Nice Way to be Welcomed Home

Tapering... and maybe some cat photos...

I love tapering!  7 miles for my long run this week- EASY!  3 mile easy run today- DONE (with an actual smile on my face).  So glad that tapering time is finally here, 'cause I was really starting to get burnt out.  Tapering rock!!  Less than 7 days 'til the half!

This weekend was quite a lazy one.  Not just for me, but for some kitties, as well...

I swear they don't like eachother

In case you don't know, that is my side of the bed... I had to start my Sunday early since I had no room to sleep!

Today we woke up to a winter wonderland... more like slush wonderland, actually.  I know one kitty that was not a fan...

"Uh, WTF is this?!"

Today was also my day off for the week (yes, I was blessed with a 3 day weekend), so I did a ton of errands, including picking up a very important item...

The bib makes it so real!

A Brief Update

July was a pretty jam packed month. Three days after returning from Nantucket we headed out to New Orleans for my friend's 30th birthday and the fun hasn't stopped since...

Crappy pic of Bourban Street... where a man would be shot 24 hours later

We hung out in the garden district for a while one afternoon

St. Charles St. Cable Car

Parakeets at the NOLA Aquarium

Wearing my fedora & feeding a parakeet... 'cause that's how I roll

Peter & some fish

Steamboat we took a ride on

Peter & the birthday girl

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum!

Famous Acme Oyster House

Stuffed Soft Shelled Crab! Mmmmmm!

Can't remember what this was

And here's the rest of July in pictures...

My flower CSA continues to deliver

Flower shot!

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Happy Family Time with Mom

Rogers' Family Reunion

Girl Cousins

Only married cousin & her hubby

How Muffin spends 95% of her time

The garden continues to grow

Bacon continues to be eaten

And so do avocados...

And avocado plant (3rd attempt) is now underway

Visiting Some Cuties in B-lo

After working 75 hours in 8 days I finally had a day off on Thursday, and was excited to head out to Buffalo to see some of my favorite people & meet a couple new faves!

First stop was to meet my friend Jenny's new baby girl, Claire Ann! She was actually born the day after Juliet. She weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs 15 oz when she was born & was still quite the little peanut when I finally met her at 13 days old...

Me & Claire Ann

I could just stare at that little face all day!

I'm kind of obsessed with teeny tiny baby feet!

After leaving Jenny's I headed over to my brother's to meet another little girl- Baby Ellie! Ellie is another little peanut, weighing in at barely 2 lbs!

Can I take her home with me?!

What do you mean, "No?"

Proud dad & his baby girl

"Put me down! I want to play!"

Bye Ellie! I'll be back soon!

I Have a New Niece....

Her name is Ellie....

Yes, my brother adopted a kitten... a girl kitten... and named her "Ellie".... and being the crazy cat lady that I am, I approve. I'm pretty sure that my mother's thought on this kitten is that my brother will now never find a girlfriend, but she looks like a chick magnet to me!

Perhaps you feel I misled you with the title of this post... maybe you know that there is another little girl that's recently been welcomed into this world....

This is baby Juliet. Another new niece. My brother-in-law & sister-in-law's new baby girl! I just love this picture of her!

... OK, I'm gonna have to end the post here since the cuteness factor is already exponential & I don't think I can handle much more!

Delta, Delta, Delta

Leaving for Nantucket last week was not an easy feat!

First of all, I'll save you the details of my wheeling & dealing, but in the end I needed to cancel my outgoing flight to Nantucket & keep my returning flight. Wasn't the airline so nice to make me pay for canceling a flight I already paid for & was not going to take?

I love that I had to pay $12.56 to cancel a flight.
For canceling I received a credit of $137.44.
I then had to pay the $150 "change of flight fee."
I had to pay the difference.
Suck it Delta!

Also, the following drama ensued about an hour before our departure...

Muffin enjoys our enclosed front porch.

It's her happy place since Hallie won't step foot out there.

Well, Muff was hanging in her usual spot before my husband called to me during my last second packing, "Uh, Jaime, I'm gonna need your help over here." I didn't like the tone of his voice.... With good reason... 'cause this is what I came out to find:

A torn screen that leads to the great outdoors...

...and no Muffin in sight.

Peter ran outside calling her name & I ran franticly around the house calling her name. Much to my relief she came booking it up the stairs while I was looking for her in the bedrooms. There's no way to know for sure that Muffin ventured outside, but she appeared to be quite freaked out & Hallie enjoyed sniffing her. I drew the conclusion that she had a short adventure under the front steps & then the possum I believe lives there scared her back into her loving home.

Apparently she forgot about the possum though 'cause she's been looking to head back out once again.