Our Mountain Climber

Friday night we got a "don't freak out" phone call. Saturday morning we got a broken ankle diagnosis. Monday morning we got a cast.

Our sixteen year old was bouldering here:


What's bouldering, you ask? Bouldering is apparently rock wall climbing without a rope because you don't go high enough to hurt yourself.


I beg to differ.

While we were at the orthopedic clinic she saw a friend from school. He had broken both wrists and an elbow dunking a basketball. His mother reported that he had swung too high, gone horizontal, and let go at the wrong time. My daughter relayed his comment to me, 'it was my hands or my face'. When he left she said 'My friends are so bomb!" For those of you who don't spend time with teenagers, bomb means cool. She was so impressed by his injuries and so proud that she had seen him at the orthopedic clinic with her rock climbing, I mean bouldering, ankle.

While we were in the waiting room the morning news was talking about extreme sports in Africa. My daughter wants to go to Africa right now (as in, she wants to go RIGHT NOW or yesterday would have been better) so that was fun to watch and it also made her think of a question she's been meaning to ask me. "Will you and Dad give me sky diving for my 17th birthday?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


No!


She is trying to figure out how she's going to get her skinny jeans on over that thing. If she can't do it, she'll have to go shopping for clothes she'll never wear again in four weeks. Goodwill Store, here we come!

Charlie Does Smile

I looked at the pictures on my last post of my adorable, happy dog and I think he looks sad. He usually looks really happy, even peppy! So I thought I would post a few happy Charlie pictures.


Just ignore the tired looking woman in this picture and know that Charlie was licking me and laughing at me at the moment this picture was being taken.


And finally, this is Charlie waiting for me to throw his ball. That's why his tail is so blurry. My camera is just not fast enough to keep up with the wag.

A List

I thought I would make a little list of the things I've been up to.

First the really big news!

What?! New garbage cans aren't big news to you? Actually, it's a composting bin. See the holes? They are actually a little bit too small. It was the biggest drill bit I could find but my hubby tells me that we have bigger ones. I spent some time researching composting this weekend and found this webpage with some great information for INEXPENSIVE and EASY composting ideas. Next Spring we will have beautiful, composted soil for all of my gardening ideas.

Second, I am sick again . . . or still. I may never get well. But to keep that from coming true, I am chewing these terrible vitamin c thingys that probably everyone else in my family would love because they taste like that sour candy that I hate. I am also sucking on zinc lozenges, which my make my mouth taste really yummy. I am also eating at least one Activia per day. This is the only immune system booster that I like. I may become like Michael Weston on Burn Notice. For those of you who haven't had the same opportunity to sit in front of the bube tube (or is it boob toob?) as much as me lately, that's a spy character on USA Network who eats a lot of yogurt. I am trying to make myself eat the kefir that I have fermenting on my counter but it may be a shade too healthy for me.

In other news, Charlie is still adorable and I took a few pictures of him this morning while I was getting that beautiful garbage can picture for you. Enjoy!


He got brushed, combed, trimmed and fluffed this morning. He goes to the groomer next Friday and I am really hoping he can avoid being shaved or combed all day. So far so good.