Bits and Pieces

• There is a bonus to our "redneck baby gate" ; ie: the board across the end of the walkway on our front deck that keeps Sophia from running into the driveway. When the Jehovah's Witnesses came by yesterday, they couldn't figure out how to get to our door to ring the doorbell. They didn't know if they could move the board across the bottom of our deck and go through, or if they should go through the door in the garage, which they were too polite to do anyway. At least four of my kids were playing Clue at the dining room table and they all got up and went to the window to watch!
• Sophia, who had seen Riley right before she went to bed last night, stood at the top of the stairs first thing this morning and yelled, "RiRi Jo! Miss you!"
• I am so glad the sheet rock part of our bathroom project is done because I'm tired of a coat of dust over everything in our house.
• We've been grilling so much Steve's mom felt sorry for us and took Steve to find a new heating element for his grill last night. I guess there will be even more grilling in our future!
• Riley, while being agravated by his (biological) little brother this morning: "Why did you even adopt this loser!?" 

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