We passed our second month anniversary in the new house and are very happy with the new digs. We've met a few of our neighbors and they are very nice. People out for evening strolls have stopped and introduced themselves and welcomed us to the neighborhood. Ferbie, our neighbor to the east was kind enough to invite us over to watch fire works from his balcony on the 4th. Ryan's having fun playing with Ferbie's 5 year old grandson when he comes to visit.

We have almost all of our boxes unpacked. What we really need is an entertainment center and a place to store my CD collection. We also need some book shelves and I hope to build some soon. It's been pretty hot but the swamp cooler (evaporative cooler for arid environments) has done a good job of keeping the house comfortable. I've been working on building a fence to keep the boys corraled, just putting the pickets on the gate this evening. It's very dusty since we have dirt as far as the eye can see. The next step is to run irrigation lines and then start to layout our landscaping. I'm actually looking forward to this.

Well, time to hit the sack.