Day Shift

Ok! So starting Aug.13th, I'm off midnight shift for 6 months. On day shift for 6 months. Not sure I made the right decision, but it's done, so I'm going to try to make the best of it.
I've got to get my day shift groove back, tho...

Waking up at the UNGODLY hour of 05:00 (that's when I used to go to the gym and train with Tom!) What was I THINKING?!

Driving to work when there are OTHER DRIVERS on the road...(I'm used to driving in to work at 6:30pm, when others were already home! I'm used to heading home from work when others were heading TO work!) Where did all of these people come from?? Where are they going? Note to self : tack on another 10-15 minutes of driving time....

Not going "schwimming" with Scout every morning. She's not happy about that either. Poor thing. When I get home in the evenings, we try to get a swim in, but as of late, it's been too stormy.

Getting used to all of those other people in the building during the daytime hours,too. WHAT do these people do? I mean, really?

The most difficult transition is seeing Thomas less. Absolutely the MOST difficult adjustment.
Yes, definitely missing this the most...
and this...


... oh, and going to bed early! Good night all.

I love that picture!

Justice for Hope

I cannot stop thinking about this poor little creature.

I cried when I heard she died. Please do your part to raise awareness. It only takes a few minutes...
http://thepatrickmovement.blogspot.com/

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Thank you!

This was the morning that changed my life...

How I love this photo!

Dec. 17th, 2010

10:21 a.m.

On our way to the happiest day of my life. EVER.

I LOVE THIS BEAUTY

She's growing up so quickly!
I'll share a nice long post when I can...

A Quick Post ... just a note...to say I'm still here to anyone who's "listening" ...

I've been absent again. ... and tonight is not the time to go into the full explanation ...I'm not feeling well ... home sick from work... but I'm in bed killing time..trying to sleep...so I thought I'd share this...

Just want to show you one of the reasons that I've been busy absent lately...

Her name is Scout... and now she looks like this...

I love her so much!

More later.....

cuteness

Here's the reason I've been absent...

This is how my front and side landscaping looked in Oct. 2009...

...and here's how it looked on April 4th, 2010... while I was in the process....

...and here's how it looks now...

Hate those edges...but at least they're clean now...

(still hacking away at the overgrown bird of paradise plants...and I've found 1 snake and 3 snakeskins so far!)

...the bamboo and jasmine...

... confederate jasmine....LOVE the smell!

... and I think I might be able to rescure more poor lawn!

Still not done with the sidewalk pressure washing!

It's still a work in progress.... but it's comin' along. I'm still cutting back the overgrown Bird of Paradise plants (and will probably remove them and replace them with something else...) and I still need to trim the Robellini Palms. There are plans to put a nice Crape Myrtle and some low hedges in the yard area between mine and Sonia's house (where the trash bags were)... and I'm also going to put some grass plugs in the yard.

I have pressure washed those ugly blocks used for the edging around my house... my driveway and sidewalks (there ALOT of sidewalk for me, since I'm a corner lot...and I've got 4 "squares" left!) ... I've raked up and removed all of the old dead grass... dug up and removed all of the hedges on the east side of the house, and also the pampass grass on the north side...and planted 28 azaleas and 4 confederate jasmine!

Still LOTS to do!

Then I'll start on the back!