Forcing Family Fun

Believe it or not our kids are not always perfect angels like the ones you see here on my blog.

They can get cranky, ornary, and just plain stubborn when the mood strikes them. Even on Vacation- much to our dismay.

Hence these pictures:













Although very frustrating while we were dealing with it at the time, it's kind of funny to see them all lumped together. Like a Gag reel of our vacation. :)

Who said online shopping is evil???

I was looking for a CD of the weepies first Album Hapiness (see my biking video- the title track is from that album) I went to my usual first stop, Amazon. I could not believe the prices they wanted, so I tried half.com & ebay. Same thing. Ebay was the worst the starting bid was $70 for this CD!

So I googled the album name to find out why it was so expensive and I found this website called CD baby and they're price was $11.98. Sold. I bought it and was keeping my fingers crossed that I didn't just get swindled in some internet scam and my credit card would be maxed out by the end of the day.

I got an order confirmation and was a little worried when 7 days later I still had not receieved word that they had shipped my cd. ( and I will confess I checked my account balance on the credit card several times to make sure all was well in our account!)

However on Day 8, CD baby redeemed themselves in my eyes. Just read this email they sent to me:

Jennifer-

Thanks for your order with CD Baby!
USPS TRACKING NUMBER:



Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, July 16, 2009.
We hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. In commemoration, we have placed your picture on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sigh...
We miss you already. We'll be right http://cdbaby.com/, patiently awaiting your return.
--
CD Baby
The little store with the best new independent music.
http://cdbaby.com cdbaby@cdbaby.com (503)595-3000

I have to wonder how many people just glance at this email, see the tracking number and move right on missing the greatest shipping confirmation email they ever got.

Rock on CD baby! Rock on!

Our vaction Video (finally)

After wrestling with these videos for over a month now, I finally got it done this afternoon.

Email people must visit the blog to see it. :)

Hapiness is riding on the Creeper Trail

I took most of these pictures while riding on the trail and so I apologize for the bump or two that you'll see. :)

We loved this so much that we decided to do it again. Jim and I are going away for our anniversary in September and although we won't be going to VA, we found a place in the Poconos that has a similar trail along the Lehigh Gorge and we'll be riding that. :)