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  • I don’t want the reminder

    I don’t want the reminder

    The dashboard on my new car constantly rubs it in how much gas it
    sucks down compared to my Prius. I finally couldn’t take it anymore so
    I searched for a way to get rid of the message. It was so easy to
    remove I should have done it weeks ago. As you can see I haven’t used
    the Flex much except for the occasional ride up and down the hill.
    Hopefully with warmer weather and regular driving that AVG MPG will go
    up but honestly I may never check that feature out again. It is way
    too painful.

  • Singing workshop

    Singing workshop

    Monti is here with Robert Edwin, a singing instructor from New York.
    Every year he holds a workshop for students of Nedra, Monti’s singing
    teacher. He has so much energy and he is great at working with the
    kids. Monti sang “I’ve got no strings” from Pinocchio for him. He
    wanted her to feel what Pinocchio was feeling when he sings this song
    so he wrapped her up in a cord and made her sing it all confined. He
    asked her if she liked singing all tied up. Then he freed her of the
    cord and said sing it again. So she sang it again with a little more
    movement. So many of the kids had to work on loosening up while
    singing.

  • Pandemic

    Pandemic

    Having Junior living with us means a lot more game playing for Joe.
    They have even been able to talk me into playing a couple games with
    them. Pandemic is a cooperative game where you try to prevent a virus
    from taking over the world. We were able to beat it the first time we
    played with three players but we found out afterwards we were playing
    one of the steps completely wrong. I think it will be very challenging
    to beat.

  • Tattoo on the forehead

    Tattoo on the forehead

    My girls insist on putting tattoos on their forehead. They have been
    very challenging to remove especially on Monti’s forehead due to her
    scar there. This has lead Monti into considering doing her science
    fair project on what removes temporary tattoos best from skin.

  • Bad timing

    Bad timing

    Joe came and picked us up at 2 am from the bar and drove us to the
    coffee shop. We decided we could both stay out a little because the
    girls were sleeping and Junior was home with them. At 3:30 am we
    received a call from Monti saying Dahlia’s heart was racing again.
    Sure enough Dahlia had woken up from a bad dream with her heart
    racing. We quickly headed home and I stayed up with Dahlia for another
    hour before her heart was back to normal. Dahlia has had 4 episodes
    this week. I was up very late. I think I got to bed at 4:45 am.

  • The party continues

    The party continues

    The bar closed at 2 am but we were not done with the night so Kathy
    let us continue the night at her coffee shop. There we had gelato,
    danced, and played “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” on the accordion.

  • Night out

    Night out

    Another night out at Room 38.

  • at 11am on a Thursday

    at 11am on a Thursday

    What the heck is up with this? I came home from grocery shopping to
    find this strange sight.

  • Shedd Aquarium

    Shedd Aquarium

    At the Shedd Aquarium we saw the 4D version of “Planet Earth – Shallow Seas”. I am not a big fan of 4D. I must have been sprayed 8 times during the 15 minute film and I jumped out of my skin when a poke in the back coincided with the sea snake scene.