What a rough week! I knew I had lots to do at work, but this week was brutal. Lots of unusual odds and ends in addition to all the regular stuff made for long, stressful days. In addition, I worked late at home during the early part of the week. Unfortunately, next week will be another busy one at work, but at least I won’t have any tax deadlines to deal with. At least busy makes the time go by quickly…

Am doing some reorganization/cleaning this weekend to make space next to my computer for my new scanner! It’s really, really cool…an HP Scanjet 4850. The best part is that it will scan slides and negatives. I have no idea where all the slides are, but will start digging around finding them as well as a bunch of old negatives. Hopefully I’ll soon be posting lots of old pix.

Murphy was amazingly good today. It was pouring down rain when I left for work this morning, so I left him indoors all day. I expected to have at least one or two “accidents” to deal with when I got home tonight. Instead, there were none! Good dog, Murphy!

Got a fabulous cd this week, Barry Manilow’s “Greatest Hits of the Fifties.” It is sooo good! For a fan of Barry in addition to someone who loves 50’s music, it is totally the bomb!

Got lots of yard work accomplished last weekend, but still have a bit more to do. But am making lots of progress. I ordered a new hedge trimmer from Sears, so should be able to get the hedge trimmed at the back of the yard with far less effort than previously. Will do a bit more outdoor work this weekend, but am grateful to have made such a big dent in it last week. Hopefully will be able to put in some new plants within a few weeks. Can’t wait to be at that point!

Time to get busy so I’ll have some fun time available over the next few days to play with my scanner!