Thanks for the encouragement. It's been a busy week. We sold the old car, shared a cold, almost witnessed a robbery, and picked paint colors for the nursery (I think), on top of all the normal life busyness. So, by 8 pm (my blogging hour), I have been on the couch every night. Anyway, all is well.

Maybe almost witnessing a robbery is a story worth telling? How about my neighbor walked into her house on Wednesday late in the afternoon to find a guy CARRYING her washing machine out her back door. By himself. After he has pulled the entire thing - including the copper pipe - out of the wall. Paula, my neighbor, says, "Who are YOU?" to which the robber replied, "Mike."

So Paula calls 911, because Mike is taking her stuff, and - are you ready for this? - 911 PUT HER ON HOLD. That's when we drove up, and heard yelling in the back yard. I took Asher inside and Brian went around to see what was going on. Paula is trying to save her possessions while ON HOLD with 911, so she calls out, "Brian, call the police!" Brian had the magic voice, apparently, because when he called the yard was surrounded by squad cars within a minute. Mike, of course, had already left. He dropped the washing machine and ran out the front door, into the sunshine.

Does anyone else find this story absurd? On so many levels - how ya gonna pull a washing machine out of a wall and carry it out single-handedly? For that matter, how ya gonna call 911 and be put on hold? The whole thing was like a scene from a sitcom. For me, anyway, because nobody was trying to steal my washing machine. He also stole her television and end tables (end tables?), and trashed her house. Look out for Mike, everyone.

So that's it. That was the highlight of our week. Otherwise, it's been runny noses and car stuff all week.

Have a good weekend.