The Easter Bunny is on his way

Having a few days off for Passover (Seth is slowly converting to Judaism), we were able to drive up to his house in NY for Easter. In college we always celebrated with my folks in NC so it was nice to come up here to try a different flavor.

Yesterday when Seth was at home working, I drove myself into town to help clean his grandparents' old house. Seth's dad and brother have been working on fixing it up for several months now so they can put it on the market. The job is nearing completion and the house looks really great--I am sure anyone would be happy to live there. It is obscene that the house will probably sell for 1/4 the price of a similar home in Waltham... makes me jealous...

This morning I went into town again and bought Seth and myself two pairs of running shoes each (Asics 2130s), on sale for about $50/pair (which is almost 50% off, so I decided to take advantage of the sale!). I also got myself 'custom' insoles to hopefully help with the shins--I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but I am extremely excited about trying them out for an early Easter run tomorrow!!

The kids (Cora and Chance) are over today--they dyed eggs and were later visited by the mysterious Uncle Louie. He lives in the basement ;o)

"Working" on the house

Dolly's morning routine (soon the cup will be tipped over, which is also a part of the routine)

Dying eggs

Searching for Uncle Louie's trail

**By the way, it has been VERY nice to practice driving Seth's manual car here in a friendly and relaxed environment the past day or two. I feel comfortable driving a tiny bit in Waltham (like down the road a few blocks to school or to the library), but I am terrified to go any farther, especially somewhere I am not extremely familiar with. The combination of poorly marked, confusing, and winding streets and aggressive drivers makes Boston area roads so intimidating that I wouldn't even want to drive an automatic transmission car. I have never seen drivers like Boston drivers before. Besides being angry and impatient I have noticed other shocking driving habits that are actually quite commonplace: they will make up their own lane to pass you; when stopped at a red light and the light turns green, the oncoming traffic will speed ahead and make their left in front of you to cut you off (they are supposed to yield, of course); they run red lights ALL the time; they are not afraid to lay on the horn if they have to wait longer than a heartbeat for you to start moving when the light turns green; they do not give pedestrians/joggers enough room in the roads; and many other unsafe behaviors. Once when I was driving behind our apartment (I was going a bit slower than the rest of traffic) I could almost hear the woman in the car behind me screaming at me. Seriously.
Since I hate driving in the Boston area (as does Seth--in fact, we hardly ever drive if we can help it) I find it hard practicing driving, but lately I have been feeling much more confident with the standard transmission. When I am not as afraid of the MA roads, it will be great to have a bit more freedom to drive myself places when Seth is not available to be my chauffeur :o)