1. I'm starting to be a bit overwhelmed by how fast vacation is coming. This weekend is busy too....with things scheduled everyday...then back to work for two days and we're off. It's definitely time to start making lists---and trying to keep those lists short so I don't bring three times the amount of things that we need.
2. My big news: ROD PICOTT and AMANDA SHIRES in OUR HOUSE on Friday, November 18th!! Yes, why I AM delighted! Details to follow but I think we're pretty much set....
Here's Owen's (and my) favorite song:
And two wonderful videos from Amanda Shires:
3. O.k...now obviously our family is not particularly um....fastidious when it comes to haircuts. However it's time for our annual hair cuts and we are at a loss. The woman (Kim...I think her last name was Turner) who just to be at the Custom Cuts near Schnuck's is gone and she is the ONLY person who has cut the boys' hair except for Leo's very first hair cut. We are desolate. And THEN we drove down Chester Street the other day only to see that Salon 76 is closed....which is where Becky Nelson cut MY hair. What to do? What to do?
4. My fence is coming, my fence is coming, my fence is coming! Because we are tired old wimps we are not putting it in ourselves but shelling out hard earned money for a length of fence around part of our front yard. It will provide a better backdrop for the garden and hopefully block out of some of the neighbors' ummm....comings and goings.....and comings and goings....and the cars that pull up there...when they aren't pulling up to meet them in the park for brief exchanges. Sigh.
5. Maine, Maine, Maine.....I can't wait to be there....
6. Another picture from Cheekwood: