two hits away

Hey, I’m 2 hits away from 80K visitors on this site. Check the bottom of the page when you get here. If you’re visitor #80,000, I’ll give you something swell. (No fibbing, though, ’cause I got no way to tell.)

My sister needed a babysitter today–the daycare she’s been using got closed unexpectedly–so Mom flew down to Montana last night to watch the munchkin for her. I have such a cool family. :) Apparently if Dad can get a airline miles flight he’ll be going down to join them next weekend, after he RETIRES FROM HIS JOB, YAY DAD! Eheheheh! Breic, when prompted to say Grandma, thinks saying Tractor is pretty funny. However, he was apparently glad to say ‘aunt Catie’ when shown the blue-tongued picture of me. :) According…

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It’s a *good* life.

I would just like to mention, in case I haven’t lately, that I love my life. I have a job which, while boring, pays very well and allows me to work at home. The disadvantage, as I told my manager a while ago, to working at home is that it can be impossible to tell the difference between taking a break and vacuuming the living room. On the other hand, it’s also difficult to differentiate between taking a break and baking chocolate chip cookies. :) I have a second job…

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blueberry kit!

Ted made blueberry pancakes. I made blueberry syrup. :)

accomplishments!

Yesterday turned out to be a pretty good day. I got a batch of blueberry jam made, biked 4 miles (*boy* is it beautiful out!), and read a couple of C.S. Friedman books. Today I must make raspberry jam and check out the raspberry bush I pillaged last week to see if it’s got more berries for me. :) miles to Lothlorien: 145