Last night our back yard was an interesting study in entomology. I took these pictures back to back, as both of these guys were crawling on opposite sides of the same old garbage bin.
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All is well here at the Corbell house. Since I have been rather lax at the updates the past couple weeks, here are some highlights:
- Baby Corbell is awesome. I have taken to calling him/her “Thumper” because the movements are no longer mere taps or flutters. This kid is thumpin’ and bumpin’ and kicking my butt from the inside out. We have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow. I’ll post pictures.
- Made our first trip to Babies R Us this past weekend to buy a crib mattress. While we were there we took our first look at car seats and strollers and my head exploded.
- Not sleeping well. The hormones and back pain are the main reasons for my insomnia, but the future of our country being decided in eight short weeks has something to do with it as well.
- Totally obsessed with Election ‘08. I vacillate wildly between totally confident and absolutely scared shitless. The past two weeks have been much more on the “scared shitless” end of the spectrum. I spend most of my day online reading political blogs and praying to the God I don’t believe in to please just make John McCain and Sarah Palin go away.
- On Friday we are taking our beloved cats Jethro and Millie to their new home. I haven’t really written about this, mainly because I didn’t really want to talk about it much (made me too sad) but we came to the conclusion several months ago that Hawk’s allergies make it impossible for us to keep them any longer. Luckily, our wonderful friends Tammy and Aaron are welcoming them into their home. I am heartbroken to see them go, but this is the best possible outcome, since we know they will be so well loved and cared for, plus we can still visit them and Tammy will give me updates all the time.
I took this picture last evening of some tuberoses I bought at Ralphs. I happened to look over at the table where they were sitting and this ray of light from the setting sun was coming in through our back door, through the kitchen and onto the flowers. Gorgeous.
And then I took this picture of Millie:
To answer your question, no, before taking this picture I did not know that I own a demon cat.
Back in March, I submitted a picture of Jenny to A Dog’s Life dog treats. Every few months they choose a couple user-submitted photos to put on the label of their bags, and I found out a couple days ago that they picked the one I sent in!
The folks at A Dog’s Life were nice enough to send us a free bag of treats and they have definitely gotten the Daisy and Jenny seal of approval - i.e. I gave them one and they immediately licked their chops and begged for another. The “Jenny” treats are actually available in some stores, so keep your eyes peeled!
I love it that there is a fly on the end of her nose in this picture. She looks so content and peaceful that it seems like she knows it’s there, but doesn’t care.
