dishwasher we have

and a smart teenager too

please, make it make sense

I don’t always appreciate the fact that these two lose their minds whenever someone approaches that door, but I did this morning.

The next five or six seconds was a chaotic chorus of balloon firing and dogs barking, while I looked around, only to realize my phone was still in the house. Not for photos or video, but to call 911, as I was sure these poor souls were about to be hanging in the trees of our backyard. And obviously there was going to be a fire and I don’t know how quickly those spread, but OMG, I need to get everyone out of the house, and Sydney is still sleeping.

the snart, the snartist

And that’s how I knew that she was utterly miserable.

Sidelined.