Goooooo Logan and Jody!

They both finished!  Pretty good, eh?  Congratulations for finishing the 2500th marathon!  Now you can enjoy the sights (assuming you both can walk).

• Here is the Athens Classic Marathon Web site!
• Check the results!  (Jody's bib # is 13191; Logan's is 13223.)  

Close approximation of Jody running

Close approximation of Logan running

Run well, lad and lassie!

He's back (but then he left again) but he'll be back tomorrow

Bob just returned from visiting the TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ON THE PLANET.  (Chris didn't get home from school until Bob left to visit his sister Janis.)  The first girl is the little one named Riley, who seemed to warm right up to Bob, despite his deep voice.

Second is the big one, named Lindy, who is holding the shy (at first) little one.

Riley and Lindy were photogenic as usual.  When I think "happy child," I think "Riley."  Look at her!

But I have to confess I was a little taken aback by the baby CamelBak (or is that a bong?).  They sure have invented a bunch of new stuff for babies since I was a young mom.  Lindy, can you 'splain it to me?

I love the orange/red color combination in this picture.  It's very becoming. And who wouldn't be happy when chewing on a plastic lid?

I think Bob tried to talk Rick into coming home with him, and it almost worked.  So close!

I wish I coulda been there!  I'm sure glad my better half was able to visit and take a lot of really cute pictures.

Special teaser:  The bathroom remodeling is finally done.  Stay tuned for photos.

Nous allons a la France!

For our MBA trip in May we will be visiting Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Toulouse and PARIS!  We're going to be taking the TGV (high speed train) all over the country and we're starting to set up our business visits now.  We had so many students sign up for the France trip we had to offer a second section (which, thankfully, two other faculty members are going to lead).  It is going to be a fantastic trip!

We leave April 22, and return May 2.  We're pretty excited...

Not much progress, but cat hatches rock

Today I'd hoped to post pictures of our finished bathroom, but NO.  Why is it that at the beginning of a remodeling project contractors are practically giddy about tearing the house apart, but at the end, they can't seem to find time to put it all back together?  There must be some kind of natural law about that.

And so, I am here today to report that our house still looks like this.  (Note that the photo below looks  a lot like the photo at the bottom of this post from September 21st, except now our house is even dustier.  We haven't cleaned the house in three weeks.  What's the point?)

The good news is that Lindy's old room looks like this (although you can't see all the junk from the bathroom that's still piled up on the west side of the room):

But the bathroom looks like this (a big improvement, I'm sure you'll agree, and having the toilet finally re-installed is BIG, but the tub grouting, final coat of varnish for the door and floors, and a bunch of other little things still need to be done):

Sigh.  I just want to be able to get up in the morning and walk around the house in my robe without running into a guy I've never met before.  Is that so wrong?

In more interesting news, I looked out the window this morning and noticed our friendly neighborhood cat hatching a rock!

Maybe when it's born, it'll be a cat made of stone.

P.S.  Check out Saussie.com  if you haven't visited a few days.

Bye bye, Oscar

Oscar is going home with Devon tonight, sniff, sniff.  I was hoping she and Chris would decide they had one too many animals and agree to give him to me, but alas, they love him too.

Dang.

The color of mintiness

The first coat of paint is on the bathroom walls, and it looks minty!

And this morning, the floor guy put the first coat of varnish on our brand new wood floors.  The wall color looks a little weird in the shot below, but I think it's because of the bright sunlight.  The paint actually is a pleasant, limey green, rather than a puke green, as the photo might suggest.

Devon is visiting Chris in Connecticut this weekend, so we are bonding with  Oscar (Chris's Oscar), who is staying in Bob's office!  He is a fabulous cat, and I have offered to adopt him if Chris and Devon's dogs get to be too much for him.  Oscar is the embodiment of cuteness.  (Look at the little black spot on his nose.  Plus, he talks.)

And now, back to grading!