Activity Update (with photos!)

I don't want to scoop Amber on the photos and details from Trevor's party so I will wait until after she posts to share my photos.

Instead, I'll share a few photos from a few recent activities. Summer is off to a great start!

Melissa, Rebeca and I went to the BBQ & Blues Festival at Peavey Plaza one Saturday afternoon/evening. Good music and delicious food with great friends.

Jack joined us after he was done with work.


Last Friday, Melissa and her mom, Elaine, invited me to join them for brunch at French Meadow before they left to take Elaine back to Sisseton.


Chris and his friends watching some television. Why does he seem embarrassed?


Anyone interested in more photos? I upload many photos to Facebook and almost all my photos to flickr, available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarbeet/

Happy Birthday Amber!

Wishing you a great day!

What I have learned...

I have been working at home as a self-employed person for about two and a half months. So far, I have learned some interesting things about this arrangement:

- I wake up at six o'clock even without an alarm clock (most of the time).

- Most people think that is early, but some people think that is late (Grandma Dottie, I'm talking about you!).

- Eating lunch (and sometimes breakfast) while watching a favorite DVR'd show with Chris is a great way to spend a meal time.

- I prefer interspersing house work and errands throughout the day rather than on nights and weekends (I knew this would be true).

- I often hit my work stride between six and ten p.m. I also expected this, but it is much more pleasant to work late and walk upstairs than to have to drive home from an office.

- The days seem shorter, but I also get more done (both home and work).

- I get frustrated by offices that close at 4 p.m. And even more frustrated by people who answer the phone at 3:55 and are not able to converse because they need to leave at 4:00.

- I have never understood clock-watchers and understand them even less now!

- This has been a good situation, but I know it won't last forever!