She arrived May 26, 2009 at 1:16pm looking about 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 20 inches long. Everybody is healthy and happy. We are home and are settling into a routine. Edith sleeps when she's not eating and so far has had no complaints which has allowed us all to get a decent amount of sleep ourselves.
Check out these albums:
Hanging With Asa at Daddy's soccer game
12 Misty Lane to see Asa's new "Big Boy Bed"
We now have Phase I of our concrete countertops, but it only highlights everything else that needs to be done in the kitchen..... thus the close-ups. There are a couple more images in the "Misty Lane" album.
I just watched Kentucky lose to South Carolina and keep Spurrier's (USC coach) unbeaten streak alive against us. We have the best defensive line I can ever remember having at UK this year and no offense. In all of the years that we have been struggling, we at least seem to show up and put points on the scoreboard. Not this year. The remainder of the season is not looking good with Tennessee being our best chance at another win.
On the other hand, Annie just walked through the door with a bag of local apples saying it's time to make the first of her exquisite apple pies of the season.
That's what I'm sayin'.
Rick Johnson is one of a handful of good folks that I often run into when visiting Bath County. He is full of old sayings, country jokes and common sense anecdotes. He's got a certain zen quality to both his actions and his words. I'm convinced he could build a house with one hand tied behind his back smiling and whistling all of the while. There is a lot of agreement among friends up in Bath County, but no one expresses it quite like Rick when he utters the phrase, "That's what I'm saying" with an emphasis on I'm and a silent g on saying. When you hear that, you know you've stated the obvious or hit the old proverbial nail on the head.
That's the birth of this new feature on Backforty. Like most people (who don't have a blog), I find it much easier to point out when someone else has nailed it than I do crafting my own righteous points-of-view. So I will try to point you in the direction of those who say it best whenever I come across them. With all of that said, this may not be the finest example of such a point-of-view, but when I read it, I immediately found myself thinking, "that's what I'm sayin".
From today's Asheville Citizen-Times opinion section
Pigs don't deserve the reputation they've gotten
• published October 8, 2008 7:31 am
But what animal doesn't? Like so many animals in the world, pigs are terribly exploited. They are mistreated, neglected, undervalued and misunderstood. The least we can do is apply non-pig names to habits and traits viewed in our society as reprehensible or unethical.
It is time to take back the good name of the pig.
B.D. Howell, Asheville
We waited and waited and were afraid it would turn our little baby into a little boy and we finally did it to keep others from thinking he was a little girl. Over the summer his hair just got yellower and yellower and it was hard to imagine cutting his precious goldie locks. On Saturday, his big cousin Miles showed him the ropes. They both got their hair cut and suckers. It didn't change him into a little boy but I would suggest taking a look at the pictures over in "The Latest From Asa" picture album to get used to it. I would say that although he may not look quite as wild, looks can be decieving.
Stats from Labor Day Weekend
Number of Attendees: 55 (never all there at the same time)
Kids: 16
Dogs: 6
Pounds of Bacon consumed: 6 (quite quickly I might add)
Beers consumed: ??? ( too hard to estimate)
Games of Bocci played: 1/8 (foiled by two adorable toddlers who thought the big balls were really fun to throw)
Gold Medals awarded in the First Annual Flat Bottom 5K: 2
Number of Participants in the First Annual Flat Bottom 5K: 2
Babies in attendance who could easily flat out win a Cute Baby Contest: 4 ( don't hate them 'cause they're beautiful)
Cutting-edge acts of performance art enacted by kids: 1
Jams: 1 continuous one that began Sunday afternoon and lasted through the wee hours of Monday morning.
Artists covered in said jam: Various old-timers, John Cougar Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, ...
Pizzas made from scratch assembly-line style: 9
Number of milks used in Terry's outstanding Tres Leches cake: Uh...tres.
Major Injuries: 0 (unless you count matching mother-baby forehead pump knots earned by opening the car door into yourself and falling in the clawfoot tub respectively)
Stories told for a laugh at the expense of the narrator: Too many to count (the most notable I heard though, was Carmen admitting to late night "Carmenting")
Stories told for a laugh at the expense of others not there to defend themselves: none, don't worry.
Number of people "fixed" (and I don't mean neutered): 1? (hopefully?)
Collective calories burned just from laughing: gazillions, I'm sure.
Days 'til next year: 357 and counting...
Please, feel free to add your own stats...
