hair, the musical

okay, not really. so my favorite son stopped by to see me at work today!

translation: boy wants money. and since i just gave him gas money, it couldn't be that.

what does he want?

a haircut!

looks like a new man...

clean slate, clear mind

i got myself a birthday present.

i like it.

making friends

vitamin water is not on sale this week. :-(

sobe, however, is on sale.

so, Sobe Strawberry Daquiri -- meet Myer's Rum.

i just know the two of you will be great friends...

maybe you're not as healthy as vitamin water, but you're pretty and you're tasty.

tastes like chicken

pretty bird, right? these darn starlings just won't give up. last spring they were building their nest in my roof, up under the eaves. they just poked holes through the screen that ventilates the attic. a friend covered up those holes from the outside. and now it's spring and the starlings are back.

so, i've tried talking to them, asked them politely to go live somewhere else. they did not listen, just squawked back loudly that they were planning to stay and bring friends. i asked to see their building permit and they don't comply. every morning they show up with their hammers and saws and commence building nests. i tried printing hawk pictures off the internet and taping them to the windows. didn't bother the starlings at all. i thawed chicken on the kitchen counter, in full view of the starlings. they just don't care.

then i bought an extension ladder and kent stapled some heavy screen over the holes at the back of the house. the birds just moved down to the next set of holes. twice! and then moved to the front of the house. yesterday kent covered all the holes from the end of the house over to the front door and this morning, those birds are BACK trying to get into the original holes they started last year.

kent says "they're tenacious little buggers, aren't they?" now he's thinking about getting a b-b gun. barbecue anyone?

it's all good!

The Easter bunny made it all the way to Alaska!

I made bunny rolls, too!
But I only made four, not SIXTY like Josh and Leona.


Got a pile of Daddy's CDs from Ellen and uploaded them to iTunes.

Thanks, Ellen!

And today I got my check from the Arizona Lottery!
Whoo Hoo! I'm a WINNER!
(again!)

Gotta love that!

that's my boy!

so, Arnold SAID he told me he had joined the choir. somehow i thought he was playing his bass with the choir. i didn't know he was SINGING. so here he is, in a choir robe, going off to a music festival in san francisco.

sitka high did very well and came home with five awards. symphonic band (with arnold on tuba) and jazz band (with arnold on bass) each took first place, and the choir placed second.

and a good time was had by all.

Feels Like Spring

Could it be that we are finally done with the snow? Feels like spring this morning, and it's RAINING. Oh, how I love the rain.