Laptop - RIP

My computer died today. As in "can't find your hard drive" died. I'm very, very sad. I only hope that I still have the photos on my camera of Dahlia that I had not yet saved on my work computer. It really REALLY sucks. Not in the budget for a new computer, guess that iPhone is on hold and I will go nuts if I have to work on this DELL for very long.

But mostly, sad about my photos.

I'm taking it in on Monday, but I'm pretty sure what they're going to say (and then I'll give them $59! Hmph!)

:(

Feel free to send computer contributions my way.

Break

Mini-Reunion - Duluth Style

Had a great time on Saturday with some ol' high school friends. The gang reunited this time in Duluth... Peder & his wife Sarah and their daughter Relia; Laurie & Pete and their two girls Kate & Elizabeth; Holly & her wee one Claire; special surprise guests Jackie & Heather.


We had so much fun watching the girls play & catching up with each other. I know I did at least! Although I feel like I could kidnap each & every ONE OF YOU and keep you to myself for extended one-on-one conversations. It's hard sometimes to get ENOUGH time with the talking. I love having everyone here (or just being with everyone) I have to really suck up each minute of conversation and store it for later! But I always think of OTHER things after the fact that I'd like to talk with everyone with. *sigh* Ah well, it was still fun.




The weather was sketchy at first - but cleared up enough where we could grill & eat outside.

It's so much fun to see all the kids and see how much they've changed in the past 6 months. I can't believe it's been 18 years since we were all in high school. That freaks me out a little bit, but what can you do?

I am so happy to have such a cool group of friends who stays in touch and makes the effort to get together. I REALLY appreciate each & every one of you!

Daycare: week 2

I didn't cry today! I am improving, although Miss Dahlia, not so much. It's so sad to see her reach out for me and then put her hands on her head as if the world is falling. It breaks my heart. Hopefully she will start settling down soon. It's a beautiful day today and I know they're planning on going for a walk as soon as everyone had breakfast. Oh my sweet little pumpkin.

Weekend Update

This weekend went too fast, as usual, but what can ya do...

On Friday I found out that not only does Dahlia have a cold, but she also has an ear infection in both ears! Ugh! She's now on her first dose of antibiotics. Hmph. I think she's starting to feel better, although yesterday she was CRABBY. So.....who knows. Hopefully it'll continue to get better.

We went for a hike in Hartley which was nice. I hadn't hiked that section of the Superior Hiking Trail for quite a while!

Saturday we biked down to watch the marathoners come in. It takes about 5 minutes for us to get to London Road where we watched most of the half-marathoners come in, the wheelchairs and the elite runners. It was HOT out. I felt really bad for those runners. It hasn't been hot here YET and that was the day. They considered canceling the race because of the temps & humidity...but they temps leveled off and the humidity dropped. The half-marathoners took the brunt of it.



It was cool to see the elite runners come through. The guy that won had a HUGE lead. He is originally from MN and he won.



A Minnesotan hasn't won Grandma's since 1982! He was SUPER lean...holy cow. I read in the paper yesterday that he was 5'11" and weighs 125!!! Made me feel just gross. Oh well. After we watched the racers, we biked down to Canal Park to check out the action, then spent some time playing on the pebble beach behind Leif Erickson park. I nearly died on the way home. Biking straight up hill when it's hot & humid is NOT my forte. Even though I walked most of the hills, I was pretty overheated by time I got home!!

The rest of the day we putzed around home - I managed to get one wall primed in Dahlia's room (if I just had a block of 4-5 hours I think I could get the dang thing done! It's a TINY room!!). Steve putzed in the yard and Dahlia actually took a nap (not in her crib but oh well).

Later that afternoon Michelle & Chris stopped by for a little front-porch time. It was good to see them and I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of them SOON! :)



Yesterday we had french toast for Father's Day, took a hike on another section of the SHT and spent most of the day at my FIL's.


It ended up turning into a really late night, unfortunately, for Miss Dahlia. :( Sometimes dinners out there turn into long productions. (the food was great...it just takes a while to get it to the table!).




And that was my weekend. Now onto another week and a WHOLE LOT of work....

Random Friday Stuff

- Dahlia has a cough - has had one for about a week. I initially thought it was due to all the drainage - the snotty nose, the amazing amounts of drool, etc - because of the teething. But the cough isn't going away and it sounds terrible and kept her (and me) up for most of the night. So....I'm taking her in today. Hopefully it's nothing. We have another appt (18mo) on Wednesday so I hate going in so close to that...it'll be another $100 I'm sure...but I want to make sure she's okay.

-The mailman just came at 9:25am. Usually they come around 3pm. My plan was to mail the Father's Day cards from the house today - later this afternoon (after I uh, make them...). Now my plan is foiled. Hmph.

-My fingernails are super long right now and I have no idea where my husband seems to have stashed ALL the nail clippers. It makes typing really annoying. I could try using Dahlia's but I don't think they'll work too well.

-My to-do list today includes: thinking & creating (amongst other things). Hmmmm.....

-Happy Friday!

Austin Tornado

Austin was hit by a tornado last night. The north side of town - Mapleview, Todd Park, Nature Center areas.





Sounds like most of the damage was at Todd Park, UBC, Morem Tree Service & the Nature Center. Haven't gotten *too* many details but it sounds like it could've been much much worse. My folks were without phone & electricity til about 5am this morning. I know some power was still out (where my Grandma lives, for example) as of this morning. Hopefully everything's okay.

My gosh they get the severe weather down there - tornadoes, floods, ice storms, blizzards...it's starting to make Duluth seem REALLY boring! Sheesh. We can't even get an inch of rain!