City by the Lake day 5

Finally settled into the summer condo. So nice to be back with Barbara :) Weather is perfect...80's in the day, 50's at night. Only adjustment I've had to make was sunrise at 4:30am. Forgot about being so far north. We're up around 5:30 each morning anyway, so I guess I'll adjust.

Also doing our 5 mile walk "most" every morning. It's 8 blocks to the lake, a quick loop on the floating boardwalk and 8 blocks home "uphill". Our goal is to both lose 40lbs this summer....let's see who's the "biggest loser" hahaha.

Also removing our old rotted wood fence from around the back patio. We'll be replacing it with a 6 foot solid block wall (our southwest influence is coming out)....that and the main reason we're replacing it is because the neighboring apartment complex tennants love backing into our fence so it's been repaired a dozen times.....let's see how well they do with 6 feet of solid concrete! Should have it installed within 10 days, then it's time to paint it :(

Fast Forward to NOW

Guess I better get busy and update the blog!!!

Wow...it's been almost a year since the last post....

OK...summer 08 was spent in Coeur d'Alene. In late July Kevin got a call from Tucson offering him a position at Mountain View High School to lead the Smaller Learning Community project under a federal grant. Since the main house in Tucson had not sold and the market was in the beginning of the "big tailspin", he decided to return to Tucson and go back to work. Since the real estate market was now a "buyer's" market, we bought a 2 bedroom condo in downtown CDA so Barb would have a place to live while she remained in CDA caring for her parents. Kevin left late August in the bus, stopping in Twin Falls ID to do a quick remodel of his parent's bathroom. He arrived in Tucson early September and began working.

Kevin's Christmas break was spent in CDA where they had a record 7 feet of snowfall! Wile it was fun to have a true winter wonderland holiday, Kevin got real tired of snow blowing all that darn snow! At this time, sadly, we also lost Barb's dad, Ray Tomlinson at the age of 98. And 2 days later, her mom Kay, fell and broke her hip. Needless to say, the holidays weren't a time to celebrate :( Kevin returned to Tucson in early January to go back to work and Barb remained in CDA helping her mom recover from hip surgery. The snow kept coming and the winter seemed to never end.....

Spring came and both Kevin & Barbara began preparing the 2 houses for summer while living 1500 miles apart. NOT fun....

In mid May Kevin learned that his job was another victim of the recession and all the state budget cuts to education so he's now amongst the ranks of the unemployed. Retirement is looking better all the time and he won't miss returning to Tucson in the 100+ temps to go back to work in late July. Now he'll be spending the entire summer in CDA with Barb and helping her with the many new consulting contracts she's landed. Next stop is Gulf Shores Alabama in early June...stay tuned......

I'll try to keep this blog updated weekly...really I will...hahahaha