A great idea

My friend Mara turned me onto this site and I think it's such a good idea, I had to share it!!

Each year I have some version of this conversation with my mother....
Mom - "So any ideas of what you or Chris want for Christmas this year?"
Me - "oh mom, it's so far off...I dunno."
Mom - "well, don't wait too long, you know I like to get shopping done early."
-- two months later --
Me - "Hey, I thought of something that's a great idea for Christmas -"
Mom - "It's December 4th Tamara. I asked for your list months ago. Your gifts are pretty much bought."
Me - Sigh. "I know, I know..."

The answer to this dilemma and many more.... Ta Da!!
http://www.thethingsiwant.com/

It's an online registry system/wish list. You can start a list for your birthday, your kids, a shower, Christmas or Hannukah. It's not tied to one store and you can add or take stuff off whenever you want! When you see an item you want, just add it to your list so that you don't forget about it!

It's a great idea for your boyfriend, spouse, mother, brother, etc to be able to check in and see what you might like without having to ruin a surprise by asking you!

Check it out peeps!

Kitty Post

Sundance is checking out the stability of the poker table...

Sundance sees a birdie...and Butch decides he wants to imitate her...

Butch reminds me that I can't put papers down on the floor unattended for even a minute.

Hippity Hoppity Easter!

Happy Easter! (and Happy Passover as well!) Yesterday Chris and I managed to arrive in time this year to see Madeleine and Mason's Easter egg hunt at their house. Camilla and Ron's good friends Grant and Kori were also their with their son Lucas and daughter Liv, (who's still a bit young at six months to be searching for eggs), as well as Papa and Gramma Collins on Camilla's side.

We all had a great brunch, watched the kids enthusiastically clamor for eggs and then we dyed some hard-boiled eggs. I tried to remember the dying techniques, which light colors and darker colors worked well with each other and how to best stripe them, but for the most part, they were more tie-dyed than properly sectioned off.

Everyone else took off mid-afternoon, but Chris and I stayed to hang out with Ron and Camilla and the kids for the day. We all had way too much sugar and then were too lazy for real dinner, so we ordered pizza. Healthy day!! haha.

Sorry I haven't been blogging much. We've been pretty low key and just working a lot.