Ok so from acting under-30 to feeling over 40 (yes, I know, all our over-40 friends are shaking their fists at me right now, damnkids, etc etc). Definitely a working weekend, between house prep for Saturday night, ensuing get-together, helping Julian and Wendy out with some work on their basement today, and doing a bunch of odd jobs around the house. Max worked all day today for SPCO, always a busy/hard event. Oh and of course the highlight (grin) of my weekend, watching the entirety of the “Barbie Mariposa” movie which is about winged Barbie fairies having moral-infused adventures. Of course there was impetus for this brain-melting affair — it was part and parcel of cuddling 4 yr old Addie so she wasn’t scared during the “scary” parts.
Dad, we have our own “landing strip” now (apparently it’s genetic) … I put in some solar lights. They worked even better when I finally found the “on” switch on 5 out of 6 of them (one came switched on already). Will be calling you to discuss retaining walls; we decided we want to get rid of our steep slope out front by digging back 3-4 feet, putting in sidewalk-level shrubs, and then building a retaining wall topped by one tier of flowerbed (Mom, that part’s where you come in, advice-wise 
. And we finally got that shelf up behind our bed that Dad made for me way back when. It looks fantastic! We now are sleeping under 4 plants, 2 of which are the ones that grow really long. Living art.
