So here we are, day 10 into the Great New York State Fair. Chris has been working, introducing Central New Yorkers to the innovative greatness of the Fuel Cell's progress with much excited interest. Just 2 more days to go. I took the week off and spent time with my parents for the beginning of the week. Since my parents left for California, I have been hanging out in my pj's and spending time with my cousins and family. I also got to see my friends from Rochester (who visited me in Syracuse) whom I miss tremendously and never get to see when we are in the Roc.....It has been great! Will post pictures soon. In between Chris's work ventures at the NYS Fair, we just happened to support the economy again and bought a great farm house table and chairs for our kitchen! Just thought I would post (my first post ever) to give a quick update and know that we will be back to updating (with pictures) soon! Hope all is well with everyone.

More Bathroom Remodeling

Almost all the drywall is up and just needs some more lovin' with the joint compound at the corners and seams. We had a stellar trip to the Home Depot today and got all the cement board to back the tiles in the shower, but the battery for the drill lost its mojo after 1 screw during installation. So the rest of the cement board will have to wait until tomorrow. I cannot wait to have this bathroom done, so that we can move on to the upstairs one. Plus we got a new shower faucet, but it needs threaded pipes and the existing ones have the copper pipes soldered in. I really don't want to have to "sweat pipes" or whatever it is one does to fix or remove copper pipe sections from each other. Don't take this as me complaining, cause it's a great chance to learn the skills of a homeowner. At the end of the summer (hopefully) this bathroom will be all done and then the pride of Naomi & Chris will be in full effect.



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Lilly Pad Made a Flower

This flower is insane! It is all closed up when I wake up in the morning. Then every afternoon it opens up for a few hours and then goes back into hibernation. Hope it lasts for the rest of the season. It would be really sweet to put a time-lapse camera on it and make a video of it opening and closing. There's a second bud starting to pop up out of the water - maybe it will yield the same beauty. I notice that the frogs seem to like it, just chillin' on the rocks and lilly pads.

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