You put the lime in the coconut and drink them both down...

That just sounds gross to me. -- Yesterday afternoon I was halfway down the stairway leaving from work when the administrator caught up with me and said something about compensating me for IT support this week since Seth is gone. He said something about it working out to about an hour or so. I just nodded, mentally registered extra cash, smiled, and said, "Great! Thanks!"

Word(s) of the day: DOLDRUMS

Lexie log: "What's that? What's that? What's that Mama? What's this? Mama, what's that?" This times 90 equals what Daddy and Mommy hear daily now. Not only does she want to know the name for everything, she most times asks what the same thing is multiple times in a row or over the period of a few days. I really think she is looking for consistency in the reply or different answers. Last night it was the door stop and air vent in the bathroom. She really can't pronounce 'v's very well yet. -- We are all relieved that this heat wave is ending. Lexie loves playing in the pool and all, but enough is enough. And we really need a good solution for the slug problem. Getting to and from the pool is like going through a mine field. Not to mention that if we have the pool by the bird area, the slugs try to access it, but under the Ponderosa it gets too much stuff in it. Everyone should have only these as the most serious concerns in their life! -- Lexie has entered a bug phase. When she spots a bug she tries to touch it, sometimes chasing it all about with her index finger. This includes most any flying insect, spiders, and anything else EXCEPT EARWIGS!!! The one bug so far that she freaks over, and I don't blame her one bit. She is also not at all fond of slugs. This was the result of her stepping on one barefoot early on. Her favorite yard creature is the moth. She loves to chase them. She, obviously, has too many cat companions and not enough human. She bounced around the kitchen for a good ten minutes last night trying to get a moth intruder. She kept leaping for the ceiling when he became obsessed with one of the fluorescent lights.

Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, breakfast, pepper, camping, mild weather, neosporin, neopets, water, 70's music, the Bee Gees, kittens, our cats, trees, and happiness.