I've been a bit under the weather the last few days, so have been sleeping mostly. But activity swirls around me. More furniture was delivered and the BIG news - we now have cable! The cable guy came today and he and Steve spent hours getting things set up. For a house 20 years old, it only had 3 cable hookups - one in the family room, one in the master bedroom and one in the second floor game room. So Mike's study currently has wire draped to it. Mike's job, of course, requires him to watch basketball. The house is built on a slab, so there's no crawl space and there is a second floor over the study. Steve's talked to an electrician to come help him pull the wires into the walls. I know we've never had a house with fewer than 3 cable connections and I won't admit to how many are in the current house. I suspect in a few years that will go the way of telephone connections and will all be wireless.
Steve's downstairs now watching a football game. He spent his birthday (yesterday) out at the trailer watching all the bowl games. We have satellite in the trailer, so he was able to see a lot of the games. He was especially happy that the Big Ten won the Rose Bowl.
Olga and Natasha got busy and painted the laundry room a soft lime green.
It brightened up the room quite a bit. She stuck Maria's Pooh decals on the wall in there, as it will be awhile before they work on Maria's room. She's thrilled to have a "real" laundry room and full size appliances. One of the pluses of the move.
Obi and I keep exploring the neighborhood on our walks. This neighborhood may have rules about fences, as all you see are 8 foot high board fences. It's that or nothing. It's a strange feeling to walk down the rather narrow alley between two 8 foot high walls.
Mike is home today. I think the Mavericks flew in from Minneapolis late last night and play at home tomorrow, so we'll get to see some of him over the next few days. His schedule is very hectic and even when he is in town, he's usually working out players. It's the life of a coach.
It was sunny and crisp (35 degrees) today. But here's what home looked like. Leslie Robison posted this on Facebook. I think it's supposed to get down to zero.
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So, for today, I'm grateful for 35 degrees and sunshine.
Deb
