Train Ride

Mom called first thing this morning telling me to go look at the train going by. It was stunning! Full of 44 wind machine blades (probably not the technical term).

By being on a train it saves a lot of semi-truck work. Imagine passing a line of these on the freeway one after the other!

Kyle and Eric went to work at Commercial Tire. Kaylee came by for a quick "hi". She has amazing blue eyes! What a treat.

It's Friday

This was the view outside my front door this afternoon when I got home from work. There was fog along the irrigation ditch, sun, clouds and blue sky depending on which way you were looking.

These clouds were to the north of my house....they were spectacular!

This view is looking south....the pump house is going to get painted this summer if it kills me! Maybe I shouldn't say 'kills' me, but I really want to get that done!

This week was a quick one at work....probably having Monday and Tuesday off had something to do with its speed. The semester is over as of today. Finals were yesterday and today, early dismissal today; the schedule was a disaster every day this week. Oh well, we made it through.

Watching the Australian Open tonight. One of the doubles match got into a tangle with the opposing players. Come on guys! Venus had to withdraw due to an injury. Isner is playing against Cilic; losing right now and Roddick is still in the hunt. 2 Americans left....good luck guys! I would love to see Roddick take the trophy. Don't think Nadal and Federer agree with me.

Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning. Last night was not a good sleep night. I woke up several times. Not sure why. Ready to make up for it tonight.

Thought For The Day

Be kind and compassionate to one another.

Ephesians 4:32

Back To School

Back to getting up with the alarm clock this morning. Work went pretty good. It was busy enough that the day went by quickly. That was a bonus. Kids are taking finals today and tomorrow. Schedules have to be tweaked, fixed and ready to be handed out Monday morning. Shouldn't be too big of a problem.

Our Wednesday meeting was at Arlene's tonight. We witnessed the brightest, fullest moon coming up over the horizon right before dinner. What a great reminder of "only God"!

Jessica sent me these pictures of Paxton at Ki-Be at a volleyball game so I will share them since I don't have any of my own today. Enjoy.

Bookwork Day

Got a lot accomplished today....in the office that is! I got up early today; no sleeping in on the last day of vacation. Geeze. I started laundry and then picked up the house. I checked out some blogs and then decided I had better get down to getting my office desk cleaned up. Going through the piles of bills, unopened mail, credit card bills and church stuff was just the start of being in the office all day. I went online and got all my 4th quarter reports finished and submitted and paid, did my Annual 940, December's B&O report and then started in on the credit card bills. After I got them all matched with jobs and accounts I got my checkbooks all up-to-date. I next tackled the files from 2010 and got them in order and in a box labeled and ready to access in case I need them when I do my 1040. That cleared a lot of space for the 2011 invoices and statements, etc. But why stop here??? The final big job that is no longer weighing on my shoulders to get done is my W-2's. They are filled in and in envelopes, ready to be mailed tomorrow. YEAH!! The only other big thing I have to do is get my 1099's done and my 1040. At least the January 31 deadline is not looming on my "to do" list anymore. Feels pretty good.

Brad got dinner tonight. He did a great job. Just kicking back on the couch right now, watching the Australian Open on tv. Roddick is playing a Russian and is just now pulling into the lead. Fish is playing Robredo and it's all over but the crying. Serena {edit: Venus not Serena} is the only ranked American woman still in the tournament. Not USA's year.

Back to the office tomorrow. Sure was a great 4 day vacation. Wouldn't mind having these more often!

Great Saying....

I found this on a blog and loved it so I thought I would share (can't remember which blog, so my apologies to the original owner):

On The Right Track

Here's the saying for January 17 on my calendar-a-day:

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen