Friday, August 03, 2007

Augustus

August is upon us - the month of celebrations! Birthdays for cousin Wesley, mom, dad-in-law, baby to-be-named-later, and me. Also mom and dad anniversary and David and Laurie anniversary.

We have had a busy couple of weeks:

Ashland is sold, the closing was last week.

Joni's grandmother has passed, the funeral was last week.

I got my first [temporary] crown, also last week.

Brian came for a visit and we saw the Moody Blues in concert on Monday night.

We had a wrap-up meeting with contractors regarding the kitchen Wednesday night.

We are starting house preparations for the new baby. Joni and Jim picked up the Combi double stroller, a new car seat, 2 car seat bases, and a frame thingy that is a light-weight stroller meant to carry the baby seat.



Double Stroller

Frame Thingy

This weekend we continue baby prep. The bassinet will be re-assembled, the crib will be re-assembled, the diaper station will return, and the car seat bases will be installed.

I am sure we have some shopping to do too. I know we need some small baby bottles. And a new breast pump.


Heavy Duty Breast Pump

The Moody Blues concert was awesome. Brian and I agreed that of the 6 or 8 we have seen, this was the best. The venue is very nice (formerly the Harbor Lights Pavilion, now called the Mega-Bank-Conglomerate Pavilion). The set list was great, with a few surprises. Here is a good review of the concert.

The highlight was Graeme Edge's energetic "Higher and Higher" with multi-media images of NASA control rooms, Saturn 5 rockets, and psychedelic flower patterns on the giant screen. They also featured a lot of old band photos, since this is their 40th anniversary tour, showing the long hair, grand side burns, and Carnaby Street fashions of the late 60's.

Speaking of late 60's, that seemed to be the median age of the crowd!



Ray Thomas has retired from the band and the replacement was a woman who played flute better than Ray. And acoustic guitar. They used this new strength to feature some of their more melodic songs that emphasize flute.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, that looks like one of those combo liposuction/breast pumps - Good idea!

Anonymous said...

Oh, I thought it was a heavy-duty air compressor you were picking up from Home Depot...