there's a little women's bball joke in there, but seeing as i'm SO not a sports person, it's merely a weak attempt.

i'm LOVING the thuderstorms! we only get good storms about once every 10 years. love it love it. like everyone else, storms freaked me out as a kid (and the dog is going nuts) but now, i deeply wish for a big porch, a comfy rocker and a strong mint julep to watch the weather.

good thrift score this week! maybe it's just that the place i go is relatively new and sort of in a weird neighborhood - there's always *something* good to be had. the other day i went to look for an ok quilt to put on the backyard swing for when people are over as i didn't want to mess up the denise schmidt quilts i previously thrift scored. and there was one, exactly one, decent quilt. it's machine pieced but hand quilted even! all this goodness for $6.99. a run through the wash and the funky storage smell was gone and it's lovely. also found an AWESOME vintage lampshade. now i just need to figure out what to put it on, but it's SO great.

monkeybaby progresses apace. it's more and more a full-attention job while he's awake, but i'm still happy to be home with him. it's a good thing that he likes wandering around nurserys looking at plants.

i miss the old version of my 4th of julys. i LOVE fireworks but the dog is always freaked out so we stay home. and now it's a bit late for monkeybaby to go to the big displays. hopefully next year or the year after we can manage to go (probably have to build the dog a soundproof panic room). and then there's the crowds. i just want a nice grassy knoll overlooking the lake... anyway.

there's little dramatic news. monkeydad is turning back into bike stud. monkeybaby is almost walking - nevermind that he's 16 months old and perfectly capable, he just won't. i feel like i need to step it up and do about 45 more things a day than i do, but mostly i'd like that porch. or a nap.