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Where we'll be this weekend.

Geej, BH and I are hitting the road to NE Texas tomorrow afternoon for a long-overdue trip to see family relations. BH's two sons were supposed to be coming with us, but the nearly-fourteen-year-old is acting like...well, a teenager...and boycotted the trip. Sigh.

I'm sure I'll have many tales and photos upon my return. In the meantime, please enjoy these puppies:

This happens pretty much every morning.

She wanders into our room and crawls in bed. Sometimes she doesn't fall back asleep (usually on Saturdays and Sundays, of course), most days she does. When it comes time to actually wake up and get out of bed, she stalls by snuggling with him. He purrs LOUDLY and loves it. I love it too. One of these days, she will dwarf him. Right now, they're still pretty even in size.

In her left hand? Her baby bath toy "Elephant" that she's slept with since Russia. She's getting so damn big (did I tell y'all she's insisting on taking showers now?! SHOWERS!!), so I love these little remnants of her babyhood.

This:

Is a thing of beauty.

We only got a 10th of an inch, but the rainbarrel is now a little more than half full. More please!!

They looked so promising as they rolled in from the east.

And gorgeous.

And the wind picked up. And the temperature fell.

But after about 25 big, fat raindrops fell, it was done.

Damnit.

If you live in Central Texas, click this and watch it.

Maybe if enough of us do, it will help those clouds that have been hanging around all day get together and actually do something.



I mean, it couldn't hurt. Right?

Cutest. Leezard. EVER.

So, I go out on the front porch yesterday evening to water some plants, and leaping around on BH's soon-to-be-potted anaqua plant was this little feller.

And when I say "little" I mean freakin' TINY.

I had my very own Cute Overload heart attack right on my own front porch!!

Say it with me people: Awwwwwwwwwwww...