Today my mom drove up for a visit. It was nice to see her - it had been April since I last saw her. She was only here for the day, so we mostly just hung out around the house. Riley and Regan did their best to show off for their Nana. She is on her way back home now, so I pray that she has a safe trip.
I have been trying to personalize my blog a little more. Riley picked out the background, and I think she did a good job. Then she heard Nemo on TV so she abandoned me. I added a playlist - even though there presently is only one song. Believe me, it is not an autobiographical song. I just think the tune is catchy. I tried looking for a couple of other songs I like, but I must not have the titles right.
We have had brief moments of sunshine over the last few days. I asked one of my friends who likes the Twilight series of books if she felt like she were in Forks, WA. I think tomorrow is the beginning of a 4-5 day stretch of projected sunshine. I am looking forward to it. Along with the cooler weather for the week, it should begin to feel like Fall. I love Fall weather. I love the trees changing colors, and the cool mornings with warmer afternoons.

Wet, Wet, Wet

I have not heard the official measure, but it seems like we received about 10" of rain today. Of course my umbrella broke while on my way in to work. I have a healthy walk between where I park and my office, so my hair was a little frizzy by the time I got in the office.
On another note, today was the day to switch our internet and phone service from the telephone company to the cable company. With the bundled services, we should be able to save some money. I like that, but the whole process today was frustrating. First, last week the sales lady on the phone promised me that the installer would call 30 minutes prior to showing up at my house to allow me to get home from work. Wrong...he called from my house to let me know he was there. Second, after the mad dash home, I found out that the cable company is completely out of DVRs, one of the reasons I decided to do the whole switcheroo. Remember the new season of shows start next week, and I really want to record a few to watch once my kids are in bed. Third, I never considered how the locations of my phone jacks and cable outlets are such a crucial issue in the conversion process. Of course my computer and telephones were nowhere near where they needed to be to hook them up thru the cable lines. The cable installer is to come out again in the morning to wrap up everything but the DVR. That will be another service call. Oh well, I have ranted on about that enough. Good night.

First time for everything

My friend Candi talked me into creating my own blog. We will see if I can keep this up. I have had a Facebook account for quite some time, but still have never uploaded a picture. Maybe I will do better with this. This is definitely cheaper than internet shopping, which is what I would normally be doing this time of night if I were not reading a book. I just finished shelling out money to Riley's school for meals, fundraisers, etc. so no money for shopping. I finished my latest book (The Thirteenth Tale) Monday night and have not started a new one yet. Therefore I am blogging.
Perhaps no one will read this, and that is fine.
Riley and Ken both have a chest cold. Riley has been coughing her head off every since we left church tonight. Ken has not been coughing, but he feels run down. I pray neither one of them gets the flu, and that Regan and I don't catch their colds.