Bad Girl!

I am a bad girl. I slacked off on my blogging for the last 28 days but I am back now. Hopefully, I will get you caught up without leaving anything out. Lets get started...

On Sunday the 14th hurricane force winds blew through

Louisville. Due to the lack of rain, the 70 to 80 mph winds up rooted several trees including one in my back yard. The tree knocked down the fence, as you can see, and did a little damage to Betty's, our neighbor, garage gutters. I was never out of power at the house, thankfully, though I was out of power at work until Wednesday September 24th. The storm cost $15 mil for all the power companies to restore power which took them a week and a half. I think that is not too shabby.

On Monday the 22nd, I joined a walking group that is coincidentally organized by Teresa who lives in my neighborhood that had thyroid cancer which caused her to gain weight which encouraged her to start this group. The group has a couple guys in it but, of course, mainly women. The group typically walks at E. P. Tom Sawyer which has a dirt bike trail. How cool is that? We have just branched out to start walking at Cherokee Park which is my favorite park. We are also discussing weekend activities. It is a great way for me to socialize and meet people in the area. One of the girls in our group just finished her Masters Degree at the Theater of Arts apparently she is a great costume designer. The group with the exception of the costume designer (I wish I could think of her name but I only met her once.) doesn't exactly walk at my exercising speed but I really enjoy the socializing.

On Friday the 26th, my family (Grandma, Mom, Dad, Aunt and Uncle) arrived to spend the weekend celebrating my Grandma's 80th birthday which is really today. We ate at Buckhead (a local steakhouse) on the Ohio River for dinner Friday night. On Saturday, we visited the Glassworks factory where I picked out Tabetha's Yule present that I intend to purchase when I win the lottery because that is the only way I could afford to buy her a $4,000 present. Sorry, Love! We spent the remainder of the day in Bardstown which is one of the oldest cities in Kentucky. That night we ate dinner at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House (http://www.claudiasanders.com/). The dinner was great! The service was outstanding. I have never been to a restaurant when I never had to ask for anything. My family left Sunday after picking up my Dad's sister from the Airport. After they left, I napped. I can't remember the last time I napped but I was totally exhausted.

Alright you are currently up to date!

The Day of Labor

Today was supposed to be the day of labor. I, however, did no labor! I did lots of labor over the weekend. I helped Josh's parents put up half of our privacy fence. I used an auger, a post hole digger, and a hammer. My right arm hurt a little but my muscle is now bigger. I had a blister on my right pointer finger which is almost gone now. I also learned a valuable lesson about Louisville: never dig post holes during a dry season. The dirt was so hard and powdery. It took twice the amount of time it should have to dig one post hole. We put about 10 post holes and it took us 5 or 6 hrs. Needless to say I was glad for the rest today.

It was nice to have Josh's parents here. Josh and I showed them the victorian houses, brick streets, and beautiful architect of the city. We found a really great pizza place which is slightly over priced but I must say the best pizza I have every had. A small veggie pizza was $26. We visited the Falls of the Ohio which is a national park that shows that this area was once a sea.

My week ahead will be filled with the usual work and my daily workout routine. I will also be bathing Sahara, finishing my laundry, and sewing a husband (cushion) for Josh's classroom.

In the month ahead, I have high hopes to find a part time job and better full time job. My parents, Grandma, Aunt, and Uncle will be visiting at the end of the month to celebrate my Grandma's 83rd (I think) birthday.

Happy week to all!