Puppa's Birthday Surprise

Rick thought Sarah wasn't coming until next Friday so when I put him in the car and told him to follow the GPS to his birthday surprise he had no idea where we were going, at least until all those airport signs started popping up.

Warren racing to Puppa

Puppa's bestest surprises

Sarah and Warren at the Aquarium Restaurant

Rick and me with Warren

Puppa and Pucker

Oh boys!

Good Bye My Friend

My friend Lisa (29 April 1958 - 13 October 2009)

Twenty years of friendship we shared.


We raised our children together. . .

School programs . . .

Afternoons in the sprinkler . . .



A lot of Halloween's . . .



Birthday parties too . . .

Easter egg hunts . . .

Alabama style sledding (on pizza pans in a drainage ditch) . . .

Six Flags Over GA . . .

Point Mallard . . .
Surviving breast cancer . . .

And teenagers.



Bye my friend. I'll see you there.

I cried to sleep last night thinking what a lousy friend am I. Didn't even know my friend was so sick, didn't know for days after she passed. How could I not know. I loved you. I would have held your hand, you know. I would have held your hand.

Laura's costume

The date is drawing near! Not the wedding. Well, that's drawing near too. The Costume Bridal Shower on Halloween I mean. Laura has finished her costume all but some tiny details. The Corpse Bride has been a really fun costume to make.

Laura ordered a used wedding gown on Ebay. She did a little stitching to convert the zipper to lace up. She dyed it, spray painted it (dying didn't really do the trick), trimmed it, slit it, burned it even, added the exposed rib bones. It's awesome! Here's a little preview. After the shower I'll post pics of her in it.

Final touches