The bite that bugs me

Or....the bug that bit me? Hi everyone, as you can see lately something is attempting to eat me alive. Some of you may remember this happened last year....I had one or two bites from what I thought was some random 'Arizona Bug'. I then later found a spider in my office which I smashed...and killed. I felt victorious and my battle with AZ vermin had been completed. Or so I thought. As of Thursday the 12th of June I had zero bites and was oblivious to any office companions. By the time I got home Friday (note Fri. the 13th, how did I not expect something?) I had 8 bites. The general consensus is that they are from another spider. Jon remains bite free, although this year one of my coworkers also has bites. SO either last years smashing not quite as successful as I thought and lone spider has been lying in wait or he had some friends who wanted revenge. So I now have a series of itching, growing, hard, red bites. I also am armed with a large can of spider killer which will be used in my office ASAP.

On a lighter note no bugs in our new garden and despite it being 108 deg. the plants are doing fairly well. This is great news along with the news that monsoon should start early this year. The 'rules' for official monsoon season are that the dew point must be 55 or more. Several days ago it was again over 100 deg and the dewpoint was 29...life seemed hopeless. HOWEVER, today the dewpoint is 45! This means our plants have a good chance because the warmest part of the year is almost over. It also hopefully means that spiders everywhere will go back outside.

SO all in all some good news from our neck of the woods today. Although if you know something better than benadryl and calamine...let me know.

Brian Photos (because no one else is!)

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post (as usual) to attempt more frequent postings (as usual, I know). I was going to write a nice little blog about my new flower garden. It's not a great achievement but having time for something like flowers is a big deal when you're me. BUT Jon posted a picture already so I decided to put some up of Brian. I know everyone is thinking, 'thats not your kid' and 'I wanted to do that' but lets face it Paul is ~5 months behind on this and the kid is growing like a weed. In fact I am sure if P or C sees this they will remark that Brian doesn't even look like that anymore. They will probably say things like 'he outgrew that outfit 3 wks ago'. Nevertheless I decided that those of you in blog land deserve an update on this. After all the other day I asked Paul if Brian can eat cherrios and he told me Brian eats everything. Yes, that's right folks he eats all real food and thinks cherrios are boring. (you are amazed I know, I told you he was growing).

SO finally here are the latest pictures in my possesion. Love to all from Brian's favorite Auntie.