Anthony's Birthday

Anthony had his birthday last week.  First, he celebrated it. 

 Then, he decided to assert his individuality

You know it's Friday

when your car starts yelling at you to take care of it

So you send your husband out to do it.  Not a big deal except your husband

was already busy trying to fix his truck which had the clutch go out.  And not just one part of the clutch but both parts, which of course you have to buy separately.  Said husband also had to drive this to work today:

His unlincensed, uninsured vehicle upon which he put a license plate (that I erased so we didn't get in trouble) that did not belong to this particular vehicle.  It belongs

to the afore mentioned pickup that is out of commission until the clutch is replaced.  Hopefully that will be soon because not only is the husband driving 25 miles a day illegally, he is also driving a car that is leaving this:

A nice big puddle of power steering fluid wherever it stops.

Add this (which was once my computer monitor but is now a big pile of parts because I am trying to figure out how to fix it myself as the alternative, according to the "geek squad", is to buy a new monitor which runs upwards of $200.) to the equation along with this:

My husband's "new" (read less than two months old) tennis shoes that have already worn out and have to be replaced, along with this:

a second reaction I am having to a bee sting I got a week and a half ago, and you realize that sometimes Fridays are worse than Mondays.  But, good news, there is a saying in the christian life - "It's Friday, but Sunday is coming."  While this isn't quite what the saying is talking about I am holding onto that little nugget of wisdom right now. 

P.S.  It's already getting better.

Cerah's Birthday

Cerah had her 16th birthday celebration last weekend.  She was excited about the gifts she received although the one she wanted most, a car, she did not get.

She did get a big transformers pillow for her bed.  She also got this quill pen set that she has been wanting.  I now have papers with ink lying all over the house.

She also recieved this big cookie maker.  She loves adding things to her kitchen collection.

And, of course, a transformers t-shirt.  She is obsessed with transformers.

This is a portable scanner for her computer.  I don't know why that was on her list, but it was so Papa and Grandma picked it up for her.

Morgan bought her the butterfly chair that she wanted.  It matches her room and has become her computer chair.

For cake she asked for a Dairy Queen Oreo Cookie cake.

But my favorite gift that she got was a poster.  Morgan and Grandma had found a dragon poster that they knew she would really like so they reached into the bin under the poster and pulled a rolled one out.  Can you guess what's coming?  I bet you can't....Go on, take a guess.

Were you right?  I laughed so hard when I saw this.  Cerah just looks at it and says "Oh, that's pretty."  I had to explain it to her.  Rob ended up taking it to work to give to someone who would appreciate it.