Day Three (Wednesday)

Cherry Blooms!

 Angela announced she would like to go to the zoo, that she has no memory of going to the zoo... which, regretfully is very true as we left Utah when she was 2.5 and when we got here we didn't go to the zoo at all - it's an hour plus away, so who can justify that?  Not me!!
So - today we had our first outting to the zoo... and discovered it's just not for Angela. Sigh. *I* still enjoyed the heck out of it.
The first thing we saw was the elephant - she's a big one!!

 I bought foot to feed the parakeets :)

 We checked out the meercats.

 A BIG Rino... and you know what *I* discovered about zoos in Georgia?  All the animals have a red hue... wonder why...all that RED clay!!

 Doesn't this gorilla look forlorn?  I saw her sitting up there all alone behind the wires and thought "oh, how sad..... she's not with the group - turns out there are two groups with two differnt silver backs in their confines.  I guess the two can't mix?  Who knows.

 This guy cracked me up... he was laying on his belly when he rolled over and then crossed his legs and just "chilled" for a bit.  Ha!

 One of the three "babies" in the cages... this is a younger one.. but NOT the youngest!

 THIs is the youngest... can you see her in her mom's arms?  She was sound asleep!  She's only three weeks old - the youngest in the group.

 Here's a better picture of mom and baby...

 Yet another baby in the zoo - hanging out with mom in the hammock

 Not a baby, but a red panda hanging out in her tree house preening and primping.

 I wish this would have focused on this old guy... he was sitting on the edge of the moat just checking everyone out and rolling something around in his mouth... I swear he looked like was thinking "get a load of this bunch of idiots"  ha!

 Another baby in the zoo... soooo cute just clinging to his moms back.  There was one other mom in the cages, but I didn't get a good shot of that baby...

 And with that we had toured the whole zoo - it's not much bigger than Hoggle really and without having little kids to play in the playgrounds and me not wanting to check out the petting zoo full of goats and sheep, we headed on out... once you've seen them all, you've seen them all... sadly

THIS is a dream house for me... on the corner near the zoo - very pretty victorian.

After the zoo we went to Ikea to get some stuff for me... and to eat some lunch.  Their meatball special is very good and very inexpensive for what you get.  We then walked all of Ikea just shopping and enjoying... until the last two sections and Angela was loosing it... feet hurt and she was DONE walking.  No choice in this one as carts are few and far between and she's 13 and too big for one anyway.  ha!  So we headed out to the car and home.  On the way home, we had to pass by The Varsity and I told her we needed to get an orange shake - she couldn't fathom why until she had one.  YUM!
A quick stop off at the outlet mall to return some shoes and we were on our way home.  And only 4pm - I didn't think we would be home until 10pm with all we had planned.  Oh, well, my feet hurt too, but I wasn't going to admit it!!

HERE is what greeted me when I got home... an NEW liner!!

 

They still have to cut in all the "details" like the light, the steps and the overflow - however the rest is looking great!!!!

Paint from yesterday

I DID say I would watch paint dry while chilling out before my hair appointment :)



Get the reference?
One fish, two fish
Red fish, blue fish


He really looks better in red. I had it black to begin with.

Day two (Tuesday)

An empty pool!


Angled so you can see it all in one frame.
The house is now vacuumed as well. Small accomplishment, but an accomplishment nonetheless. Unsure what is in the agenda for today. Guess its finish the flower bed.

Done!
And Angela and I went for "breakfast" (it was after 11am so really it was lunch) at Waffle House. After my haircut well be going to see The Host at the movies.
AND tomorrows event is planned as well.
While at Lowes getting the pea gravel to finish off my garden Angela picked out some spinach to grow. I picked out Cilantro and radish and carrots and we picked up some flower boxes to grow them in!

Angela got them all planted and I cleaned off the deck! Busy morning!!
I came home from my hair appointment to see this!


Super naked pool!!

Week in progress - Day 1 (Monday)

Monday: consignment store run!
I only had $60 profit from Easter drop off... Only - ha! It was great profit. I bought some sheets and took mom to lunch - yum!
Next month will be a teensiest tiny profit as I didn't put much in :)

So I came home by way of Lowes and picked up blocks for a tiny wall. I picked up 20 blocks and two bags of pea gravel.



Yeah. I had to go back and got twenty five more blocks and two MORE bags of pea gravel - and I still don't have enough gravel. Hurumph!


While taking a break the pool guys showed up to drain the pool for the new liner! I took a longer break than planned. But that's cool.


Then I forgot to go to my Chiropractor this afternoon. Crap!! Ah well lots more done than not!

Easter!

Angela was the bunny cake assembler this year. She mixed, baked and assembled with a lot of instructions and help. I think the torch has been passed to another generation!


Yes, only 1/2 grass. Butch and Elizabeth don't like coconut :o/
Note the malt balls at the back - hahaha!

Dinner at mom and dads for ham and yummies. A game of push the dummy and back home again. I great Easter!

Hot tub surround "fix"

Before (with a lovely pollen ring)


Naked!



After! We have to wait until Monday to let the water flow and check it out thoroughly. I can't wait! It's shorter, however if it doesn't leak I'll be THRILLED!!

Next up, is new liner ;)

Job referrals...

I have qualified for a JOB!!  Where?  Schinnen Netherlands

What's it doing?  IT Specialist (Customer support)

 

GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-07).  Specialized experience is defined as experience in diagnosing and resolving problems in response to customer reported incidents; dealing with a wide variety of applications, operating systems, protocols, and equipment used in customer organizations; and applying methods and practices for troubleshooting, recovering, adjusting, modifying, and improving IT systems. 

 

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:

- Knowledge of a wide range of IT standards, principles, concepts, methods and policies.

- Knowledge of practices of office automation to provide advice in problem resolution related to ITinfrastructure, networks and/or telecommunications.

- Knowledge of VTC transmission methods and technology.

 

OK so I don't know anything about VTC, but sure I could figure it out...

Other events

Angela heading off to flag practice at the high school. :) my baby starts high school next year - where has the time gone? Go Angela. Try outs are this Friday. She's so scared and excited.


Liz got an award tonight for most improved swimmer!

Life

Spring daffodils at the house.


Bugs falling from the vent into the girls bathroom toilet. Fun, fun, fun.


Enjoying warmer weather on my lovely porch!


Neon GREEN olives for St Patty day!!


Foggy mornings driving into work.


Rain we got two nights ago!


That's life right now... And lots of furlough meetings with zero pertinent information. Just conjecture. Nothing new.

Before last week:








What was removed:








Revisit this week...coulda swore I had a before picture here...guess not.
Note we're color coded now? Taxes = Red. Green = Banking. The left side is blanks in front and warranty for misc personal items along with medical and investment files....




This is now left side front is hateful finance records from the first finance of the house, the refinance and the HELOC, then house warranty items and tool info. Lots of stuff that really? Will we reference it? No, we'll look it up on line...sigh but I keep it.




Where warranties no longer applied - well, they were filed here:




And that's all or today folks!

Location:File cabinet organization

I chased a blimp today

Do you see it?



There!! What is that?


Yes it's a blimp! Lets go find it!!















Fairly large!

Best half asleep response EVER

Mom: The chicks in the living room are talking about going to Waffle House
Child: I'm not looking for chicks, I'm not looking for guys, I'm just here talking to everyone.
Priceless!!

The rest of my weekend

To begin with this is my "paper/sticker" drawer that the kids can use. The left side and part if the back of the right side are all stickers and papers...


What I pulled out to go to the consignment shop:


What I pulled out to "donate" to a friend with young children:


What that doesn't show is the paper I tossed in after. All the 8 1/2 x 11 sheets that were the single sheets of different patters and some packets of paper that I just could see NO use for.

All the solid paper was pulled and set aside for kids use... As yet to be placed in their care.


This is the empty files in the drawer. I NEED to take all out warranty/house stuff and spread it out a bit. The top drawer is FULL of that sort if stuff. I try to cull it out once a year when I pull taxes and past banking stuff that is over the 7 year mark.

So one more goal partially met, but its moving forward... Slowly!!