It has been awhile. My apologies.

It has been busy of course. Been rearranging the house. The three dogs we have worked it over while they were puppies. They are more grown up now and it is monthly that they get into something they shouldn’t, instead of daily.

Bernie Bear started out at 20 lbs. and has a tendency to chew on walls, window sills, and molding. Now he is 126 lbs and doesn’t rip up his chew toys. The other two dogs, Shad and Sarah, still like to rip up their toys but understand better what is off limits.

We decided it was time to do some spring cleaning in summer a year and a half late. We have gone through our whole house dusting, patching, and painting the house. We also decided to rearrange the furniture and we bought some new furniture too. Next project is to fix up the outside.

This definitely needs some tlc. The back deck is falling apart but patched that together and laid some outdoor carpet. However it needs to be repainted and rose bushes around the edge of in are in need of serious trimming. Don’t get me started on the grass. I got a list too long on that. Lastly is the steel barn we have out back. It has probably been there 20 years and the insulation is falling from the walls and ceiling. We are going to wait until fall to start these projects.

For the meantime the inside looks good and the outside is tolerable. We have had a couple of parties since fixing it up. The first was our friends were, of course, I got trashed. It was great though. We ended the party by watching 300 with my bose speakers cranked til our ears were almost bleeding. The second party was with family this last weekend. It was good. Everyone came. They were nice to each other. The wife and I cooked up some awesome fajitas. Then they got the hell out. The wife was sad that our family didn’t want to stay longer. Not me, I was glad for them to leave and let me get some sleep.