Rain, Rain, Rain

I hate to complain about too much rain. Our water tables our still below 'normal' and I know too well how bad drought conditions can be. But still...I live in Florida for the sun...hence the nickname SUNSHINE state. We've had too many days of cloudy overcast weather with intermittent rain. It's raining right now...ugh. I haven't gotten my sun-time in because when I'm ready to go outside, it'll start raining and/or thunder and lightning. Being the lightning capital of the USA, we take lightning seriously and don't play outside when we even hear thunder. Too many people get hit by lightning. Gray weather makes gray moods too easy.

It's great to have the Singer and Imp back home. Hubby and I had a great time while they were gone. Thursday we went to see "WarGames" at the theater in honor of the 25th anniversary of it's original release. It was wonderful. The theater was full of people our age (give or take 5 years) and everyone laughed at the appropriate places. The movie even stopped in the middle...just like it use to in the 80s. Great nostalgia. Friday evening we went to the beach and the rain stayed away until after sunset...we missed sunset due to clouds, but at least it wasn't raining.
Saturday we worked all day on the yard and pool. It was nice to only have 2 people to schedule around. Unfortunately, Saturday night/Sunday morning had Hubby getting called from work for a production problem. He received 4 calls between 1 and 7 am, and then worked about 10 hours Sunday. By the time Monday morning came, he was ready for a weekend. He is definitely looking forward to this vacation.

Hubby and I hit the sales yesterday to get new swimsuits for our houseboat vacation. Hubby also got a new pair of jeans. Having a 33 inch waist makes pants shopping interesting. They had his size...we bought 'em. Fortunately, they were on sale, too. He got his swimsuit for $8.00 and I got mine for $25.00. Not too bad.

I'm praying that our travel goes well on Saturday...our original flight out of Tampa (that we booked back in March) was cancelled. So we're leaving 2 hours earlier (7 am...that means being at the airport at 5 am!!). We booked through travelocity and they added the new flight but never took out the old, so our itinerary was messed up. I've spent 2 hours the last few days making sure we know when we're suppose to be where for which flight. We now arrive in Phoenix 3 hours earlier. Poor Elaine...we're throwing a wrench in her well-oiled plans. Actually, we don't care if we have to sit at the Phoenix airport for those 3 hours...we just want to make sure we get there.

The Imp starts earning her service hours tomorrow, helping to assemble wheelchairs for 3 hours. An adult has to accompany minors, so I'm taking her and 2 friends. It should be interesting. The week we get back we're working with our church to staff a food kitchen one night. She'll have much of her service hours taken care of before school starts. As part of the IB program she has to have service, active and creative hours each year. Dance class will cover her active hours.

I'm trying to get our financial stuff all on Quicken. I'm hoping the time spent setting it all up will be worth the benefits from using the program. It's tedious to set it up, but the reports and graphs look extremely helpful in tracking our spending. It should be beneficial at tax time as well.