The rocket party went well despite the fact that Stephen bought engines that were too powerful and the parachute strings burnt and the plastic parachutes melted. But Jax had a great time.

Stephen has been working crazy hours lately because the Evil Empire is previewing Longhorn this week. Stephen needs to be handy to listen to feed back on their work (making certain aspects of the product user-friendly.

I paid bills today (boo) but managed to pay off my birthday present, my Vegas trip and the friggin car repair (CHANGE YOUR OIL REGULARLY!) without touching our income tax return. Can't say that our savings is intact though (and thank God the bathroom came in under budget).

Shoot! Just realized that I forget to send DeniSe a b-day present. Off to browse Amazon.com.