It's hot!

Well, after a week of open windows and low energy costs, the A/C came back on this afternoon.  *sigh*  It was good while it lasted.  The A/C on the van crapped out (it's been trying for some time now) so Kevin gets to end his hot work days with a hot ride home.  We aren't getting the rain we need, so the grass is barely growing.  Not growing at all in some places.  Summer is here.

We got DSL hooked up on Monday, and dish will be installed Sunday afternoon.  Then I can tell this po-dunk cable company to take a flying leap.  WoooHooo!  I hate their internet service, I hate their fuzzy local channels, and I hate their customer service.  I'm excited to have dish.  The kids are excited, too.  They like the music channels.  I'll have CMT again, as well as GAC.  GAC is all I've had for the past several years, and I'd like to say one thing about that...."GACK!"

My brother is coming up this weekend.  I'm excited to see him.  Lyndsay, too.  I bet she's grown a foot in the past year.  I'll get to show him and my dad around my work on Wednesday.  That will be fun.  Dad likes manufacturing stuff, and it's neat to see some of the processes that go into producing a professional portrait, or those packages of pictures that you get from your kids school or sports team.

We were invited to TWO gatherings this weekend.  One is more like a party, the other a social gathering.  We've never had a social life, so it's weird to have to choose.  We would choose the social gathering (face it, I'm getting old) but now I can't find a sitter.  It's the weekend before the 4th of July...everyone has plans.  Oh well, we'll stay home like every other Saturday.  No biggie.

Kevin's puppy choice has changed.  If you remember my entry that talked about the puppies, you'll remember that he chose a white one with brown markings.  Well, the black one (which was "spoken for") isn't spoken for any more!  Now, we're getting the little girl that is black with a skunk stripe on her head and some other white markings.  I can't wait to go take new pictures, now that their eyes are open!  That's her in that picture up there...along with one of her with her siblings.

Well, time to go relax and cool off.  Life is chuggin' along.  I'm ready for a holiday and a visit  with my brother.  Come on, weekend!