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The ever fashionable Tim as seen leaving La Fuente for lunch today. I just adore his newfound fondness of hats. They look so great on him!

New Planter in My Future?

I saw this planter at Home Depot tonight in Spring Hill. I absolutely love it. It's huge, it's classic, it needs to be mine! It's a bit pricey, but I could do so much with it - magnificent fountain or great fern planter or super with some grasses in it. Oh the possibilities!

Friday Night Dinner

We had Randall, Glenn, Donna, and Jason over for dinner tonight. We sat around, ate good food, and drank nice wine. It was one of those nights where it was so comfortable that we all sat around the dining room table talking until 10:30. That's the kind of Friday night to have!

From My Window at Work

This little deer and its brother were grazing outside the prisonbreak fence around our building at work this afternoon. I know it looks like I might work in a high-security area because of that razor wire atop the fence, but nope. They just want to make sure we employees are trapped in the office!

New Car!!

I bought a new 2008 Honda Accord tonight!!! I thought I wanted an SUV, I drove several, I didn't like any of them. Then I drove the Accord - and I loved it. I felt so good sitting in it and driving it. It's charcoal gray with gray interior. I'm very pleased with it!

Happy Easter

After the big Easter services today at Tim's church, Randall, Glenn, Tim, and I went to The Post & Beam for Easter brunch. We've been there several times for dinner, but this was our first brunch there. I think brunch was even better than dinner. Plus, we had coupons for the four of us, so it wasn't that pricey either!

Timmy's Art Project

Tim has volunteered to paint a chair for Rippavilla's annual fundraiser, Cheairs on the Lawn. He's painting its base coat now. I can't wait to see what he does to it next!

Spring Has Sprung!

Today is the first day of Spring, and, right on time, Bradford Pears lining Nashville Hwy. are in full bloom. It's quite a sight to see the masses of white blooms on the 1 mile stretch heading into downtown.

Walmart Again

A normal Monday night - Tim and I went to the Walmartses after dinner tonight. It's good to be an "old married couple".

From the Weed Bed

I was playing around today with my Canon 40D and then with Adobe Lightroom. I love Lightroom. I've never taken many pics in RAW mode, but Lightroom makes it so easy to work with the images. Anyway, this lovely little flower was growing among the multitude of weeds in the yard right now. I really like the b/w conversion on it.

Lunch Outside on a Beautiful Day

It's such a beautiful day out today - 68 degrees and sunny. I rode around at lunch for a bit, then had lunch outside at Pancho's Place. It sure was hard to come back to the office and finish out the afternoon indoors!

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Mexican Church

Jennifer and I had late Mexican Church today. We met over at La Fuente around 2pm. It was just the two of us for a while. Then Tim stopped by and had a Diet Coke with us. We hadn't had "church" in quite a long time - it was nice. We're gonna have to start doing this more often!

It Finally Snowed!

After last night's beginnings of snow, it finally stuck around. There was about 3 inches outside this morning. I know for many people, that's not a great deal of snow, but for us Southerners, it's a big deal. It was pretty to take pictures in this morning, and then the temperature rose to about 40 degrees, so it quickly melted. We've had a pretty snow now, so I'm ready for Spring!

Snowing at The Post & Beam

We went to The Post & Beam for dinner tonight with Chuck and Janet. It was the first time they had been, and, as usual, it was wonderful. Absolutely delicious food! Anyway, it started snowing while we were there, and actually stuck to the streets. It was slow going heading home. We were in Tim's new truck, so he was being especially careful! It's nice to actually have some snow on the ground.

The Wind Was a Howlin'

This was the view off of our back deck after some gusty wind. Greasy (the neighbor) had a tree blow over and land on his "in-law suite" in his backyard. I'm not sure where his extra family guests are going to stay now that his shed.... err.... "in-law suite" has been damaged. Selfishly, I'm glad it landed on his side and not on our side. It would have torn the fence down on our side, and I'm certain Greasy doesn't have any insurance.

Martha Stewart, Watch Out

Now that I've seen how long cut flowers last in the house, I'm going to buy a set each time one fizzles. Today, I bought these mums. I love the bright yellow in the them - very Springy. And Tim does such a fabulous job arranging them. I just love his arrangement and vase combinations. Martha Stewart aint got nothin' on him!

HIV Testing

Today, Tim was giving oral HIV tests at a local church from 9am-2pm. He called me to help out from 9:30-12 because the turn out was so great. He had 35+ folks come by for the 20 minute test. Quite impressive - especially when considering it was in a church.