A year ago today I drove into town so that we could close on our house. The process went smoothly and didn’t take very long. Heck the sellers weren’t even present. After the closing we went out to eat at a place nearby that has since turned into one of our local spots. [Three cheers for local spots!] Then the boy headed up to work and I drove back to our apartment. It was marginally anti-climatic but who really wants to move in the middle of the week? Plus, now we have two anniversaries, closing date and taking possession date.

As you can see the blog is mostly fixed. I was just clicking around and noticed that the photos tab is askew. I will work on that one when I get a chance. The fact that my server does a back up of my entire home directory every seven days or so is fantastic. All the items I wasn’t able to recover with my weekly wordpress backup were available to me from my server’s backup. Things like all the pretty pictures on the blog and the various icons.

Today is my Mom’s birthday. We went over to my parents’ house after work to celebrate. Dad brought home chicken, cake and ice cream. It was fun just sitting around the table chatting with everyone. My niece provided for much comic relief and goofing off. As long as she was sitting in my lap she would play with the boy until they both tired. For some reason she doesn’t seem to care for him holding her, I think she’s crazy. I always like it when he holds me. She’s sitting up on her own now and starting to roll over and bear weight on her feet. It’s neat to watch her development.

As for the birthday gal. She got a sentimental Precious Moment from Dad and seemed to enjoy having people around to talk to. She’s gonna go stir crazy by the end of her four weeks of rest. Note that I said it here first. Oh and Dad’s birthday was last Friday, the day of Mom’s surgery. We celebrated his birthday in the hospital room and then again on Saturday. How cute is that they are only 6 days apart?