It's my anniversary!
For fifteen more minutes, anyway. We've been married 23 years today. Can't believe it's been that long, and yet so much has happened. I had to leave church early today so I could talk to my baby online from Iraq. He said they're in whatever city they're in (I can't remember) for another week of training, then they scatter far and wide. He doesn't know where he'll end up.
There was a bunny in my yard today, but I wasn't able to get a picture. Also, we have these really cool lizards. They don't look like what I see when I google "chameleon" but they change colors. Yesterday, two of them were communicating by popping out this odd looking fin-like thing from their necks. I got the impression it was a couple of males playing "my fin-like thing is bigger than yours." The fin thingy was pink, but when one of the lizards moved to a mulch bag that contained some yellow, his fin-like thingy also turned yellow. It was quite fascinating, really.
I have a garden in containers (it'll be better next year when we have more time)and Friday I bought some flowers from Walmart because they were dry and I felt sorry for them. The petals were even falling off in the car on the way home, but once I gave them a good long drink of water, they perked up. They are delphiniums, I think. Really pretty purple-blue flowers. I have never planted flowers before, so I have no idea what I'm doing, but tomorrow I'm going to buy some big pots to put them in.
Hubby finally got my ice maker hooked up. It makes seven half-moon shaped cubes at a time. I'm not sure how often it makes them, but it's gonna have to work hard to keep up with my ice consumption.
Three more weeks to this semester, plus final exam week. I'm not concerned about finals, I'm just going nuts getting all the projects finished up. I still wish I could be a homemaker forever, but...still, the Walmart thing looms. If I have to have a job, I want an actual career of my choosing, not whatever job I can get in desperation after my income source is gone. So I guess I'll stick it out and finish. I like the law, I really do. It's fascinating. I just hate going to school. Seems like all I've done with my life, other than raising kids, is go to school. I never wanted to be a professional student, and I'm really sick of it. I should graduate in May of 2008.
After the semester ends, I get two weeks to rest, then my mom and dad want me to take a trip to Iowa with them. It'll be a chance to do some genealogy I can't do here at home, so I'm kind of excited about it. Plus, I'll get to visit some church historical sites that are nearby. Did I already say this in a previous post? My brain is fried. I can't remember what I've said to whom.
Gotta clean tomorrow, before the cat hair gets out of hand. I got one of those big, wide brooms for sweeping the wood floor in the kitchen and living room. It makes getting the cat hair up much easier.
We had a nice anniversary. Went to have Mexican food late in the afternoon. Sat out in the back yard and enjoyed the breeze and the privacy. I looked at my flowers. We watched the airplanes go over. It's surprisingly quiet in our yard, considering we have a lot of traffic from D/FW airport (but it's way up high) and I-30 isn't far away. You have to listen hard to hear the traffic on the interstate. The most noise we have so far is the cute little doggy next door. Little black and white animals are just cute, what can I say. I don't know what breed he is, but he's precious. Shaggy, with hair flopping in his eyes like a sheep dog. I don't know if he's a puppy or just a small dog. He barks a lot, but it doesn't bother me because I don't hear him while I'm trying to sleep. Plus, I think they take him in at night. I will have to get a picture of him. His name is Pogo.
I still have to get pics of the house, too. Maybe I'll do that after I clean tomorrow.
There was a bunny in my yard today, but I wasn't able to get a picture. Also, we have these really cool lizards. They don't look like what I see when I google "chameleon" but they change colors. Yesterday, two of them were communicating by popping out this odd looking fin-like thing from their necks. I got the impression it was a couple of males playing "my fin-like thing is bigger than yours." The fin thingy was pink, but when one of the lizards moved to a mulch bag that contained some yellow, his fin-like thingy also turned yellow. It was quite fascinating, really.
I have a garden in containers (it'll be better next year when we have more time)and Friday I bought some flowers from Walmart because they were dry and I felt sorry for them. The petals were even falling off in the car on the way home, but once I gave them a good long drink of water, they perked up. They are delphiniums, I think. Really pretty purple-blue flowers. I have never planted flowers before, so I have no idea what I'm doing, but tomorrow I'm going to buy some big pots to put them in.
Hubby finally got my ice maker hooked up. It makes seven half-moon shaped cubes at a time. I'm not sure how often it makes them, but it's gonna have to work hard to keep up with my ice consumption.
Three more weeks to this semester, plus final exam week. I'm not concerned about finals, I'm just going nuts getting all the projects finished up. I still wish I could be a homemaker forever, but...still, the Walmart thing looms. If I have to have a job, I want an actual career of my choosing, not whatever job I can get in desperation after my income source is gone. So I guess I'll stick it out and finish. I like the law, I really do. It's fascinating. I just hate going to school. Seems like all I've done with my life, other than raising kids, is go to school. I never wanted to be a professional student, and I'm really sick of it. I should graduate in May of 2008.
After the semester ends, I get two weeks to rest, then my mom and dad want me to take a trip to Iowa with them. It'll be a chance to do some genealogy I can't do here at home, so I'm kind of excited about it. Plus, I'll get to visit some church historical sites that are nearby. Did I already say this in a previous post? My brain is fried. I can't remember what I've said to whom.
Gotta clean tomorrow, before the cat hair gets out of hand. I got one of those big, wide brooms for sweeping the wood floor in the kitchen and living room. It makes getting the cat hair up much easier.
We had a nice anniversary. Went to have Mexican food late in the afternoon. Sat out in the back yard and enjoyed the breeze and the privacy. I looked at my flowers. We watched the airplanes go over. It's surprisingly quiet in our yard, considering we have a lot of traffic from D/FW airport (but it's way up high) and I-30 isn't far away. You have to listen hard to hear the traffic on the interstate. The most noise we have so far is the cute little doggy next door. Little black and white animals are just cute, what can I say. I don't know what breed he is, but he's precious. Shaggy, with hair flopping in his eyes like a sheep dog. I don't know if he's a puppy or just a small dog. He barks a lot, but it doesn't bother me because I don't hear him while I'm trying to sleep. Plus, I think they take him in at night. I will have to get a picture of him. His name is Pogo.
I still have to get pics of the house, too. Maybe I'll do that after I clean tomorrow.