I took a vacation! Between my parents getting new furniture, me inheriting the old stuff, moving house myself and a few other things, I took a break!
George was ok with this after I realized that there was no way to help my parents and go to work. I was exhausted after the first afternoon. This was with my sister and brother both helping! Good grief! My mom is a slave driver. Love her to death, but she decided to totally clean her house before the new furniture arrived. After she cleaned, she decided to paint. Oh, and rewire the phone system. (it hissed) George and Kevin helped me with that at least.
However, her house now looks beautiful. Clean carpets, new phones, new living room and dining room furniture and a new bedroom suite. That took a week.
Then, my old landlord decided to sell my itty bitty house I rented from him. He had another one to rent to me, but it was across town. A whole 15 blocks, but… still. So, I packed up stuff and hauled it over to the new house. Thie was after cleaning and painting there too. If Kelly, Jim or I see a paintbrush before next summer, I think we will all scream!
Best part though is that I had the local thrift store come get my couch, bed, and easy chair. I just took the stuff my mom was done with out of her garage and moved it straight in to the new place. I now have a matching living room suite. Not sure what to do with it, but… Hey! I’ll have a housewarming party. 
yeah…. Now adays, that means me, the dog and a pizza. Well, maybe George and Kevin would come over too. The girls would have to come a different night. Oh well.
I also finally have the hang of Ubuntu!!! I only got my DSL connection yesterday. So, I have ten gillion emails and this blog to update. Wheeee~! It does feel good though to be back online. I was having withdrawl symptoms.
I also went on a couple of hikes up in the mountains. It was so nice to get out and just be all by myself!
