What's New?

The answer to that question is...nothing! That's alright. I do enjoy a little down time now and then. Josh is working hard and doing great in school. His engineering class made batteries using lemonade today. Don't ask me how it works, but he is sure that he could build a generator for our house now. Who knows? Someday down the road that might not be such a bad idea...

As for me, I'm still working and hoping the construction is finished soon. The buiding shakes and rattles all day. On the upside, asphalt and parking stalls in our new parking lot magically appeared Monday morning. No "ins and outs" or sidewalk yet though, so "NO PARKING" allowed. Yet. Maybe soon? Things are pretty much a bust in the writing business right now. Titles are all too technical; they deal with cars and things that A.) I know nothing about, and B.) would be difficult to write in a single 400-500 word article. Oh well. On the upside, we should be getting our new french doors on Wednesday! That hurts the pocket book but makes me oh so happy! The simple pleasure of being able to open a door.

To finish off news of our Atlanta trip, Kathrine took us downtown to see the underground mall on our last day there. Here we are riding the MARTA:

The trains are actually pretty clean, which a relief because we did see a few rats running around the tracks. The Underground mall was pretty cool. Trains everywhere! We ate at a place called Johnny Rockets (which I've never heard of). It's a 50's style diner with some really good food. They even serve your fries to you with smiley-faced ketchup! I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the glimpse of Atlanta. Alan made fun of me for acting like a tourist (duh Alan I was a tourist!), but oh well. What right does a man in a straight jacket have to talk anyway?

That's right. EJ is strapping Alan into a straight jacket. He came in from work and proudly announced that his straight jacket had arrived. There is an explanation, believe it or not. He works in a haunted house on Halloween, and this is his costume this year. Of course they couldn't resist the urge to try it out. And of course, Kathrine couldn't resist the urge to torment him...

Here she is hiding puppy treats in the jacket for Tallie to find. Ha ha! Good times...