The Tile Man Does Not Cometh

I was so excited that we finally set a date with the tile man. Tuesday at 8 am. But then something came up. So then it was Wednesday, 8 am. Then something happened at his house that delayed him, at latest, until 10 am. It's now 10:30 am - and no tile man.

I guess that's how it goes.

I start my summer class tonight - Corporate Tax. It probably isn't the best course to take in a summer session, but it's the only one I could find offered A) that I haven't already taken and B) that didn't have a test scheduled during our planned vacation. UTA is usually very good when it comes to business course offerings. But this summer was very difficult. I look through the Graduate Catalog and see all of these great courses I'd like to take. But none of them are offered.

A Simple Miscommunication

I'm trying to wrap up my week to go enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend. I processed a couple of new members files and just handed them to my manager and said 'If you'll approve these, I'll get all of the new members enrolled before I leave.' What I should have said was 'I need to you to approve these so that I can leave.' So here I sit, updating my blog.

I've been talking about this project in our backyard for quite sometime. It started with the deck removal, then the huge pile of leaves that had grown over the years had to be removed. Eric found the stone he wanted to lay in its place. That was about 3 weeks ago. The pallets of stone are still sitting in front of our house, for everyone to enjoy. We sit inside our house staring out the window at the constant rain fall and imagine how good the stone will look someday in our backyard. If it would ever dry out. And the memorial day weekend is not looking to be any more dry.

Sunday in the Stockyards

We took the kiddos to the Stockyards Sunday. It was a great day to walk around and soak in some of Cowtown. We saw Longhorns, went horseback riding, learned how to rope steers, and wrapped it up with lunch at the Love Shack. A great day!

I was out running this morning and saw a neighbor washing her car.

I guess the driveway wasn't good enough for the PT.

Finished Dining Room

I finished the dining room - it took an extra day. Nonetheless, all done. We're going to try to work on laying the flagstone in the backyard and begin building the grill/counter/bar. It's finally dried up a little from all of the rain.

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

1000

1035 Calories burned on tonight's run. I remember back about two month's ago when I had just begun running and thinking how great it would be to someday have the lung capacity and leg strength to make it to 1000 calories. Today, folks, was that day.

And on a more interesting note, E and I celebrated our first anniversary this weekend. I was surprised with a Sunday night getaway to Rough Creek - one of my favorite getaways. It is a little on the pricey side - but very much worth it. We had a lovely dinner and enjoyed a breezy evening that turned into an awesome stormy night.

We did try our cake that had been inefficiently wrapped up in our freezer all year. It was really very tasty. But most of it ended up in the trash. We've had a very good first year. And the second is starting out well.

Now that school is out, I'm trying to finish some projects around the house. Tomorrow and Thursday I will be painting the dining room. And next weekend I'll shampoo the carpets. And if this rain would ever let up - not that I am complaining - we may be able to do something about the large mud puddle that is sitting in our back yard.

Off now to sign up for El Scorcho. I've been slacking.