Fun with Google Voice

Fun with Google Voice

Oh lord.  The hilarity of the Google voice transcriptions just about made me wet my pants tonight when Dave shared the Cousin Ed editions. I am wiping tears from my eyes right about now; Cousin Ed leaves a message from Florida Hey what’s going on. 

Dad’s first hospital stay

Dad’s first hospital stay

I haven’t written much about what’s been going on with Dad.  I’m not sure why, maybe because it all seems a little bit more real when you type CANCER and describe what’s going on. The last couple of weeks have been hard for Dad and 

Complete. A grown up bedroom set

Complete. A grown up bedroom set

We picked up our bedside table today so our new bedroom suite is now complete. Especially since it has been christened by VB, Pinot Gris and is now the nocturnal charging station for the DS, the PSP, baby laptop and my iPhone. Ridiculous.

Some Sun

Some Sun

Earthquake day was surprisingly sunny so I snapped these shots and stitched them together into panoramics – they’re a bit rough but you get the idea! Above:  Looking up to the house from the pond, chicken coop at top left of pond Below:  Looking down 

Upside Down

Upside Down

You know how people say that life can change in an instant? Well life has changed, been flipped on it’s ass and all of us along with it. It began with a visit to the doctor for a pesky cough. A sinister cough that was 

Our house was full of flowers…

Our house was full of flowers…

One day it wasn’t and then the next we had bouquets out the ying-yang and we were all sad.  Baby Peanut had missed the bus and it was a BIG shock.  I never in a million years had considered that I would miscarry, or that 

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Hello Hello 2010!  I think I love you already.  The weather on your first 2 days!  Hello?  Keep it up. We saw in the New Year Rhodes Family style as we did last year, but with children who were fast asleep as the fireworks blasted 

Top 5 of 2009 – Pearl Jam Concert

Top 5 of 2009 – Pearl Jam Concert

What a year, seriously.  Not a stellar stand-out year by any measure but there were definitely some diamonds in the rough. The Pearl Jam concert. This show was incredible, the music, the weather, the company of my best friends and seeing a band you have 

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas Day 2009

I wasn’t prepared for just how prepared Ethan was to get amongst Santa’s loot on Christmas Day.  The child didn’t even wait until 6am!  I’m pretty sure he slept with one eye open the whole night, listening for the jingling sleigh-bells and the dent he