Month: July 2007

No one showed up. Not a single person. Not even our annoying nosy neighbor. Sigh… Though I’m not surprised. While our realtor was sitting at our empty house, we had a fun afternoon out. Originally we were going to take the boys to Trevor Zoo, but they both weren’t having the best days behavior-wise, so we thought we’d keep that one in our pocket for another day. Instead, we had lunch at Del’s in Rhinebeck — hot dogs for the boys, a grilled chicken mediterranean pita (with olive tapenade, tomatoes, and feta) for me, a grilled chicken with mozzarella, tomato, and pesto for Drew, and cheese fries that were shared by all. We also (of course) got soft-serv cones for dessert. After that we headed over to Greig Farm to pick some blueberries. Then we went over to the mall and did some random shopping. I couldn’t resist picking up this hoodie from Old Navy. My inexplicable yellow obsession continues. By then it was well after 4 and we were able to return home. We fed the boys, played, got them in bed and just relaxed for the rest of the evening. Months and months ago Drew picked up a video of North Shore, which is one of those movies that was on HBO all the time when we were kids. It was so fun watching it again, and really it’s not quite as cheesy as I’d remembered it!

And that was pretty much our day. Hope you all had a great weekend!

A few weeks ago, Jake and I were shopping and there was this little plastic set of golf clubs that he thought was really cool. Since the set was dirt cheap, I bought it for him and he and Noah have proved to be quite the golfers. No surprise, really. Drew caddied for years and enjoys golf himself (though he hasn’t played in forever). I think he should take the hobby up again because I know it was something he enjoyed, and it’s something I’d like to try myself. He has a set of golf clubs sitting in the garage. He just needs to find the time to head out on the green.

In the area where we live there are a lot of pick-up trucks. A lot of them. It’s a rural community so I guess that’s to be expected. Of course, everyone has them so they can cart stuff around, but the truck bed can get scuffed up pretty easily from rocks and equipment and whatever else they throw back there. But if they have a truck bed liner, that area will be protected and will be less likely to rust and won’t be as abused. I mean, if you’re going to spend all that money on a truck, I think you should try to make it last as long as possible!

Ah, the organic food craze. Seems that every time you pick up a paper or turn on the TV, they’re touting the benefits of organic foods, including grains, so its no surprise that you can now buy Organic dog food for man’s best friend. After the tainted dog food that was cleared from the shelves earlier this year, I can imagine that the organic pet food would appeal to a lot of people.