Amber Waves of Grain

Merry Christmas in July!! Santa has 6 months to make my dreams come true.  Here is my grown-up list for the North Pole, assuming I made the nice list this year..... and assuming Santa is rich. We can dream, right? Here are my top 5 requests for Santa: 1.  Ring True Shell blouse from Anthropologie ( LINK ) with their Saturated Hollyhock Cardigan ( LINK ).     2.   This Canon telephoto (zoom) lens ( LINK ).  This will make stalking you easier.   3.  A day at the spa being massaged and pampered..... without the kids. 4. Professional pictures of my family 5. Tickets to Go Ape- Zip Line & Treetop Adventure ( LINK ).  It's a 2-3 hour experience at a local park where you can navigate through the forest using ziplines, obstacles, and tarzan swings!  Fun, right!? There you have it, Santa. You have 6 months to win the lottery and shop for me!!

Tootsie was born in December 2001 and we adopted her from an animal shelter the following spring.  She was always very skittish and was often bullied by our other cat, Oliver.   She finally started coming out of her shell when Oliver was put down a few years ago. She was known for her very loud meows and purrs.  She recently started letting the kids pet her if they'd give her a can of treats.   She was getting brave in her old age .   She was also a good hunter and took care of most of our spiders & bugs... and an occasional mouse .  She'll be remembered for the mouse incident of 2010 where she forgot to kill the mouse before bringing it to me ( LINK to that embarrassing story).   Unfortunately, we had to put Tootsie down yesterday.  It was a sad day at our house, especially for Keegan.   She brought a lot of fun and joy to our family! On the bright side, we are enjoying a new pet-free home and looking forward to fi...

I get asked if the girls are twins a lot even though they're two years apart.  I thought I'd do a fun comparison today. Kennedy at age 2 (2011): Savannah, age 2:   That's a lot of sweet. Now...... who's seeing double!?