.  Our playdoh toys are dwindling,  and a few more went into the trask, think we should keep an eye out for some new things to add.

This fuzzy darling started rolling over this week.

Rolling over!

He's spent the last months tucked under Maria's chin mostly.  How did he figure out how to roll over?

One of these cars is something new the girls bought at Unique Thrift and then bedazzled. They were pleased, and we did not let these cars go flying down the stairway, knocking off all the jewels.

It was a holiday, and these guys know how to spend it.

A bunch of cousins went to an overnight at a water park for one of their birthdays. Dannell took them all and they had a blast, but were sooo tired.

Love, Grandma
 

cold

School was closed, -17 this morning.   

But it warmed up to almost 20 degrees later and every week gets us that much closer to spring.

Love, MOM
 

youth basketball

This was an intense game.

It was a lot of fun, made it to four games.

The teams have made progress from when they started, and the fans were enthusiastic.

They're all good sports. Even when things don't go great, they remain patient, players and coaches keep on doing their best.

So true, very much love, Grandma
 

all the crafts

Kari is teaching little ones now, so these things catch my eye and I send them to her. Well, the phone seems to keep track of these things and sends more and more and more and more!

And they're so cuuuuute!

And fun!  How fun is this--contact paper, tissue paper, so fun.

Look at these little critter faces made with egg carton cups.

I'm told there is product art and process art, and its important to think about this.  These little faces are totally product art.  Yeah.

Somebody stop me!

And this guy--he's just the best and Woodstock too.

 Love, MOM

complaining

We had a vet appointment scheduled for this girl.  Her rabies shot was due.  Jay planned his work schedule around this appointment and took her over.   

They'd cancelled it!

Because apparently I didn't reply to an email they sent me about it over Christmas.

Seriously.

No text, no call, no follow up email, just cancelled.

I called then,  and was pretty bitchy about it, and they said they could see her at 5 pm.

Shots done, blood drawn, and they were incredibly kind to Elin and very nice to us.

$608.00

Plus the $5.00 x 2 for the two cheeseburger reward for her afterward each trip.

And this:

The turtle's light quit working and he requires full spectrum light to digest his food. Apparently this is how it is with reptiles, essential.

Jay went to the pet store and bought this.  Later I went to put it up, and no bulb. 

The doofuses sold him a $70 fixture without a bulb in it.

($70!!?)

So I went back over there for a gol durn bulb.

($50!!?)

Bernie is now busy over there in his tank digesting all his food most nicely.

But this:

But this in the parking lot--these vivid winter sunsets are glorious.  It only lasted a minute, was already dimming before I got to the car.

Onward.

It's the last week of January.

Love, Val