Now on the Road to Manhood

Check out who got their training wheels off this weekend! Yep it's Drew, now officially speeding down the highway of life a little bit faster. Way to go Drew we're so proud of you!

Lighting

Just when it was all going so well, I showed up a play practice yesterday and couldn't get a single one of my stage lights to work. Ok, so I was feeling a little over confident. It's elementary school, I have eight lights, I used all the same equipment last year, one run-thru, two dress rehersals should be plenty, but alas, I lost the run-thru entirely on the phone to the customer service rep who was (bless him) completely stumped so I didn't feel like a total moron.

I ended up bringing the whole system home with me to putz with over the weekend which I'm sure caused all my neighbors to think I'm shooting a porno here this weekend. But after locating the "reverse polarity switch" on the light board within the first 10 minutes the system was in my house I toted them all back out to school in the nic of time. Shazzam! Let there by light!

Spring

I'm pretty sure at this point that winter kicked my ass. There is nothing like two months of straight gray to send me into hiding. But now that spring has finally arrived and I've had a chance to go wicked medieval on my house cleaning I'm ready to face the last of the school year.

In recent news, after much debate and a conversation with Northern California Beagle Rescue I have decided to keep Luna, the little beagle we met and brought home back in October during our kitchen remodel. BTW - note to self, puppy and kitchen remodel must never again be seen in the same sentence. So without further ado, please meet Luna, shown here at 10 mos old.
And to be fair I would also like to introduce Brian's new baby....
...whose chewed off bottom branches and bark were the inspiration behind the call to beagle rescue. Please admire the new beagle proof playpen for this beatiful baby Dogwood tree.

But all is well once again here in paradise, I mean really, when you're backyard looks like this things are definitely looking up.