If we haven't posted for a while, it is because our lives of late have been consumed by the search for a home to purchase.  Although we have spent years carefully watching the housing market, it is only within the last couple of months that we fully realized the house for which we have been hunting for doesn't even exist!  It is only a figment of our imaginations.  Personally, I don't think that we are asking much-only a few simple requirements:

Our mythical house:
Less than $18,000/yr in taxes
At least 2500 square feet
A one-hour commute or less
Good schools
Not in need of major renovations.

So, something has to give.  Any guesses?

As for what you really wanted to hear about:

Mae is great, except when she's not.  And then she is really not.  However, her "not great" spells happen mostly during the day.  So, at least we are getting a reasonable amount of sleep at night.

The spot where drew cut his forehead seems to be magnetized to the ground, and he has a recurring goose-egg in the exact place where his head was stitched up. Bruise from last week's mishap.