Those Doggone Deer

Every year we love to hang bags of impatiens on our garage. The Hubs loves the looks of the flowers, and he is the one who takes the tme to water and deadhead them every day.

We have been having lots of problems with deer eating the beautiful flowers in our garden. I have gotten used to tulips being gobbled up before they even bloom, and lillies being buds one day and sticks the next. This is the first year, though, that the deer have come right up and eaten out of the bags.

I keep threatening to buy one of those motion-sensitive sprinklers, but if the motion detectors on the flood lights don't deter them, I'm not sure a spray of water would do much more. This is really getting to be a problem.

Building Update

Our meetings have increased to about 2 or 3 per week now. Construction Team, Move Team, and of course the Steering Committee, are keeping me pretty busy. Last week I was finally able to get inside the new building for my first look from the inside out. The internal walls are just going up, so it's still pretty hard to picture the finished product. Hard hat and all, I have to walk around with a blueprint in my hand to get a feel for where everything will be. I couldn't resist taking a picture out my future office window, though.

I made sure to get the construction sticker in the window to prove it was taken from the inside of the building. I have no office walls yet, mind you, but it looks like I am going to have quite a view. That's the Dearborn city hall across the street.
We will be starting business in this new location on January 3, 2011. That may seem like a long way away on the calendar, but it is just around the corner to me. I don't know how we are going to get it all done! So far, I am pretty pleased with the result I am seeing. It should be quite a place when we are finally up and running.

A Memorable Birthday Dinner

I don't generally need an excuse to spend money. Morton's Steakhouse, though, has always been a little out of our league. So, when it came time to celebrate the Hubs' birthday, I decided to spring for it. It was a great evening. I must say they go out of their way to provide excellent service. When I made the reservation, I mentioned that it was a birthday celebration. Well...we were met at the door with "Happy Birthday's" from the staff. We were escorted to our table, which was laid out with menus personalized for the birthday boy. At that point, our picture was taken (I had the hostess take another one with my digital camera, just so I could post it here) and we were given a souvenier copy, signed by the whole staff.

Then we enjoyed one of the best steak dinners ever. After dinner, desert was on them. Finally, while we finished our coffee, our car was pulled up front, and it was waiting for us when we were ready to leave. I could learn to live like this!

Father's Day Golf

It was a fun Father's Day for the Hubs. He got to play golf with #1 son for the first time.

I was allowed to come along for the ride (yeah, try to keep me away!) We played one of my favorite courses, The Majestic at Lake Walden. I make sure to play it at least once a year, and I always enjoy it. It was so much fun watching Dad and Son in the cart together. I even convinved them to let me take a picture. The only condition was that I let Son keep his hat on. He had been at a fund raiser for cancer the day before, and had his head shaved. He agreed to a Mohawk, since he was offered a contribution of $400 for it. "Totally worth it", he said.

A Blast From The Past

I haven't blogged for so long. I partly blame it on how busy I have been since I returned from vacation. But, let's face it, it is also because I have let my life become one giant yawn, from the time I leave for work at 6AM until I crawl into bed at 9PM and get ready to do it all over. So, the Memorial Day holiday was a refreshing change for me. We started by playing 18 holes of golf at some podunk course in South Lyon. Then we headed to our friends house on Silver Lake to relax for the rest of the day (this was Sunday, mind you, while the weather was still nice).

The real surprise of the weekend came between the golf course and Silver Lake. We were driving through downtown South Lyon, and decided we were hungry. So we stopped at the Lake Street Tavern for a burger. We had never been there before. The Hubs saw mushroom soup on the menu, and mentioned to the waitress that it sounded good. She said, "Oh, you would love it! Do you remember the Golden Mushroom? Same chef, same recipe!"

She didn't know the half of it. Both the Hubs and I used to LOVE the mushroom soup at Golden Mushroom, and were so disappointed when they closed their doors. I had just chalked it up as one of those "end of an era" events, convinced I would never taste such good mushroom soup again. Needless to say, we ordered a bowl with our hamburger. It was everything we remembered. I think I got a little whiplash from being slammed back 25 years!!