DH finally got the light/outlet hooked up yesterday... after three days and many different hook-ups... He now knows that the hots do go together... Now we just need to put the paneling, mirror and fixture up... which hopefully we can finish today!

Baby Kitty normally wakes us up between 6:30 and 7:30 am because Spyros used to get home around 6:30 and Baby would get attention and feed... well with DH working second shift this is no longer the case, but of course Baby does not really care. Finally today he let us sleep until 8:40 when I finally got up, and went to wake him up.
Either he had an adventerous night or he's slowly changing his schedule...

My Dad and Step-Mom (Penny) stopped by yesterday on their way back from Madison where they had a wedding and were babysitting my nephew (Brennan). They got to see the house, and were very impressed by it.
We had a pleasant dinner and chatted, then they took off for the two hour ride home... But we'll be seeing them again Wednesday for our week long vacation up in Eagle River!!!

We are both very excited since we haven't been up there since Christmas, and it's been about two years since we've been up there during the summer.
I have my 10 year class reunion, which I'm acutally looking forward to, since we didn't have a five year. Plus we'll be going inner-tubing, canoeing, or kayaking for free because my Dad works the summers at a place that rents these and then you go down one of the many rivers up there. (The owner of the place was my 8th grade science teacher, Mr. Pucci... small world.)

Besides all the swimming, outdoor stuff and touristy things, there will also be tons of photo ops. for DH. He may be getting another snake web-site/photograpy job, which would be wonderful... so wish him luck or pray to whatever source you do!

On to more frugal adventures... I had cooked a turkey the other day... but the two of us can only eat so much of it before we get tired of it/or it goes bad... so I froze the rest of the meat and then boiled down the turkey carcass to get stock for soup and the rest of the meat off the bones. I'm going to freeze it and then when we get back from vacation make a big pot of turkey soup... which will get frozen into smaller portions.

We picked more raspberries yesterday... another bowlful to eat from... while the cats had kitty adventures outside. They're indoor cats, but I like to take them out for awhile because fresh air (and grass) is healthy for them.

I hung a load of clothes out, and it actually didn't rain until we were sleeping... and I got another load in the washer now waiting to be hung out on this sunny day.

Frugal/Simple Thought of the Day: If you have an old clothesline no longer in use... why? It actually makes me sad whenever I go past a rundown line that you know hasn't been used in a long time.
Even if you hate the stiff feel of clothes... just put them in the dryer for five minutes or so after you take them down to loosen them up. Five minutes of a dryer running is a lot better then a half an hour.
If time is your excuse... sure it takes a bit longer, but think of the exercise and fresh air.... and as my Mom would say, "What do you think I had you kids for?"