Good Morning Sunshine!

I am privilaged to be able to work from home two days a week. Recently I have actually been able to work from our soon to be new home at the property. We are living in the camper right now when I'm down here so it's a little cramped but we don't mind too much. We obviously are looking forward to the day that we can move in to the "barn" and have a big kitchen to cook in! Cooking on a two burner stove and having a tiny fridge is challenging!

Today I woke before the sun from a sound rain induced sleep and as usual really wanted to just crawl back into bed. But the thing is working from here I get to sit in front of a window and watch the world wake. The cows across the road moo softly in the mornings. The birds wake slowly and the crickets go to sleep.

It's quiet up here at my table that I use as a desk for now. The space heater hums softly and the table lamp I use for light is one that my mother had in her house for ages. I kinda like this now that I'm up. I can hardly wait till it's all done but it's coming along and soon, soon we will live here.

(Sorry no pics. Most of the work going on right now is kinda behind the scenes - wiring, plumbing, insulation. We will hopfully get the insulation done this week so that we can get the furnace fired up before it gets too cold to stay in the camper.)

I got hitched!

Just a quick note to let you all know that I got married August 9th. I don't have my pictures back yet but here are a few that some of my friends took:





Once I get the rest of them, I'll post them here.

The mind is always the first to go!

I take pictures all the time thinking... I need to put this is a post, and then I forget all about the posting part! So, here are a bunch of pics that I have acquired for posting but never gotten around to it:

Erik and I at a St. Louis Cardinals game this spring


Bill and I


Aubri's graduation





Henna from Pagan Picnic


Our campsite at PSG


Bill and I at Picnic


Bill and I at PSG


Marble Creek



Aubri and Monster


Erik being all proffesional!


Austen's 24th Birthday!

Out of touch but not out of mind.

I may be limited in my on-line time for the next 2 weeks.  We are leaving tomorrow for some friends house then on to our annual camping vacation.  I'm not sure if I'll have cell signal so if you don't hear from me for a while - I'm just out of signal range.  And dancing under the moon!

Memorial Day Weekend

In the grand sceme of things 'I' didn't do much this weekend but Bill certainly did! On Sunday he washed, waxed and cleaned the inside of Aubri's car and started on mine. He finished my car last night just before the rain hit. This doesn't sound like a big deal but it took him just about 5-6 hours to do Aubri's car since he is a detail fanatic! I sat and read a book while he did this. :)

Also on Sunday since it would have been Randy's 60th birthday, I made a huge cheesecake (his favorite) and all the kids (and girlfriends) came over for grilled brats and dogs followed by dessert. I had to try to keep Erik out of the cheese cake after his second helping! He and Miss Meghan came over last night and finished it off.

Yesterday Austen, Holly, Bill and I all went to the St. Louis Ren Faire. We met up with some friends of ours while there and I saw some other folks I had not seen in a while. A good day was had despite the heat. A nice thunderstorm rolled through in the middle of the afternoon that brought a bit of rain but we sat under a tree on a bench and were quite fine. The great thing is, it cooled the place down! Here we are:



When we got home, Bill was finishing my car when he came in to tell me that a rabbit was digging under my tree. I went out to investigate and said rabbit just sat about 6 feet away while I checked out her progress. I believe she was digging a burrow. We may have baby rabbits sometime soon! I just hope the feral cats in the neighborhood dont find them!

Poison Ivy

GAH!  I went 50 years without ever getting poison ivy and then one really horrendous case of it a few years ago and now I seem to be allergic.  Dr. gave me Methylprednisolone - yeah, it's gonna be like that.  This stuff makes me mean!

Itchy, Itchy, Itchy!

Well, I think I did it again. I got into whatever lives in my woods that the Dr says is not poisen ivy but sure as heck looks and FEELS like it to me. Bill did not however get this particular affliction and he generally gets it if it looks at him! So, whatever it is - it's back.

I stopped by the store on the way into work to pick up some Ivy Dry since my bottle at home is expired in 2012. I used it last night anyway and it did help. But I'm thinking I may need some at work and some at home to kick this stuff! I also picked up some benadryl.