A Photo Post!

Sam in the snow yesterday.
My dad-New Year's Eve 2009, with half of Steve in the background.

Owen-a little chilled, it looks like.

Our favorite tree at Emerald Lake.

Owen and Lola (Eli's dog), 2008.

The new house from the outside; this was yesterday. It was 69 degrees on Saturday, and we woke up to snow on Sunday.

Steve and Owen, New Year's Eve 2009

Christmas 2008

The above four were early fall 2008 at Emerald Lake.

Owen and Harley; he apparently thought she was cold and needed to be read to, because I came out of the bathroom and found them like this on Saturday night.

The above two are simply showing Owen's newfound ability to choose and put on his own clothing. Note the boots. Stylish, eh?

Owen in the snow yesterday. And yes, that would be one glove and one sock on his hands; we couldn't find the second glove.

Sam, who has graduated from the Easy-Bake Oven to the REAL oven, with help. We needed some brownies yesterday.


I do apologize for the odd spacing and out-of-sequence-ness of the photos; I am not yet proficient enough to get them all where I want them and in the right order, not without a LOT of time and effort invovled, and though of course you all are worth the effort, my time is limited at the moment.

A brief recap of the last week is that I have been out sick, hence my lack of presence in the blog world. I did come in for two hours on Friday to take care of some stuff that was urgent, but that was as long as I lasted. I won't bore you all with the details of being ill, but I will say a heartfelt thank you to Linda for the book and treats; they arrived JUST as I was finishing my current read! How fortuitous, no? Anyway, I was sick, terribly, and though I am back at work now and feeling better, I am not quite well yet. Haven't been that sick for years. In fact, Friday was the first day I had washed my hair since Monday morning, because it hurt my scalp to shampoo. Nasty, huh?

However, I finally got a new USB cable thingy for the camera, plus a charger, so I will be able to put more photos on the blog~THAT makes me happy. And even though we had snow yesterday, the almost 70 degree weather on Saturday gave a true indication that sometime soon we will be hot and bitching about it, and I can't wait for that.

Have some really, really sad news, too. A friend of mine was killed in a car wreck earlier in the week. Well, I should say he was more the son of a friend than MY friend, though I knew him rather well. 33 years old, leaving two small children and a bucketload of wreckage in his wake. Fucking alcohol, fucking drugs. His services are tomorrow, but since I missed all last week I don't think I will make it. I haven't been able to reach his mom yet, this wonderful woman whom I get to call friend; selfishly, I am almost glad, because I know that any words I can offer are going to be meaningless. I call and leave messages telling her I love her and am thinking of her, which is just not enough but-all I have.

With hope, there will be more to write about now that I am at least up and around and back to work. And I will practice with the photos, too, so that it isn't like some eye test to look at them! I have missed you all, though, and am glad you are still around. Thanks for being here!