11-14-12

Me: Painting some stone animals to put in our yard. The free garage sale bunny and frogs were paint chipped and faded. I think they'll look cute in our garden!

11-13-12

Me: Watched Kavan today and we had perfect weather to play outside.

11-12-12

Martin: Here's a pic of a passionfruit flower Ruth picked from the side of the pathway on the way home from the train station yesterday afternoon. I played around with it a bit using the basic tools that come with the camera program.

Me: We have 4 new wrought iron chairs! Joan brought them to us yesterday. Her friend was going to take them to Goodwill but Joan thought they'd look nice in our yard. They are heavy -  love 'em. They also have outdoor seat cushions. Thanks, Madrid. 

11-11-12

Martin: Here's a pic from over at the fish markets the other day. These boys or girls are well fed and they don't have to put much of an effort in to get a meal.

 Me: Bob, Mom, Joan and I spent the afternoon in Fountain Hills at their annual Festival of Arts and Crafts. It was a PERFECT day to walk around the numerous booths of creative gadgets, clothes, paintings, pottery and more. Live music and food to boot. We bought a few things and had a great time!

11-10-12

Martin: There is a lot of rain in those clouds. Each one that comes over, dumps quite a few buckets worth. 

Me: We had a FULL day! Was up way too early (2:30am) and stayed up. Lifetime Fitness ride with Bob and others at 7am. Mom, Bob and I held a garage sale at our rental house from 10 to 1; it went well. Shopped at the local church boutique (cute crafts), dropped off several boxes at Goodwill and then to the dumpster. Grocery store, a visit with a girlfriend, 5:30pm church service followed by dinner at Curt & Nancy's. Curt and Jake are heading home to Des Moines tomorrow, Matt and Kim left yesterday for Colorado but Nancy is staying an extra week to do some organizing in their new home. They all had a great week - a special time of being together. Glad we could have fun with them too! 

PS: Happy Birthday to my awesome friend, Marsha in Oregon! Today was a big one. :-) xoxo!

Photo: Mom and I in sweaters! & Harley in her fur coat. It was much cooler today and we loved it.

11-9-12

Martin: On Sunday we went into the city as a family outing to do something together for my birthday. Brought back all the memories of not that long ago for all of us. Another cruise ship was also in at Circular Quay and plenty of people around to take in the view. Nice in the sun but a cold breeze was blowing.

Me: The first radish from our garden and a Black Mission Fig from our newly planted fig tree. Both were yummy!

11-8-12

Martin: Cake & Coffee from Guylian Belgian chocolate cafe.

Me: I didn't get a photo taken today so I borrowed this one from Abbie. She took it from Curt and Nancy's backyard after the rain brought out a beautiful rainbow. Nice to have a change in weather! 

Bob and I took Matt and Mike mountain biking this morning. They did awesome and we rode from our house to the water tanks, Corona Loma loop and back to Curt & Nancy's house where they (not us) jumped in the cold swimming pool. Brrr.

The rest of day Bob was busy with real estate. I filed papers and took mom on a drive to Fountain Hills for chocolate. :-)