Ok, ok!

People keep asking about house pictures. We finally took some last Sunday and I'm Finally getting them online. It's a work in progress, but here's what it looks like so far...
a view from the front door....

Here's the dining area...

And a few different angles of the main living space...



The awesome, but as-yet-nearly-totally-unfurnished back porch...

And finally, the first room in the house to be completely set up -- about 10 minutes after we moved in:

Happy Birthday Bubbles

A snippet from my wedding program, on the occasion of my little sister Lisa's 32nd birthday:

"When my little sister Lisa was 16, she saved up enough money to buy Christmas gifts for a co-worker and his entire family, because he had mentioned at work one day that he didn't have enough cash to make the holiday a happy one for his kids. She left these gifts on his doorstep with an anonymous note, never telling him that she was his Secret Santa.
I am privileged to have shared bunk beds with an angel."

Lis, Thought you'd enjoy an old pic of the three of us, taken back when I lived in Florida. Eight years ago, maybe? I still am in awe of those great big 'wowser' eyes. And of you in general.
Love you.

What do ya think?

So my hairdresser — the same woman I've been going to for six years — told me a few days ago that she finally figured out who the famous person was that I looked like. It hit her as she was watching a Lifetime movie the night before. (This should have been my first clue that the news would not be favorable.) "Valerie Bertinelli!" she said triumphantly, staring at me in wonder as if the former Mrs. Eddie Van Halen was standing right there in front of her. "I mean, it's amazing!" she said, staring some more and shaking her head. "Spitting image."
Then she proceeded to tell me how Ms. Bertinelli was definitely looking older and that she'd put on some weight, and she "was letting some gray show through her hair now."
I wasn't sure how to take any of that.
I don't have anything against Valerie Bertinelli. She's adorable. It's just ... as far as celebrity lookalikes go, she's not my first choice.
Sorry Eddie.
(Bonus shot of my dog. This pic was taken yesterday. That's my new front door!) :)