Monday, October 06, 2008

Raph's To-Do List

I'm headed to California tomorrow morning before the crack of dawn for training for work and to see my sister and the rest of the fam. I left the following to do list for Raph. I thought it would be helpful to post it here in case he loses it. It is a pretty reasonable list of things to accomplish with no baby around. I'd be able to get it all done if it was me.

1. Clean entire house.
2. Install wood stove
3. Put walkway down (happy birthday)
4. Move and finish vegetable stand
5. Put up greenhouse
6. Check tomatoes (inside and out)
7. Water plants
8. Install new windows
9. Put on 2nd story addition
10. Get rocks from Tim's house for new garden beds.
11. Put in new garden beds.
12. Weed whack
13. Take care of dehydrated tomatoes.
14. Call your wife every day
15. Change brakes and rotors on the Jeep

Bagels and Bert Southwick's

First off, I'd like to pay tribute to Ann's homemade bagels. Homemade bagels are the new cobbler in case you wanted to know. I seriously cannot get enough of the homemade straight out of the oven bagels. I ate three for breakfast (the third I sort of shared with Makili - this was my excuse any way.) Obviously, I had to run extra to cancel that out. Anyway, they are completely heavenly or sinful, I'm not sure which.Also, Ann and Larry took us to the best kept secret this side of the Rockies - Bert Southwick's farm. This guy has been farming for his entire life. He is old, like missing lots of teeth, jacket full of holes old, but totally with it. Except that he apparently missed out on the price increases of the last half century because we bought 10 squash (big honking pumkins, blue hubbards twice the size of my head, etc.) and 40 pounds of potatoes for $20. Yeah $20 for everything! That is unbelievable. And the guy was so nice, showing us the abandoned wasp nests that he sort of collects. Coolest old farmer dude ever I think.



Monkey on My Back

A few quick cute shots of Makili and Kane, Kane and Ann, and Makili with a monkey on his back, a gift from Aunt Bunny and Uncle George. Makili really wasn't sure what to make of it.