So, once again, this is my first post. Should really be working out in the garage right now, but can’t seem to get motivated yet…. Am cleaning out the mess, trying to get rid of as much as possible to make room for my new storage cabinets. Would like to have them be usable space–not just a place to stuff everything that is currently filling up the garage floor!

Yesterday I bought a glider swing for the backyard. It matches my new patio set and is absolutely, positively cool !!! Patrick, Nader, Lisa and Travis assembled everything and now we just need to find exactly the right spot for it. It has it’s own awning cover, so really isn’t appropriate to fit under the tarp with all the rest of the patio furniture….and it’s huge! Once I get all my new windows and doors installed I’ll be better able to judge where to put it.

Oh yes, I’m having the entire house redone with brand new windows and a new patio door….including putting in a bay window in my bedroom! Everything is on order and the work will be started on 8/16. Could have started sooner except that I wanted to wait till I return from my trip to NC from 8/5-8/15. Really want to be around while the work is being done, and I’ll be off work for another week after I get back from NC. Got a great deal on everything… the house is now almost complete structurally. Some electrical rewiring in the kitchen, a bit of plumbing repair under the sink and some shoring up of a broken beam in the garage, and we’re done! Still a few aesthetic things (like painting and carpet in the family room), but I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel…

Oops, forgot the other big project–replastering and tiling the pool. Most of the work will be done by the pool company, but I may retile around the top myself…we’ll see. Haven’t picked the exact colors yet, but am considering dark purple trimmed in yellow-gold tiles. You know, for the Lakers and all that? Thought about putting the Lakers logo on the bottom, but what if the person who buys the house someday is not a Lakers fan…are there any around LA?

Maybe I can once again get back to playing Animal Crossing (or Harvest Moon?) in the not too distant future? Still need to get all that chicken furniture in AC.

Off to the pit that is my garage…I absolutely must get this finished today!