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Big Al

The Pool is Open!

Geez, these things are EVERYWHERE

Lunch, 2 days in a row at the Pita Pit? Yup. Sorry I didn't actually get a picture of the pita (chicken caesar-yum!), but I was just too hungry for that wholesome goodness, and I just couldn't wait.

What's this? A new puppy?

Yup- she's a goldendoodle. Julie made the mistake of coming home yesterday and telling me that "Top Gear Dog" was a goldendoodle, and then she started looking at breeders in the US; big mistake. You'd think that after this much time together she would realize that I'd interpret that as a big ol' green light to get a puppy. When she came home today, I'd found a breeder only 45 miles away that by an amazing coincidence had puppies that were just old enough to go home today. She valiantly tried the "I was just curious" defense, but Ronnie and I prevailed. We named her Sookie, after Sookie Stackhouse (it's really hard to come up with a strong female dog name, especially when your daughter persists in throwing out "Princess" every 15 seconds). I'm really curious how many people are now doing google searches for "Top Gear Dog" and "Sookie Stackhouse", in addition to "goldendoodle".

Bathroom is done

Julie finally finished the touch-up painting, so the bathroom is done. I'm currently working on our @#$%%#!^ sprinkler system. I replaced one valve, only to have 2 more go out with the added pressure, so it looks like it's time to build a whole new manifold.

Should be done, but not just yet.

Cut the door an rehung it, cut and installed the baseboard, cut the mirror trim, but the adhesive we bought isn't working with the glass, so I'll have to go pick up something else from Lowes. All I have to do now is repaint some of the wood trim, touch up the door, rtv some spots, and glue on the mirror trim. Bathroom is functional and open, so I'm in no real hurry. Julie has started looking for tiles for the master bath, so I guess I know what the next project is going to be. I turned off the bright light and used the flash on the camera for these pics- they show the true colors that we used.