This is on my friend Brandee's blog...

so I went to check it out and promptly dropped 30 bucks on funny things....check it out...its possible only women will find it amusing...

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Jen and I went to Dancing with the Stars and all we got was....

To paw at Joey McIntyre! See? We also saw Joey Fatone walking through the shops at the casino with his wife, and I was going to try to convince you that we talked to him, but I have no proof (and truthfully we were so starstruck that we couldn't move).

Oh yeah, and the show was fantastic. I would go back tonight if I could. And I am desperate to take a ballroom class, but only if I can be promised that I will turn out as good as Cheryl Burke. In like a minute.

More big news for Avery!

Today we went to Shriners Hospital for a 2 year follow up appointment...and great news! Avery's hip is 100% healed and she doesn't have to return for checkups any longer. I cannot stress enough about what a fantastic organization Shriners is...I wish we had extra money lying around, because I would give them all I had. We were lucky-just a "little" hip problem...there are kids there with much bigger issues and families with much more to worry about than we had...

Spoiler alert...sort of

To tell you this story, I first have to admit something I am not proud of. I am sitting here watching the 4th of July Nathan's of Coney Island hot dog eating contest. There. I said it. Now I can tell you the story.

ESPN was showing the contestants walking in and this one guy was carrying a sign that said "On the 7th day God created Hartford" Those of you who have been to Hartford know how funny this is. But here is the thing that made me mad...as he was walking, he flipped his sign over and gave a possible Harry Potter spoiler. He indicated which character dies in the new book. Now, I am not going to tell you (unless you ask me, I guess), and of course I can't know if its true until I read the book in a couple weeks..but WHAT A JERK. I hope he chokes on a hot dog. Ok, I don't really, but that was a loser move.

Avery has big news!

Her first baby tooth lost! It has been loose for awhile now, and you can see that the big tooth grew in behind it...she must have felt empowered by the 4th of July parade...she came home and told Dan to pull it. She was shockingly brave-maybe it was because it was on her own terms...

She is eating a freeze pop and recovering nicely.

Happy Fourth of July (one day early)

For the patriotic fool like me, its a great day. And where we live right now, we can walk to the East Longmeadow Fourth of July parade. As small town parades go, its a pretty good one.

Just got back from the parade...here is a cool picture of the kids....

So I am on vacation right now...

And I have gotten sucked up into the HBO series Big Love. We don't have HBO but I have been wanting to rent it...just finished the first 5 episodes. It is about a Mormon family practicing polygamy...sort of a normal family, you know, except for the 3 wives and all....but then they also talk about the fundamentalist sect of the church. IT IS RIVETING. I am on my way out to rent the next few episodes.