just tell me to RELAX...and BREATHE

TODAY is going to be a GREAT DAY.

That's our motto around here.  Rip and I say it to each other at the beginning of most days.  Usually, she replies, "It's ALREADY a great day!" or "It's already a great day because YOU started my day!"  :)

 

Today is ALREADY a GREAT DAY.

Exhibit A (above):  Coffee.

Exhibit B:  Our washing machine has been repaired!  And it only took 25 days!

 

Thank goodness for extended warranties (this $1100 repair was fully covered since we were 4 years and 1 month into our 5 year extended warranty) and for Ellery, who allowed me to run wash at her house for the past 3 weeks. 

Exhibit C:  I am on my blog and actually posting something!  In part, this is due to Ripley and Grandma's zoo date running long (thank you CAROL!) and to Avery coming to babysit later (thank you AVERY!)

Exhibit D:  Happy flowers, all over my backyard, despite the vole invasion that continues.

 

Exhibit E:  DATE NIGHT! 

Happy hour with my hubby!  Wish it was 5 o'clock...

chasing turkeys

   

In my earlier post, I forgot to say congratulations to our two turkey chasers, Casey and James, who ran into today's Turkey Chase in Corpus.  (And thank you for bringing me a latte afterward!)

crafty family

I may have misled you all...I am not the only creative being in the household.  James is known for his very precise drawings and for crushing the competition during Pictionary, thusly why he has been called "Mr. Pictionary" for years.  I think the Ripster may be taking after her daddy the Pictionary king...

 

Ripley's rendition of two flowers and a butterfly

 

(from left to right) A bat, the Moon, and the Earth.  All friends.

 

A happy spider

 

This is my personal favorite -- 3 witches, a Frankenstein, and a bat.  Not sure why, but Rip named this one "Witch Bow".  Don't argue with the artist.

 

(from left to right):  a witch, ?, and a smiley daffodil.

I think the girl has talent.

Here is one that she and her daddy worked on the other night at dinner.

 

and here is my rendition of spooky stuff

 

Did I mention we were kinda silly around here?

keep runnin'

 

James ran his first half-marathon this morning and finished in 2 hours and 2 minutes -- Congratulations honey!

He trained for the past 12 weeks along with Mark, and his boss Dave (who runs marathons pretty regularly) ran with him and helped him with pacing. 

 

These guys look amazingly good for having just run 13.1 miles!