Friday, May 30, 2008

Humor in the "Burbs"

It is a normal evening, sitting on our comfy front porch with a few bottle of wine. The weather is gorgeous. The sounds of crickets and frogs create a soothing background. Kids are playing in the yards. Couples are walking the neighborhood. It is dusk, and we are beginning to see every star in the sky (a benefit of living further out). The ice cream truck is coming down the road. We can hear faint noises coming from the community pool. Yes, I know it does sound like a cookie cutter suburban evening, but what are you gonna do.
And...suddenly a golf cart comes driving down the road. Yes, you read right-a golf cart. We laugh and are a little curious as to why it is not on a golf course?! It pulls up to the tot lot next to our home and three young teen girls hop out and each take a seat on the three swings. One girl is left with the baby swing. No problem, she stands up in it to swing. They swing for a bit before they move on to the climbing wall, which they sit on for a bit. This goes on for about 10 minutes. Which is when a few young children and a few parents show up with their kids. The girls jump back in the golf cart and tear down the road.
Why is their a golf cart in a neighborhood? Do people buy them and keep them at their homes? I assume they are not exactly cheap, so I doubt I would let my 13-year old drive it around. Why was the tot lot their destination of choice? I think MItch and I both did our fair share of strange things when we were growing up. And I have been known to loiter at a tot lot or two. But, this was bizarre. Telling the the story does not do it justice, you had to be there to see the golf cart zoom down the road.
Perhaps, it was the second bottle of wine -but we found it hilarious.

In other news, in case you did not notice in an earlier blog. We changed the look of our house. Originally our porch was supposed to have railing. Well, like many new houses being constructed, sometimes things get lost in the paperwork. So, we left the railing off to see how we liked it. But, upon our one year inspection, we decided to have it added.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

College Revisited

Jennifer, Jeremy, Cat
at Jeremy's High School Graduation 2007

Our young friend, Jeremy, just completed his last exam for his first year of college. On a side note- this makes me feel really old:)

Congrats to him!


A Shot of the High School Diploma

Thursday, May 8, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITCH!!!


Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

I love you, baby! Enjoy your day!


Monday, May 5, 2008

An early Mother's Day

With Mother's day around the corner, I thought it would be nice for Mitch and I to do something nice for our mothers. Mom Zumwalt is in North Carolina now, so we have planned something special for her to arrive on Mother's Day.

Mama Milchak is off to Italy again this Spring, and leaves next week. So, I thought it would be fun to take her for a day of beauty. I made appointments at the Paul Mitchell school for this past weekend. We had a great time. The people doing your hair are students and are very attentive. They deep wash your hair, massage your head, and pay close attention to everything they are doing. Mom got a stylish do' for her trip and I changed things up a bit with some bangs. Mitch got his hair done too, just at a barber. So, Mother's Day came early for Milchak Mom.