California - here I come!

What a week! It was a bitter sweet one as I bid farewell to my colleagues at the bank, and met briefly with a few new co-workers! I did get my new laptop though, just before I fly out to San Fransisco for my first day with the new company. Even though I arrived back home before 1pm on Friday, most of the remainder of the day was spent setting up the laptop. A friend of mine, who is a financial advisor, also stopped by to assist me in a few financial technicalities of switching jobs! Liesel and Nath, made some chocolate chip cookies for my visitor and me .... God bless their hearts :)

Saturday was another beautiful day! In the morning, Liesel had volunteered to help with a medical study at the hospital, so I had a boy's only house most of the morning! That afternoon, Nathan and I headed to Home Depot so he could pick out a ceiling fan for his room. We found the fan that he loves, as well as a few other items I need to complete a few projects around the house.
In the evening we had FFN (Family Fun Night)! It was my choice and I took the family to Mitchell's Ice Cream parlor. Here they have an incredible array of delectable dishes to pick from. And they did not disappoint!!! Liesel had the Black Raspberry Chip and Nathan settled with plain chocolate. As for me ....... Caramel Fudge Brownie ice cream!!!!!!! Say no more!

Sunday was just crazy! It started at 6:45am for me when the alarm ripped me out of my deep sleep. I was playing at church again and had to report for duty at 7:45am! I really enjoyed the church services and finally headed home at 12:30pm. After a delicious roast lunch prepared by Liesel, Nathan and I headed upstairs to tackle the installation of his new ceiling fan! This was by no means an easy task, but two hours later, I turned Nathan's room into the brightest and breeziest room in the house! After that brief stint outside of my comfort zone, I went over to Josh's room to hang some art that Liesel had purchased. That was something I had done many times before so it was fairly quick. Then, after dinner, it was time to mow the yard!! That took 90 minutes to get the lawn looking neat again and I could reward myself with a cool shower! There was just enough time to pack my suitcase for my week long trip to the Googleplex in California!



The last item on my checklist is the completion of this blog. This leaves me a few minutes to sort a few things out before retiring in this timezone for a while!