Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 31. It's hard to believe, but I guess I 'm getting used to being in my thirties instead of my twenties!

It was a mostly busy but bla day at work, but the day got better and better! My parents had a small flower pot in a tea cup from 1800flowers sent to my office , I spoke with everyone in my family. My dad left a particularly amusing sung message on my answering machine! Several friends called or emailed, and John actually wrote in a card and had it on my plate when I arrived at our regular "bad Chinese" dinner. (On Tuesdays and Wednesdays he teaches at a store in a strip mall with a Chinese place practically next door. I usually meet him there one of the two days.)

I really appreciate everyone's well wishes. They made me feel very special and loved. We all need to be reminded of that every once in a while!

Floating Away

We are positively floating away out here! I told my mom recently, that if this weather pattern keeps up, we're going to need a boat! (Ironically, my grandparents are on a cruise. ;) )
The grass sure is emerald green, though. And the pansies love it. But I'm getting rather sick of it being wet, or threatening to be wet for at least part of every day for the past two weeks or so. And the times that it's not wet it's windy, so it still feels cool, and I still can't paint our house.

That's my new project. I have started, but only because I'm stubbornly looking over the fact that the house should be dry for a few days before painting. But I'm so excited about it! The paint on our house wasn't in the best shape when we moved in. Over the past four years the weather has really effected it, so now it's fading and peeling.

I have attacked the peeling steps first. Hooray for electric sanders! Our front and back steps look much better, though in my enthusiasm to get new color on them I didn't take off quite as much paint as I should. Oh well.

The aluminum siding will be a beautiful, pale yellow called Summer Smile. The shutters, doors and future planter boxes will be a muted green (of course) called Hanging Vine, and then we have a warm beige for the porches and foundation (Mediterranean Mocha). Ooo! I can't wait to see it finished!

Rain, rain go away, so I can paint for many a day!