On Wednesday, Britta and I went to the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis. We had some fun. It was cold. Here are the pictures. The end.

What I'm grateful for (cheese-y)

You help to make life fun and exciting.
Knowing that your compliments and expressions of love are sincere fills me with happiness.
Britta, you are what I am most grateful for. You are the greatest part of me. All that I do is for you and our future together.
I trust you.
I believe in you.
I love you.

Impetus

im⋅pe⋅tus [im-pi-tuh s]
–noun, plural -tus⋅es.
1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
2. (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, esp. with reference to the cause of motion.

Have you ever been involved in a conversation and a word pops out of your mouth that fits perfectly into what you're trying to say, and it's a cool word that you don't remember ever using before? That happened to me today. I feel cool cause I used the word 'impetus' and it was just what I meant to say.

(This makes me especially happy considering my speak impediment.)

The neighbor's dog

Snicker's story is like a lot of pet stories. Teenage daughter buys puppy and loves it and babys it for a few months. Teenage daughter gets busy with other things and dog gets chained outside. Teenage daughter moves away to go to school and can't take puppy. Single mother of teenage daughter doesn't have time and doesn't want puppy so puppy gets neglected and stays chained outside every day.

The single mother came over yesterday and offered us Snickers. She told us to think about it and get back to her. What do you think?

The Birthday Boy

Scott's birthday was yesterday. Within a few minutes of waking up he wanted to open his presents... I love that he's still just a big kid sometimes. Especially because that means I can get him gifts like a big green bouncy ball and he will get excited about it. In fact, when he saw it in the wraping paper (rolled in paper with two sides twisted like a big piece of candy), the first thing he did with it was throw it against the wall to see if it would bounce! He had guessed what it was (it was pretty obvious), but his reaction made me laugh.

Here he is with all his gifts yesterday morning. His hair isn't done, but he was excited to get dressed so he could show off the shirt he got from his parents.

Blogworthy

Just a month after "$3.09 feels nice," gas prices yesterday.