Em's Birthday

It's raining hard and the wind is whipping. I wish I had put my car away before Tony left for work. Em is here and since I won't leave her alone while I put the car away, and she's sick and it's too nasty to take her out, the car will sit under the tree that one day may fall down.

Em turned 4 years old this past Saturday. Michele had a party at their house, and as usual Em got too many presents but she had fun. The picture directly below is Em holding the kid-size baseball mitt her daddy got her. The one below that is Em just before blowing our the candles. Oh to be a kid again.




A month from now, the house should be officially for sale. The antique guy comes April 8. The clean-everything-else-out guys come April 9 to look things over. Eric Allan is coming this weekend to fix the slate stonework on the sidewalk and the terrace wall. Abby will probably also come this weekend to take the stuff she wants.

I daydream all the time about a new place. Deep down inside I don't think this house will sell this year, or if I do get an offer, it will be so low -- because of all the issues -- that it won't be worth selling. Nonetheless, I think about a new place with anticipation and wonder.

Gas prices - Gas is running $2.83 to $2.90 no matter where I shop.