Days with the Dorans

It turns out that I don't need a way to download my first video to illustrate one of our 'pull-overs'- Should have known there would be more opportunities to capture Al in her glory. Of course the worst of it is always BEFORE I pull over the car. These 'pull-overs' were because she wanted to go back to school to get the magazine she had left. I'm happy to say that she was true to her word and we only had to stop twice on the way home. Sorry for the bumpy video- I didn't want to turn around so remained facing forward and used my rear-view mirror to try to manage the video from my phone...

My mom got me a present today and it wasn't even my birthday! I was complaining the other day that all of our travel mugs have had coffee in them now that Jeff is working. I can't stand it because my tea has this horrible coffee after-taste. I love that she got a ceramic travel mug that will never have that awful smell/taste that gets cemented in there- but I love even more what the mug said! We have an amazing car. If there is someone whining, yelling or crying it pulls off the road and waits for the someone (AKA Ali Jane) to stop. The record, I believe is three times in the 20 minutes it takes to get home from school. I've gotten quite good at it- no emotion- just stop the car and wait. On one of our last car stops, we sat for five minutes- and I pulled out the phone and videotaped the tail end of it... Unfortunately I didn't have my photo card in my phone and don't know how to upload videos from my phone directly to my computer. (If I figure it out, I'll be...