RIP Hobo

today, wow. it was one of those days where you wish you could rewind and do over. or just fast forward to get through it quicker. (warning: the following contains BAD NEWS.)

today our cat hobo died - struck by a car on good old shiawassee street. yes, it was in fact a hit and run. (SUV) major bummer. the street in front of our home is pretty busy, especially around end of work day. i was just telling joe yesterday how hobo has basically used up 7 of his 9 lives on shiawassee alone. he caused a car accident once in front of our house as some good folks dodged frantically to not run him over (true story). hobo was quite the popular neighborhood cat. everyone loved him. neighbors let him in their homes. hobo followed people (even strangers) into town. he was basically the official cat of farmington.

in case you were wondering, yes hobo was his real name. he was already named when we got him from the humane society back in 2004. he was a hobo who actually had a home. we will love and miss our little maine coon furry buddy. farmington won't be the same without you.

Thank You

Thank you to whoever send us a Meijer gift card in the mail today. You were trying to send it privately, and now we are thanking you publicly. If you read this blog, and it was you, thank you from the bottom of our heart.

Carl, Colleen, Waylen, Baby 

(aka the young and budding family)

Hair Peace, Bed Peace

ok. so colleen was in the hospital for the WHOLE weekend, being monitored. she started having pre-labor contractions last week. (not the braxton hicks kind) she is 30 weeks along. the doctors do not want the baby coming this early... so they gave her medicine to try and stop the contractions. colleen was doctor-ordered to bed rest for the next 4-7 weeks. or until the baby arrives. that means to basically stay in your bed, in case you are wondering. for some reason, it reminds me of what john and yoko did in 1969 with their whole bed-in deal. except we won't be having any reporters by our house.

in all seriousness, this will be tough for us... especially for colleen as you can imagine. if you can keep her in your prayers, that would be greatly appreciated. we are so thankful for our friends and family at this time, who have already started to come out and help. 

carl