Keeping Dry

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we are safe and dry. We even spent the last two nights of the storm in Boca where we were able to enjoy both pool and beach instead of all the rain. Getting out of town on Wednesday was a challenge! Today is the first day that I've actually seen the footage of the damage Fay has caused to surrounding communities- no wonder we've had so many calls!! We do appreciate the concern of friends and family. Fortunately, the only thing we had to deal with was ball moss and branches in our yard and a couple of hours without power. The neighbors had a small sinkhole develop between their yards and Kevin helped fill that in this morning. This week should be "back to normal".

In other news, Sully did a voice test with his chorus this morning (for those haven't heard him in a while- you wouldn't recognize him either). His voice is a lovely baritone and he will be placed in the ensemble as baritone is too deep for a children's chorus. The director is hoping that she'll have enough students for the ensemble to come together- so are we!

School routines will start up again after labor day. Here's to hoping we've seen the last of the bad weather in our area this year but we're still watching "the skies".

I've Searched the World Over...

or at least the internet and look what comes up!


It's fun to look at the searches that bring up my blog, but I can't help but to think that some folks are sorely disappointed.

Some questions that I'm pretty sure my blog doesn't answer:
How to look like a teenager
How Powhatans made their yehakin
Why do we get tired so fast when we're in the sun?
How to keep a camera lens from fogging over (I should Google that!)


Nor is there much information on:
Narcoossee community school uniforms
Indian first birthday party
"St Augustine""turning red" grass lawn-centipede (this sounds like someone had trouble with their lawn- no answers here!)


These folks were certainly looking for something that they won't find here:
shirtless boys
cream movie free (don't Google that one!)


Then there are some that make me wonder exactly what they were looking for:
School Cone head
katsup sun
Sun noises


and some that just make me smile:
Unruly dog (I can feel their pain!)
Virus that mimics the flu (with that one too)
Wiley Coyote, super genius
'Cause I'm a winner
Armpit noises (no mom-of-boys-blog is complete without at least one reference to this)

Hope you enjoyed the search engine tour!

Opening New Doors

One new door to be precise. Here's the progression from old to none to new then new and improved.

Old door




No door




New door- no paint




New door- painted




If you are observant, you'll notice that I'm not finished painting and if you are extra observant, you'll notice the new flower bed. (What I hope you don't notice is that our gutters need cleaning and painting- you're looking now, aren't you?)
While I like the door from the outside and for the reasons that the daylight coming is is supposed to come in and we aren't losing any air through cracks, I LOVE this door for what it's done to my living room and dining room. The light that comes in during the day is awesome!!!

A Tasty Snack

With all the rain, we've had many mushrooms coming up in our neighborhood. I'm glad they aren't going to waste!

Thread Snake

We found one of these on the floor of our living room. Initially I thought it was some gross intestinal worm belonging to the dog and that a trip to the vet might be in order. (Not that our dog has worms but we blame him for many gross things, odd smells etc...) Imagine my relief when I discovered the cool little thread snake... also known as a blind snake.
The photo on the link is much better than mine but here's our little guy just before we released him into the garden.

Clean Slate

I'm typing from my very own *fixed* computer. Yea!!! Next on the "list" is to get my camera hooked up to download photos... AND also high priority is a trip to purchase one of those little USB things to back my files into. Lesson learned- Back up files, lest your computer breaks and they cannot be recovered. But the computer is now so much less cluttered and it's like starting anew, which, with the right attitude can be fun.

Do They Really Come in Threes?

I sure hope not because that would mean we're two down with electronic things leaving one to take a dive. This time it's our AC... not a pleasant season for that not to be working. Our forecast today is only 90, so I suppose it could be worse.
After a visit from the ac guy, the house is actually cooling down right now- we had it up to 86 in here! The cool may or may not last, but I'm hoping for the best.

So that's what wives are for

Me: Tomorrow I will teach you both how to clean your bathroom.
Nathan: Well, I already know how to wipe out the sink.
Me: Good, then I can teach you how to clean the rest of it... like the toilet.
Nathan: Oh, I won't be cleaning any toilets. Sully can do that.
Me: Well, you need to know how to clean it so when you grow up and live on your own, you won't have a nasty toilet.
Nathan: I'll just have my wife clean it.

Crashed

My computer, that is. Fortunately, it can be fixed. Unfortunately, my information was lost. Fortunately, I backed up most of my photos. Unfortunately, I did not back up any other information. Fortunately, this was just an inconvenient lesson about backing up computers.