jenny lilac

We are having car trouble. Two weeks ago our "good" car starting belching white smoke whenever we started it or drove any distance. Our friend Wolfgang advised us not to drive it until we could get it looked at, and a mechanic we trust told us it sounded like a costly repair. Because summer is our very lean time, we decided to try to make the most of our older car and drive it exclusively. On my way to visit a cousin, my older car stalled and wouldn't start again. We begged the mechanic to do whatever it took just to get it on the road, so that Ethan would be able to go back to his job full time next week. Fortunately for us, they did it quickly and not too expensively, so we were back on the road again in a day and a half. Thank goodness!! Hopefully within a few weeks we'll be able to get the other car back on the road too.

I had Stephanie over to scrapbook yesterday. I hadn't seen her in a long time and it was so nice to spend an afternoon scrapping together. She has a very distinctive style and I love her pages. Esme was happy to see her too, and spent a fair amount of time with us.