2nd time around

I finally got the blog to post a picture and will now rewrite what I wrote this morning. When I hit publish it all disappeared.

Jakie posed these pics too - with grudging cooperation from his sibling Tessa. Notice the hair. He wanted to look like Daddy. Fortunately Heidi caught him at it before he shaved himself completely..... See the lighter spot on top? It was a bit of a shock seeing him in this haircut the first time - but he's cute, huh?

In case you were wishing you were with those lucky dogs in Pt L during this heat wave: It is 4:48pm and 87 degrees in the kitchen. It was 75 at 6am this morning - warmer still in our bedrooms. We leave all the windows open and the front door (with security screen locked) at night and still it doesn't cool down. The humidity was 78% yesterday. The bathroom smells like a locker room at a swim pool after a shower. We try to sleep with the lovely sound of traffic rushing by and planes taking off. I am so exhausted and want sleep! And we are probably better off than a lot of people! Gigi was so hot & sweaty yesterday she drank the 1/2 bottle of prune juice I had left sitting in the fridge after I finished the Vicodin. She had an interesting afternoon! She was relieved when I got home & explained she didn't have the flu. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

Our house has not finaled yet. A few little bugs that were fixed, but our contractor discovered the person in the health dept that inspects and issues the certification for the sewage/septic has let the paperwork sit on his desk for 3 months. He'll try and pry that loose and hopefully Monday will see the papers signed.