Tuesday morning Tom called me at work to say that his contract had ended (at least for now) and what did I think about going out to Utah for the 4th of July holiday? I wasn’t happy to get this call – I wanted this contract to last longer and I didn’t think I wanted to make such a short trip (the kids started school the next Tuesday). I said “no” and we hung up. But I got to thinking and called Tom back and told him if he really wanted to go, then we should go. Then, instead of just working a couple of hours, I worked the rest of the day to try and get things squared away for the week. My kids weren’t all that happy to have to hang around the office so long, but I kept telling them that it was so we could go out of town, which helped. Once we got home, I put them to work packing their stuff while...
We (well, really I, since Tom never does post) haven’t said much lately, so I guess it’s time to update again! Yesterday (after sleeping in – yea!) Tom and I got busy getting ready to host a BBQ for Alex, Andrew & families. Tom made a HUGE batch of his famous salsa. I did a quick run-through of the house (vacuuming, putting things away, trying to finish the laundry, cleaning the HUGE mess that is our kitchen 90% of the time). Then we attacked the yard. I really am going to post pictures, because we’re so proud of all our hard work. A couple of weeks ago (or has it been a month?) we took up all the railroad tie garden beds in our yard. Tom cut them all down into shorter lengths and we have been standing them on edge around our new, larger, in the middle of the sun, garden bed. We’ve planted...