Company! - and more.

These posts have slowed way down... have you noticed? That's partly because it's Winter and partly because we've been busy settling down. There's so much to do!

However, we did have some fun recently when Ben and Laura came to visit. Laura flew in Thursday and Ben followed on Friday after he got off work. They spent a lot of time checking out the city and surrounding areas.

On Thursday afternoon, Laura and I got to toddle around town a bit. We went to the Art District and to the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Check out the photos. The time with them went all too quickly as they went home on Sunday but we look forward to the next time - whenever that is.

Our weather has been wonderful. We did have just a touch of a cold snap when the rest of the country had a huge touch of that same snap. We get frost every few days but Larry clears a spot in the garage for me so my ride is dry and warm. I love it!! Days have been in the 40's and 50's. Occasionally we get rain but we get blue sky in between - or at least patches of blue sky. So far, this is easy Winter weather.

Work is going well. My department worked a lot of overtime the first month but starting this week we're back to 40 hours a week. We're allowed to start work any where between 7:00 and 9:00. I've been starting at 7:00 lately so with a 30 minute lunch I can get of as early as 3:30!! I'm lovin' that too.

I'm currently reading books on lawn care and composting. That's something I haven't done since 2000! It feels good. I may even get my hands dirty this week-end, clearing out the remains of last year's garden.

Hey! The local scrap yard man gave me two more license plates for my collection. We had to get rid of the refridgerator and dishwasher so I traded them for two plates. Well, not exactly but that's more or less the end result. He did also give me $13.80 got the metal. So now I have Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee and Georgia!! I also found some people that want to trade plates so when we change ours from SD to TN perhaps I'll make some good trades. :-)

Our computers are finally up and running (as I'm sure you've guessed by now). If I don't email you first, then send me an email!

PS (I don't know why this is all smooshed together at the end. Hope you don't mind it being compressed.)