Gotta love cars

For the last couple weeks, my car has been a little difficult to start on some mornings...now remember were not talking about some fancy new car, we are talking about a 10 year Grand Prix.  I have never had the battery replaced so I figured it needed a new battery since when I tried to start the car it behaved like I left a door open all night and the battery was drained.  The lesson I learned is that just because you go in for a new battery doesn't mean that you leave with a receipt for a battery change....instead two hours later and $450 lighter in the wallet, I was the new proud owner of a new battery and also a new starter!  Fyi...Starters are expensive.  My view is that these random "repairs" are far cheaper than a down payment and monthly payments on a new car.

By the way...

We purchased the iMac.

The first two shots are from Sunday....our weather was gorgeous.  Derek was watering the lawn and Delaney wanted her first sprinkler run of the year.  She had a fab time.  After she was done, she dug for worms, her new favorite outdoor activity.

The other two shots are random.  We bought the pink foam curlers for  her hair and she loves it.  The other is from Derek's parents' a couple of weekends ago when she was just being silly.

Once in a Lifetime

Yes....I did feel the earth move.  I've always wanted to feel an earthquake, and it finally happened!  I didn't feel the one in Singapore last year (and was bummed!).  I woke up Friday morning and the bed was shaking.  I thought that it was Derek shaking his leg, but he was perfectly still.  My next thought was that it was really windy....nope, our windows were open and there was not a sound.  Then I thought perhaps it was an earthquake, told myself that it was Illinois and that was crazy, 4:30 am talk.  Then, I heard Delaney's door open.  The bed stopped moving and I eventually went back to sleep.  I told Derek first thing in the morning....he laughed at me when I said I thought there was an earthquake.  After explaining it to him, he vaguely remembered it too.  I figured out that Delaney's door opened because Jake headed in there during the shaking.  He never goes in there at night....maybe he was protecting her, or maybe he just thought her room would be safer!