A Blessing In Disguise

For some time now I have wanted to discontinue our blog.  I don't really enjoy doing it anymore and at times actually found it to be somewhat distracting.  I've done it to keep family and friends up to date with what we are doing.  Several months ago, I discontinued using facebook and the experience has been very liberating.

Recently someone who we do not care to share information with left an unkind comment on our blog which I deleted immediately.  I am well aware that I can privatize our blog, restrict the comments or not allow comments at all and I would have done that but this incident has given me a good reason to discontinue the blog which I really wanted to do anyway.

It is too bad that there are a few people in the world who through their own self-centered, selfish behavior ruin things for others.  Personally I am accustomed to dealing with such people as this is what I did for a living and it doesn't affect me but it is sad to those who get enjoyment out of reading our blog.

Just a point of clarification... the individual who recently left the unkind comment is not the only person who we do not want seeing our blog.  Kim and I desire to protect our privacy and we will remain in touch with our family and friends via phone calls and email.

God Bless...

A Successful Garage Sale

Kim and I had an exhausting day.  We were up at 5:30 a.m. to get ready for the garage sale. We staged all of our stuff and got signs posted by 7:30 a.m. in time for the 8:00 a.m. rush.  We stayed busy most of the day until we closed a little before 2:00 p.m.

We had a very successful day and got rid of most of our stuff.  At the end of the day, we still took two truck loads of stuff to Goodwill (you never get rid of everything).

We have a few more big items that didn't sell that I will be advertising on craigslist.  

Total = $1283.50 !!!

Lucy Rose Meloni

Born at 2:09 a.m., 7 lbs. 14 oz., 19 1/2 inches long...  Jamie and Steven are doing fine.

Kim's Mother Day

Kim's idea of an ideal Mother's Day was to lounge around the house today and watch a bunch of old movies.  She made a request that I install a ceiling fan in the front bedroom (a 3-hour project) and for dinner, we had barbecue tri tip steak and corn on the cob.  We didn't do much today but Kim enjoyed her day immensely... and she is still enjoying her "pre-Mother's Day" roses I got her the other day.

Before

After

Pre-Mother's Day Roses

Kim woke up a little on the blue side this morning.  She has been working very hard and although things are coming together very nicely at our home, there is a growing mountain of stuff we have in the garage for our upcoming garage sale.  We have a three-car garage and we can barely get one car in it now.

In addition, Kim is in a lot of pain.  It isn't easy going "pedal to the metal" all day, every day and at our age, we sure feel it.  And anyone who has pain almost everyday knows it can wear on you. Then it occurred to me... we have been in our home for little over a month now and I haven't gotten Kim and flowers yet.  Shame on me.  So while doing a little shopping at Safeway this afternoon, I bought her some roses to brighten her day.

Blooming Hydrangea

While Kim has been cleaning out the landscaping in the backyard, she left some of the nicer plants.  We have a beautiful hydrangea which is blooming this week.

What's Happening Today

The painting and yard work have temporarily stopped since we moved in our furniture on Saturday. We are now trying to unpack boxes and find a place for everything. We have a good pile of garage sale stuff piling up in the garage.

Kim will be organizing the kitchen today.  I am organizing my office.  We will unpack some more boxes, bring in a piece or two of furniture, and put the bed together in the spare bedroom.

In Other News...

We are able to park our Subaru in the garage but I am still not able to park my truck in the garage because of all the stuff.  I've been parking it in the driveway.  Last night, I discovered that I not only forgot to lock up my truck but I left the window down.  The weather here is so nice right now that there wasn't even the slightest bit of dew inside my truck.  I couldn't do that in Seattle this time of year.

And, I just booked a tee time for golf tomorrow morning (before the heat) for just $19.99 on golfnow.com.  I am amazed at the deals that are available on golfnow.

The first time I played Turkey Creek Golf Course in Lincoln last month, I played with a couple who had a good camera.  They sent me the following two photos.  They were able to zoom in much closer than I was able to do with my Nikon Cool Pix.

Happiness Is...

Happiness is having cable and internet service and watching

the Giants on TV.  Happiness is the Giants snapping a 5-game

losing streak.  Happiness is having a loving family so willing to

help.  Happiness is having five (soon to be eight) healthy grandchildren.

Happiness is having a nice, clean bed to sleep in.

Happiness is enjoying all of God's blessings.