Sorry...

I see that it has been 2 months since I posted anything. Ooops. First I don't post because life isn't interesting enough to write about, then I don't post because life is too interesting to leave me time to post. You guys just can't win.

First interesting thing: I bought a house. My very own. Here it is:

Apart from being in Houston, it's pretty nice. And it is south of I-10, so I have really got it made, if I am to believe Sonny Landrith. He's never lied to me before...









The house has a really nice backyard. I just mowed it today for the first time. Here's the yard.





And here's the mower. Post-mowing, of course; it was too embarrassed to let me take a picture of it clean.

My yard comes with a pet hawk. Two, actually. Maybe even three, but so far I have only identified an adult and a juvenile sharp-shinned hawk. Or maybe they're Cooper's hawks. It's hard to tell; see Figure 1. If only they would stand still so I could measure them... They've been feeding very well, and they like to perch in my tree while eating. I have seen or heard them 5 days this week.


Unpacking and fixing things and settling in have been seriously delayed by a rather annoying amount of work that needed doing at... well, at work. But I have managed to do a few homeownery things, like vacuuming the top of the water heater, and hanging a rod in this here closet.


I really only have one room finished to my satisfaction, but it's an important one: the bathroom.

Today was supposed to be a day of accomplishments. I was going to buy curtains, for example, and hang them. That doesn't seem to have happened though. Buying the lawnmower and using it took a lot longer than I planned... possibly because that trip also included "eating at Fadi's," which is an important accomplishment in its own right, and buying dog food (for Mike's dogs; Mike was kind enough to haul the lawnmower home in his Murano - you didn't think I put it in my coupe, did you?). Now it is 5.30, and it is shower time. If I manage to buy curtains after that, I will be sure to let you know. In less than a month, this time.