Car Update - Not too bad!

Getting there... start out small

Ouchies...

All clear

It didn't take Mike too long to cut the tree down. He really made short work of it since he has a handy-dandy chainsaw. Here are a few pics of Mike in action. The car is only scratched, which is good news. We have an appointment next week at the auto body shop to have them prepare an estimate for USAA.

Kudos to the City of Portsmouth - they had the tree debris removed from our driveway by 3 p.m. Not too shabby for City work! :)

It is truly a different view from our front door. The sheared off half of the tree looks a little odd, but we'll get over it!

Car + Tree = Bad

I walked out of the door at 5:30 this morning to do 2 clients before going to BAE. This is what I found. Let’s just say my plans for the day have changed.

It's still dark out, but I'm really hoping the damage to the car isn't too bad. Mike's on his way home from work and I've changed into "get dirty" clothes, so we'll see what happens.

On a positive note, we have been wanting to prune that tree. More later.

Screw fashion...

I'm going for function this time. I had grand ideas of super cute rain boots, as I have seen them at Target.com. However, Target doesn't sell the cute rain boots (or any for that matter) in the store by my house. After walking 2 dogs in a downpour this morning and then getting soaking wet feet in a muddy lake of a backyard again this afternoon, I'd had enough. Bring on the Wal-Mart econo-boots. So I'm going to do my best to make these look good. Even if that doesn't work, my feet are going to be thrilled not to be a wet, cold, soggy mess. Happy Feet = Happy Amy.

Digital Scrapbooking - Take 1

Amanda gave me my first digital scrapbooking lesson last night. I was extremely tired when I got home, but couldn't wait to give it a try. It's nothing fancy and I strive for more but truly the subject matter is so freakin' adorable that you can't argue that it's not cute! Here's my first attempt - Michelle and Molly...

nate's big brother

Bosco got a surprise in the mail today! We opened the package and Michelle sent him a new t-shirt. Here he is modeling...

How flippin' cute is that? Thanks Aunt Shell!

Smile.

Amanda is big into digital scrapbooking and she always finds the cutest things. I love this picture with Molly and Jill so I asked Amanda if she could create a masterpiece for me. It's perfect!