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Mowed the lawn again. All the rain we had gotten last week caused a big growth spurt. The yard looks pretty good now but It really needs me to spend at least two hours twice a week to keep it up. Unfortunately I currently don't have the time. Maybe after I retire I'll be able to spend more time working on it.

The year is in it's final month and we have been very busy for awhile now. Finished building all the shelves that we currently have. M got all the Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs in order. We can now find stuff which is great. Down in the Man Cave put up some of the same shelves down here although these are white. Got all my Manga in them and in order too. Need more shelves for the paperback collection but those can wait until next year. Putting things away and removing boxes really helps make are house feel more like home.

Haven't updated in a while. Been really busy with learning the new job and finally finished with my training. I can honesty say that I'm not bad at this new job. At first I was worried that all my experience with working on various air traffic control equipment would be going to waste here. Turns out I was wrong if anything my experience has greatly helped me in learning my job. After meeting some of the other new people coming here with little or very specialized experience struggling with learning this job I really don't feel so bad about myself anymore.
On the house front unpacking continues at a slow but steady pace. Built some shelves in the Man Cave and have unpacked lots of books. Still have many more to go. The house is a lot more work to keep up than the previous house. The yard is huge compared to the old one. The old one took around 15 to 20 mins to mow. New one over an hour and a half. I use the time wisely I listen to audio books. Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter's Long Earth series have been a couple that I've enjoyed listening to. The books give a very different take on parallel worlds. I've found both books to be very interesting and fun to read.
Been trying to exercise more since my new job is much more sedentary than my last one. 

Another evening of Big Bang Theory with Maria. Lots laughs and geeky goodness.

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They showed up earlier than we expected with the freezer so we didn't have to wait around for them much. We ran lots of errands today. The post office, bank, drivers license office Maria needed to renew her's today. Then we had a nice lunch at Applebee's. Then Maria and I spent a long time at Sam's getting stuff to put in the freezer. I don't think we will be eating out again for awhile. Tomorrow its back to work with an early morning stop at the vet to drop of the black cat for her spaying.

I'm thankful for Maria the love of my life.
I'm thankful for a house I can actually afford.
I'm thankful for having a job that seems pretty secure.

I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Damn! The siding and widows guys are here early, I wasn't expecting them until next week. They came yesterday and ripped the siding off one side of the house.
So after getting home from work yesterday I ran around the house to finish several of the projects that we started last weekend. Got the back door foamed and most of the shims cut off, got a couple more left that I wanted to wait until the foam dried over night. Cleaned out the back porch and removed a bunch of debris that my Dad and I created during the door replacement. This should give them plenty of room to move about while closing off one window and replacing two others on the back porch.

Took Maria's new Jewelery Crate Box out of my car and up stairs into the bed room. Damn that thing is heavy. Did some spring cleaning, I cleaned all the ceiling fans in the house so they won't spread any dusk that has collected on them during the winter. Did the dishes and a few other things. After three weeks away I'll be at work tomorrow. I wonder what they have left for me to do.