I'm Gonna Wash That Gray Right Outta My Hair!

I am 30 now...I know sounds old, but I don't feel it. Well, a couple days ago I had just finished blow drying my hair and I had one renegade hair in the middle of my head right up front that would not lay down. I inched up closer to the mirror to get a better look and it was a HUGE GRAY HAIR! I've had some gray ones before- Rob's even helped me pull out a few :), but right smack-dab in the middle of my freakin' head for all the world to see!!! Not gonna happen- I yanked it right out. Let me get something straight- I am not afraid of going gray. My mother started going gray even before she turned 30- she has the most beautiful silver hair. If I new that mine would turn out that color, no problem, but here's the catch. Her hair is a LOT darker than mine- I'm afraid I'll look like one of the, bless their hearts, the blue haired old ladies.

I don't color my hair, I've gotten highlights like three or four times in my life. Does that count as coloring? Anyhow, like I said I'm not afraid to go gray...I would just like to choose the place that the gray comes in and what color of gray it's going to be. Is that too much to ask? I might have to take action if my gray hair doesn't live up to my requests!

Packing Peanut Party!

Ever since Jack was born I have been taking him to work with me a couple days a week. We only go for a couple hours at a time. For the most part he is really, really good. He gets to have time to play in "Grandma & Grandpa's Office", hang out with Aunt Abby and Uncle Bear. He helps me do my work by pushing buttons on the fax machine and getting any paper that comes out of the printer. He plays and watches shows on the computer- he has a good time and so do I. We both get an out for the day, I get adult interaction and he gets LOTS of attention.

A couple weeks ago he had been playing on the Dock with Uncle Bear and was having so much fun with the packing peanuts. I thought it would be a good idea to bring some of the peanuts up into the office and let him play while I was finishing up...GOOD IDEA, NO WAY! It was a MESS, total DISASTER, but he was SO HAPPY. So I guess the next hour that I spent cleaning it up was all worth it :).

Wallace & Gromit

I have always been a fan of the Wallace & Gromit movies. Whitty, funny, goofy and my personal favorite British humor disguised as a children's show. When perusing the video section of our grocery store a couple months ago I came across some great oldie but goodie ones. I bought all they had and put them on for Jack to watch. That child LAUGHED OUT LOUD through most of the 45 min. show! He talked about it for days after, asking to watch "Gromit". When he finishes watching one of the shows I can always count on him asking for some "Cheese and Crackers" and or "Toast Gromit".

One quick little story- a couple weeks ago I was getting Jack ready for the day and he put his hands up to his ears and pulled them out and said, "Mom, look I'm Wallace". How is it that at 2 years old you can pick out a distinctive feature on someone and them imitate it, curious? Needless to say, it is fun to share something that you enjoy with your children and have them enjoy it too.

Garden Delights

So I don't have a picture to document, but our garden has been so BOUNTEOUS this year. We were truly up to our eyeballs with produce. What did you do with all that produce you ask...well, we gave away a lot to our wonderful neighbors- I think our neighbors started to turn their lights off at night when they saw me coming with yet another grocery bag full :). We've eaten and eaten all that we could, but I turned A LOT of it into food storage. It is such a great feeling to know that you not only grew the food yourself, but canned and prepared it as well. So the list is...
- 3 batches of Salsa
- 1 batch of Chili Sauce
- 1 batch of Bread & Butter Pickles
- 1 batch of Freezer Jam
- 1 batch of Mustard Pickles

Not to forget all the delicious Caprese Salads, fresh green beans, Zucchini Breads, Bruschetta, and the list goes on. Good eats at our house this summer, and now were set for the winter too! Now I just need a recipe to use all my green tomatoes!

Baseball

Call me lazy or ingenious, but I was SO TIRED of hours and hours of throwing Jack the baseball that I found one to hook onto the back porch so that he could swing and swing away!