Caught in the Act . . .

Random thoughts -- so if you don't like this one, the next one will be different . . .


Zoe is keeping me company at the mail center today. Everyone else who is usually here is off for the holiday, so I brought her along for the ride. She doesn't say much, but she has things she likes to do. One of them is looking out the front window at the world outside, so I pulled the curtain aside a little to give her a decent viewing area. A little while later, I decided to come out and take a picture . . .



. . . and caught her chewing on a cardboard box instead. After a good scolding, she is now lying on the floor beside me -- it seems she always comes back to apologize. But I know that she'll be back at the window later (hopefully without the chewing) -- she does the same thing at home.



And sure enough, about an hour later, I was able to sneak out the back door and get a shot through the window (I must have been quiet -- Zoe's hearing is very good).


Today is my "little boy's" 21st birthday. As I type this, he is still 20, but he'll be 21 before I finish (he was born at 11:08 a.m.). Ryan was born on Sunday morning, and both sets of grandparents were in church. This was before cell phones, text messaging, and such, so I called the main numbers at both churches and had the grandpas pulled out of the sanctuary to give them the news. Both announced to their congregations (and our moms) that their first grandchild had been born, and about 20 minutes after church ended, we had two sets of grandparents at the hospital congratulating each other.

My mom has learned over the years that the way to Ryan's heart is definitely through his stomach. So has his girlfriend. Both made comments this week about how hard it is to shop for a kid who works at his favorite store and has an employee discount. So Mom made him creamed chicken and sour cream drops last night, and Sarah is taking him out to eat at a nice restaurant this evening.


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And I hope you all have a great holiday weekend. Mine will be quite full and my flag is already flying at home. Tonight I will be making a taco salad for a family reunion tomorrow, and I may make those long-promised chocolate mint cookies for another one on Sunday. So I have two family reunions this weekend and a Sunday morning on the floor camera at church. In-between, I think Dad and Zoe and I will take a hike at a local nature preserve if the weather allows.