Don't worry, our flowers are still alive

After much concern that our rose bushes were either dead or turning into another kinda of plant (the leaves were turning red like a japenese maple) we started to look around at other people's rose bushes and realized theirs looked similar. The roses were falling off and the leaves were changing color. So we felt a little better. But then other ones started blooming again, ours did not. But not to worry, this morning I went outside to find that there was a full bloom on one of our bushes and all the other ones have little buds about to open. So all is well, now we just have to remember to keep up on the watering!

Taste O' St. Louis

Tonight we had our friends over for some special tastes of St. Louis. We had some toasted ravioli, Imo's pizza, salad and some delicious gooey butter cake (I can say that because I didn't make it- a non-St. Louisian made it and did a great job!!!). We had a good time sharing the St. Louis traditions with some friends!! All I remembered to take a picture of the was the table and the prizes for the little trivia game.

Nelson's Pile of Polos

So Nelson thought it would be a "fun game" to start a pile of all his polos after he wore them to see how big the pile would get and so that he would wear them all through one time without repeating one (he didn't wear too many blue ones though because they do not match his jeans). Here is the pile from last night when he wore his last one (there were 28 of them!!).

A Port-o-Potty in our Yard

When we came home from work today there was a port o potty in our yard!! I think they are working on the streets/water, but still, did they really have to put that in our yard? And one of their pipes is in our garden. Nelson tried calling the public works but no answer, so then he tried the non-emergency number of the police department but they said call public works. So he will try again in the a.m. to get this resolved. We don't have an easement in our front yard so that property is all ours (except maybe a foot in from the street but the port o potty is clearly in our yard). One of our neighbors even came and knocked on our door to make sure we were aware of it being there. Kinda a silly question seeing how big and obvious it is. But we will see what happens with it tomorrow!

This one is dedicated to James and Steph.

Since you can't be with us to enjoy this in person, here is a little video for you-

Worlds Colliding

Coldplay meet Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero meet Coldplay. Instant friends, instant fun. That is what we happened at our house tonight after we downloaded some Coldplay songs for Guitar Hero. They only had three to download- Violet Hill, Yellow, and God Put a Smile on Your Face. All very good ones and very fun to play. In fact, Nelson and I played co-op on all three and we got a 509 note streak during one of them! It was awesome. Let's just say that we will be having lots of fun tonight!

New Cow

Ok, I didn't get a new cow but I did get a new Gateway computer that comes in a box with cow print on it! Because I am not as cool as Nelson I could not get a Mac, but I think my Gateway should suffice!

Here is the cow box


And here is me with it!