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Lots of stuff has been going on around here lately.

We both have been busy with work, but with the economy, my work load has slowed a little, but not too much. I have some extra flexibility that allows me to work from home on occasion (yes, I do actually work).

I have been making plans for additional "fixin' up the house" items, such as painting and whatnot. I decided on coordinating color for the main color of the kitchen. it did take me 6 months to pick the main color out. I'd rather be sure than be hasty and carefully pick something out, rather than buy it, paint it up, hate it and then have to redo. I'm just lazy like that. My time is too valuable.

We're finally getting a real patio and patio cover!! Hooray for shade. The patio cover build is currently in process. Granted it is just alumawood (We just don't have 25K for a full on stuccoed, wood frame, tiled patio cover). The support footing holes were dug and inspected last week. The concrete for the slab and footings is being started at about 630 tomorrow morning. Then that has to dry and so forth then the cover build is Thursday and Friday.

We got a big palm tree from Eric's parents for the front yard. They had it in a pot, but now it's pushed out of its pot and they don't have room to plant it. Free plants, I'll take it. It would cost about $400 bucks to buy a comarable sized tree at the nursury. We will then have 3 kinds of trees in the front (desert willow, screwbean mesquite, and the palm). Variety is nice.

After the patio is in, I am going to go to the nursury and get more plants to replace the 90% of my plants that died i the last year due to a lack of shade in the scorching hot summer. Even my all of my cacti died. How sad is that? The poor things had always had shade at theh townhouse, then they were just abused in our empty ass sun-baked backyard.

We planted two eucalyptus trees back there in October, and they are doing nicely. Once the patio cover is in, Eric is going to run the irrigation line from the stub at the side of the house so we can start making the backyard a nice place. at least the one end of it. The south side of the yard will have to wait, as that is were the pool/hot tub is gonna go...eventually. That will probably be next year if all goes well. Sooner if some rich relative we don't know about dies and leaves us lots of money (as if).

In my personal life, my lifestyle/body over haul is going well. I am down 20.6 pounds since Mid February. The bridesmaid dress has been purchased. Doesnt look too bad on even now. I'm hoping they will have to take a lot of it in come September when we go in for our alterations.