We spent the weekend at a friend's lake house for some much needed R&R. It was so great. I'd like to give a shout out to my childhood friend, Candice, who kept Nora for us. You can click on her blog for pictures of Nora's weekend. I'm afraid any thoughts Candice might have had about having a fourth are long gone. It was the first time I've been away from Nora for over 8 hours so I was afraid it would be impossible to enjoy the time away. It was very comforting to leave her with a very good friend who I knew had much experience. I did really well and so did Nora. Hopefully this means she's ready for longer stays with the Texas relatives in the distant future, now I just have to work on getting ready for that one. :)

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For the record, I was joking by putting my hand on my hip in that picture. I mean, come on. I was being stupid which is common but b/c this picture has been blogified, I have to make sure this is known. Look at me. I'm on a balcony in the woods. I'm gonna put my hand on my hip. On a cool note, I killed a wasp with a magazine. Like, a mid air, flying right at you home run swing. Yea, that makes me much cooler. That was right after my girlish shreeks and epileptic movements to run away from the deadly wasp.