Above is some video Elliott took of a deer in the neighbor's yard. We have had as many as 3 or 4 at a time out there. Early mornings or mid-afternoon. I think they are becoming accustomed to the dogs so that is good. We hadn't seen any in 10 years but the past 2 years they have come poking around. A big county office building was built recently in a field not far from here and I think that pushed the deer our way.

As you can see from the lack of posts, I have been busy! I guess that happens when you work full time... Ashleigh is doing well in field hockey and they still have a winning record. That is a first for her. She thought she broke her finger recently in practice but it was just a bad bruise from a ball hit. Elliott is doing well in school and just signed up for the city basketball league. That is always good. His finger is healing nicely. I have Ashleigh's stats posted on the web page and will post Elliott's when he gets some. Early November I think.

Now that we have insurance, Lucie has been busy getting the kids and herself dental checkups and physicals. All good so far.

The weather has gotten chilly in the mornings but last night when we were at the high school football game, it was 80º! I closed the pool too early...

I am hoping the grill parts I ordered come in today. Last time I was cooking out there I noticed some parts were rusting so I ordered some new ones. One of the refrigerator door shelves broke but to get a replacement from Amana was $50! eBay is my friend and I got one for $20.

It is a bank holiday Monday but I am going in for a while because they are cutting the main power to the building to do their bi-annual electrical maintenance. I (and my boss) figured it would be a good time to see what effect it will have on the security systems. A backup generator will be running and there is a backup to the backup so all should be fine. But since the building will be mostly empty, I can do some other work too. The kids have school so I won't be missing out on anything. And I can't complain about working!