Vacation!

Tom has had the last week off from work. We didn't know he was going to have a vacation in October until we got his call schedule on October 1st. So since I was supposed to work, we didn't really have a chance to plan a getaway. This hasn't been Tom's best vacation, I'm sure. However, it has been productive. Tom has built his workbench in a corner of the garage and wired in outlets so that he can start putting his tools away. They have been hodge podged on a table in the middle of the garage since we moved in. We bought some cabinets at the ReStore for $30. He just needs to put the pegboard up on them to hang his screwdrivers and wrench's and he'll be happy.

We also got our gardening stuff organized with a clever little shelf with hooks to hang tools from on the bottom. Slowly but surely the garage is emptying out and it looks like Tom might actually get his wish. He is determined to park in the garage by the time he goes back to work.

So, for those of you who haven't looked around at the rest of our blog and noticed our blog links - WE'RE PREGNANT!!! I got really excited and when we resolved not to tell everyone early on, so, I started blogging so that I wouldn't pop. This is our first pregnancy and we tried for over a year, so I wanted to tell everyone, but deep down I knew it was a good idea to wait until the first trimester had passed. However my best intentions have gone awry and I think more people know at this point then don't. So we are 10 weeks pregnant, very early I know. Our first appointment is next Wendsday, so hopefully I'll have more info to share then. Feel free to visit our "Little Person" page to see what's been happening so far.

Other good news is that I have found great terryaki beef or "beef on a stick" for the first time since I lived in North Adams and we also had a really delicious Thai dinner the other night. Talk about Mango and sticky rice! It came in a huge bowl and was warm and coconutty sweet! Mmmmmmm! Oddly enough the restaurant that makes the good Terryaki also makes other good Chinese food and sushi, too!

We had torrential downpours all day today and by this evening a large portion of the back yard was under signifigant water. It was deep enough that it actually covered the tops of our solar lights along the back fence. I hope they work once they've dried out. At one point the edge of the water had made it about a foot past the base of my birdfeeder. (You can find a picture of the backyard in my last post.)