Catch-up

We spent part of last week in Pittsburgh for the kid's (planned) spinal surgery –  and she's doing wel.l (I can't say that too much or the karma gods come down and wreak havoc so…) We're just happy to be home and that our trees are back.

Tiny, tiny trees compared to what we had.  *sobs*  I need them to grow like 3 feet overnight because let me tell you – seeing my neighbor these last weeks has MORE than made up for the 10 years he was hidden behind trees.  So yes, I talk to them a lot and...