I've missed you...

Has it really been two weeks already since my last post? I've thought about posting several times, but it's always been too late. Work has really been rough lately again and doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon. So by the time I get home at night, the last thing I want to do is sign on to another computer.

Last weekend Del and I went to the cabin lot to see what has changed, if anything. The gate to the community is in and working and they now have a mostly gravel road instead of just the red dirt road. We drove the Porsche that day because it was in the 80's and a perfect day to drive a convertible in the mountains, but Del wasn't too happy with the coat of red dust from the gravel road it put on his car. I'm sure you all feel very sorry for him, don't you?!?

We spent Sunday driving around neighborhoods looking for landscaping ideas. We're probably going to do some major overhauling of our landscaping this year, so we were taking some pictures of other peoples' yards and went to a nursery and took some more pictures of plants we liked. Del, of course, is not expecting us to have to do any of the work ourselves...his philosophy is...if we can pay someone to do it, why do it yourself?

Since I haven't downloaded any of those pictures from the camera yet and since a post without pictures is boring...I will post some more of my "everyday life" pictures...

A pile of anything: This is the pile of books I'm reading right now...well mostly...
The top book is the "idea" book I made
I finised the second book Girl Meets God - a memoir of a girl who explores and sometimes even questions her decision of converting from Judiasm to Christianity.
The next two are my daily devotional books I read every morning - Daily Light and My Utmost for His Highest.
I just started reading The Audacity of Hope by presidential candidate Barak Obama - a very interesting account on politics, America, and life in general. So far pretty good. The next...a special magazine edition from Creating Keepsakes called Photography for Scrapbookers - I love my scrapbooking magazines!!! And finally, You on a Diet. I haven't started that one yet, but I keep it out to try to motivate me - hasn't worked so far...


Something colorful: I love my ribbons in my jars. These are sitting on a shelf above my scrap-booking desk. They just make me happy. Being able to spend more time in this room would make me even more happy, but I'll take what I can get right now.














Well, I guess that is about it for now. I'll try to be better about posting more regularly (Laurie - forgive me if you're still checking daily!). I know next week is going to be another horrible week at work - especially Tuesday, but after that, I'm hoping it will ease up a little bit.

We did decide that I am going to make the trip to Seattle with Del on the 18th of April. I'm looking forward to that.

Until next time....

Spring has sprung in NC...

All the Bradford Pear trees are in bloom here - and there are a lot of them- - one in every yard almost. It was probably the upper 70 degree weather last week that tricked them into believing that spring is finally here. Although today's weather has regressed - upper 40's and windy - not very spring-like.

It feels like forever since I've posted last. Work has been a bear lately. I've averaged 65-70 hours a week over the last 2-1/2 weeks. It is annual incentive time for one of our toughest clients which has caused a lot of late nights (one night as late as 2:00 a.m.). I'm hoping the worst is over and we can start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel soon.

Other than work, not much else has been happening, so I guess there isn't much to report anyway. We are both planning some trips soon. Del gets to go to Seattle in April for a stock option conference and I'm going to Las Vegas for a week for the American Payroll Association Congress in May. We are also planning on a vacation some time in June with Del's parents. The tentative destination right now is Maine. Neither of us has ever been to Maine so it will be something new for us..

I haven't surfed the web in over two weeks, so I'm looking forward to catching up on all the blogs I normally read. I'm planning on some scrapbooking and reading and just plain ole veggin' out this weekend.

Talk to you soon....