Any of you monkeys want a banana?

It's been a quiet week in Lake WoeBeGone....oh, sorry. That's Garrison's line. It has been a good week though, with Neal and his family visiting. I decided to take the whole week off (except Monday) and have been puttering around the house, doing little things, and enjoying the visit mostly. I even got over to the property and did some fairly extensive clearing, complete with a bonfire, a few nights ago. Of course, without Kevin's help (his tractor and bushog) I wouldn't have gotten nearly as much done. As it is, the area that's been cleared is about what we used to keep mowed when we lived there. I really miss it over there and keep having these recurring thoughts of building a house and moving back. I kind of hate the thought of starting over though. We're so close to being mortgage-free that it just doesn't make sense to start again. It deserves some thought.

The bonfire I mentioned was a nice evening. Everyone except Jon was there, and we sat around and reminisced about earlier times and events. I ended up staying until about 1 a.m. (had to make sure the fire was really dead). It would have been better if I hadn't broken a string on my guitar about 11:30, but that's sometimes the way it goes. The next hour and a half consisted of poking and prodding the fire, petting the dog, and thinking about all sorts of things. Surprisingly, I noticed almost no mosquitos. It was wonderful.

Neal and Jaclyn are leaving today. I've certainly enjoyed getting to know Charlotte. She's loads of fun and loves to cuddle. By this time next year she'll have a brother or sister. That's when the fun really begins. There was some discussion about meeting in kentucky for Thanksgiving, which would be wonderful, but not certain at this point.

The redesign of my site is almost complete, with most of what's remaining on the invisible level (at least to the public). The majority of change has been with the home page by adjusting it to match the other pages, and adding the tagboard. I do miss the guitar graphics for the buttons, so the next little "project" will be to modify the nav bar for graphic buttons. I'm already excited about it.....