Roosie and her new friends

We recently rescued two guinea pigs (that is putting it nicely but I wont go into it, too long and complicated of a story). Their names are Darwin and Snowflake. They usually reside at school but they have gone into the witness protection program due to the fact we think they might get abducted. Yes we are talking about guinea pigs. Anyway, Roosie does not know what to do about them. Most of the time she paces around the cage whinning and wagging her tail, the other times she just sits in front of the cage whimpering. One of the funny things about the gp's is that last week we had one of them neutered. The last thing I want is tons of baby gp's running around. Snowflake had already had one litter and I would not be surprised if she was preggers before we had Darwin fixed.

The First Day of School

Walker and Ms. Susan
Quinn and Miss Liz

Today was the first day of school for the kids. Walker in 3rd with Ms.Susan and Quinn in 2nd with Miss Liz. I was only allowed to take 1 picture of each so I got one with each of their teachers. What they dont know is that tomorrow I will take more. We managed to get Quinn in a collared shirt and khakis. It will be the only day, tomorrow he is back to his usual attire. Walker of course matched perfectly but now she is too cool to say hi to me in school.

Off she goes

Erika wandered south of us. No rain as of 7:17 pm.

Wandering Erika

Tropical Storm Erika is suppose to hit us today but she has been wandering too much to make any sort of major impact. Maybe she will find herself once she passes by St. John.

Who I am by Walker

"Mom I am just like you" says Walker

"Why do you think so" I say

Walker- "Beacause of my attitude, its just like yours" " I am like daddy too but I dont know why"

"Thanks Walker" I say

How to Catch a Ray by Jay

M "What was that noise"
J "Nothing Just the soap scrubber thing falling" M closes window
M "I am going downstairs" Goes to turn off fans
M "Jay there is a rat on the counter" M stands on couch for a better look.
J goes to untensil crock and pulls out M's favorite spatula and begins the hunt for the rat. Turns on lights. Looks in sink. Turns on water. Lifts up pot in sink. Oh look there is the rat sitting on the bowl. "Oh crap"
M "I really like that spatula, its one of may favorites"
J "Do you have one that is not a favorite"
M "Not really, I only have 2"
Rat runs behind coffee maker. J uses coffe maker to crush rat.
J "What can I pick this thing up with that you dont like"
M"Here use this tong spatula thing"
J scoops up rat and puts in bag
J "Now what do I do with it" "Do you have any tuperware you dont like?"

Rat is in a plastic bag in an upside down tupperware container on my dining room table.

J" I will take it when I leave in the morning"

We are Back

We got back on Saturday from our 2+week long vaction. It was great to get off of the Island and see some family in the states. The wedding in Oregon was beautiful! We had so much fun that week with the Wicklund's seeing everything in and around Sunriver Oregon. The kids favorite part was bike riding. From there Jay came back to St.John and the kids and I went to Bloomington Indiana for a week to see Susie and Uldis. While there we had a nice visit with Grandma and Grandpa Koch. We also hit a few museums, the state fair, drive in and did some back to school shopping. Oh and we also got to celebrate Susies bday.

The kids are glad to be back and looking forward to school starting after Labor day. I have been spending most of my days up at school beginning to get ready for school to start. I have to work all next week so I am hoping to get some things done ahead of time. Jay leaves tomorrow for a meeting in Atlanta. He is going to spend a few days up there, maybe get in some golf, and hopefully bring me back some Duke's mayo.