My Friend

I'm so proud of my friend that I have to add a video of him. Go to the video bar to watch the short interview.

Jamie is my friend from school. He's a primate keeper at the zoo in Kent, England. He told me last month that he'd been hand rearing a baby monkey. It's not the first time he's done it but this time he was interviewed because of a large cash donation made to the zoo.

Enjoy watching :D

13th Anniversary

Mike and I went out for dinner to The Cheesecake Factory.
The perfect time to go is between lunch and dinner. The service was wonderful and the food was just as good. We will definately go again but probably not with the kids as it can get expensive. I couldn't believe how many people were waiting to be seated...we had to swim through people to get out!


Our choice of dessert...white chocolate raspberry truffle.




It costs $7 per slice of cheesecake but only $22 for a whole cake that serves 7-8. We figured for $8 more it was worth getting the whole sha-bang of deliciousness...teehee ;)

Contortionist...Yikes!

Kaeleigh squeezed herself into the book box.
Which is a rubbermaid container about 6x8 is size.

Side profile. I think this shows how tight a fit it is!

Either she has no feeling from the waist down or she's just really good at hiding pain.

Not so much as a tiny grimace...Ah to be young and flexable again...sigh.

Photoshop Fun

I came across some pictures on the computer of Kaeleigh just before her 1st birthday so I had some fun with photoshop. She's so easy on the eyes, I just love to mess with her photos :D





My cute little cover girl.

Homeowner Woes

Mike had to do his Hercules impression while I backed the cars out.

Here's what happened.....

This morning I opened the door and realized that the garage door was left open all night. That was pretty annoying so I grumbled and hit the button to close it, half way down it started to make a horrible banging sound and I looked up to see the door getting mangled. I quickly hit the button to stop it.

Oh boy...it didn't look good.

The handle to the shovel had gotten wedged between the track and the wall. It had stopped the door from coming down and unfortunately the motor kept running. It actually forced the track on the opposite side to bend and ripped the motor arm right off the door.

The worst part is our insurance deductable is $1000!!!!! We have someone from Overhead Door coming out for an estimate...but I won't hold my breath, I'm sure it'll be costly.

Looks like it might be a trip to Menards and a weekend DIY project in our near future. I hope we can fix it :(

This is where the motor should be attached.