The deck is done. I can’t wait for warm weather so we can enjoy it for a few weeks before fall gets here. 

The Deck is under way!

dscn5395.jpgThis is after basically three days of work. Two more days should finish it off. The patio furniture is sitting off the the side just waiting to take its place.

What are the odds?

What are the odds of running into a person you haven’t seen in 12 years not once, but twice in the same evening?

I worked a consulting job back in 1992 for about four months. When the job was done, I moved on, and did not keep in contact with any one I had met there. The other night, as my family and I munched on cheese curds at Culver’s, a vaguely familiar-looking person approached me. It turned out that it was my supervisor from that job from so long ago. We chatted a bit, and caught up a bit, and then went our seperate ways. We had some errands to do, so we stopped at a couple of nearby stores. After that, we went to Walmart for our last stop of the evening. As we shopped, we ran into the same guy again. More slightly awkward small talk ensued, and then we departed company again. Before he was out of earshot, I jokingly told him to quite following me. I haven’t seen him since.

Weird, huh? I wonder what the odds were for that…

Is that a woodpecker?

Work on our deck began today by the removal of the concrete steps off the back door. It was early, so the work woke up both girls. Haley came into mommy’s room to inquire about the noise the jackhammer was making.

“Is that a woodpecker, Mommy?”

Haley just LOVED the Giraffes. 

Haley feeding the geese at the zoo. 

Happy Birthday, Haley!!!!