aliens and strangers

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

the 2 crazy things of the day

1. the restaurant we had lunch in today was playing "go d bless the usa" by dolly parton. never before have i heard "i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free" in this country. kind of surreal and a little strange. but mostly awesome.

2. we knew our pup was smart, but today reached an all-knew level. this afternoon an evening we had friends over for a long time so max was shut in his room for an extended time. i moved him to our bedroom to feed him when people were still over tonight, shut the door, and came back out to the living room. 10 minutes later max came running out. strange, because i was pretty sure i had shut the door. i took him back and made sure to latch the door, but 5 minutes later we heard a loud noise and then he came bolting into the living room. here we have door handles instead of knobs like most doors in america and it turns out that max can jump up on the door and if he lands on the handle on the way down he can unlatch the door and then pry it open with his nose and paw. awesome for him. trouble for us. here's to hoping he's not smart enough to do it again or we might have to start locking him in rooms with a key!

Monday, April 9, 2012

she's almost 30

today my little sister laura turns 26! so she's not actually close to 30 but 5 years ago when our older sister turned 26 laura, then a mere 21, called her to wish her a happy birthday and remarked that she was now "almost 30." and tonight i got to repay the favor because my little sister is herself now "almost 30." :) laura, i can't believe you are 26. but then again looking at your life and all you have done i can't believe that you are only 26. i love you and am so proud of you. enjoy the next 4 months of being only 1 digit away from me :)

monday morning

mondays are our saturdays and this morning jarred headed out with our friend mark for a four-hour bike trip up in the mountains out here. he told me it probably wouldn't be my cup of tea (mountains, not my thing), but for him it is an extraordinary day off. he came back caked in mud, exhausted, and smiling. and then he helped me out by cleaning the bathrooms. what a guy!

jarred with his new-to-him mountain bike he bought from josh since his was stolen a few months ago. and then this one was 10 seconds from being stolen last week when jarred walked up on the thief who had already cut all the way through the lock just before he took off with it.