Garden spider and other stuff

So, the girls have discovered a garden spider in, who would've guessed, the rose garden. Anyway, we went scouting for stink bugs to catch to throw in its web, and found a nice big one. It was fascinating to watch the spider spin it and wrap its thread around the bug -- we'll check back tomorrow morning to see if it looks like it's been sucked dry. Gross, I know.

Last Saturday we spent the day on the Rim with the rest of my family who were camping for the weekend there. My camera battery was dead, so I didn't take any pictures, though. But it was fun hanging out with the fam -- I got to play some games: Pinochle, Settler's, and Clue. The kids had a good time, except for the part where a Great Dane wandered into our campsite. I was sitting in a folding chair eating dinner when the girls started screaming hysterically; of course it was a dog. Kate took off for the car; Brynna was standing next to me screaming; I turn my head and I'm face to face with a dog who's almost taller than my own head. (I had seen it earler at the adjacent campsite, so I wasn't too surprised). He wanted to sniff my food, and was reluctant to leave. His owner finally came for him, though. And then Kate thought it was so funny (later) that I turned my head and there was a dog I could look right into the eyes. She just kept giggling about it.

So, I've spent the last 2 days updating my playlist. I discovered in an old journal that I had made a list of all the tapes I owned, plus all the songs from mixes I had made or had. Boy, did that bring back memories -- and yes, I'm someone who likes to make lists and I guess I had nothing better to do back then than write down all the music I owned... (The journal was from late 80's, early 90's, by the way). Anyway, as you can probably see where this is going -- I looked up a lot of the songs and added them to the existing playlist located at the bottom of this blog. It's rather long, but might be a kick to scroll through and hear some old stuff -- especially you, Lo.

So I have to put at least one picture in, right? Brynna took this picture the other day of me with Kira & Lissy.