Our first birthday without McKenzie

McKenzie Memorial Stone

In yesterday's blog, I posted pictures of some of my mommy's stained glass projects. Today she got to unmold her very first stepping stone. It's a memorial to my brother McKenzie. She used all green glass, to mimic the grass that McKenzie loved to roll in, and took a favorite picture of him laying in the grass and sandwiched it between a clear sheet of glass and more green glass. Mommy's going to put it in the garden where he liked to lay, right under the bird feeder. She put it there for a test run. She still has to put the sealer on it before she can put it in the garden permanently where she'll level and put it down securely in the barkdust.

The Full Monty

Millie has suggested that we adopt the term "full Monty" for this pose in a nod to Monty Q. We think it's a great idea. While I don't like to lay that way, Mommy found this picture of McKenzie who loved to lay in the grass in the backyard of our old house that way. This one isn't quite a full Monty but she loves it too!

Mommy printed the first picture for a special project she's working on. It took a long time to get it printed because she found out that her printer isn't compatible with Vista because they don't make a Vista driver for it. So she was going to have to buy a whole new printer. Fortunately, Grandma had an extra printer and it was Vista compatible so all Mommy had to buy was a couple of new ink cartridges. Thanks Grandma! Stupid Vista and Lexmark. Mommy told me to tell all you out there to make sure that your equipment is Vista compatible before you think about upgrading to Vista. She didn't have a choice when she bought the new computer but wishes that she did.