The Buzz on BIZ

Okay, I need to gush a little. I have a new love in my life, and fortunately for Kevin, he wholeheartedly approves of my new amour. For those of you in charge of laundry duty in your household, you have likely fought a losing battle with stains. I recently thought I had lost a battle after discovering a tube of Vaseline Lip Therapy in the dryer that had polka-dotted my favorite pair of maternity pants. When my traditional tricks didn't work I suddenly remembered my dear childhood next door neighbor's response to stains, "Just throw it in the BIZ bucket." And so I did and now I'm a convert. I still use my OxyClean, but for the über tough jobs, I'll be reaching for my box of BIZ.
Thanks, Mrs. Nelson.

On another note, Kevin and Kari spent the day up in The Region with Grammy Pammy and Dale, serving as an excellent half-way point for everyone. Kari couldn't stop talking about her Grammy Pammy and was extremely well-behaved all day. Reportedly, she tore through her Red Robin cheeseburger, so we may have a slowly developing meat eater after all.

Meanwhile, Natalie, Pam (from Pharmacy school) and I were busy touring around the state on our so-called Farm Day. We were able to visit some fabulous family farms, local markets and organic farms. Probably the highlights of the day were visiting Traders Point Creamery in Zionsville, Stream Cliff Herb Farm in Comiskey and eating dinner at Zydeco's in Mooresville. Who'd have thought little Mooresville, Indiana would have such a fantastic cajun and creole restaurant?

On Sunday we were invited by one of Kevin's co-workers to spend the day up at Lake Freeman. The weather was absolutely perfect for spending time in the water. As we suspected, however, Kari wasn't too keen on lake water. Despite having the security of wearing a lifejacket, the murky water and muddy/sandy bottom was just not to her liking. She spent the majority of the day playing with the water on her own terms- in buckets and watering cans. Lunch was delicious as Kevin brought the main dish-baby back ribs- for everyone to feast on. While lunch was otherwise pretty uneventful, Kari managed to find yet another food to go with her kep-pup: strawberries. At this point we were glad we had left the camera at home. Yuck!