Strange Obsession

Bill moved the stove so he could finish painting the kitchen and found the final resting place for Cassie's toys. She steals my hair thingies in the middle of the night, takes them downstairs and drops them in the dog's water and then stashes them under the stove. She does the same to the ring from gallons of milk and uses those to play hockey. Bill counted 45 toys under there. Strange cat. She fits right in with us.

Bill and I are both obsessed with getting the interior of the house painted. He has 3 rooms almost done and having things almost done makes me crazy! He won't let me paint so I made new covers for the deck chairs and painted a mirror silver to go with our new dining room wall. I'll post pics when he's done but he's not done yet grrrrr. Just joking, it's been fun to watch the house change.

Part of the reason why I haven't been feeling well is I have a nasty case of acid reflux. When I first moved to Oregon six years ago I started drinking wine and local coffee daily and also had blended smoothies for breakfast. My stomach was whipped out by the combo and I had to stop everything and now I can only have those things infrequently. I am starting to feel that way again so I'm watching what I eat and hoping it blows over like it did last time. I think stress might be playing a role in all this so that is another reason for us to consider a time out on the baby making. Once we're settled I think will be able to relax more. When Bill starts working I will reduce my hours a week down to 30 and I think that will help me tremendously.

We're getting ready for a busy weekend, on Saturday we are driving north to Federal Way, WA for another all women's triathlon and then on Sunday we'll be down at Hood River, OR for Bill to race in the Escape from the Gorge triathlon. After this we will likely take some camping trips before the rain comes. I am really looking forward to some hiking and biking and relaxing in our beautiful state.

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