Oh What A Beautiful Morning

Oh, what a beautiful day. I've got a beautiful feeling; everything's going my way! (Oklahoma)

It was sunny and 55 degrees when we got up this morning!! Loved it! Took the dogs for a nice walk. They were frisky. The Morning Glories that took months to produce one bloom are full of blooms these days.


I am so happy that our 2007 conference is history! There were a few glitches, but, all in all, I think it was a success. We seemed to get more on-site registrations than usual, so I am looking forward to seeing the final numbers (financial, that is!). Our opening and closing keynote speakers were big hits.

I tackled the grouting on the kitchen tile project today. I ran out of grout before I was finished. Grouting was more difficult than putting the tiles up (and surprisingly physical). I think I liked them better before the grout, but it is better than a plain painted wall that was getting stained with grease from cooking! Compared to putting small tiles on a small wall space between the counter and the cabinets, I think doing a large horizontal space like a kitchen or bathroom floor would be relatively easy. I will probably take on those projects at some point now that I've gotten my feet wet.

(In the photo above, the grouted tile is on the left and the not yet grouted tile is on the right. What do you think?)

Well, hope all out there in cyberland have been well. I have not caught up with reading other blogs yet, but I am off work tomorrow, so I will probably "drop in" then! Take care.

What Season Is It?

These are photos of our yard taken today, not last October! I'm very thankful that I do not live in Texas where they are having terrible floods, or in Boise, Idaho where it was supposed to be about 105 today, but it's plenty hot and dry here. These leaves seem to be from one tree--a tulip poplar on which about half of the leaves have turned yellow. We don't know if it is stressed by the lack of rain or if something else is wrong with it. It's a very large tree, which we would hate to lose because it helps sheild us from the neighbor's backyard. We live in a subdivision with houses all around, but because we have some tall, mature trees, we have a nice feeling of privacy from late spring to the middle of fall. DH called a tree service today to see if they had an arborist who could come out and take a look at it. We are still waiting for a return call.


Meanwhile, here is a photo of Harry enjoying the very brief snow we had this past winter. He looks pathetic, but we really didn't make him stay out there! With his hair, he enjoys cold weather. Poor guy; today we took him and Meg to the vet and the car was so hot; I felt so sorry for him. The vet is close so the car was just starting to cool down when we got there. We found out that Meg had gained 10 lbs. since January! She's not fat, but she's not as active as she used to be and she is looking a little thicker through the waist (it happens to all of us!).

"Mom, can I have a fish for dinner? They're supposed to be good for you!"