Sunny Sunday

I just added a killer salad to the recipe page: Amanda's Mandarin and Almond Salad. Amanda and Frank brought it over for dinner last night, and now I can't wait to make it myself. Try this one for Thanksgiving. I bet it's always a hit.

Marty got up at 3:30 AM to watch the Leonid meteor shower this morning. We met as he was coming back to bed and I was getting up (around 5:00). He said it was great! But he was very, very cold. And he's still asleep now.

We spent yesterday cleaning up the downstairs. Finally, finally. We've had power tools, boxes of tile, two-by-fours, copper pipe, utility buckets, and plumbing supplies all over the place down there for months. It's so much better. I can hardly even believe it's the same house. What a nice change.

It's great to get the downstairs presentable before our Thanksgiving guests arrive. There's still a lot to do upstairs before Thursday, but I feel so much better. Of course, things will start getting a little messy again in the next few weeks as we continue with work on the downstairs bathroom (still not finished) and the hallway wallpaper, but this is such an improvement.

The sun is up now and it's a bright day. Looks like winter out there, although thank goodness we haven't had any snow yet. The bluejays are going crazy this morning.