Continued Preparations

Some days things don't work out as they should. On Thursday, Vanessa and I went shopping to get things for the house, Jonah, and our cats. Addyson needed a new scratching post, so we went to Petco. Unfortunately, they were out of her favorite kind of post, so we came away empty handed. Then, we went to Lowes to get new blinds for Jonah's room. They had plenty in stock in all sizes, except the size we needed. The nice worker there set up a transfer from another store, so they should be in by Wednesday. While at Lowes, we also wanted to pick up some planter boxes for our deck. As you may have guessed, they did not have the boxes we needed. Vanessa and I then drove across town to Menard's and they had planter boxes, but not the size we wanted. At this point, we settled and got a smaller size than we've used in the past.

In the end, I guess it wasn't that bad of a day. We didn't get everything we wanted, but we were able to plant flowers for our back deck. Unfortunately for our plants, we had a hail storm the next day. Flowers and hail don't mix. Hopefully they will recover and their peddles will grow back.

We are continuing to prepare our house (and lives) for Jonah's arrival. We haven't taken any pictures of his room yet as it is still in disarray (we'll post pictures soon). In an attempt to tide you over, I'll share one of my favorite pictures of Chloe. I like this picture for a number of reasons. First, Chloe doesn't like cameras and will often run away when I try to photograph her. Second, she was sitting at exactly the right place (in the middle of the sliding glass door) at exactly the right time (late in the afternoon so she had a long shadow). Third, it reminds me of Batman.