She's a Cruiser!

Marin got a walker about a month ago and up until now it has been a nice item for me to trip on and nothing more. We had figured that the mostly hard flooring would make it a fun way for her to get around and the one-story home eliminated any risk of stairway injuries. So we splurged at Wal-mart and got the bottom-of-line edition Tot Rider 2. After a few weeks of confused looks and attempts to jump from the seat (she has a similar toy where jumping is encouraged), Marin is cruising now. She explores the house, chases Calvin, and just about loses her mind if she gets hung up on anything. She has declared war on floor rugs (see picture above) and door stops. It's hard not to laugh when she attempts her Austin Powers-like turn around in the hallway pictured below. She loves to go, go, go. I fully expect her next move to be contacting the Mississippi DMV to get tags for her ride; consider yourself warned!

No more whining and I mean it.....................

........Does anybody wanna peanut? Happy Fat Tuesday! Here are some more pics.

70 & Sunny!

Scrap everything I wrote yesterday! Woohoo!

Marin is Tired of the Cold

This is going to be a hard sell. The geographic layout of the immediate family favors most of the northern or mountain (colder) states. I am not in the North and the highest altitude I've seen around here puts me about a mile below Park City. That's not the point. Mississippi should be warmer this time of year and I'm looking for some sympathy from the media, similar to the hourly "Upstate New York Update" or if that fails, from at least the average blog veiwer, in the form of compassionate and concerned comments.
Here's my point, these are the only days of the year that are supposed to be lovely, if not bearable, AND IT'S FREEZING! After doing absolutely no legitimate research, I've come to the conclusion that this year has been colder than usual and it's been this way for longer than usual. We really didn't get started with the cold until after Thanksgiving when some of you were hear to enjoy our comfortable November temps. Here it is mid-February and tonight is supposed to be in the 20s! If November is nice, why isn't January?
Pretty much the rest of the Cronley side is going to be colder than that tonight, yes. However, I'm going to bring this back up in August when the atomic clock runs out of digits to display the temperature and y'all are basking in the glow of a gentle afternoon sun and summer breeze.

New Pictures! (click to view)

Grandma Mac's February 2007 Visit to Mississippi