Since it's been almost 2 weeks, I thought I'd better update my blog again. I know that there are some people still out there who check it every now and then. The past two weeks have been pretty good overall. Everyone is still healthy, thank goodness. Danny and I (well okay, mostly Danny) painted the entry way which was a lavendar color and the living room a pale sage color. It looks so much better than before. We also hung some pictures up so things are starting to look a lot more like home again. Danny mounted the television on the wall (which I was opposed to in Rochester) and it turned out really well. It makes the living room seem bigger. The only thing that is hard for me to get used to is the small bedrooms. We still haven't put a bed in the spare room yet but we'll get there eventually. We'll need to get things in place before Sharon and Willy ( our great neighbors from Rochester) come up to visit. We'll look forward to them coming up to Maine for a visit. We'll do all of that touristy stuff with them so that will be fun. I can't wait! I miss them terribly.
This weekend has been a weekend of trying not to feel stuck to the house doing chores. We had Christy. Carolyn and her friend over for dinner on Friday night and then ended up going out with Carolyn and her friend for a while and just talked. We haven't really been out for a while and although we almost choked to death from the cigarette smoke, we agreed that it was nice to be out and relaxing with friends. Today we took the dogs for a LONG OVERDUE walk on the beach today. It was a balmy 45 degrees.....not bad at all. The dogs were in their glory and it was really nice to get out and get some fresh air. We came back and met Deidre and Dave for dinner, a run to Walmart and Lowes and then sat in Dunkin Donuts and just gabbed for a while. It was nice hanging out with them. We ended up getting some replacement lights that Danny is replacing in the hallway as we speak.....so much for the chore free weekend, huh? Tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, the kids are all coming over to watch the Patriots game and have dinner. Danny will be traveling to Atlanta this week so it'll be a pretty quiet week for me.

My new job is going very well. What a differece for me over the other job! I really feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. I stuck it out at the other place because we really needed to put some money away but continued to look for another job. I'm proud of myself for sticking it out. That situation was pretty tough for me to hold it together but I guess I'm just too stubborn to give in. Everything has a way of working out though as we've been finding out lately.

So, things are fairly quiet for now. I'm sure it won't stay that way but for now I'll take what I can get. I hope everyone is well and I'll update you all when I have something to report. I'll at least update every 2 weeks though, even if it's quiet.