My "Office"

Here is a picture of my "office". Yes, I'm still working in the kitchen. We have someone building some shelving and work spaces for the office and until that is done, this is where I work. The person we hired was supposed to install last weekend but that didn't work out so is supposed to be here this weekend. It's actually a nice workspace as it's open to the rest of the house but I am really looking forward to having the kitchen be a kitchen and not always have a computer and work stuff all over. My phone sits on the counter next to the computer and the cords hang across the walkway between that counter and the refrigerator. It's an accident waiting to happen! I tripped once or twice stepping over the cords but I am usually very careful. At the end of the day, I usually move the phone and headset etc over to the other counter so it's not a hazard!! So, when you people at work call me, this is where I am!! More pics to come......

Fun! Fun! Fun!

I just went to get the "boring mail" and take the garbage out, blah, blah, blah. I came back in to go through the boring mail and it wasn't so boring today! What's that in that orange envelope? I had not one but TWO halloween cards! How fun is that?!! Thank you, thank you for the halloween fun. What a surprise - I love it!!
I took pictures over the weekend to post since many have asked for pictures. I'll get them up soon, I promise!
Yesterday, we went to a birds of the night presentation at a local park and I learned that the nighttime birds I keep seeing are most likely a sort of nighthawk. We also got to see the release of a great horned owl. It was really cool. We were up high on a hill and they opened the crate and the owl hesitated a moment and then he took off and flew down, down, down the hill off into nature where he was meant to be.

It's Tuesday

Yep, nothing special - just Tuesday. I just went to get the mail and don't you always go to the mailbox with a sense of anticipation. I wonder what will be there you think to yourself. But there's nothing exciting in the mail. Realy, hardly ever is it fun. It's junk or bills. I want some fun mail!
Ok, gotta go now. We are supposed to have "pool school" tonight. The guy from the pool company comes out and teaches us how to take care of it etc. He isn't here yet but should be any minute.

Batty Birds

I posted about the wildlife a few posts ago and how I love to watch the bats fly around at night. After watching them closer, I don't think they are bats. They are too bird like. I'm trying to figure out what they are and am not very successful. Nighthawks maybe? Don't know. This is probably not terribly interesting to y'all but it's what's on my mind. I've been searching the internet trying to identify the birds/bats. It's hard because they are always flying. The pictures on the internet are always of birds sitting still. If any of you are bird people, let me know what they might be!

Splash!

We took a swim in the pool for the first time tonight - woo hoo! We were so excited to FINALLY get to go swimming. It was pretty cold but we got in and once we were used to it, it wasn't so bad. We swam around for 30 minutes or so. The heater should be hooked up in the next few days which will make it nicer soon. We took pictures but they are all stupid so I need to take some more and will post one soon, I promise!

I Love This Song!!!

Have y'all heard the new CD from Queen Latifah? She has done a cover of the old Phoebe Snow song from the 70's "Poetry Man", remember that song? I first heard it on our local smooth jazz station and LOVED it. If you haven't heard it, go to the internet and find it and listen to it. Let me know what you think! I just bought the CD today and have listened to about half of it and am really liking it. I want to go get a martini, turn that CD on and mellow out.......

Resolution

If you read the long previous post about the pool issues, I think we have at long last come to a resolution. "They" were out today and are going to put a thin travertine tile on the patio. There will be a small gap between the patio and the travertine decking that will have crushed rock for water drainage. I think it will be fine and I'm very happy to finally have a resolution. We've been back and forth with them and escalating to the next higher levels for several weeks. They are also going to pay for it which is great. They also said we would be swimming by this weekend! Woo Hoo - Finally!!!