DOWNTOWN!

Friday was a busy day for us. I dropped Tom off at work in the AM so I could get some shopping done and a short walk in. The walk didn't happen, but more shopping than necessary did. After we were done, we surprised Tom by picking him up for his meeting downtown. Instead of him going alone via shuttle bus, we all went for lunch! Claire loves the subway for some reason, maybe it's the loud noise... or maybe it's all the funny weird people staring at her. She's such a charmer-- I'm already a little worried about what life's going to be like in 16 years (make that 20). I thought we were going to my fav lunch spot downtown, Cosi's, but we didn't have time. We ended up going to some Japanese place. "I'll take the chicken, hold the rice." ANYWAYS, it was fun. Tom went to his meeting, I got my hair cut and my brows waxed (needed it, badddd). Then we went home. Actually, I went home, Tom went to a party. FIGURES. :) Hey, speaking of hair... I'm thinking about getting highlights, NOT blonde, that would be lame. Not that blonds are lame.... but, black hair with blond highlights.... is lame. Ok, this post has gone on long enough. Do you think Claire looks like an Aussie in her hat?? "G'day mate!"

Let's go shear some sheep!

I need to figure out this picture thing, so I'll just post about our latest adventure-- the Sheep Shearing Festival in Waltham, MA. It was kind of weird, seeing a farm in Boston... but fun. Claire had a grand time seeing those funny, big nosed stinky animals and sampling the sugar free homemade jams. I was most impressed by the sheep dogs, border collies I think. Man, sheep are stupid, reminds me of a certain story (Matthew 18). Tom was ecstatic to meet up with his friends the goats. It allowed him time to visit his former self, goat boy. Sigh... (AH, I have a leech on my arm! Oh, it's just Claire...) Other highlights included hot apple crisp with ice cream, and the 4H girls-- SO CUTE. Ha, Tom's a sucker, he totally bought a $5 candy bar. Ok, maybe it was $2 but the girl sure didn't have to try very hard. I'm gonna miss Boston, and all the farms...

I give in... I'll start a blog!

Maybe this is the lazy way to share my life with all of you, but what can I say, hitting "send" is just getting too rough. So, this is my first official post but I'm going to keep it short so I can see what it looks like.