Happy 40ish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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26 Things My Dog Is Afraid Of

1. Thunderstorms
2. Fireworks
3. Big Trucks
4. The Vacuum Cleaner
5. Hairdryers
6. Bicycles
7. Balloons
8. Parades
9. Chainsaws
10. Skateboards
11. Lawnmowers
12. Weedeaters
13. My Cell Phone
14. The Microwave
15. Jet Skis
16. Wooden Docks
17. Baths
18. Fly Swaters
19. Computer Printers
20. Camera Flashes
21. Tornado Sirens
22. The UPS Guy (or maybe she wants to eat him...it's hard to tell)
23. Blenders
24. Coffee Grinders
25. The Basement
26. And some unnamed thing tonight which may keep us both up all night.

The "New" Gang

This is what it looks like when the people you've been friends with since

you were children...have children.

(from left-Brenner, Pierce, Sam, Riley, Cohen, Jessica, Carter, Ashley and Kendall)

They ate every hot dog I cooked and most of the Popsicle's.

My Fence Project

This project has kept me busy for a few days...of course, I don't have any before pictures but...

Next...the front yard. Sigh...

Tour Of Missouri

I got a chance to see some world class cycling right here in KC. I saw the Tour Of Missouri as the riders rode west on 45 highway, crossing I-435 and then I met a friend in Parkville and watched them scream through on their way back to the Plaza.

Very Cool!!!

Here they are coming towards me as I stand on the I-435 overpass

looking east at 45 Highway.

It was a quick blur and they were by...fast.

I've always been amazed at the things the support teams do while

hanging out the window of a car!Here is the long line of team cars. We saw more of them than we did of the riders. A guy standing next to me remarked "I sure wouldn't go all the way to France to see that".

Here is the beginning of the big group as they come around the corner in Parkville.

I think that's George Hincapie there in the middle. (He's my favorite)
They zipped around the corner and were gone.

WOW!

ARGHHHHHHH

That's all really.

(oh yeah, the kids got in to the Head Of The Charles in Boston in October...YEAH!!!!!)

It's Only Been A Week...

Thanks to those of you who check back in hope that I'll post something already!

Just a few quick Tuesday thoughts:

1. Happy Birthday to my little sister - You are one of many great things that happened on September 11...don't let them take your day away.

2. God Bless this great country we live in. I love her with all her faults.

3. When you give your kid a new antibiotic, sleep lightly that first night. We ran a little guy the other night with a severe allergic reaction to a new antibiotic.

4. Trying to get 9 high school students to complete a task is a bit like training cats.

5. seems like there was more but I need to get showered and outta here...Petty Girls Do Lunch.

Why My Sister May Not Let Me Take My Nephews Anywhere Again...