A moment of stardom

Today I became a star, or at least as close to one as I am ever going to get. Thousands of people heard my voice over the waves of the radio. Last Wednesday, the radio show Car Talk called our house and I described a problem I was having with our car. It all started a few weeks ago when I decided to get on Car Talk. Steven doubted it would happen, but I gave it a try and voila it worked. I called them and left a message, they e-mailed, and said when they would be calling. Then after the call they e-mailed to say that I may or may not be on  the show. Yesterday I received another e-mail congratulating me that I would, in fact, be on the show. I was caller number seven. It was fun, and really not that hard. So the lesson here is to just give something a try even if you don't think you have a chance. If you didn't catch the show and would like to, you can go to their website and download a free pod-cast, but not until after 2:00 pm eastern time today.

Update

So we did get a house, not the house referred to in the post below but a house. It's in a great location and we are very excited. It's just down the street from where we live now, so the move won't be so bad. Stay tuned for pictures and exciting adventures of inspections, and signing our life away to a bank!

Being a Grownup

I know, I have been a grownup for a while now, or so people say. I have children, a budget, I volunteer at the school. Today marks a new passage into adulthood for us. We are officially making an offer on a house!!!! It's a long shot, and by long I mean pretty long. But it's still a huge deal, at least for us. I remembered this morning and gave out a cheer. Steve was not so excited, I think it feels like a really huge commitment and he's not sure he's been able to  see everything out there. He has a little OCD when it comes to shopping for a big purchase. He likes to see and review all options. With house buying, it doesn't work that way, because there is always something new on the market, well at least in the market as it stands now. Well there it is. We are getting all grown up. Yikes!

Hats

The girls have been begging me to be able to "stitch" something. For Christmas they got a couple of projects that they could "sew" together. They loved it. The activities consisted of pre-punched felt shapes, yarn and a plastic needle. So I have been trying to think of a different type of project that would create something useful and not just another thing to pick up off the floor. I remembered I had a hat loom. So when we were at a craft store the other day, I let them pick out some yarn. This weekend they each got to make a hat. They were so excited, and I was very impressed with how well they did. Here's some pictures of the final project.

Kathryn

Juliana